Subject: Re: [RFC/PATCH] cherry-pick/revert: add support for -X/--strategy-option

From: Jonathan Nieder <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2010 15:25:15 -0600

Jonathan Nieder wrote:

> For example, this would allow cherry-picking or reverting patches from
> a piece of history with a different end-of-line style, like so:
> 
> 	$ git revert -Xrenormalize old-problematic-commit
> 
> Currently that is possible with manual use of merge-recursive but the
> cherry-pick/revert porcelain does not expose the functionality.
> 
> While at it, document the existing support for --strategy.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <[email-masked]>
> ---
> Thoughts?

Ping?  I use this with -Xpatience fairly often.  Am I the only one who
has wanted such a thing?