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Clarify git-cherry documentation.

Signed-off-by: Sean Estabrooks <seanlkml@sympatico.ca>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
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sean 19 years ago committed by Junio C Hamano
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DESCRIPTION
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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
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