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authorLibravatar Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2010-07-08 18:55:50 -0700
committerLibravatar Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2010-07-08 18:55:50 -0700
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parentFix "read-tree -m A B" priming the cache-tree (diff)
parentGit 1.7.2-rc2 (diff)
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Merge remote branch 'ko/master' into jc/read-tree-cache-tree-fix
* ko/master: (2325 commits) Git 1.7.2-rc2 backmerge a few more fixes to 1.7.1.X series fix git branch -m in presence of cross devices t/t0006: specify timezone as EST5 not EST to comply with POSIX add missing && to submodule-merge testcase t/README: document more test helpers test-date: fix sscanf type conversion xdiff: optimise for no whitespace difference when ignoring whitespace. gitweb: Move evaluate_gitweb_config out of run_request parse_date: fix signedness in timezone calculation t0006: test timezone parsing rerere.txt: Document forget subcommand t/README: proposed rewording... t/README: Document the do's and don'ts of tests t/README: Add a section about skipping tests t/README: Document test_expect_code t/README: Document test_external* t/README: Document the prereq functions, and 3-arg test_* t/README: Typo: paralell -> parallel t/README: The trash is in 't/trash directory.$name' ... Conflicts: builtin-read-tree.c
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+++ b/Documentation/git-cherry-pick.txt
@@ -3,28 +3,32 @@ git-cherry-pick(1)
NAME
----
-git-cherry-pick - Apply the change introduced by an existing commit
+git-cherry-pick - Apply the changes introduced by some existing commits
SYNOPSIS
--------
-'git cherry-pick' [--edit] [-n] [-m parent-number] [-s] [-x] <commit>
+'git cherry-pick' [--edit] [-n] [-m parent-number] [-s] [-x] [--ff] <commit>...
DESCRIPTION
-----------
-Given one existing commit, apply the change the patch introduces, and record a
-new commit that records it. This requires your working tree to be clean (no
-modifications from the HEAD commit).
+
+Given one or more existing commits, apply the change each one
+introduces, recording a new commit for each. This requires your
+working tree to be clean (no modifications from the HEAD commit).
OPTIONS
-------
-<commit>::
- Commit to cherry-pick.
+<commit>...::
+ Commits to cherry-pick.
For a more complete list of ways to spell commits, see the
"SPECIFYING REVISIONS" section in linkgit:git-rev-parse[1].
+ Sets of commits can be passed but no traversal is done by
+ default, as if the '--no-walk' option was specified, see
+ linkgit:git-rev-list[1].
-e::
--edit::
- With this option, 'git-cherry-pick' will let you edit the commit
+ With this option, 'git cherry-pick' will let you edit the commit
message prior to committing.
-x::
@@ -55,10 +59,10 @@ OPTIONS
-n::
--no-commit::
- Usually the command automatically creates a commit.
- This flag applies the change necessary to cherry-pick
- the named commit to your working tree and the index,
- but does not make the commit. In addition, when this
+ Usually the command automatically creates a sequence of commits.
+ This flag applies the changes necessary to cherry-pick
+ each named commit to your working tree and the index,
+ without making any commit. In addition, when this
option is used, your index does not have to match the
HEAD commit. The cherry-pick is done against the
beginning state of your index.
@@ -70,6 +74,51 @@ effect to your index in a row.
--signoff::
Add Signed-off-by line at the end of the commit message.
+--ff::
+ If the current HEAD is the same as the parent of the
+ cherry-pick'ed commit, then a fast forward to this commit will
+ be performed.
+
+EXAMPLES
+--------
+git cherry-pick master::
+
+ Apply the change introduced by the commit at the tip of the
+ master branch and create a new commit with this change.
+
+git cherry-pick ..master::
+git cherry-pick ^HEAD master::
+
+ Apply the changes introduced by all commits that are ancestors
+ of master but not of HEAD to produce new commits.
+
+git cherry-pick master\~4 master~2::
+
+ Apply the changes introduced by the fifth and third last
+ commits pointed to by master and create 2 new commits with
+ these changes.
+
+git cherry-pick -n master~1 next::
+
+ Apply to the working tree and the index the changes introduced
+ by the second last commit pointed to by master and by the last
+ commit pointed to by next, but do not create any commit with
+ these changes.
+
+git cherry-pick --ff ..next::
+
+ If history is linear and HEAD is an ancestor of next, update
+ the working tree and advance the HEAD pointer to match next.
+ Otherwise, apply the changes introduced by those commits that
+ are in next but not HEAD to the current branch, creating a new
+ commit for each new change.
+
+git rev-list --reverse master \-- README | git cherry-pick -n --stdin::
+
+ Apply the changes introduced by all commits on the master
+ branch that touched README to the working tree and index,
+ so the result can be inspected and made into a single new
+ commit if suitable.
Author
------
@@ -79,6 +128,10 @@ Documentation
--------------
Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
+SEE ALSO
+--------
+linkgit:git-revert[1]
+
GIT
---
Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite