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authorJunio C Hamano <junio@hera.kernel.org>2006-05-05 23:14:25 +0000
committerJunio C Hamano <junio@hera.kernel.org>2006-05-05 23:14:25 +0000
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<h2>DESCRIPTION</h2>
<div class="sectionbody">
-<p>Each commit between the fork-point and &lt;head&gt; is examined, and compared against
-the change each commit between the fork-point and &lt;upstream&gt; introduces.
-Commits already included in upstream are prefixed with <em>-</em> (meaning "drop from
-my local pull"), while commits missing from upstream are prefixed with <em>+</em>
-(meaning "add to the updated upstream").</p>
+<p>The changeset (or "diff") of each commit between the fork-point and &lt;head&gt;
+is compared against each commit between the fork-point and &lt;upstream&gt;.</p>
+<p>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 &lt;upstream&gt; branch are prefixed with a minus (-) sign, and those
+that only exist in the &lt;head&gt; branch are prefixed with a plus (+) symbol.</p>
+<p>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 &lt;upstream&gt; under a different commit id. For example,
+this will happen if you're feeding patches &lt;upstream&gt; via email rather
+than pushing or pulling commits directly.</p>
</div>
<h2>OPTIONS</h2>
<div class="sectionbody">
@@ -325,7 +331,7 @@ my local pull"), while commits missing from upstream are prefixed with <em>+</em
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-Last updated 10-Mar-2006 00:31:22 UTC
+Last updated 05-May-2006 23:14:11 UTC
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