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| author | sean <seanlkml@sympatico.ca> | 2006-05-05 15:06:07 -0400 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> | 2006-05-05 14:23:08 -0700 |
| commit | 81ae43cdc4ec4bfba1638aa9786e08322d10b72c (patch) | |
| tree | 22e0b25f976f73c39ad5a2a2e7419246382e9308 /Documentation/git-cherry.txt | |
| parent | ae0b219c8e32aa8f34401252d845916b136a467b (diff) | |
| download | git-81ae43cdc4ec4bfba1638aa9786e08322d10b72c.tar.gz | |
Clarify git-cherry documentation.
Signed-off-by: Sean Estabrooks <seanlkml@sympatico.ca>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/git-cherry.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-cherry.txt | 19 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-cherry.txt b/Documentation/git-cherry.txt index 9a5e37186f..893baaa6f6 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-cherry.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-cherry.txt @@ -11,11 +11,20 @@ SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION ----------- -Each commit between the fork-point and <head> is examined, and compared against -the change each commit between the fork-point and <upstream> 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 <head> +is compared against each commit between the fork-point and <upstream>. + +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 +in the <upstream> branch are prefixed with a minus (-) sign, and those +that only exist in the <head> branch are prefixed with a plus (+) symbol. + +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 <upstream> under a different commit id. For example, +this will happen if you're feeding patches <upstream> via email rather +than pushing or pulling commits directly. + OPTIONS ------- |