git cherry-pick says local changes exist, but git status says nothing

Question

$ git cherry-pick 5de83068
error: Your local changes to the following files would be overwritten by merge:
        Components/ApplicationEnums/Application.cs
Please, commit yo         


        

Answer 1

The patch from the cherry-pick does not align in terms of the seams of where the changes would be applied. Do a --no-commit to see what happens.