# git-cherry(1) Manual Page

## NAME

git-cherry - Find commits not merged upstream

## SYNOPSIS

    git cherry [-v] [<upstream> [<head> [<limit>]]]

## DESCRIPTION

The changeset (or "diff") of each commit between the fork-point and <head> is compared against each commit between the fork-point and <upstream>. The commits are compared with their patch id, obtained from the git patch-id program.

Every commit that doesn’t exist in the <upstream> branch has its id (sha1) reported, prefixed by a symbol. The ones that have equivalent change already in the <upstream> branch are prefixed with a minus (-) sign, and those that only exist in the <head> branch are prefixed with a plus (+) symbol:

               __*__*__*__*__> <upstream>
              /
    fork-point
              \__+__+__-__+__+__-__+__> <head>

If a <limit> has been given then the commits along the <head> branch up to and including <limit> are not reported:

               __*__*__*__*__> <upstream>
              /
    fork-point
              \__*__*__<limit>__-__+__> <head>

Because git cherry compares the changeset rather than the commit id (sha1), you can use git cherry to find out if a commit you made locally has been applied <upstream> under a different commit id. For example, this will happen if you’re feeding patches <upstream> via email rather than pushing or pulling commits directly.

## OPTIONS

-v

  Verbose.

<upstream>

  Upstream branch to compare against. Defaults to the first tracked remote branch, if available.

<head>

  Working branch; defaults to HEAD.

<limit>

  Do not report commits up to (and including) limit.

## SEE ALSO

git-patch-id(1)

## GIT

Part of the git(1) suite