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, 29 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/t/t6007-rev-list-cherry-pick-file.sh b/t/t6007-rev-list-cherry-pick-file.sh
index 4b8611ce20..b565638e92 100755
--- a/t/t6007-rev-list-cherry-pick-file.sh
+++ b/t/t6007-rev-list-cherry-pick-file.sh
@@ -32,6 +32,23 @@ test_expect_success setup '
 	git tag B
 '
 
+cat >expect <<EOF
+<tags/B
+>tags/C
+EOF
+
+test_expect_success '--left-right' '
+	git rev-list --left-right B...C > actual &&
+	git name-rev --stdin --name-only --refs="*tags/*" \
+		< actual > actual.named &&
+	test_cmp actual.named expect
+'
+
+test_expect_success '--count' '
+	git rev-list --count B...C > actual &&
+	test "$(cat actual)" = 2
+'
+
 test_expect_success '--cherry-pick foo comes up empty' '
 	test -z "$(git rev-list --left-right --cherry-pick B...C -- foo)"
 '
@@ -54,4 +71,16 @@ test_expect_success '--cherry-pick with independent, but identical branches' '
 		HEAD...master -- foo)"
 '
 
+cat >expect <<EOF
+1	2
+EOF
+
+# Insert an extra commit to break the symmetry
+test_expect_success '--count --left-right' '
+	git checkout branch &&
+	test_commit D &&
+	git rev-list --count --left-right B...D > actual &&
+	test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
 test_done