git-cherry-pick

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NAME
       git-cherry-pick - Apply the change introduced by an existing commit

SYNOPSIS
       git cherry-pick [--edit] [-n] [-m parent-number] [-s] [-x] 

DESCRIPTION
       Given one existing commit, apply the change the patch introduces, and
       record a new commit that records it. This requires your working tree to
       be clean (no modifications from the HEAD commit).

OPTIONS
       
           Commit to cherry-pick. For a more complete list of ways to spell
           commits, see the "SPECIFYING REVISIONS" section in git-rev-
           parse(1).

       -e, --edit
           With this option, git cherry-pick will let you edit the commit
           message prior to committing.

       -x
           When recording the commit, append to the original commit message a
           note that indicates which commit this change was cherry-picked
           from. Append the note only for cherry picks without conflicts. Do
           not use this option if you are cherry-picking from your private
           branch because the information is useless to the recipient. If on
           the other hand you are cherry-picking between two publicly visible
           branches (e.g. backporting a fix to a maintenance branch for an
           older release from a development branch), adding this information
           can be useful.

       -r
           It used to be that the command defaulted to do -x 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. This flag
           applies the change necessary to cherry-pick the named commit to
           your working tree and the index, but does not make the commit. In
           addition, when this option is used, your index does not have to
           match the HEAD commit. The cherry-pick is done against the
           beginning state of your index.

           This is useful when cherry-picking more than one commits' effect to
           your index in a row.

       -s, --signoff
           Add Signed-off-by line at the end of the commit message.

AUTHOR
       Written by Junio C Hamano 

DOCUMENTATION
       Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list
       .

GIT
       Part of the git(1) suite

NOTES
        1. gitster@pobox.com
           mailto:gitster@pobox.com

        2. git@vger.kernel.org
           mailto:git@vger.kernel.org



Git 1.7.0.4                       12/03/2010                GIT-CHERRY-PICK(1)