diff --git a/Documentation/git-branch.txt b/Documentation/git-branch.txt
index e465298571e32176341a4a154f2faa1af1d84950..e4b5d5c3e1ef033f809007cb21b01f175e833210 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-branch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-branch.txt
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ SYNOPSIS
 'git branch' [--color[=<when>] | --no-color] [-r | -a]
 	[--list] [-v [--abbrev=<length> | --no-abbrev]]
 	[--column[=<options>] | --no-column]
-	[(--merged | --no-merged | --contains) [<commit>]] [--sort=<key>]
+	[(--merged | --no-merged) [<commit>]]
+	[--contains [<commit]] [--no-contains [<commit>]] [--sort=<key>]
 	[--points-at <object>] [--format=<format>] [<pattern>...]
 'git branch' [--set-upstream | --track | --no-track] [-l] [-f] <branchname> [<start-point>]
 'git branch' (--set-upstream-to=<upstream> | -u <upstream>) [<branchname>]
@@ -35,7 +36,7 @@ as branch creation.
 
 With `--contains`, shows only the branches that contain the named commit
 (in other words, the branches whose tip commits are descendants of the
-named commit).  With `--merged`, only branches merged into the named
+named commit), `--no-contains` inverts it. With `--merged`, only branches merged into the named
 commit (i.e. the branches whose tip commits are reachable from the named
 commit) will be listed.  With `--no-merged` only branches not merged into
 the named commit will be listed.  If the <commit> argument is missing it
@@ -213,6 +214,10 @@ start-point is either a local or remote-tracking branch.
 	Only list branches which contain the specified commit (HEAD
 	if not specified). Implies `--list`.
 
+--no-contains [<commit>]::
+	Only list branches which don't contain the specified commit
+	(HEAD if not specified). Implies `--list`.
+
 --merged [<commit>]::
 	Only list branches whose tips are reachable from the
 	specified commit (HEAD if not specified). Implies `--list`,
@@ -298,13 +303,16 @@ If you are creating a branch that you want to checkout immediately, it is
 easier to use the git checkout command with its `-b` option to create
 a branch and check it out with a single command.
 
-The options `--contains`, `--merged` and `--no-merged` serve three related
-but different purposes:
+The options `--contains`, `--no-contains`, `--merged` and `--no-merged`
+serve four related but different purposes:
 
 - `--contains <commit>` is used to find all branches which will need
   special attention if <commit> were to be rebased or amended, since those
   branches contain the specified <commit>.
 
+- `--no-contains <commit>` is the inverse of that, i.e. branches that don't
+  contain the specified <commit>.
+
 - `--merged` is used to find all branches which can be safely deleted,
   since those branches are fully contained by HEAD.
 
diff --git a/Documentation/git-for-each-ref.txt b/Documentation/git-for-each-ref.txt
index 4d558937125fc4f099b4ada1d37f98259b2d73ba..03e187a105b1bd5ffa6e615c2dc9199f0b803e44 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-for-each-ref.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-for-each-ref.txt
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
 'git for-each-ref' [--count=<count>] [--shell|--perl|--python|--tcl]
 		   [(--sort=<key>)...] [--format=<format>] [<pattern>...]
 		   [--points-at <object>] [(--merged | --no-merged) [<object>]]
-		   [--contains [<object>]]
+		   [--contains [<object>]] [--no-contains [<object>]]
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
@@ -81,6 +81,10 @@ OPTIONS
 	Only list refs which contain the specified commit (HEAD if not
 	specified).
 
+--no-contains [<object>]::
+	Only list refs which don't contain the specified commit (HEAD
+	if not specified).
+
 --ignore-case::
 	Sorting and filtering refs are case insensitive.
 
diff --git a/Documentation/git-tag.txt b/Documentation/git-tag.txt
index d5cdb18d9614a15a1f9163e48dd6ce693e88412e..1be6570c90893195687bba954b1d4fad4baf5fa4 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-tag.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-tag.txt
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
 'git tag' [-a | -s | -u <keyid>] [-f] [-m <msg> | -F <file>]
 	<tagname> [<commit> | <object>]
 'git tag' -d <tagname>...
-'git tag' [-n[<num>]] -l [--contains <commit>] [--points-at <object>]
+'git tag' [-n[<num>]] -l [--contains <commit>] [--contains <commit>] [--points-at <object>]
 	[--column[=<options>] | --no-column] [--create-reflog] [--sort=<key>]
 	[--format=<format>] [--[no-]merged [<commit>]] [<pattern>...]
 'git tag' -v [--format=<format>] <tagname>...
@@ -130,6 +130,10 @@ This option is only applicable when listing tags without annotation lines.
 	Only list tags which contain the specified commit (HEAD if not
 	specified). Implies `--list`.
 
