rev-list: introduce --count option

Add a --count option that, instead of actually listing the commits,
merely counts them.

This is mostly geared towards script use, and to this end it acts
specially when used with --left-right: it outputs the left and right
counts separately.  Previously, scripts would have to run a shell loop
or small inline script over to achieve the same.  (Without
--left-right, a simple |wc -l does the job.)

Signed-off-by: Thomas Rast <trast@student.ethz.ch>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/revision.c b/revision.c
index f4b8b38315..21b133c89b 100644
--- a/revision.c
+++ b/revision.c
@@ -1146,6 +1146,8 @@ static int handle_revision_opt(struct rev_info *revs, int argc, const char **arg
 		revs->boundary = 1;
 	} else if (!strcmp(arg, "--left-right")) {
 		revs->left_right = 1;
+	} else if (!strcmp(arg, "--count")) {
+		revs->count = 1;
 	} else if (!strcmp(arg, "--cherry-pick")) {
 		revs->cherry_pick = 1;
 		revs->limited = 1;