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diff --git a/Documentation/user-manual.txt b/Documentation/user-manual.txt index 9cc5fc9db3..242f5aa479 100644 --- a/Documentation/user-manual.txt +++ b/Documentation/user-manual.txt @@ -690,6 +690,25 @@ may be any path to a file tracked by git. Examples -------- +[[counting-commits-on-a-branch]] +Counting the number of commits on a branch +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +Suppose you want to know how many commits you've made on "mybranch" +since it diverged from "origin": + +------------------------------------------------- +$ git log --pretty=oneline origin..mybranch | wc -l +------------------------------------------------- + +Alternatively, you may often see this sort of thing done with the +lower-level command gitlink:git-rev-list[1], which just lists the SHA1's +of all the given commits: + +------------------------------------------------- +$ git rev-list origin..mybranch | wc -l +------------------------------------------------- + [[checking-for-equal-branches]] Check whether two branches point at the same history ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |