On Thu, May 07, 2026 at 04:32:47PM +0100, Simon Harrison wrote:
> Hello. I'm wondering if there's a quick way to copy a commit id. If
> not, would it be possible to add. Perhaps to tog? This would be very
> useful for cherry picking.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Simon

X11 clipboard integration in tog would be very annoying for us to handle.
There is nothing X11-specific in tog right now and I would rather avoid
adding X11-specific things as a dependency. So copy-paste via X11 is not
something I would want to support.

In relative small projects typing only the first 4 or 5 digits of
a commit ID should work instead of copy-pasting the entire ID.

And there is a shortcut "keyword" syntax on the command line, which
works anywhere a commit ID is expected and allows for syntax like:

  got cherrypick main:-5

This doesn't help in all cases but can be convenient occasionally.

If that isn't enough then the least objectionable design choice from my
point of view would be a shortcut in tog which performs a cherrypick of
the currently highlighted commit into the work tree.