code>git cherry-pick -n master~1 next</code></dt>
<dd>
<p>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.</p>
</dd>
<dt class="hdlist1"><code>git cherry-pick --ff ..next</code></dt>
<dd>
<p>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 tho