Re: [PATCH] rebase -i: introduce `pick -x` to add "cherry picked from commit ..."

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Jul 6, 2026, 20:24 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqcxwzamtm.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <5d238e0d-18ba-429a-a9a4-a3988b00e1e1@gmail.com>

Phillip Wood <phillip.wood123@gmail.com> writes:

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>> Usually a rebase is about rewriting the commits on a new base so that
>> you can throw away the old ones. And that's why git-rebase generally
>> rewrites the branch you're on, and replaces those old commits. So adding
>> a "cherry-picked from..." annotation doesn't make sense there; nobody
>> would have those old commits!
>
> Exactly

;-)

Whew. Briefly I wondered if I were the only one who felt 'rebase' and 'cherry-pick' serve two different purposes and need to behave differently, e.g., with respect to how notes on old commits are dealt with.

> On a slight tangent I've sometimes wanted to be able to do
>
> 	git cherry-pick --exec 'make test' some commits

Yes, I agree that is something quite handy.

Thanks.