# cherry-pick cannot merge binary files? (also strategy does not work?) 1 messages from 2011-08-11 to 2011-08-11. Participants: Piotr Krukowiecki. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/28068 ## Piotr Krukowiecki, 2011-08-11 12:58 Subject: cherry-pick cannot merge binary files? (also strategy does not work?) Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/CAA01CsoMbSQr1u1JarH%3D%3D5BTOxuDALu8wAvzizW232JAWgyr8g%40mail.gmail.com ``` Hi, It seems cherry-pick can't merge binary files. I suppose this can be considered a bug or a feature. But I expected I could use "theirs" merge strategy to overcome (auto-resolve) this - but it seems it's either not working, or I'm doing something wrong. Any hints? [t]$ git init Initialized empty Git repository in /tmp/t/.git/ [t (master)]$ echo a > a.txt && gzip a.txt && git add a.txt.gz && git commit -m base [master (root-commit) 64587708] base 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) create mode 100644 a.txt.gz [t (master)]$ mv a.txt.gz a.txt && gzip a.txt && git add a.txt.gz && git commit -m 1 [master 7b73fea9] 1 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) [t (master)]$ git checkout -b two HEAD^ Switched to a new branch 'two' [t (two)]$ mv a.txt.gz a.txt && echo b > a.txt && gzip a.txt && git add a.txt.gz && git commit -m 2 [two 57723852] 2 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) [t (two)]$ git cherry-pick master warning: Cannot merge binary files: a.txt.gz (HEAD vs. 7b73fea9... 1) error: could not apply 7b73fea9... 1 hint: after resolving the conflicts, mark the corrected paths hint: with 'git add ' or 'git rm ' hint: and commit the result with 'git commit' [t (two|CHERRY-PICKING)]$ git reset [t (two)]$ git cherry-pick --strategy=recursive --strategy-option=theirs master warning: Cannot merge binary files: a.txt.gz (HEAD vs. 7b73fea9... 1) error: could not apply 7b73fea9... 1 hint: after resolving the conflicts, mark the corrected paths hint: with 'git add ' or 'git rm ' hint: and commit the result with 'git commit' Thanks, -- Piotr Krukowiecki ```