SYNOPSIS
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-'git-cherry-pick' [--edit] [-n] [-x] <commit>
+'git-cherry-pick' [--edit] [-n] [-m parent-number] [-s] [-x] <commit>
DESCRIPTION
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<commit>::
Commit to cherry-pick.
For a more complete list of ways to spell commits, see
- "SPECIFYING REVISIONS" section in gitlink:git-rev-parse[1].
+ "SPECIFYING REVISIONS" section in linkgit:git-rev-parse[1].
-e|--edit::
With this option, `git-cherry-pick` will let you edit the commit
- message prior committing.
+ message prior to committing.
-x::
When recording the commit, append to the original commit
described above, and `-r` was to disable it. Now the
default is not to do `-x` so this option is a no-op.
+-m parent-number|--mainline parent-number::
+ Usually you cannot cherry-pick a merge because you do not know which
+ side of the merge should be considered the mainline. This
+ option specifies the parent number (starting from 1) of
+ the mainline and allows cherry-pick to replay the change
+ relative to the specified parent.
+
-n|--no-commit::
Usually the command automatically creates a commit with
a commit log message stating which commit was
This is useful when cherry-picking more than one commits'
effect to your working tree in a row.
+-s|--signoff::
+ Add Signed-off-by line at the end of the commit message.
+
Author
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GIT
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-Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite
+Part of the linkgit:git[7] suite