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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-cherry-pick.txt | 13 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/rev-list-options.txt | 1 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/git-cherry-pick.txt b/Documentation/git-cherry-pick.txt index 9f3dae631e..0e170a51ca 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-cherry-pick.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-cherry-pick.txt @@ -47,7 +47,9 @@ OPTIONS linkgit:gitrevisions[7]. 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]. + linkgit:git-rev-list[1]. Note that specifying a range will + feed all <commit>... arguments to a single revision walk + (see a later example that uses 'maint master..next'). -e:: --edit:: @@ -149,6 +151,15 @@ EXAMPLES Apply the changes introduced by all commits that are ancestors of master but not of HEAD to produce new commits. +`git cherry-pick maint next ^master`:: +`git cherry-pick maint master..next`:: + + Apply the changes introduced by all commits that are + ancestors of maint or next, but not master or any of its + ancestors. Note that the latter does not mean `maint` and + everything between `master` and `next`; specifically, + `maint` will not be used if it is included in `master`. + `git cherry-pick master~4 master~2`:: Apply the changes introduced by the fifth and third last diff --git a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt index 1ae3c899ef..84e34b1aba 100644 --- a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt @@ -622,6 +622,7 @@ These options are mostly targeted for packing of git repositories. --no-walk:: Only show the given revs, but do not traverse their ancestors. + This has no effect if a range is specified. --do-walk:: |