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From: Robert Spanton <rspanton@zepler.net>
To: git@vger.kernel.org, gitster@pobox.com
Subject: [PATCH] Clarify that git-cherry-pick applies patches to HEAD
Date: Sun, 27 Jun 2010 14:52:25 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1277646745.13370.711.camel@zarniwoop.blob> (raw)

Change the description of cherry-pick to state that the given commits
are applied to the current HEAD.  It was unclear exactly where
cherry-pick ends up sticking the given commits.

Signed-off-by: Robert Spanton <rspanton@zepler.net>
---
 Documentation/git-cherry-pick.txt |    5 +++--
 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/git-cherry-pick.txt b/Documentation/git-cherry-pick.txt
index bcb4c75..2d52445 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-cherry-pick.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-cherry-pick.txt
@@ -13,8 +13,9 @@ DESCRIPTION
 -----------
 
 Given one or more existing commits, apply the change each one
-introduces, recording a new commit for each.  This requires your
-working tree to be clean (no modifications from the HEAD commit).
+introduces to the current HEAD, recording a new commit for each.
+This requires your working tree to be clean (no modifications from
+the HEAD commit).
 
 OPTIONS
 -------
-- 
1.7.0.1

             reply	other threads:[~2010-06-27 13:52 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-06-27 13:52 Robert Spanton [this message]
2010-06-27 19:46 ` [PATCH] Clarify that git-cherry-pick applies patches to HEAD Junio C Hamano

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