Re: Question about git-cherry and the rev list it's using

[Francis Moreau <francis.moro@gmail.com>]

On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 8:54 AM, Francis Moreau <francis.moro@gmail.com> wrote:
> [ resending to the mailing list too ]
>
> On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 8:47 AM, Michael J Gruber
> <git@drmicha.warpmail.net> wrote:
>> Francis Moreau venit, vidit, dixit 11.05.2011 18:11:
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I'm using "git cherry old master base" to see if all commits between
>>> master and base have been applied in my 'old' branch.
>>>
>>> So I expect that git cherry is using a list of commits given by : "git
>>> rev-list --no-merges base..master".
>>
>> Not really.
>>
>> For each commit in "--no-merges old..master ^base" (i.e. "--no-merges
>> master ^old ^base"), "git cherry" checks whether there is a patch
>> equivalent commit in "--no-merges master..old", and outputs it with + or -.
>>
>
> oh you're right, I missed the case when old has been merged in master.
>

BTW, can't it be convenient for users if git-cherry also displays the
sha1 of the commits which have been merged upstream (the ones with the
'-' sign) ?

Thanks
-- 
Francis