Usually you cannot cherry-pick a merge because you do not know which
side of the merge should be considered the mainline. This
option specifies the parent number (starting from 1) of
the mainline and allows cherry-pick to replay the change
relative to the specified parent.
-n::
--no-commit::
Usually the command automatically creates a sequence of commits.
This flag applies the changes necessary to cherry-pick
each named commit to your working tree and the index,
without making any 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.
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This is useful when cherry-picking more than one commits'
effect to your index in a row.
-s::
--signoff::
Add a `Signed-off-by` trailer at the end of the commit message.
See the signoff option in linkgit:git-commit[1] for more information.
-S[<keyid>]::
--gpg-sign[=<keyid>]::
--no-gpg-sign::
GPG-sign commits. The `keyid` argument is optional and
defaults to the committer identity; if specified, it must be
stuck to the option without a space. `--no-gpg-sign` is useful to
countermand both `commit.gpgSign` configuration variable, and
earlier `--gpg-sign`.
--ff::
If the current HEAD is the same as the parent of the
cherry-pick'ed commit, then a fast forward to this commit will
be performed.
--allow-empty::
By default, cherry-picking an empty commit will fail,
indicating that an explicit invocation of `git commit
--allow-empty` is required. This option overrides that
behavior, allowing empty commits to be preserved automatically
in a cherry-pick. Note that when "--ff" is in effect, empty
commits that meet the "fast-forward" requirement will be kept
even without this option. Note also, that use of this option only
keeps commits that were initially empty (i.e. the commit recorded the
same tree as its parent). Commits which are made empty due to a
previous commit will cause the cherry-pick to fail. To force the
inclusion of those commits, use `--empty=keep`.
--allow-empty-message::
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