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GIT\-CHERRY

Section: Git Manual (1)
Updated: 09/30/2007
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NAME

git-cherry - Find commits not merged upstream  

SYNOPSIS

git-cherry [-v] <upstream> [<head>] [<limit>]  

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 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: 

           __*__*__*__*__> <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 has been applied <upstream> under a different commit id. For example, this will happen if you're feeding patches <upstream> via email rather than pushing or pulling commits directly.  

OPTIONS

-v

Verbose.

<upstream>

Upstream branch to compare against.

<head>

Working branch; defaults to HEAD.

<limit>

Do not report commits up to (and including) limit.
 

AUTHOR

Written by Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>  

DOCUMENTATION

Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.  

GIT

Part of the git(7) suite

 

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