+--no-contains [<commit>]::
+	Only list tags which don't contain the specified commit (HEAD if
+	not specified). Implies `--list`.
+
 --merged [<commit>]::
 	Only list tags whose commits are reachable from the specified
 	commit (`HEAD` if not specified), incompatible with `--no-merged`.
diff --git a/builtin/branch.c b/builtin/branch.c
index 94f7de7fa5da4a27dab99c582c5dfbbf25169048..5e7c8d4665e61b9a941fb63c4903f65288e7b2ad 100644
--- a/builtin/branch.c
+++ b/builtin/branch.c
@@ -548,7 +548,9 @@ int cmd_branch(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		OPT_SET_INT('r', "remotes",     &filter.kind, N_("act on remote-tracking branches"),
 			FILTER_REFS_REMOTES),
 		OPT_CONTAINS(&filter.with_commit, N_("print only branches that contain the commit")),
+		OPT_NO_CONTAINS(&filter.no_commit, N_("print only branches that don't contain the commit")),
 		OPT_WITH(&filter.with_commit, N_("print only branches that contain the commit")),
+		OPT_WITHOUT(&filter.no_commit, N_("print only branches that don't contain the commit")),
 		OPT__ABBREV(&filter.abbrev),
 
 		OPT_GROUP(N_("Specific git-branch actions:")),
@@ -604,7 +606,8 @@ int cmd_branch(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	if (!delete && !rename && !edit_description && !new_upstream && !unset_upstream && argc == 0)
 		list = 1;
 
-	if (filter.with_commit || filter.merge != REF_FILTER_MERGED_NONE || filter.points_at.nr)
+	if (filter.with_commit || filter.merge != REF_FILTER_MERGED_NONE || filter.points_at.nr ||
+	    filter.no_commit)
 		list = 1;
 
 	if (!!delete + !!rename + !!new_upstream +
diff --git a/builtin/for-each-ref.c b/builtin/for-each-ref.c
index 1a5ed20f59eefef9c32ceee6916f05a82d4199f4..eca365bf89bb64a71d02d21da29fc1e84204c1a1 100644
--- a/builtin/for-each-ref.c
+++ b/builtin/for-each-ref.c
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ static char const * const for_each_ref_usage[] = {
 	N_("git for-each-ref [<options>] [<pattern>]"),
 	N_("git for-each-ref [--points-at <object>]"),
 	N_("git for-each-ref [(--merged | --no-merged) [<commit>]]"),
-	N_("git for-each-ref [--contains [<commit>]]"),
+	N_("git for-each-ref [--contains [<commit>]] [--no-contains [<commit>]]"),
 	NULL
 };
 
