From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Junio C Hamano Subject: Re: [PATCH] Clarify that git-cherry-pick applies patches to HEAD Date: Sun, 27 Jun 2010 12:46:12 -0700 Message-ID: <7viq54fed7.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org> References: <1277646745.13370.711.camel@zarniwoop.blob> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: git@vger.kernel.org To: rspanton@zepler.net X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Sun Jun 27 21:46:26 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.180.67]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OSxo9-0007Mo-AU for gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org; Sun, 27 Jun 2010 21:46:25 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755364Ab0F0TqV (ORCPT ); Sun, 27 Jun 2010 15:46:21 -0400 Received: from a-pb-sasl-quonix.pobox.com ([208.72.237.25]:32814 "EHLO sasl.smtp.pobox.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754088Ab0F0TqU (ORCPT ); Sun, 27 Jun 2010 15:46:20 -0400 Received: from sasl.smtp.pobox.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by a-pb-sasl-quonix.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8760BBFDB5; Sun, 27 Jun 2010 15:46:19 -0400 (EDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=pobox.com; h=to:cc:subject :references:from:date:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :content-type; s=sasl; bh=UiBtn6wWCnxRPIS0ZLbZpI5zpnI=; b=aVwVfJ k6lAP1yvxnNIPV5Y6kAUENyheVIWNRArXT5b7babjxc0HYaxGBIvSBhhfdWg4by+ xk+p1Xg69A/89L28cjUpKBYhHhLO3kBl0LFGprlnz9HnpGsKrZT/O7v6BBseZpis 7X+j0mZfTBctMsfu06bt454wnKRm542LNEvYM= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=pobox.com; h=to:cc:subject :references:from:date:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :content-type; q=dns; s=sasl; b=bW+R0vHnUd1+GhnuPtKdDoD48Gx6tZKY 2CkoxBixmijLx+WopvkSaSB6NjfcS2pMC61hYfAGexftiwazosrBW6FVnfR8gGY9 hT2OU+yltwry2613bk32ctSpwobBrNA4ctWmNGYoxnfGNNrPX14Rm4dFJsLWjYib el5rMAOEhuc= Received: from a-pb-sasl-quonix. (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by a-pb-sasl-quonix.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 64A53BFDB1; Sun, 27 Jun 2010 15:46:17 -0400 (EDT) Received: from pobox.com (unknown [69.181.135.33]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by a-pb-sasl-quonix.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 2C5A1BFDB0; Sun, 27 Jun 2010 15:46:14 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <1277646745.13370.711.camel@zarniwoop.blob> (Robert Spanton's message of "Sun\, 27 Jun 2010 14\:52\:25 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.2 (gnu/linux) X-Pobox-Relay-ID: A6D5281A-8224-11DF-9D67-9056EE7EF46B-77302942!a-pb-sasl-quonix.pobox.com Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Robert Spanton writes: > 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 Almost all commit-creating commands work on nothing but the current HEAD, and once a reader understands that repeating that "git commit" makes commit on top of current HEAD, "git am" applies patches on top of current HEAD, etc. will become excessively noisy, I am afraid.