doc: don't claim that cherry calls patch-id

mstsirkin · jrn · commit ccba805681b1 · 2013-09-24T15:54:48.000-07:00
The id is already different for binary files.  The hash used is an
implementation detail, so let's just document how diffs are compared.

Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin &lt;mst@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder &lt;jrnieder@gmail.com&gt;
diff --git a/Documentation/git-cherry.txt b/Documentation/git-cherry.txt
@@ -14,8 +14,7 @@ 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.
+The diffs are compared after removing any whitespace and line numbers.
 
 Every commit that doesn't exist in the <upstream> branch
 has its id (sha1) reported, prefixed by a symbol.  The ones that have
