(only tested with 1.7.10.x for now) ~/softs/linux$ echo foo > .git/COMMIT_EDITMSG ~/softs/linux$ git cherry-pick -n b55f3d92cd error: could not apply b55f3d9... Linux 2.6.32.26 hint: after resolving the conflicts, mark the corrected paths hint: with 'git add <paths>' or 'git rm <paths>' ~/softs/linux$ cat .git/COMMIT_EDITMSG foo So far, so good. But then "git commit" brings me the message from the cherry-picked commit plus the list of conflicted files, and I can verify that it is now the contents of .git/COMMIT_EDITMSG. Surely the fact I passed "-n" should prevent cloberring the message, even in the event of a conflict. I suppose that would imply not creating .git/MERGE_MSG in that case, but just removing it still causes .git/COMMIT_EDITMSG to be clobbered, this time with nothing but the "git status"-derived comments. -- Yann Dirson - Bertin Technologies -- 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