Patch & Recovery

About

Patch & Recovery covers techniques like git cherry-pick, revert, and reset to selectively apply or undo changes in a Git repository. These commands are crucial for maintaining stability when rolling back faulty commits, backporting changes to older releases, or applying fixes across multiple branches.

Importance

Software teams frequently encounter situations requiring surgical precision:

• A critical bug fixed on main needs to be applied to a legacy support/1.x branch — cherry-pick enables that without merging unrelated changes.

• A developer accidentally pushes a bad commit to production — git revert safely creates an undo commit without altering history.

• During test cycles, the team may experiment on develop and want to reset only their local changes — reset or restore are vital here.

These practices reduce downtime, limit blast radius from mistakes, and give teams confidence in experimenting or reacting to production issues without compromising history.