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The point of these sections is generally to:
1. Give credit where it is due.
2. Give the reader an idea of where to ask questions or
file bug reports.
But they don't do a good job of either case. For (1), they
are out of date and incomplete. A much more accurate answer
can be gotten through shortlog or blame. For (2), the
correct contact point is generally git@vger, and even if you
wanted to cc the contact point, the out-of-date and
incomplete fields mean you're likely sending to somebody
useless.
So let's drop the fields entirely from all manpages except
git(1) itself. We already point people to the mailing list
for bug reports there, and we can update the Authors section
to give credit to the major contributors and point to
shortlog and blame for more information.
Each page has a "This is part of git" footer, so people can
follow that to the main git manpage.
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git-cherry(1)
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=============
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NAME
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----
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git-cherry - Find commits not merged upstream
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SYNOPSIS
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--------
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'git cherry' [-v] [<upstream> [<head> [<limit>]]]
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DESCRIPTION
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-----------
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The changeset (or "diff") of each commit between the fork-point and <head>
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is compared against each commit between the fork-point and <upstream>.
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The commits are compared with their 'patch id', obtained from
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the 'git patch-id' program.
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Every commit that doesn't exist in the <upstream> branch
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has its id (sha1) reported, prefixed by a symbol. The ones that have
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equivalent change already
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in the <upstream> branch are prefixed with a minus (-) sign, and those
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that only exist in the <head> branch are prefixed with a plus (+) symbol:
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__*__*__*__*__> <upstream>
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/
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fork-point
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\__+__+__-__+__+__-__+__> <head>
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If a <limit> has been given then the commits along the <head> branch up
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to and including <limit> are not reported:
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__*__*__*__*__> <upstream>
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/
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fork-point
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\__*__*__<limit>__-__+__> <head>
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Because 'git cherry' compares the changeset rather than the commit id
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(sha1), you can use 'git cherry' to find out if a commit you made locally
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has been applied <upstream> under a different commit id. For example,
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this will happen if you're feeding patches <upstream> via email rather
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than pushing or pulling commits directly.
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OPTIONS
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-------
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-v::
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Verbose.
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<upstream>::
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Upstream branch to compare against.
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Defaults to the first tracked remote branch, if available.
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<head>::
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Working branch; defaults to HEAD.
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<limit>::
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Do not report commits up to (and including) limit.
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SEE ALSO
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--------
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linkgit:git-patch-id[1]
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GIT
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---
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Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
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