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Add a cherry-pick skill for copilot #8586

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Add Copilot instructions for cherry-picking commits
alsepkow Jun 23, 2026
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Simplify cherry-pick Copilot instructions
alsepkow Jun 23, 2026
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Provide cherry-pick guidance as a skill instead of instructions
alsepkow Jun 23, 2026
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Trim cherry-pick skill body to essentials
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name: cherry-pick
description: Cherry-pick a commit onto another branch and open the PR. Use when the user asks to cherry-pick or backport a commit or PR to a release branch.
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# Cherry-picking commits

Cherry-pick the commit with `git cherry-pick -x <sha>` so the source SHA is
recorded in git's standard format. Keep the commit message as git generates it
by default. Prefix the PR title with `[Cherry-Pick]`.
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