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| author |  Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> | 2006-10-05 17:54:14 -0700 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> | 2006-10-05 17:54:14 -0700 |
| commit | abd6970acad5d758f48c13f7420367ae8216038e (patch) | |
| tree | f81f2768a8a29255d7ac47a05a9924f40f4eb6b3 /Documentation | |
| parent | git-send-email: avoid uninitialized variable warning. (diff) | |
| download | tgif-abd6970acad5d758f48c13f7420367ae8216038e.tar.xz | |
cherry-pick: make -r the default
And introduce -x to expose (possibly) private commit object name
for people who cherry-pick between public branches.
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-cherry-pick.txt | 23 |
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-cherry-pick.txt b/Documentation/git-cherry-pick.txt index bfa950ca19..875edb6b9f 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-cherry-pick.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-cherry-pick.txt @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ git-cherry-pick - Apply the change introduced by an existing commit SYNOPSIS -------- -'git-cherry-pick' [--edit] [-n] [-r] <commit> +'git-cherry-pick' [--edit] [-n] [-x] <commit> DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -24,13 +24,22 @@ OPTIONS With this option, `git-cherry-pick` will let you edit the commit message prior committing. --r|--replay:: - Usually the command appends which commit was +-x:: + Cause the command to append which commit was cherry-picked after the original commit message when - making a commit. This option, '--replay', causes it to - use the original commit message intact. This is useful - when you are reordering the patches in your private tree - before publishing. + making a commit. Do not use this option if you are + cherry-picking from your private branch because the + information is useless to the recipient. If on the + other hand you are cherry-picking between two publicly + visible branches (e.g. backporting a fix to a + maintenance branch for an older release from a + development branch), adding this information can be + useful. + +-r|--replay:: + It used to be that the command defaulted to do `-x` + described above, and `-r` was to disable it. Now the + default is not to do `-x` so this option is a no-op. -n|--no-commit:: Usually the command automatically creates a commit with |