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authorJunio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>2006-10-24 23:14:30 -0700
committerJunio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>2006-10-25 12:56:37 -0700
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Update cherry documentation.
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
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@@ -14,8 +14,9 @@ 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>.
-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
+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.