The common commit were marked with a minus sign (-), but that is usually interpreted as something less or substracted. Use natural equal sign (=). Commits that are not in upstream were marked with plus sign (+) but a question mark (?) is visually a litle more striking (erect) in context where all other signs are "flat". It also helps visually impared to see difference between (= ... ?). Signed-off-by: Jari Aalto <jari.aalto@xxxxxxxxx> --- Documentation/git-cherry.txt | 10 +++++----- 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) Revised: >> +in the <upstream> branch are prefixed with a equal (=) sign, and those > > "an equal" diff --git a/Documentation/git-cherry.txt b/Documentation/git-cherry.txt index fed115a..f49eded 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-cherry.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-cherry.txt @@ -19,13 +19,13 @@ 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: +in the <upstream> branch are prefixed with an equal sign (=), and those +that only exist in the <head> branch are prefixed with a question mark (?) symbol: - __*__*__*__*__> <upstream> + _*__*__*__*__> <upstream> / fork-point - \__+__+__-__+__+__-__+__> <head> + \__?__?__=__?__?__=__?__> <head> If a <limit> has been given then the commits along the <head> branch up @@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ to and including <limit> are not reported: __*__*__*__*__> <upstream> / fork-point - \__*__*__<limit>__-__+__> <head> + \__*__*__<limit>__=__?__> <head> Because 'git cherry' compares the changeset rather than the commit id -- 1.7.2.3 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html