git 统计分支个数,统计Git分支上的提交数量

I found this answer already: Number of commits on branch in git

but that assumes that the branch was created from master.

How can I count the number of commits along a branch without relying on that assumption?

In SVN this is trivial, but for some reason is really difficult to figure out in git.

解决方案

To count the commits for the branch you are on:

git rev-list --count HEAD

for a branch

git rev-list --count

If you want to count the commits on a branch that are made since you created the branch

git rev-list --count HEAD ^

This will count all commits ever made that are not on the branch-name as well.

Examples

git checkout master

git checkout -b test

git rev-list --count HEAD ^master

Result: 3

If your branch comes of a branch called develop:

git checkout develop

git checkout -b test

git rev-list --count HEAD ^develop

Result: 3

Ignoring Merges

If you merge another branch into the current branch without fast forward and you do the above, the merge is also counted. This is because for git a merge is a commit.

If you don't want to count these commits add --no-merges:

git rev-list --no-merges --count HEAD ^develop