When cherry-picking multiple commits, it's impossible to have both merge- and non-merge commits on the same command-line. Not specifying '-m 1' results in cherry-pick refusing to handle merge commits, while specifying '-m 1' fails on non-merge commits. This patch allows '-m 1' for non-merge commits. As mainline is always the only parent for a non-merge commit, it makes little sense to disable it. Signed-off-by: Sergey Organov <sorganov@xxxxxxxxx> --- sequencer.c | 10 +++++++--- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/sequencer.c b/sequencer.c index e1a4dd1..d0fd61b 100644 --- a/sequencer.c +++ b/sequencer.c @@ -1766,9 +1766,13 @@ static int do_pick_commit(enum todo_command command, struct commit *commit, return error(_("commit %s does not have parent %d"), oid_to_hex(&commit->object.oid), opts->mainline); parent = p->item; - } else if (0 < opts->mainline) - return error(_("mainline was specified but commit %s is not a merge."), - oid_to_hex(&commit->object.oid)); + } else if (1 < opts->mainline) + /* + * Non-first parent explicitly specified as mainline for + * non-merge commit + */ + return error(_("commit %s does not have parent %d"), + oid_to_hex(&commit->object.oid), opts->mainline); else parent = commit->parents->item; -- 2.10.0.1.g57b01a3