gh-cherry-pick 1.0.0

Cherry-pick commits across GitHub repositories using only the GitHub API - no local clone required

GitHub cherry-pick

Cherry-pick commits across GitHub repositories using only the GitHub API - no local clone required.

How it works

Uses the algorithm described by Jim's Stack Overflow answer to perform a cherry-pick entirely through the GitHub REST API:

Installation

Requires Python 3.10+, I recommend using uv, but it will work fine with pip or anything else.

uv tool install gh-cherry-pick

Or run directly without installing:

uvx gh-cherry-pick --help

Usage

gh-cherry-pick --target OWNER/REPO@BRANCH COMMITS...

Arguments:

Argument	Format	Description
--target	Owner/RepoName@branch	Target repository and branch to apply the cherry-picks to
COMMITS	Owner/RepoName/sha	One or more commits to cherry-pick (short or full SHA)
--token, -t	string	GitHub token (falls back to $GITHUB_TOKEN)

Example:

GITHUB_TOKEN=ghp_... gh-cherry-pick \
  --target MyOrg/nixpkgs@patched \
  NixOS/nixpkgs/3f5ba52cc4701bf341457dfe5f6cb58e0cbb7f83 \
  NixOS/nixpkgs/49ba75edefc8dc4fee45482f77a280ddd7121797

Multiple commits are applied in order, each building on the previous result.

Development

uv sync
uv run pre-commit install

Then commit your changes and send a pull request!