git cherry_pick_error ai_generated true

error: could not apply <hash>... Commit message (cherry-pick conflict)

ID: git/cherry-pick-conflict

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88%Fix Rate
90%Confidence
50Evidence
2023-01-01First Seen

Version Compatibility

VersionStatusIntroducedDeprecatedNotes
2 active — — —

Root Cause

Cherry-pick has conflicts. Target branch diverged from the source branch.

generic

Workarounds

  1. 95% success Resolve conflicts manually, then: git add <files> && git cherry-pick --continue 
    git add <files> && git cherry-pick --continue

    Sources: https://git-scm.com/docs/git-cherry-pick

  2. 82% success Use -x flag to record the source commit hash in the message 
    git cherry-pick -x <hash>

    Sources: https://git-scm.com/docs/git-cherry-pick#Documentation/git-cherry-pick.txt--x

  3. 88% success Abort and start over if it gets messy: git cherry-pick --abort 
    git cherry-pick --abort

    Sources: https://git-scm.com/docs/git-cherry-pick

Dead Ends

Common approaches that don't work:

  1. Use --skip to skip conflicting commits 75% fail

    Loses the changes from that commit entirely

  2. Abort and merge instead 55% fail

    Merge brings all commits — you wanted just specific ones

Error Chain

Frequently confused with: