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   1git-cherry(1)
   2=============
   3
   4NAME
   5----
   6git-cherry - Find commits not merged upstream
   7
   8SYNOPSIS
   9--------
  10[verse]
  11'git cherry' [-v] [<upstream> [<head> [<limit>]]]
  12
  13DESCRIPTION
  14-----------
  15The changeset (or "diff") of each commit between the fork-point and <head>
  16is compared against each commit between the fork-point and <upstream>.
  17The commits are compared with their 'patch id', obtained from
  18the 'git patch-id' program.
  19
  20Every commit that doesn't exist in the <upstream> branch
  21has its id (sha1) reported, prefixed by a symbol.  The ones that have
  22equivalent change already
  23in the <upstream> branch are prefixed with a minus (-) sign, and those
  24that only exist in the <head> branch are prefixed with a plus (+) symbol:
  25
  26               __*__*__*__*__> <upstream>
  27              /
  28    fork-point
  29              \__+__+__-__+__+__-__+__> <head>
  30
  31
  32If a <limit> has been given then the commits along the <head> branch up
  33to and including <limit> are not reported:
  34
  35               __*__*__*__*__> <upstream>
  36              /
  37    fork-point
  38              \__*__*__<limit>__-__+__> <head>
  39
  40
  41Because 'git cherry' compares the changeset rather than the commit id
  42(sha1), you can use 'git cherry' to find out if a commit you made locally
  43has been applied <upstream> under a different commit id.  For example,
  44this will happen if you're feeding patches <upstream> via email rather
  45than pushing or pulling commits directly.
  46
  47
  48OPTIONS
  49-------
  50-v::
  51        Verbose.
  52
  53<upstream>::
  54        Upstream branch to compare against.
  55        Defaults to the first tracked remote branch, if available.
  56
  57<head>::
  58        Working branch; defaults to HEAD.
  59
  60<limit>::
  61        Do not report commits up to (and including) limit.
  62
  63SEE ALSO
  64--------
  65linkgit:git-patch-id[1]
  66
  67GIT
  68---
  69Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite