Stefan Beller <sbeller@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > On Mon, Feb 5, 2018 at 3:46 AM, Sergey Organov <sorganov@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Hello, >> >> $ git help cherry-pick >> >> -m parent-number, --mainline parent-number >> Usually you cannot cherry-pick a merge because you do not >> know which side of the merge should be considered the >> mainline. >> >> Isn't it always the case that "mainline" is the first parent, as that's >> how "git merge" happens to work? >> >> Is, say, "-m 2" ever useful? > > Say you want to backport everything except that topic using cherry-picks. > Then -m2 would be useful? Didn't get the idea, sorry. Care to clarify? -- Sergey
