Documentation: git-cherry uses git-patch-id

[git.git] / Documentation / git-cherry.txt
diff --git a/Documentation/git-cherry.txt b/Documentation/git-cherry.txt

index b0468aa746a074741de8b4a4ebeb82c177edb1e8..d8e0a5b843d8c8d02df2150a05f4d9c5928596f4 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-cherry.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-cherry.txt
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ DESCRIPTION
  -----------
  The changeset (or "diff") of each commit between the fork-point and <head>
  is compared against each commit between the fork-point and <upstream>.
+The commits are compared with their 'patch id', obtained from linkgit:git-patch-id[1]
+program.
  
  Every commit that doesn't exist in the <upstream> branch
  has its id (sha1) reported, prefixed by a symbol.  The ones that have
@@ -56,6 +58,10 @@ OPTIONS
  <limit>::
         Do not report commits up to (and including) limit.
  
+SEE ALSO
+--------
+linkgit:git-patch-id[1]
+
  Author
  ------
  Written by Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>