rev-list: add optional progress reporting

diff --git a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt
index c5bd21812d63418e9011c32c96f5adc9bc193c90..f39cb6d4f56e55da0c38841c9da0346b12b841a0 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt
@@ -274,6 +274,10 @@ ifdef::git-rev-list[]
        Try to speed up the traversal using the pack bitmap index (if
        one is available). Note that when traversing with `--objects`,
        trees and blobs will not have their associated path printed.
+
+--progress=<header>::
+       Show progress reports on stderr as objects are considered. The
+       `<header>` text will be printed with each progress update.
 endif::git-rev-list[]
 
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