Merge branch 'jc/addi-color'

diff --git a/Documentation/git-cherry-pick.txt b/Documentation/git-cherry-pick.txt
index 76a2edfd9b3665b4dbe8e3837c06737e7c5fd232..937c4a79262d44583849fc81319187fa7fb65579 100644 (file)
--- 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] [-x] <commit>
+'git-cherry-pick' [--edit] [-n] [-m parent-number] [-x] <commit>
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
@@ -44,6 +44,13 @@ OPTIONS
        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 revert 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