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doc: don't claim that cherry calls patch-id

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The id is already different for binary files.  The hash used is an
implementation detail, so let's just document how diffs are compared.

Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
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@ -14,8 +14,7 @@ DESCRIPTION
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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.
The diffs are compared after removing any whitespace and line numbers.
Every commit that doesn't exist in the <upstream> branch
has its id (sha1) reported, prefixed by a symbol. The ones that have