Backport (cherry-pick) commits made on a list of tracked files, from a given branch to the local one. Or just display the list. This tool is used to maintain stable branches with additional newer features coming from a subset of files.
Example: a Linux branch based on a stable version, onto which you want to apply newer changes for the drivers and architecture code of a particular platform.
$ backport -c ../blacklist.cfg branch-to-backport-from
$ backport branch-to-backport-from --apply
$ backport branch-to-backport-from --apply -f
$ backport branch-to-backport-from --apply --cmd="make -j6"
$ backport -h
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