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Git Alias for displaying number of commits between two branches
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[alias]
between = !sh -c 'echo $1 $(git log --pretty=oneline ${2}..$1 | wc -l) ahead && echo ${2:-$(git name-rev --name-only HEAD)} $(git log --pretty=oneline $1..$2 | wc -l) ahead' -
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This works exactly as GitHubs "branches" feature. For example:

  1. Compare master to integration

     $ git between master integration
 integration 288 ahead
 master 5 ahead

  2. Compare current branch to integration

     $ git between integration
 integration 288 ahead
 templates 5 ahead

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