1git-cherry-pick(1) 2================== 3 4NAME 5---- 6git-cherry-pick - Apply the change introduced by an existing commit 7 8SYNOPSIS 9-------- 10'git-cherry-pick' [--edit] [-n] [-x] <commit> 11 12DESCRIPTION 13----------- 14Given one existing commit, apply the change the patch introduces, and record a 15new commit that records it. This requires your working tree to be clean (no 16modifications from the HEAD commit). 17 18OPTIONS 19------- 20<commit>:: 21 Commit to cherry-pick. 22 23-e|--edit:: 24 With this option, `git-cherry-pick` will let you edit the commit 25 message prior committing. 26 27-x:: 28 Cause the command to append which commit was 29 cherry-picked after the original commit message when 30 making a commit. Do not use this option if you are 31 cherry-picking from your private branch because the 32 information is useless to the recipient. If on the 33 other hand you are cherry-picking between two publicly 34 visible branches (e.g. backporting a fix to a 35 maintenance branch for an older release from a 36 development branch), adding this information can be 37 useful. 38 39-r|--replay:: 40 It used to be that the command defaulted to do `-x` 41 described above, and `-r` was to disable it. Now the 42 default is not to do `-x` so this option is a no-op. 43 44-n|--no-commit:: 45 Usually the command automatically creates a commit with 46 a commit log message stating which commit was 47 cherry-picked. This flag applies the change necessary 48 to cherry-pick the named commit to your working tree, 49 but does not make the commit. In addition, when this 50 option is used, your working tree does not have to match 51 the HEAD commit. The cherry-pick is done against the 52 beginning state of your working tree. 53+ 54This is useful when cherry-picking more than one commits' 55effect to your working tree in a row. 56 57 58Author 59------ 60Written by Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> 61 62Documentation 63-------------- 64Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. 65 66GIT 67--- 68Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite 69