Re: [PATCHv2] doc: Clarify that "cherry-pick -x" does not use "git notes"

[Jay Soffian <jaysoffian@gmail.com>]

On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 1:53 PM, Sebastian Schuberth
<sschuberth@gmail.com> wrote:
> The documentation for "cherry-pick -x" could be misread in the way that a
> "git notes" object is attached to the new commit, which is not the case.
>
> Signed-off-by: Sebastian Schuberth <sschuberth@gmail.com>
> ---
>  Documentation/git-cherry-pick.txt |    7 ++++---
>  1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/git-cherry-pick.txt b/Documentation/git-cherry-pick.txt
> index 01db830..9d8fe0d 100644
> --- a/Documentation/git-cherry-pick.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/git-cherry-pick.txt
> @@ -51,9 +51,10 @@ OPTIONS
>        message prior to committing.
>
>  -x::
> -       When recording the commit, append to the original commit
> -       message a note that indicates which commit this change
> -       was cherry-picked from.  Append the note only for cherry
> +       When recording the commit, append a line that says
> +       "(cherry picked from commit ...)" to the original commit
> +       message in order to indicate which commit this change was
> +       cherry-picked from.  This is done only for cherry
>        picks without conflicts.  Do not use this option if
>        you are cherry-picking from your private branch because
>        the information is useless to the recipient.  If on the

As long as you're nearby, "This is done only for cherry picks without
conflicts." can be dropped. It's no longer true.

j.