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From: Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] git-revert is one of the most misunderstood command in
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Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2007 12:16:21 +0000 (GMT)
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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