6 git-cherry-pick - Apply the change introduced by an existing commit
10 'git cherry-pick' [--edit] [-n] [-m parent-number] [-s] [-x] <commit>
14 Given one existing commit, apply the change the patch introduces, and record a
15 new commit that records it. This requires your working tree to be clean (no
16 modifications from the HEAD commit).
21 Commit to cherry-pick.
22 For a more complete list of ways to spell commits, see the
23 "SPECIFYING REVISIONS" section in linkgit:git-rev-parse[1].
27 With this option, 'git cherry-pick' will let you edit the commit
28 message prior to committing.
31 When recording the commit, append to the original commit
32 message a note that indicates which commit this change
33 was cherry-picked from. Append the note only for cherry
34 picks without conflicts. Do not use this option if
35 you are cherry-picking from your private branch because
36 the information is useless to the recipient. If on the
37 other hand you are cherry-picking between two publicly
38 visible branches (e.g. backporting a fix to a
39 maintenance branch for an older release from a
40 development branch), adding this information can be
44 It used to be that the command defaulted to do `-x`
45 described above, and `-r` was to disable it. Now the
46 default is not to do `-x` so this option is a no-op.
49 --mainline parent-number::
50 Usually you cannot cherry-pick a merge because you do not know which
51 side of the merge should be considered the mainline. This
52 option specifies the parent number (starting from 1) of
53 the mainline and allows cherry-pick to replay the change
54 relative to the specified parent.
58 Usually the command automatically creates a commit.
59 This flag applies the change necessary to cherry-pick
60 the named commit to your working tree and the index,
61 but does not make the commit. In addition, when this
62 option is used, your index does not have to match the
63 HEAD commit. The cherry-pick is done against the
64 beginning state of your index.
66 This is useful when cherry-picking more than one commits'
67 effect to your index in a row.
71 Add Signed-off-by line at the end of the commit message.
76 Written by Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
80 Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
84 Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite