Re: [PATCH] git-cherry: make <upstream> parameter optional

[Markus Heidelberg <markus.heidelberg@web.de>]

Johannes Schindelin, 30.12.2008:
> Hi,
> 
> On Mon, 29 Dec 2008, Markus Heidelberg wrote:
> 
> > The upstream branch <upstream> now defaults to the first tracked
> > remote branch, which is set by the configuration variables
> > branch.<name>.remote and branch.<name>.merge of the current branch.
> > 
> > Without such a remote branch, the command "git cherry [-v]" fails with
> > usage output as before and an additional message.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Markus Heidelberg <markus.heidelberg@web.de>
> 
> This would be a massively visible user interface change.  At the moment, 
> it does this (which I like):
> 
> 	$ git cherry-pick
> 	usage: git cherry-pick [options] <commit-ish>
> 
> 	    -n, --no-commit       don't automatically commit
> 	    -e, --edit            edit the commit message
> 	    -x                    append commit name when cherry-picking
> 	    -r                    no-op (backward compatibility)
> 	    -s, --signoff         add Signed-off-by:
> 	    -m, --mainline <n>    parent number
> 
> Opposed,
> Dscho

The patch was about git-cherry, not git-cherry-pick.

Markus