docs: cherry-pick individual commits instead of merge commit

Signed-off-by: Hsing-Yu (David) Chen <davidhsingyuchen@gmail.com>
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Hsing-Yu (David) Chen 2023-06-01 17:04:54 -07:00
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@ -193,6 +193,11 @@ process:
```console ```console
$ git cherry-pick -xsS <commit> $ git cherry-pick -xsS <commit>
``` ```
If all of the work from a particular PR/set of PRs is wanted,
cherry-pick the individual commits instead of the merge commit.
Take #8624 for example, 82ec62b is favored over 9e834e7.
(Optional) If other commits exist in the main branch which are related (Optional) If other commits exist in the main branch which are related
to the cherry-picked commit; eg: fixes to the main PR. It is recommended to the cherry-picked commit; eg: fixes to the main PR. It is recommended
to cherry-pick those commits also into this same `my-backport-branch`. to cherry-pick those commits also into this same `my-backport-branch`.