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	By default, cherry-picking a commit with an empty message will fail.
	This option overrides that behavior, allowing commits with empty
	messages to be cherry picked.

--empty=(drop|keep|stop)::
	How to handle commits being cherry-picked that are redundant with
	changes already in the current history.
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`drop`;;
	The commit will be dropped.
`keep`;;
	The commit will be kept. Implies `--allow-empty`.
`stop`;;
	The cherry-pick will stop when the commit is applied, allowing
	you to examine the commit. This is the default behavior.
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Note that `--empty=drop` and `--empty=stop` only specify how to handle a
commit that was not initially empty, but rather became empty due to a previous
commit. Commits that were initially empty will still cause the cherry-pick to
fail unless one of `--empty=keep` or `--allow-empty` are specified.
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--keep-redundant-commits::
	Deprecated synonym for `--empty=keep`.

--strategy=<strategy>::
	Use the given merge strategy.  Should only be used once.
	See the MERGE STRATEGIES section in linkgit:git-merge[1]
	for details.

-X<option>::
--strategy-option=<option>::
	Pass the merge strategy-specific option through to the
	merge strategy.  See linkgit:git-merge[1] for details.

include::rerere-options.adoc[]

SEQUENCER SUBCOMMANDS
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include::sequencer.adoc[]

EXAMPLES
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`git cherry-pick master`::

	Apply the change introduced by the commit at the tip of the
	master branch and create a new commit with this change.

`git cherry-pick ..master`::
`git cherry-pick ^HEAD master`::

	Apply the changes introduced by all commits that are ancestors
	of master but not of HEAD to produce new commits.

`git cherry-pick maint next ^master`::
`git cherry-pick maint master..next`::

	Apply the changes introduced by all commits that are
	ancestors of maint or next, but not master or any of its
	ancestors.  Note that the latter does not mean `maint` and
	everything between `master` and `next`; specifically,
	`maint` will not be used if it is included in `master`.

`git cherry-pick
Title: Git Cherry-Pick Options and Examples
Summary
The git cherry-pick command offers options to handle empty commits, redundant commits, and merge strategies, allowing for customized behavior, and provides various examples of how to apply changes from different commits and branches, demonstrating its flexibility and usefulness in managing code changes.