From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2011 19:12:14 GMT
Subject: Re: [feature request] embed original commit info in cherry-pick
Message-ID: <20110224191214.GC4318@sigill.intra.peff.net>
In-Reply-To: <4D66A3C9.7050001@genband.com>

On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 12:30:33PM -0600, Chris Friesen wrote:

> 
> If I cherry-pick a  bugfix from a more recent version of a project, it
> would be useful to have an indication somewhere in the commit
> information of where it originally came from.
> 
> That way, if I then upgrade to a newer version of the software it
> becomes obvious that I don't need to worry about porting that commit
> forwards because it's already been handled upstream.
> 
> As it stands, it's not immediately obvious what was cherry-picked vs
> what was developed locally.

Have you tried cherry-pick -x?

-Peff