Merge branch 'cc/cherry-pick-series'

* cc/cherry-pick-series:
  Documentation/revert: describe passing more than one commit
  Documentation/cherry-pick: describe passing more than one commit
  revert: add tests to check cherry-picking many commits
  revert: allow cherry-picking more than one commit
  revert: change help_msg() to take no argument
  revert: refactor code into a do_pick_commit() function
  revert: use run_command_v_opt() instead of execv_git_cmd()
  revert: cleanup code for -x option

2 files changed, 90 insertions, 25 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/git-cherry-pick.txt b/Documentation/git-cherry-pick.txt
index d71607a85d..bcb4c758b7 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-cherry-pick.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-cherry-pick.txt
@@ -3,24 +3,28 @@ git-cherry-pick(1)
 
 NAME
 ----
-git-cherry-pick - Apply the change introduced by an existing commit
+git-cherry-pick - Apply the changes introduced by some existing commits
 
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
-'git cherry-pick' [--edit] [-n] [-m parent-number] [-s] [-x] [--ff] <commit>
+'git cherry-pick' [--edit] [-n] [-m parent-number] [-s] [-x] [--ff] <commit>...
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
-Given one existing commit, apply the change the patch introduces, and record a
-new commit that records it.  This requires your working tree to be clean (no
-modifications from the HEAD commit).
+
+Given one or more existing commits, apply the change each one
+introduces, recording a new commit for each.  This requires your
+working tree to be clean (no modifications from the HEAD commit).
 
 OPTIONS
 -------
-<commit>::
-	Commit to cherry-pick.
+<commit>...::
+	Commits to cherry-pick.
 	For a more complete list of ways to spell commits, see the
 	"SPECIFYING REVISIONS" section in linkgit:git-rev-parse[1].
+	Sets of commits can be passed but no traversal is done by
+	default, as if the '--no-walk' option was specified, see
+	linkgit:git-rev-list[1].
 
 -e::
 --edit::
@@ -55,10 +59,10 @@ OPTIONS
 
 -n::
 --no-commit::
-	Usually the command automatically creates a commit.
-	This flag applies the change necessary to cherry-pick
-	the named commit to your working tree and the index,
-	but does not make the commit.  In addition, when this
+	Usually the command automatically creates a sequence of commits.
+	This flag applies the changes necessary to cherry-pick
+	each named commit to your working tree and the index,
+	without making any commit.  In addition, when this
 	option is used, your index does not have to match the
 	HEAD commit.  The cherry-pick is done against the
 	beginning state of your index.
@@ -75,6 +79,40 @@ effect to your index in a row.
 	cherry-pick'ed commit, then a fast forward to this commit will
 	be performed.
 
+EXAMPLES
+--------
+git cherry-pick master::
+
+	Apply the change introduced by the commit at the tip of the
+	master branch and create a new commit with this change.
+
+git cherry-pick ..master::
+git cherry-pick ^HEAD master::
+
+	Apply the changes introduced by all commits that are ancestors
+	of master but not of HEAD to produce new commits.
+
+git cherry-pick master\~4 master~2::
+
+	Apply the changes introduced by the fifth and third last
+	commits pointed to by master and create 2 new commits with
+	these changes.
+
+git cherry-pick -n master~1 next::
+
+	Apply to the working tree and the index the changes introduced
+	by the second last commit pointed to by master and by the last
+	commit pointed to by next, but do not create any commit with
+	these changes.
+
+git cherry-pick --ff ..next::
+
+	If history is linear and HEAD is an ancestor of next, update
+	the working tree and advance the HEAD pointer to match next.
+	Otherwise, apply the changes introduced by those commits that
+	are in next but not HEAD to the current branch, creating a new
+	commit for each new change.
+
 Author
 ------
 Written by Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
@@ -83,6 +121,10 @@ Documentation
 --------------
 Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
 
+SEE ALSO
+--------
+linkgit:git-revert[1]
+
 GIT
 ---
 Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/Documentation/git-revert.txt b/Documentation/git-revert.txt
index c66bf8072e..dea4f53522 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-revert.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-revert.txt
@@ -3,20 +3,22 @@ git-revert(1)
 
 NAME
 ----
-git-revert - Revert an existing commit
+git-revert - Revert some existing commits
 
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
-'git revert' [--edit | --no-edit] [-n] [-m parent-number] [-s] <commit>
+'git revert' [--edit | --no-edit] [-n] [-m parent-number] [-s] <commit>...
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
-Given one existing commit, revert the change the patch introduces, and record a
-new commit that records it.  This requires your working tree to be clean (no
-modifications from the HEAD commit).
 
-Note: 'git revert' is used to record a new commit to reverse the
-effect of an earlier commit (often a faulty one).  If you want to
+Given one or more existing commits, revert the changes that the
+related patches introduce, and record some new commits that record
+them.  This requires your working tree to be clean (no modifications
+from the HEAD commit).
+
+Note: 'git revert' is used to record some new commits to reverse the
+effect of some earlier commits (often only a faulty one).  If you want to
 throw away all uncommitted changes in your working directory, you
 should see linkgit:git-reset[1], particularly the '--hard' option.  If
 you want to extract specific files as they were in another commit, you
@@ -26,10 +28,13 @@ both will discard uncommitted changes in your working directory.
 
 OPTIONS
 -------
-<commit>::
-	Commit to revert.
+<commit>...::
+	Commits to revert.
 	For a more complete list of ways to spell commit names, see
 	"SPECIFYING REVISIONS" section in linkgit:git-rev-parse[1].
+	Sets of commits can also be given but no traversal is done by
+	default, see linkgit:git-rev-list[1] and its '--no-walk'
+	option.
 
 -e::
 --edit::
@@ -59,11 +64,11 @@ more details.
 
 -n::
 --no-commit::
-	Usually the command automatically creates a commit with
-	a commit log message stating which commit was
-	reverted.  This flag applies the change necessary
-	to revert the named commit to your working tree
-	and the index, but does not make the commit.  In addition,
+	Usually the command automatically creates some commits with
+	commit log messages stating which commits were
+	reverted.  This flag applies the changes necessary
+	to revert the named commits to your working tree
+	and the index, but does not make the commits.  In addition,
 	when this option is used, your index does not have to match
 	the HEAD commit.  The revert is done against the
 	beginning state of your index.
@@ -75,6 +80,20 @@ effect to your index in a row.
 --signoff::
 	Add Signed-off-by line at the end of the commit message.
 
+EXAMPLES
+--------
+git revert HEAD~3::
+
+	Revert the changes specified by the fourth last commit in HEAD
+	and create a new commit with the reverted changes.
+
+git revert -n master\~5..master~2::
+
+	Revert the changes done by commits from the fifth last commit
+	in master (included) to the third last commit in master
+	(included), but do not create any commit with the reverted
+	changes. The revert only modifies the working tree and the
+	index.
 
 Author
 ------
@@ -84,6 +103,10 @@ Documentation
 --------------
 Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
 
+SEE ALSO
+--------
+linkgit:git-cherry-pick[1]
+
 GIT
 ---
 Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite