X-Git-Url: https://git.tokkee.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=Documentation%2Fgit-cherry.txt;h=27b67b81a58956c48452b7aee46b9742ca02e31a;hb=e52775f43857f377aa2aa69f82ac2d2f26dc6297;hp=893baaa6f656616b2151c572450e037fabee7622;hpb=45f75a0167b4a4693f2c6005bf7db231ca91ecc8;p=git.git diff --git a/Documentation/git-cherry.txt b/Documentation/git-cherry.txt index 893baaa6f..27b67b81a 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-cherry.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-cherry.txt @@ -7,17 +7,33 @@ git-cherry - Find commits not merged upstream SYNOPSIS -------- -'git-cherry' [-v] [] +'git-cherry' [-v] [] [] DESCRIPTION ----------- The changeset (or "diff") of each commit between the fork-point and is compared against each commit between the fork-point and . -Every commit with a changeset that doesn't exist in the other branch -has its id (sha1) reported, prefixed by a symbol. Those existing only +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. +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