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message prior committing.
-x::
- Cause the command to append which commit was
- cherry-picked after the original commit message when
- making a commit. 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
+ 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
+ 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
other hand you are cherry-picking between two publicly
visible branches (e.g. backporting a fix to a
maintenance branch for an older release from a
development branch), adding this information can be
useful.
--r|--replay::
+-r::
It used to be that the command defaulted to do `-x`
described above, and `-r` was to disable it. Now the
default is not to do `-x` so this option is a no-op.
GIT
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