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From: Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>
To: Johannes Sixt <j.sixt@viscovery.net>
Cc: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>,
	Steven Grimm <koreth@midwinter.com>,
	Pierre Habouzit <madcoder@debian.org>,
	Git Mailing List <git@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] git-revert is one of the most misunderstood command in git, help users out.
Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2007 12:16:21 +0000 (GMT)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0711061214520.4362@racer.site> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <47305536.5010308@viscovery.net>

Hi,

On Tue, 6 Nov 2007, Johannes Sixt wrote:

> Junio C Hamano schrieb:
> > I am wondering what "git cherry-pick -- <paths>" should do.  My
> > current thinking is that it would not make any sense at all.
> 
> IMO, at least "git cherry-pick -n -- <paths>" makes tons of sense.

I guess you missed that Junio did not specify any commit.  With a commit, 
I agree, it makes tons of sense.

Without a commit, it would default to... uhm... HEAD?  And applying the 
changes to a given file, which are already in HEAD, no, that does not make 
sense.

Ciao,
Dscho

  reply	other threads:[~2007-11-06 12:17 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 39+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-11-05 19:01 [PATCH] git-revert is one of the most misunderstood command in git, help users out Pierre Habouzit
2007-11-05 19:04 ` Pierre Habouzit
2007-11-05 19:05   ` J. Bruce Fields
2007-11-05 19:10     ` Pierre Habouzit
2007-11-05 19:28 ` Steven Grimm
2007-11-05 19:50   ` Pierre Habouzit
2007-11-05 21:54   ` Alejandro Martinez Ruiz
2007-11-05 22:06     ` David Kastrup
2007-11-05 23:41       ` Alejandro Martinez Ruiz
2007-11-05 22:21   ` Junio C Hamano
2007-11-05 23:40     ` Johannes Schindelin
2007-11-06  0:08       ` Pierre Habouzit
2007-11-06  2:51       ` Junio C Hamano
2007-11-06  3:18         ` Johannes Schindelin
2007-11-06  4:54           ` Junio C Hamano
2007-11-06  8:49             ` Pierre Habouzit
2007-11-06  9:29               ` Mike Hommey
2007-11-06  9:37                 ` Pierre Habouzit
2007-11-06 12:32             ` Johannes Schindelin
2007-11-06 18:06               ` Junio C Hamano
2007-11-06 18:27                 ` Johannes Schindelin
2007-11-06 19:39                   ` Pierre Habouzit
2007-11-06 19:42                     ` Junio C Hamano
2007-11-06 22:21                       ` Johannes Schindelin
2007-11-06 20:06               ` Robin Rosenberg
2007-11-06 20:13                 ` Mike Hommey
2007-11-06 21:21                   ` Robin Rosenberg
2007-11-06 22:25                     ` Johannes Schindelin
2007-11-07  8:16                       ` Mike Hommey
2007-11-07 11:08                         ` Johannes Schindelin
2007-11-07 19:32                           ` Robin Rosenberg
2007-11-07 20:01                             ` Jakub Narebski
2007-11-07  9:03                       ` David Kastrup
2007-11-06 11:08         ` Junio C Hamano
2007-11-06 11:51           ` Johannes Sixt
2007-11-06 12:16             ` Johannes Schindelin [this message]
2007-11-06 12:25           ` Johannes Schindelin
2007-11-06 12:48             ` Pierre Habouzit
2007-11-06 17:43               ` Wincent Colaiuta

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