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| author |  Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2011-07-06 15:38:18 -0700 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2011-07-06 15:38:18 -0700 |
| commit | 71ee7fd15457a0252c089420b5b66de266dcbd2f (patch) | |
| tree | 98d4d7d1f72c30fd7695f011be78d3e45158c41a /Documentation/git-cherry.txt | |
| parent | Merge commit 'v1.6.0' into jc/checkout-reflog-fix (diff) | |
| parent | Git 1.7.0 (diff) | |
| download | tgif-71ee7fd15457a0252c089420b5b66de266dcbd2f.tar.xz | |
Merge commit 'v1.7.0' into jc/checkout-reflog-fix
* commit 'v1.7.0': (4188 commits)
Git 1.7.0
Fix typo in 1.6.6.2 release notes
Re-fix check-ref-format documentation mark-up
archive documentation: attributes are taken from the tree by default
Documentation: minor fixes to RelNotes-1.7.0
bash: support 'git am's new '--continue' option
filter-branch: Fix error message for --prune-empty --commit-filter
am: switch --resolved to --continue
Update draft release notes to 1.7.0 one more time
Git 1.6.6.2
t8003: check exit code of command and error message separately
check-ref-format documentation: fix enumeration mark-up
Documentation: quote braces in {upstream} notation
t3902: Protect against OS X normalization
blame: prevent a segv when -L given start > EOF
git-push: document all the status flags used in the output
Fix parsing of imap.preformattedHTML and imap.sslverify
git-add documentation: Fix shell quoting example
Revert "pack-objects: fix pack generation when using pack_size_limit"
archive: simplify archive format guessing
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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/git-cherry.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-cherry.txt | 9 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-cherry.txt b/Documentation/git-cherry.txt index 74d14c4e7f..fed115acd0 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-cherry.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-cherry.txt @@ -7,14 +7,14 @@ git-cherry - Find commits not merged upstream SYNOPSIS -------- -'git cherry' [-v] <upstream> [<head>] [<limit>] +'git cherry' [-v] [<upstream> [<head> [<limit>]]] DESCRIPTION ----------- The changeset (or "diff") of each commit between the fork-point and <head> is compared against each commit between the fork-point and <upstream>. The commits are compared with their 'patch id', obtained from -the 'git-patch-id' program. +the 'git patch-id' program. Every commit that doesn't exist in the <upstream> branch has its id (sha1) reported, prefixed by a symbol. The ones that have @@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ to and including <limit> are not reported: \__*__*__<limit>__-__+__> <head> -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 +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. @@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ OPTIONS <upstream>:: Upstream branch to compare against. + Defaults to the first tracked remote branch, if available. <head>:: Working branch; defaults to HEAD. |