docs/rev-list: add an examples section

We currently don't show any examples of using git-rev-list at all. Let's
add some pretty elementary examples. They likely seem obvious to anybody
who has worked with the tool for a while, but my purpose here is
two-fold:

  - they may be enlightening to people who haven't used the tool a lot
    to give a general flavor of how it is meant to be used

  - they can serve as a starting point for adding more interesting
    examples (we can do that without the basic ones, of course, but I
    think it makes sense to show off the building blocks)

This set is far from exhaustive, but again, the purpose is to be a
starting point for further additions.

Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

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diff --git a/Documentation/git-rev-list.txt b/Documentation/git-rev-list.txt
index 5da66232dc..d7ff519b90 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-rev-list.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-rev-list.txt
@@ -31,6 +31,58 @@ include::rev-list-options.txt[]
 
 include::pretty-formats.txt[]
 
+EXAMPLES
+--------
+
+* Print the list of commits reachable from the current branch.
++
+----------
+git rev-list HEAD
+----------
+
+* Print the list of commits on this branch, but not present in the
+  upstream branch.
++
+----------
+git rev-list @{upstream}..HEAD
+----------
+
+* Format commits with their author and commit message (see also the
+  porcelain linkgit:git-log[1]).
++
+----------
+git rev-list --format=medium HEAD
+----------
+
+* Format commits along with their diffs (see also the porcelain
+  linkgit:git-log[1], which can do this in a single process).
++
+----------
+git rev-list HEAD |
+git diff-tree --stdin --format=medium -p
+----------
+
+* Print the list of commits on the current branch that touched any
+  file in the `Documentation` directory.
++
+----------
+git rev-list HEAD -- Documentation/
+----------
+
+* Print the list of commits authored by you in the past year, on
+  any branch, tag, or other ref.
++
+----------
+git rev-list --author=you@example.com --since=1.year.ago --all
+----------
+
+* Print the list of objects reachable from the current branch (i.e., all
+  commits and the blobs and trees they contain).
++
+----------
+git rev-list --objects HEAD
+----------
+
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