From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2011 20:42:00 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH 7/7] sequencer: Remove sequencer state after final commit
Message-ID: <7vvctu8naf.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>
In-Reply-To: <20110818191812.GG30436@elie.gateway.2wire.net>

Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> writes:

> One part I'm handwaving is what to do about commands like "git
> cherry-pick foo^..foo" which use a commit range that only happens to
> contain one commit.

Historically cherry-pick took a single commit from the command line. That
can easily be distinguished from a "set that ended up with one positive
commit after walking the history". I think you can even check before
triggering the revision walking machinery in the first place.