cherry.txt

$ git checkout topic
$ git cherry master
- 31e27cc5bf02c7b145340a13c9874f729e5bec01
+ 9cf4af52e76adec45a5d63317bce344609406e89

flow.txt

$ git init
Initialized empty Git repository in /Users/brettbuddin/Code/cherry-example/.git/

$ touch README

$ echo "Hello World" > README

$ git add .

$ git commit -m "First."
[master (root-commit) a5a3aec] First.
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 README

$ git branch topic
$ git checkout topic
Switched to branch 'topic'

$ echo "Hello World. This is a test." > README
$ git add .
$ git commit -m "Second."
[topic 31e27cc] Second.
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

$ echo "Hello World. This is a test. Yup." > README
$ git add .
$ git commit -m "Third."
[topic 9cf4af5] Third.
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

$ git checkout master
Switched to branch 'master'

$ echo "Hello World. This is a test." > README
$ git add .
$ git commit -m "Fourth."
[master d48dd31] Fourth.
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

gitish.txt

$ git log master..topic --pretty=oneline
9cf4af52e76adec45a5d63317bce344609406e89 Third.
31e27cc5bf02c7b145340a13c9874f729e5bec01 Second.