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authorMichael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net>2011-02-21 17:09:12 +0100
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2011-02-21 16:34:05 -0800
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rev-list: documentation and test for --left/right-only
Signed-off-by: Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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@@ -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::