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@@ -57,6 +57,13 @@ OPTIONS
With this option, 'git cherry-pick' will let you edit the commit
message prior to committing.
+--cleanup=<mode>::
+ This option determines how the commit message will be cleaned up before
+ being passed on to the commit machinery. See linkgit:git-commit[1] for more
+ details. In particular, if the '<mode>' is given a value of `scissors`,
+ scissors will be appended to `MERGE_MSG` before being passed on in the case
+ of a conflict.
+
-x::
When recording the commit, append a line that says
"(cherry picked from commit ...)" to the original commit
@@ -148,6 +155,11 @@ effect to your index in a row.
Pass the merge strategy-specific option through to the
merge strategy. See linkgit:git-merge[1] for details.
+--rerere-autoupdate::
+--no-rerere-autoupdate::
+ Allow the rerere mechanism to update the index with the
+ result of auto-conflict resolution if possible.
+
SEQUENCER SUBCOMMANDS
---------------------
include::sequencer.txt[]
@@ -213,16 +225,16 @@ $ git reset --merge ORIG_HEAD <3>
$ git cherry-pick -Xpatience topic^ <4>
------------
<1> apply the change that would be shown by `git show topic^`.
-In this example, the patch does not apply cleanly, so
-information about the conflict is written to the index and
-working tree and no new commit results.
+ In this example, the patch does not apply cleanly, so
+ information about the conflict is written to the index and
+ working tree and no new commit results.
<2> summarize changes to be reconciled
<3> cancel the cherry-pick. In other words, return to the
-pre-cherry-pick state, preserving any local modifications you had in
-the working tree.
+ pre-cherry-pick state, preserving any local modifications
+ you had in the working tree.
<4> try to apply the change introduced by `topic^` again,
-spending extra time to avoid mistakes based on incorrectly matching
-context lines.
+ spending extra time to avoid mistakes based on incorrectly
+ matching context lines.
SEE ALSO
--------