Re: `Git Status`-like output for two local branches

On Wed, Sep 02, 2009 at 10:18:54AM +0200, Sverre Rabbelier wrote:

On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 09:57, Jeff King[off-list ref] wrote:

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 2. Count the commits on each side that are not in the other.

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     You can also do that by parsing the output of:
      git rev-list --left-right $a...$b --

Perhaps it is useful to introduce a --left-right-count or such?

I'm not opposed to that if it is something a lot of people found useful,
but I am not sure we have established that as the case (I am curious to
hear from Tim what his actual use case is).

-Peff