diff --git a/bin/git-summary b/bin/git-summary
index 7a05517e..f90adf1f 100755
--- a/bin/git-summary
+++ b/bin/git-summary
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ active_days() {
 #
 commit_count() {
   # shellcheck disable=SC2086
-  git log $MERGES_ARG --oneline "$commit" | wc -l | tr -d ' '
+  git rev-list $MERGES_ARG --count "$commit"
 }
 
 #