On Tue, Jun 4, 2013 at 12:35 PM, Junio C Hamano <gits...@pobox.com> wrote:
> Felipe Contreras <felipe.contre...@gmail.com> writes:
>
>>> I think just "Skip commits that are or become empty" without saying
>>> "Instead of failing," is fine, too.
>>
>> I think "Instead of failing" makes perfect sense, because it's not our
>> job to describe what other options do,...
>> ...
>> simply explain what this option
>> do.
>
> Which means "Skip commits" and nothing else.  Saying "Instead of
> failing" explains what would happen if you ran the command without
> any option,

Which *BY FAR* the most widely use-case of cherry-pick. What? 99% of the time?

> which is entirely irrelevant,

It's totally and completely relevant. It couldn't be more relevant.

> We share the same "the --skip-empty option does not have anything to
> do with the --allow-empty option, and we do not have to say anything
> about what happens when the command is run with that unrelated
> option".

You didn't answer, what happens when you run --skip-empty and --allow-empty?

-- 
Felipe Contreras
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