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diff --git a/Documentation/git-cherry.txt b/Documentation/git-cherry.txt index e1bf8ee25..27b67b81a 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-cherry.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-cherry.txt @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ git-cherry - Find commits not merged upstream SYNOPSIS -------- -'git-cherry' [-v] <upstream> [<head>] +'git-cherry' [-v] <upstream> [<head>] [<limit>] DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -18,7 +18,22 @@ Every commit that doesn't exist in the <upstream> branch has its id (sha1) reported, prefixed by a symbol. The ones that have equivalent change already 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. +that only exist in the <head> branch are prefixed with a plus (+) symbol: + + __*__*__*__*__> <upstream> + / + fork-point + \__+__+__-__+__+__-__+__> <head> + + +If a <limit> has been given then the commits along the <head> branch up +to and including <limit> are not reported: + + __*__*__*__*__> <upstream> + / + fork-point + \__*__*__<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 |