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user-manual: add a "counting commits" example

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This is partly just an excuse to mention --pretty= and rev-list.

Signed-off-by: "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@citi.umich.edu>
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@ -690,6 +690,25 @@ may be any path to a file tracked by git.
Examples
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[[counting-commits-on-a-branch]]
Counting the number of commits on a branch
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Suppose you want to know how many commits you've made on "mybranch"
since it diverged from "origin":
-------------------------------------------------
$ git log --pretty=oneline origin..mybranch | wc -l
-------------------------------------------------
Alternatively, you may often see this sort of thing done with the
lower-level command gitlink:git-rev-list[1], which just lists the SHA1's
of all the given commits:
-------------------------------------------------
$ git rev-list origin..mybranch | wc -l
-------------------------------------------------
[[checking-for-equal-branches]]
Check whether two branches point at the same history
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~