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| author | J. Bruce Fields <bfields@citi.umich.edu> | 2007-05-13 02:14:45 -0400 |
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| committer | J. Bruce Fields <bfields@citi.umich.edu> | 2007-05-17 21:58:51 -0400 |
| commit | 46acd3fa32404a9373d48c9caba271c34357ec9f (patch) | |
| tree | d237e5bebcc98e938c6c6a0c96f394081b54ce5e /Documentation | |
| parent | 9e2163ea45b688e9de4744ebb9b01ea7e1ed8d56 (diff) | |
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user-manual: add a "counting commits" example
This is partly just an excuse to mention --pretty= and rev-list.
Signed-off-by: "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@citi.umich.edu>
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diff --git a/Documentation/user-manual.txt b/Documentation/user-manual.txt index 9cc5fc9db..242f5aa47 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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |