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After running some ill-advised command like "git cherry-pick HEAD..linux-next", the bewildered novice may want to return to more familiar territory. Introduce a "git cherry-pick --abort" command that rolls back the entire cherry-pick sequence and places the repository back on solid ground. Just like "git merge --abort", this internally uses "git reset --merge", so local changes not involved in the conflict resolution are preserved. Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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git-cherry-pick(1)
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NAME
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----
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git-cherry-pick - Apply the changes introduced by some existing commits
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SYNOPSIS
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--------
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[verse]
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'git cherry-pick' [--edit] [-n] [-m parent-number] [-s] [-x] [--ff] <commit>...
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'git cherry-pick' --continue
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'git cherry-pick' --quit
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'git cherry-pick' --abort
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DESCRIPTION
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-----------
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Given one or more existing commits, apply the change each one
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introduces, recording a new commit for each. This requires your
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working tree to be clean (no modifications from the HEAD commit).
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When it is not obvious how to apply a change, the following
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happens:
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1. The current branch and `HEAD` pointer stay at the last commit
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successfully made.
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2. The `CHERRY_PICK_HEAD` ref is set to point at the commit that
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introduced the change that is difficult to apply.
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3. Paths in which the change applied cleanly are updated both
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in the index file and in your working tree.
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4. For conflicting paths, the index file records up to three
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versions, as described in the "TRUE MERGE" section of
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linkgit:git-merge[1]. The working tree files will include
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a description of the conflict bracketed by the usual
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conflict markers `<<<<<<<` and `>>>>>>>`.
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5. No other modifications are made.
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See linkgit:git-merge[1] for some hints on resolving such
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conflicts.
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OPTIONS
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-------
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<commit>...::
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Commits to cherry-pick.
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For a more complete list of ways to spell commits, see
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linkgit:gitrevisions[7].
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Sets of commits can be passed but no traversal is done by
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default, as if the '--no-walk' option was specified, see
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linkgit:git-rev-list[1].
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-e::
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--edit::
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With this option, 'git cherry-pick' will let you edit the commit
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message prior to committing.
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-x::
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When recording the commit, append a line that says
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"(cherry picked from commit ...)" to the original commit
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message in order to indicate which commit this change was
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cherry-picked from. This is done only for cherry
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picks without conflicts. Do not use this option if
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you are cherry-picking from your private branch because
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the information is useless to the recipient. If on the
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other hand you are cherry-picking between two publicly
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visible branches (e.g. backporting a fix to a
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maintenance branch for an older release from a
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development branch), adding this information can be
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useful.
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-r::
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It used to be that the command defaulted to do `-x`
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described above, and `-r` was to disable it. Now the
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default is not to do `-x` so this option is a no-op.
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-m parent-number::
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--mainline parent-number::
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Usually you cannot cherry-pick a merge because you do not know which
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side of the merge should be considered the mainline. This
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option specifies the parent number (starting from 1) of
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the mainline and allows cherry-pick to replay the change
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relative to the specified parent.
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-n::
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--no-commit::
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Usually the command automatically creates a sequence of commits.
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This flag applies the changes necessary to cherry-pick
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each named commit to your working tree and the index,
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without making any commit. In addition, when this
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option is used, your index does not have to match the
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HEAD commit. The cherry-pick is done against the
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beginning state of your index.
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+
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This is useful when cherry-picking more than one commits'
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effect to your index in a row.
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-s::
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--signoff::
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Add Signed-off-by line at the end of the commit message.
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--ff::
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If the current HEAD is the same as the parent of the
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cherry-pick'ed commit, then a fast forward to this commit will
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be performed.
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--strategy=<strategy>::
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Use the given merge strategy. Should only be used once.
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See the MERGE STRATEGIES section in linkgit:git-merge[1]
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for details.
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-X<option>::
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--strategy-option=<option>::
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Pass the merge strategy-specific option through to the
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merge strategy. See linkgit:git-merge[1] for details.
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SEQUENCER SUBCOMMANDS
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---------------------
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include::sequencer.txt[]
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EXAMPLES
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--------
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`git cherry-pick master`::
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Apply the change introduced by the commit at the tip of the
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master branch and create a new commit with this change.
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`git cherry-pick ..master`::
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`git cherry-pick ^HEAD master`::
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Apply the changes introduced by all commits that are ancestors
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of master but not of HEAD to produce new commits.
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`git cherry-pick master{tilde}4 master{tilde}2`::
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Apply the changes introduced by the fifth and third last
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commits pointed to by master and create 2 new commits with
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these changes.
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`git cherry-pick -n master~1 next`::
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Apply to the working tree and the index the changes introduced
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by the second last commit pointed to by master and by the last
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commit pointed to by next, but do not create any commit with
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these changes.
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`git cherry-pick --ff ..next`::
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If history is linear and HEAD is an ancestor of next, update
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the working tree and advance the HEAD pointer to match next.
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Otherwise, apply the changes introduced by those commits that
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are in next but not HEAD to the current branch, creating a new
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commit for each new change.
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`git rev-list --reverse master \-- README | git cherry-pick -n --stdin`::
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Apply the changes introduced by all commits on the master
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branch that touched README to the working tree and index,
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so the result can be inspected and made into a single new
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commit if suitable.
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The following sequence attempts to backport a patch, bails out because
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the code the patch applies to has changed too much, and then tries
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again, this time exercising more care about matching up context lines.
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$ git cherry-pick topic^ <1>
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$ git diff <2>
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$ git reset --merge ORIG_HEAD <3>
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$ git cherry-pick -Xpatience topic^ <4>
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<1> apply the change that would be shown by `git show topic^`.
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In this example, the patch does not apply cleanly, so
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information about the conflict is written to the index and
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working tree and no new commit results.
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<2> summarize changes to be reconciled
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<3> cancel the cherry-pick. In other words, return to the
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pre-cherry-pick state, preserving any local modifications you had in
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the working tree.
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<4> try to apply the change introduced by `topic^` again,
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spending extra time to avoid mistakes based on incorrectly matching
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context lines.
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SEE ALSO
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--------
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linkgit:git-revert[1]
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GIT
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---
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Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
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