git-cherry-pick
(1)
Name
git-cherry-pick - Apply the changes introduced by some
existing commits
Synopsis
git cherry-pick [--edit] [-n] [-m parent-number] [-s] [-x] [--ff] <commit>...
git cherry-pick --continue
git cherry-pick --quit
git cherry-pick --abort
Description
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NAME
git-cherry-pick - Apply the changes introduced by some
existing commits
SYNOPSIS
git cherry-pick [--edit] [-n] [-m parent-number] [-s] [-x] [--ff] <commit>...
git cherry-pick --continue
git cherry-pick --quit
git cherry-pick --abort
DESCRIPTION
Given one or more existing commits, apply the change each
one introduces, recording a new commit for each. This
requires your working tree to be clean (no modifications
from the HEAD commit).
When it is not obvious how to apply a change, the following
happens:
1. The current branch and HEAD pointer stay at the last
commit successfully made.
2. The CHERRY_PICK_HEAD ref is set to point at the commit
that introduced the change that is difficult to apply.
3. Paths in which the change applied cleanly are updated
both in the index file and in your working tree.
4. For conflicting paths, the index file records up to
three versions, as described in the "TRUE MERGE" section
of git-merge(1). The working tree files will include a
description of the conflict bracketed by the usual
conflict markers <<<<<<< and >>>>>>>.
5. No other modifications are made.
See git-merge(1) for some hints on resolving such conflicts.
OPTIONS
<commit>...
Commits to cherry-pick. For a more complete list of ways
to spell commits, see gitrevisions(5). Sets of commits
can be passed but no traversal is done by default, as if
the --no-walk option was specified, see git-rev-list(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 a line that says
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"(cherry picked from commit ...)" to the original commit
message in order to indicate which commit this change
was cherry-picked from. This is done 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 sequence of
commits. This flag applies the changes necessary to
cherry-pick each named commit to your working tree and
the index, without making any 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.
--ff
If the current HEAD is the same as the parent of the
cherry-pick'ed commit, then a fast forward to this
commit will be performed.
--strategy=<strategy>
Use the given merge strategy. Should only be used once.
See the MERGE STRATEGIES section in git-merge(1) for
details.
-X<option>, --strategy-option=<option>
Pass the merge strategy-specific option through to the
merge strategy. See git-merge(1) for details.
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SEQUENCER SUBCOMMANDS
--continue
Continue the operation in progress using the information
in .git/sequencer. Can be used to continue after
resolving conflicts in a failed cherry-pick or revert.
--quit
Forget about the current operation in progress. Can be
used to clear the sequencer state after a failed
cherry-pick or revert.
--abort
Cancel the operation and return to the pre-sequence
state.
EXAMPLES
git cherry-pick master
Apply the change introduced by the commit at the tip of
the master branch and create a new commit with this
change.
git cherry-pick ..master, git cherry-pick ^HEAD master
Apply the changes introduced by all commits that are
ancestors of master but not of HEAD to produce new
commits.
git cherry-pick master~4 master~2
Apply the changes introduced by the fifth and third last
commits pointed to by master and create 2 new commits
with these changes.
git cherry-pick -n master~1 next
Apply to the working tree and the index the changes
introduced by the second last commit pointed to by
master and by the last commit pointed to by next, but do
not create any commit with these changes.
git cherry-pick --ff ..next
If history is linear and HEAD is an ancestor of next,
update the working tree and advance the HEAD pointer to
match next. Otherwise, apply the changes introduced by
those commits that are in next but not HEAD to the
current branch, creating a new commit for each new
change.
git rev-list --reverse master -- README | git cherry-pick -n
--stdin
Apply the changes introduced by all commits on the
master branch that touched README to the working tree
and index, so the result can be inspected and made into
a single new commit if suitable.
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The following sequence attempts to backport a patch, bails
out because the code the patch applies to has changed too
much, and then tries again, this time exercising more care
about matching up context lines.
$ git cherry-pick topic^ (1)
$ git diff (2)
$ git reset --merge ORIG_HEAD (3)
$ git cherry-pick -Xpatience topic^ (4)
1. apply the change that would be shown by git show topic^.
In this example, the patch does not apply cleanly, so
information about the conflict is written to the index and
working tree and no new commit results.
2. summarize changes to be reconciled
3. cancel the cherry-pick. In other words, return to the
pre-cherry-pick state, preserving any local modifications
you had in the working tree.
4. try to apply the change introduced by topic^ again,
spending extra time to avoid mistakes based on incorrectly
matching context lines.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following
attributes:
+---------------+--------------------------+
|ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+---------------+--------------------------+
|Availability | developer/versioning/git |
+---------------+--------------------------+
|Stability | Uncommitted |
+---------------+--------------------------+
SEE ALSO
git-revert(1)
GIT
Part of the git(1) suite
NOTES
This software was built from source available at
https://java.net/projects/solaris-userland. The original
community source was downloaded from http://git-
core.googlecode.com/files/git-1.7.9.2.tar.gz
Further information about this software can be found on the
open source community website at http://git-scm.com/.
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