# Re: Make new builtin cherry match documentation for "+" and "-"

- From: Junio C Hamano \<hidden\>
- Date: 2016-08-11 20:25:29 
- List: git
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/git/2016/08/7691655

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Andy Parkins [ref] writes:

> On Wednesday 2006 October 25 19:41, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>
>> > "+" and "-" don't match the documentation, where "+" means the patch /is/
>> > in upstream, "-" means it isn't
>>
>> The documentation was utterly wrong.  The comment at the
>> beginning of git-cherry.sh was better but slightly wrong.
>
> Seriously?  In git-cherry output a "-" means that a patch is in?  Seems 
> counter-intuitive to me.
>
> Or is it meant to be analogous to a diff so "+" means "in order to make this 
> branch like the comparison branch you would have to /add/ this patch"?

It's more like "This is still relevant and you need to
positively push your upstream for inclusion".
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