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Subject: Re: [PATCH] Allow cherry-picking root commits
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Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> writes:

> There is no good reason why cherry-picking root commits should not be 
> allowed.

Hmm, does "cherry-pick a root commit" even have a well defined semantics,
other than "if there is no overlap in files just add the files in"?  I
have a feeling that it is more likely to be a user error, a sign that the
user mistyped the name of the commit to pick.