You do it correct. The synopsis is
git cherry-pick [--edit] [-n] [-m parent-number] [-s] [-x] [--ff] <commit>...
git cherry-pick goes from left to right commit. You can order how you want.
If you have a conflict you have three choices. you can git cherry-pick --quit (stop cherry-picking and let your tree in his current state), git cherry-pick --abort (stop cherry-picking and reset your branch to the state where he was before you start git cherry-pick) or resolve this conflict with an editor or with git mergetool and then git cherry-pick --continue go to next commit in your list.