--- /dev/null
+diff --git a/gitk-git/gitk.orig b/gitk-git/gitk
+index ce63a8c..4ae5a56 100755
+--- a/gitk-git/gitk.orig
++++ b/gitk-git/gitk
+@@ -9150,7 +9150,7 @@ proc cherrypick {} {
+ update
+ # Unfortunately git-cherry-pick writes stuff to stderr even when
+ # no error occurs, and exec takes that as an indication of error...
+- if {[catch {exec sh -c "git cherry-pick -r $rowmenuid 2>&1"} err]} {
++ if {[catch {exec sh -c "git cherry-pick -x -r $rowmenuid 2>&1"} err]} {
+ notbusy cherrypick
+ if {[regexp -line \
+ {Entry '(.*)' (would be overwritten by merge|not uptodate)} \