Christian Couder wrote: > --- a/t/t3508-cherry-pick-many-commits.sh > +++ b/t/t3508-cherry-pick-many-commits.sh > @@ -92,4 +92,14 @@ test_expect_failure 'cherry-pick -3 fourth works' ' > test "$(git rev-parse --verify HEAD)" != "$(git rev-parse --verify fourth)" > ' > > +test_expect_success 'cherry-pick --stdin works' ' > + git checkout master && > + git reset --hard first && [...] This test fails for me as written, since the previous test leaves some files in an unmerged state. Patch 1 below works around that. > --- a/builtin/revert.c > +++ b/builtin/revert.c > @@ -79,7 +80,7 @@ static void parse_args(int argc, const char **argv) > } > > commit_argc = parse_options(argc, argv, NULL, options, usage_str, 0); [...] > @@ -527,10 +528,12 @@ static void prepare_revs(struct rev_info *revs) > { > int argc = 0; > int i; > - const char **argv = xmalloc((commit_argc + 4) * sizeof(*argv)); > + const char **argv = xmalloc((commit_argc + 5) * sizeof(*argv)); > > argv[argc++] = NULL; > argv[argc++] = "--no-walk"; > + if (read_stdin) > + argv[argc++] = "--stdin"; Ah, I see the problem now. But it would be even nicer to allow arbitrary rev-list options, so a person could ‘git cherry-pick --reverse a..b’, for example. In other words, how about something like patch 2 below? Patch 3 is a small cleanup, as a bonus. Christian Couder (1): revert: accept arbitrary rev-list options Jonathan Nieder (2): t3508 (cherry-pick): futureproof against unmerged files revert: do not rebuild argv on heap Documentation/git-cherry-pick.txt | 7 ++++++ builtin/revert.c | 37 ++++++++++++++++++----------------- t/t3501-revert-cherry-pick.sh | 18 +++++++++++++++++ t/t3508-cherry-pick-many-commits.sh | 24 ++++++++++++++++------ 4 files changed, 61 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-) -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html