As part of the Git series, today we are going to see how can we list and count empty and non-empty commits.
Prerequisites
- Git
List all commits
There are a few ways to do it, including:
git log --reflog
git log --oneline
git log --name-only
List empty commits only
git rev-list HEAD | while read commitHash; do
if [ $(git diff-tree --name-status --no-commit-id $commitHash | wc -l) -eq 0 ]; then
echo $commitHash
fi;
done
List non-empty commits only
git rev-list HEAD | while read commitHash; do
git diff-tree --name-status $commitHash
done
Commit count across all branches
git rev-list --all --count
Commit count for a revision (HEAD, master, a commit hash)
git rev-list --count <revision>
Count empty commits
git rev-list HEAD | while read commitHash; do
if [ $(git diff-tree --name-status --no-commit-id $commitHash | wc -l) -eq 0 ]; then
echo '1'
fi;
done | wc -l
Count non-empty commits
git rev-list HEAD | while read commitHash; do
if [ $(git diff-tree --name-status --no-commit-id $commitHash | wc -l) -gt 0 ]; then
echo '1'
fi;
done | wc -l
Conclusion
You could do the same via the GitHub API as well. Feel free to leave a comment below and if you find this tutorial useful, follow our official channel on Telegram.
