X-Git-Url: https://git.tokkee.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=Documentation%2Fgit-cherry.txt;h=27b67b81a58956c48452b7aee46b9742ca02e31a;hb=d4ada4876d5ab7b271857917231f6006f2160bca;hp=9a5e37186fcd03972d490e2e996ce8b078112bbb;hpb=2593a410e095f89f0eef40edb90b39029574462b;p=git.git diff --git a/Documentation/git-cherry.txt b/Documentation/git-cherry.txt index 9a5e37186..27b67b81a 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-cherry.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-cherry.txt @@ -7,15 +7,40 @@ git-cherry - Find commits not merged upstream SYNOPSIS -------- -'git-cherry' [-v] [] +'git-cherry' [-v] [] [] DESCRIPTION ----------- -Each commit between the fork-point and is examined, and compared against -the change each commit between the fork-point and introduces. -Commits already included in upstream are prefixed with '-' (meaning "drop from -my local pull"), while commits missing from upstream are prefixed with '+' -(meaning "add to the updated upstream"). +The changeset (or "diff") of each commit between the fork-point and +is compared against each commit between the fork-point and . + +Every commit that doesn't exist in the branch +has its id (sha1) reported, prefixed by a symbol. The ones that have +equivalent change already +in the branch are prefixed with a minus (-) sign, and those +that only exist in the branch are prefixed with a plus (+) symbol: + + __*__*__*__*__> + / + fork-point + \__+__+__-__+__+__-__+__> + + +If a has been given then the commits along the branch up +to and including are not reported: + + __*__*__*__*__> + / + fork-point + \__*__*____-__+__> + + +Because git-cherry compares the changeset rather than the commit id +(sha1), you can use git-cherry to find out if a commit you made locally +has been applied under a different commit id. For example, +this will happen if you're feeding patches via email rather +than pushing or pulling commits directly. + OPTIONS -------