gerrit - git (pull vs checkout vs cherrypick) which is for what?

Question

In Android\'s gerrit ex: link, to download the patch, I see 4 options.

1. repo download
2. checkout
3. pull
4. cherry-pick

What is th

Answer 1

checkout: you want to use it when you are depending on a particular CHANGE in a branch. say your colleague has checked in some APIs for you to consume, and you can checkout that CHANGE to a new local branch and start working on your change.

Cherrypick: you want to apply a particular CHANGE to your local branch or a particular release branch, then you cherrypick. Imagine you have a patch fix in your 1.1 release, and you want to apply that fix/CHANGE to your 2.0 branch, you can simply cherrypick it. It will create a new CHANGE in your 2.0 branch containing the fix.

here is a graphical representation: http://think-like-a-git.net/sections/rebase-from-the-ground-up/cherry-picking-explained.html