From: John Keeping Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2015 12:23:24 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH] --count feature for git shortlog Message-ID: <20150630122323.GY18226@serenity.lan> In-Reply-To: <19801032cd7af95bc8030f54d740bf48@www.dscho.org> On Tue, Jun 30, 2015 at 02:10:49PM +0200, Johannes Schindelin wrote: > On 2015-06-29 18:46, Lawrence Siebert wrote: > > > I appreciate your help. Okay, That all makes sense. > > > > I would note that something like: > > git shortlog -s "$FILENAME: | cut -f 1 | paste -sd+ - | bc > > > > seems like it run much faster then: > > > > git log --oneline "$FILENAME" | wc -l > > How does it compare to `git rev-list -- "$FILENAME" | wc -l`? Or even `git rev-list --count HEAD -- "$FILENAME"`.