Documentation/git-cherry.txt

   1 git-cherry(1)
   2 =============
   3
   4 NAME
   5 ----
   6 git-cherry - Find commits not merged upstream
   7
   8 SYNOPSIS
   9 --------
  10 'git-cherry' [-v] <upstream> [<head>] [<limit>]
  11
  12 DESCRIPTION
  13 -----------
  14 The changeset (or "diff") of each commit between the fork-point and <head>
  15 is compared against each commit between the fork-point and <upstream>.
  16
  17 Every commit that doesn't exist in the <upstream> branch
  18 has its id (sha1) reported, prefixed by a symbol.  The ones that have
  19 equivalent change already
  20 in the <upstream> branch are prefixed with a minus (-) sign, and those
  21 that only exist in the <head> branch are prefixed with a plus (+) symbol:
  22
  23                __*__*__*__*__> <upstream>
  24               /
  25     fork-point
  26               \__+__+__-__+__+__-__+__> <head>
  27
  28
  29 If a <limit> has been given then the commits along the <head> branch up
  30 to and including <limit> are not reported:
  31
  32                __*__*__*__*__> <upstream>
  33               /
  34     fork-point
  35               \__*__*__<limit>__-__+__> <head>
  36
  37
  38 Because git-cherry compares the changeset rather than the commit id
  39 (sha1), you can use git-cherry to find out if a commit you made locally
  40 has been applied <upstream> under a different commit id.  For example,
  41 this will happen if you're feeding patches <upstream> via email rather
  42 than pushing or pulling commits directly.
  43
  44
  45 OPTIONS
  46 -------
  47 -v::
  48         Verbose.
  49
  50 <upstream>::
  51         Upstream branch to compare against.
  52
  53 <head>::
  54         Working branch; defaults to HEAD.
  55
  56 <limit>::
  57         Do not report commits up to (and including) limit.
  58
  59 Author
  60 ------
  61 Written by Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
  62
  63 Documentation
  64 --------------
  65 Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
  66
  67 GIT
  68 ---
  69 Part of the linkgit:git[7] suite