rev-list: documentation and test for --left/right-only

[git.git] / Documentation / rev-list-options.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt
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--- a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt
@@ -319,6 +319,19 @@ from the other branch (for example, "3rd on b" may be cherry-picked
 from branch A).  With this option, such pairs of commits are
 excluded from the output.
 
+--left-only::
+--right-only::
+
+       List only commits on the respective side of a symmetric range,
+       i.e. only those which would be marked `<` resp. `>` by
+       `--left-right`.
++
+For example, `--cherry-pick --right-only A...B` omits those
+commits from `B` which are in `A` or are patch-equivalent to a commit in
+`A`. In other words, this lists the `{plus}` commits from `git cherry A B`.
+More precisely, `--cherry-pick --right-only --no-merges` gives the exact
+list.
+
 -g::
 --walk-reflogs::