# [PATCH] Fix misleading wording for git-cherry-pick 1 messages from 2008-11-20 to 2008-11-20. Participants: Bryan Drewery. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/16403 ## Bryan Drewery, 2008-11-20 05:11 Subject: [PATCH] Fix misleading wording for git-cherry-pick Message-ID: <4924F18E.5070100@shatow.net> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/4924F18E.5070100%40shatow.net ``` Documentation for -n implies that -x is normally used, however this is no longer true. Signed-off-by: Bryan Drewery --- Documentation/git-cherry-pick.txt | 13 ++++++------- 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/git-cherry-pick.txt b/Documentation/git-cherry-pick.txt index 837fb08..b764130 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-cherry-pick.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-cherry-pick.txt @@ -55,13 +55,12 @@ OPTIONS -n:: --no-commit:: - Usually the command automatically creates a commit with - a commit log message stating which commit was - cherry-picked. This flag applies the change necessary - to cherry-pick the named commit to your working tree - and the index, but does not make the commit. In addition, - when this option is used, your index does not have to match - the HEAD commit. The cherry-pick is done against the + Usually the command automatically creates a commit. + This flag applies the change necessary to cherry-pick + the named commit to your working tree and the index, + but does not make the commit. In addition, when this + option is used, your index does not have to match the + HEAD commit. The cherry-pick is done against the beginning state of your index. + This is useful when cherry-picking more than one commits' -- 1.5.6.4 ```