# [PATCH] git-cherry should show "+" instead of "-" and vice versa

3 messages from 2006-10-23 to 2006-10-23. Participants: Andy Parkins, Petr Baudis.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/6015

## Andy Parkins, 2006-10-23 19:03

Subject: [PATCH] git-cherry should show "+" instead of "-" and vice versa
Message-ID: <200610232003.08861.andyparkins@gmail.com>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/200610232003.08861.andyparkins%40gmail.com

```
In git-cherry.sh:

  if test -f "$patch/$2"
  then
    sign=-
  else
    sign=+
  fi

Documentation says 'If the change seems to be in the upstream, it is shown on
the standard output with prefix "+"', however the above does the reverse.  
When
the file $patch/$2 exists it is because the patch /is/ in upstream so the sign
should be "+".
Signed-off-by: Andy Parkins <andyparkins@gmail.com>
---
 git-cherry.sh |    4 ++--
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/git-cherry.sh b/git-cherry.sh
index 8832573..1cc48e8 100755
--- a/git-cherry.sh
+++ b/git-cherry.sh
@@ -71,9 +71,9 @@ do
 	then
 		if test -f "$patch/$2"
 		then
-			sign=-
-		else
 			sign=+
+		else
+			sign=-
 		fi
 		case "$verbose" in
 		t)
-- 
1.4.2.3

```

## Petr Baudis, 2006-10-23 19:33

Subject: Re: [PATCH] git-cherry should show "+" instead of "-" and vice versa
Message-ID: <20061023193326.GS20017@pasky.or.cz>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20061023193326.GS20017%40pasky.or.cz
In-Reply-To: <200610232003.08861.andyparkins@gmail.com>

```
Dear diary, on Mon, Oct 23, 2006 at 09:03:08PM CEST, I got a letter
where Andy Parkins <andyparkins@gmail.com> said that...
> In git-cherry.sh:
> 
>   if test -f "$patch/$2"
>   then
>     sign=-
>   else
>     sign=+
>   fi
> 
> Documentation says 'If the change seems to be in the upstream, it is shown on
> the standard output with prefix "+"', however the above does the reverse.  
> When
> the file $patch/$2 exists it is because the patch /is/ in upstream so the sign
> should be "+".
> Signed-off-by: Andy Parkins <andyparkins@gmail.com>

See also

	http://news.gmane.org/find-root.php?message_id=<Pine.LNX.4.58.0608071328200.22971@kivilampi-30.cs.helsinki.fi>

Did the documentation ever get fixed or noone cared enough? ;-)

-- 
				Petr "Pasky" Baudis
Stuff: http://pasky.or.cz/
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```

## Andy Parkins, 2006-10-23 20:22

Subject: Re: [PATCH] git-cherry should show "+" instead of "-" and vice versa
Message-ID: <200610232122.17268.andyparkins@gmail.com>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/200610232122.17268.andyparkins%40gmail.com
In-Reply-To: <20061023193326.GS20017@pasky.or.cz>

```
On Monday 2006, October 23 20:33, Petr Baudis wrote:

> Did the documentation ever get fixed or noone cared enough? ;-)

My patch makes git-cherry match the documentation.

Personally I think that the documentation is correct.  git-cherry is, to me, 
terribly useful.  I've got a few patches in my own branch and it's very 
useful to be able to check to see if those emailed patches have been accepted 
upstream with a simple

git-cherry -v upstream

Which makes it natural to see
 "-" = patch not in upstream
 "+" = patch in upstream

I read the thread you pointed at, and didn't really understand what the downer 
on git-cherry was, or why the patch wasn't accepted.  Have I misunderstood 
something?



Andy
-- 
Dr Andrew Parkins, M Eng (Hons), AMIEE
andyparkins@gmail.com

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