What 'cherry' means in git-cherry?

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What is the meaning of the word cherry in git-cherry?


Besides the fruit, I've only seem the word in the cherry picking expression (also present in git with git-cherry-pick), that means selectively picking something (right?).

Doesn't look like to me that cherry in git-cherry is related to the fruit neither to cherry pick.

I'm Brazilian so subtleties of the English language are not quite so obvious sometimes.

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