diff --git a/Documentation/git-cherry.txt b/Documentation/git-cherry.txt index f6c19c734d..2d0daae626 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-cherry.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-cherry.txt @@ -14,8 +14,7 @@ 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 -the 'git patch-id' program. +The diffs are compared after removing any whitespace and line numbers. Every commit that doesn't exist in the branch has its id (sha1) reported, prefixed by a symbol. The ones that have