diff --git a/Documentation/git-cherry.txt b/Documentation/git-cherry.txt index b0468aa746..d8e0a5b843 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-cherry.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-cherry.txt @@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ DESCRIPTION ----------- The changeset (or "diff") of each commit between the fork-point and is compared against each commit between the fork-point and . +The commits are compared with their 'patch id', obtained from linkgit:git-patch-id[1] +program. Every commit that doesn't exist in the branch has its id (sha1) reported, prefixed by a symbol. The ones that have @@ -56,6 +58,10 @@ OPTIONS :: Do not report commits up to (and including) limit. +SEE ALSO +-------- +linkgit:git-patch-id[1] + Author ------ Written by Junio C Hamano