{"thread":{"id":"24210","subject":"[PATCH] Clarify that git-cherry-pick applies patches to HEAD","startedAt":"2010-06-27T13:52:25Z","lastAt":"2010-06-27T19:46:12Z","messageCount":2,"participants":["Robert Spanton","Junio C Hamano"],"isPatch":true,"patchVersion":1,"patchTotal":null},"messages":[{"id":"144349","messageId":"1277646745.13370.711.camel@zarniwoop.blob","threadId":"24210","inReplyTo":null,"subject":"[PATCH] Clarify that git-cherry-pick applies patches to HEAD","fromName":"Robert Spanton","fromEmail":"rspanton@zepler.net","sentAt":"2010-06-27T13:52:25Z","receivedAt":"2010-06-27T13:52:25Z","isPatch":true,"sender":{"key":"rspanton@zepler.net","avatar":null},"body":"Change the description of cherry-pick to state that the given commits\nare applied to the current HEAD.  It was unclear exactly where\ncherry-pick ends up sticking the given commits.\n\nSigned-off-by: Robert Spanton <rspanton@zepler.net>\n---\n Documentation/git-cherry-pick.txt |    5 +++--\n 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)\n\ndiff --git a/Documentation/git-cherry-pick.txt b/Documentation/git-cherry-pick.txt\nindex bcb4c75..2d52445 100644\n--- a/Documentation/git-cherry-pick.txt\n+++ b/Documentation/git-cherry-pick.txt\n@@ -13,8 +13,9 @@ DESCRIPTION\n -----------\n \n Given one or more existing commits, apply the change each one\n-introduces, recording a new commit for each.  This requires your\n-working tree to be clean (no modifications from the HEAD commit).\n+introduces to the current HEAD, recording a new commit for each.\n+This requires your working tree to be clean (no modifications from\n+the HEAD commit).\n \n OPTIONS\n -------\n-- \n1.7.0.1\n"},{"id":"144362","messageId":"7viq54fed7.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org","threadId":"24210","inReplyTo":"1277646745.13370.711.camel@zarniwoop.blob","subject":"Re: [PATCH] Clarify that git-cherry-pick applies patches to HEAD","fromName":"Junio C Hamano","fromEmail":"gitster@pobox.com","sentAt":"2010-06-27T19:46:12Z","receivedAt":"2010-06-27T19:46:12Z","isPatch":true,"sender":{"key":"gitster@pobox.com","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/54884?v=4"},"body":"Robert Spanton <rspanton@zepler.net> writes:\n\n> Change the description of cherry-pick to state that the given commits\n> are applied to the current HEAD.  It was unclear exactly where\n> cherry-pick ends up sticking the given commits.\n>\n> Signed-off-by: Robert Spanton <rspanton@zepler.net>\n\nAlmost all commit-creating commands work on nothing but the current HEAD,\nand once a reader understands that repeating that \"git commit\" makes\ncommit on top of current HEAD, \"git am\" applies patches on top of current\nHEAD, etc. will become excessively noisy, I am afraid.\n"}]}