git-cherry

Langue: en

Version: 02/20/2009 (ubuntu - 07/07/09)

Section: 1 (Commandes utilisateur)

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>. The commits are compared with their patch id, obtained from the git-patch-id program.

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.

SEE ALSO

git-patch-id(1)

AUTHOR

Written by Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com[1]>

DOCUMENTATION

Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org[2]>.

GIT

Part of the git(1) suite

NOTES

1.
gitster@pobox.com
mailto:gitster@pobox.com
2.
git@vger.kernel.org
mailto:git@vger.kernel.org