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 The commits are compared with their 'patch id', obtained from linkgit:git-patch-id[1]
  17 program.
  18
  19 Every commit that doesn't exist in the <upstream> branch
  20 has its id (sha1) reported, prefixed by a symbol.  The ones that have
  21 equivalent change already
  22 in the <upstream> branch are prefixed with a minus (-) sign, and those
  23 that only exist in the <head> branch are prefixed with a plus (+) symbol:
  24
  25                __*__*__*__*__> <upstream>
  26               /
  27     fork-point
  28               \__+__+__-__+__+__-__+__> <head>
  29
  30
  31 If a <limit> has been given then the commits along the <head> branch up
  32 to and including <limit> are not reported:
  33
  34                __*__*__*__*__> <upstream>
  35               /
  36     fork-point
  37               \__*__*__<limit>__-__+__> <head>
  38
  39
  40 Because git-cherry compares the changeset rather than the commit id
  41 (sha1), you can use git-cherry to find out if a commit you made locally
  42 has been applied <upstream> under a different commit id.  For example,
  43 this will happen if you're feeding patches <upstream> via email rather
  44 than pushing or pulling commits directly.
  45
  46
  47 OPTIONS
  48 -------
  49 -v::
  50         Verbose.
  51
  52 <upstream>::
  53         Upstream branch to compare against.
  54
  55 <head>::
  56         Working branch; defaults to HEAD.
  57
  58 <limit>::
  59         Do not report commits up to (and including) limit.
  60
  61 SEE ALSO
  62 --------
  63 linkgit:git-patch-id[1]
  64
  65 Author
  66 ------
  67 Written by Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
  68
  69 Documentation
  70 --------------
  71 Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
  72
  73 GIT
  74 ---
  75 Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite