cherry-pick

name	cherry-pick
description	Cherry-pick a commit from origin/main into a release branch using a temporary git worktree
disable-model-invocation	true
allowed-tools	Bash(git fetch *), Bash(git log *), Bash(git branch *), Bash(git worktree *), Bash(git cherry-pick *), Bash(git -C * status), Bash(git -C * cherry-pick *), Bash(git -C * checkout *), Bash(git -C * push *), Bash(git -C * branch *), Bash(git push *), Bash(git commit *), Bash(git checkout *), Bash(mktemp *), Bash(make *), Bash(gh pr create *), Bash(gh api *), AskUserQuestion

Cherry-Pick to Release Branch

Cherry-pick a commit from origin/main into a release branch using a temporary git worktree.

Resume Check

Before starting, check if there is an existing cherry-pick worktree from a previous run:

git worktree list | grep cherry-pick/

If there is a worktree on a cherry-pick/* branch, a previous cherry-pick may have stopped due to conflicts. Ask the user if they want to resume it. If yes:

1. Set WORKTREE_DIR to the existing worktree path.
2. Check the cherry-pick state:

   git -C "$WORKTREE_DIR" status
   

   • If the cherry-pick is still in progress (conflicts resolved, staged), run git -C "$WORKTREE_DIR" cherry-pick --continue to finalize.
   • If the working tree is clean (cherry-pick already completed), proceed to push.
3. Recover the original source commit SHA from the worktree's branch name (it's encoded as cherry-pick/<source-sha>-to-<release-branch>):

   BRANCH=$(git -C "$WORKTREE_DIR" branch --show-current)
   SOURCE_SHA=${BRANCH#cherry-pick/}
   SOURCE_SHA=${SOURCE_SHA%-to-*}
   

   Do NOT use the worktree's HEAD SHA — that's the new cherry-pick commit, not the original. Then run step 4 with $SOURCE_SHA to gather the original PR metadata.
4. Continue from step 10 (push) onward.

If the user does not want to resume, clean up the stale worktree first, then start fresh.

Steps

1. Fetch latest from origin:

   git fetch origin
   

2. Show recent commits on origin/main: Run git log origin/main --oneline -20 to get the list.

3. Ask the user which commit to cherry-pick: Use AskUserQuestion to present the recent commits as options. Let the user select one.

4. Look up the original PR for the selected commit: gh pr view does not accept a commit SHA, so query the commits→pulls API directly:

   gh api repos/ai-dynamo/aiperf/commits/<source-commit-sha>/pulls \
     --jq '.[0] | "\(.number)\t\(.title)"'
   

   Save the PR number and title for use in steps 11 and 13. If the commit message contains a PR number (e.g. (#669)), you can also use that directly.

5. Find all release branches: Run git branch -r --list 'origin/release/*' to get all remote release branches matching release/X.X.X.

6. Ask the user which release branch to target: Use AskUserQuestion to present the release branches as options. The most recent version (highest semver) should be the first option marked as "(Recommended)".

7. Create a temporary worktree on a feature branch: Release branches are protected, so work on a cherry-pick/ feature branch from the start. This also makes the worktree identifiable for resume if conflicts occur.

   WORKTREE_DIR=$(mktemp -d)
   git worktree add "$WORKTREE_DIR" origin/<release-branch>
   git -C "$WORKTREE_DIR" checkout -b cherry-pick/<commit-hash>-to-<release-branch>
   

8. Set up the environment in the worktree (required for pre-commit hooks):

   make -C "$WORKTREE_DIR" first-time-setup
   

9. Cherry-pick the commit:

   git -C "$WORKTREE_DIR" cherry-pick <commit-hash>
   

Rules

• NEVER add a Co-Authored-By line
• NEVER manually add a Signed-off-by line — git commit -s handles this automatically
• If the cherry-pick results in a new commit (e.g. conflict resolution), use git commit -s with a HEREDOC message
• NEVER use --no-verify
• NEVER force push
• NEVER use git stash, git reset, git revert, git checkout -- <file>, git restore, or git clean
• Always clean up the worktree after a successful push or if the user abandons the cherry-pick
• On cherry-pick conflicts: do NOT clean up the worktree — leave it for the user to resolve, then resume
• If anything else fails, clean up the worktree and report the error to the user