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From: Thomas Rast
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] Revamp git-cherry(1)
Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2013 20:37:14 +0100
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Junio C Hamano writes:
> We are listing those that need to be added to the upstream with "+",
> while listing those that can be dropped from yours if you rebase
> with "-". Hinting the rationale behind the choice of "+/-"
> somewhere may help as a mnemonic to the readers (see below).
[...]
> And the earlier "why +/-" could be done after this picture,
> perhaps like:
>
> Here, we see that the commits A and C (marked with `-`) can
> be dropped from your `topic` branch when you rebase it on
> top of `origin/master`, while the commit B (marked with `+`)
> still needs to be kept so that it will be sent to be applied
> to `origin/master`.
>
> or somesuch?
Good idea, thanks. Will integrate this more "what still needs to be
integrated"-minded wording into a v3.
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Thomas Rast
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