s:</p>
</div>
<div class="olist arabic">
<ol class="arabic">
<li>
<p>The current branch and <code>HEAD</code> pointer stay at the last commit
successfully made.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>The <code>CHERRY_PICK_HEAD</code> ref is set to point at the commit that
introduced the change that is difficult to apply.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Paths in which the change applied cleanly are updated both
in the index file and in your working tree.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>For conflicting paths, the index file records up to three
versions, as 