> for more
details. In particular, if the <em>&lt;mode&gt;</em> is given a value of <code>scissors</code>,
scissors will be appended to <code>MERGE_MSG</code> before being passed on in the case
of a conflict.</p>
</dd>
<dt class="hdlist1">-x</dt>
<dd>
<p>When recording the commit, append a line that says
"(cherry picked from commit &#8230;&#8203;)" to the original commit
message in order to indicate which commit this change was
cherry-picked from.  This is done only for cherry
picks without conflicts.  Do n