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Re: [PATCH v2] doc: document rev-list opts in revert, cherry-pick

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AJAndrew Jeffery <andrew@aj.id.au>
Date
Aug 27, 2025, 07:36 UTC
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On Wed, 27 Aug 2025, at 16:52, Emily Shaffer via GitGitGadget wrote:
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> From: Emily Shaffer <emilyshaffer@google.com>
>
> In f873a273d1 (revert: accept arbitrary rev-list options, 2010-06-14),
> we added a handful of new options to `git revert` and `git cherry-pick`,
> but did not document them except by example to `cherry-pick` only. We
> have a nice shorthand for adding the rev-list documentation, so let's
> add it now, to both commands.
>
> Reported-by: Andrew Jeffrey <andrew@aj.id.au>
Thanks!
My only input is my surname is spelled the surprising way: s/Jeffrey/Jeffery/ :) Hopefully someone can fix that up when applying it rather than needing a v3!
Andrew
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  1. cherry-pick: document rev-list optionsEmily Shaffer via GitGitGadget, Aug 27, 2025
  2. doc: document rev-list opts in revert, cherry-pickEmily Shaffer via GitGitGadget, Aug 27, 2025
  3. Andrew JefferyAug 27, 2025
  4. Phillip WoodAug 27, 2025
  5. Emily ShafferAug 27, 2025
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