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ int cmd_for_each_ref(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		OPT_MERGED(&filter, N_("print only refs that are merged")),
 		OPT_NO_MERGED(&filter, N_("print only refs that are not merged")),
 		OPT_CONTAINS(&filter.with_commit, N_("print only refs which contain the commit")),
+		OPT_NO_CONTAINS(&filter.no_commit, N_("print only refs which don't contain the commit")),
 		OPT_BOOL(0, "ignore-case", &icase, N_("sorting and filtering are case insensitive")),
 		OPT_END(),
 	};
diff --git a/builtin/tag.c b/builtin/tag.c
index 8bf6d8517649478b907152a8b68e15206b865ad9..dbc6f5b74b6c64153bc8e1cc5e24830586cbcfe1 100644
--- a/builtin/tag.c
+++ b/builtin/tag.c
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 static const char * const git_tag_usage[] = {
 	N_("git tag [-a | -s | -u <key-id>] [-f] [-m <msg> | -F <file>] <tagname> [<head>]"),
 	N_("git tag -d <tagname>..."),
-	N_("git tag -l [-n[<num>]] [--contains <commit>] [--points-at <object>]"
+	N_("git tag -l [-n[<num>]] [--contains <commit>] [--no-contains <commit>] [--points-at <object>]"
 		"\n\t\t[--format=<format>] [--[no-]merged [<commit>]] [<pattern>...]"),
 	N_("git tag -v [--format=<format>] <tagname>..."),
 	NULL
@@ -424,7 +424,9 @@ int cmd_tag(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		OPT_GROUP(N_("Tag listing options")),
 		OPT_COLUMN(0, "column", &colopts, N_("show tag list in columns")),
 		OPT_CONTAINS(&filter.with_commit, N_("print only tags that contain the commit")),
+		OPT_NO_CONTAINS(&filter.no_commit, N_("print only tags that don't contain the commit")),
 		OPT_WITH(&filter.with_commit, N_("print only tags that contain the commit")),
+		OPT_WITHOUT(&filter.no_commit, N_("print only tags that don't contain the commit")),
 		OPT_MERGED(&filter, N_("print only tags that are merged")),
 		OPT_NO_MERGED(&filter, N_("print only tags that are not merged")),
 		OPT_CALLBACK(0 , "sort", sorting_tail, N_("key"),
@@ -458,7 +460,7 @@ int cmd_tag(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	if (!cmdmode) {
 		if (argc == 0)
 			cmdmode = 'l';
-		else if (filter.with_commit ||
+		else if (filter.with_commit || filter.no_commit ||
 			 filter.points_at.nr || filter.merge_commit ||
 			 filter.lines != -1)
 			cmdmode = 'l';
@@ -495,6 +497,8 @@ int cmd_tag(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		die(_("-n option is only allowed in list mode"));
 	if (filter.with_commit)
 		die(_("--contains option is only allowed in list mode"));
+	if (filter.no_commit)
+		die(_("--no-contains option is only allowed in list mode"));
 	if (filter.points_at.nr)
 		die(_("--points-at option is only allowed in list mode"));
 	if (filter.merge_commit)
diff --git a/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash b/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
index fc32286a43cdece9ea468c4a07c2a8e3d585f1b5..ec8fce5820f4eb08fea444740f4b793006afb4e7 100644
--- a/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
+++ b/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
@@ -1093,7 +1093,7 @@ _git_branch ()
 	--*)
 		__gitcomp "
 			--color --no-color --verbose --abbrev= --no-abbrev
-			--track --no-track --contains --merged --no-merged
+			--track --no-track --contains --no-contains --merged --no-merged
 			--set-upstream-to= --edit-description --list
 			--unset-upstream --delete --move --remotes
 			--column --no-column --sort= --points-at
@@ -2862,7 +2862,7 @@ _git_tag ()
 		__gitcomp "
 			--list --delete --verify --annotate --message --file
 			--sign --cleanup --local-user --force --column --sort=
-			--contains --points-at --merged --no-merged --create-reflog
+			--contains --no-contains --points-at --merged --no-merged --create-reflog
 			"
 		;;
 	esac
diff --git a/parse-options.h b/parse-options.h
index 9f48f554ba93a79aab11fd951ce92d1274ddaa22..af711227ae3aac7af07de0322a364ccac03b819d 100644
--- a/parse-options.h
+++ b/parse-options.h
@@ -259,6 +259,8 @@ extern int parse_opt_passthru_argv(const struct option *, const char *, int);
 	  parse_opt_commits, (intptr_t) "HEAD" \
 	}
 #define OPT_CONTAINS(v, h) _OPT_CONTAINS_OR_WITH("contains", v, h, PARSE_OPT_NONEG)
+#define OPT_NO_CONTAINS(v, h) _OPT_CONTAINS_OR_WITH("no-contains", v, h, PARSE_OPT_NONEG)
 #define OPT_WITH(v, h) _OPT_CONTAINS_OR_WITH("with", v, h, PARSE_OPT_HIDDEN | PARSE_OPT_NONEG)
+#define OPT_WITHOUT(v, h) _OPT_CONTAINS_OR_WITH("without", v, h, PARSE_OPT_HIDDEN | PARSE_OPT_NONEG)
 
 #endif
diff --git a/ref-filter.c b/ref-filter.c
index 81da37b5b9b31ce15f7a1e096b2a013933391880..71b72e04e804995cd385608e8d4f7331cedd91b3 100644
--- a/ref-filter.c
+++ b/ref-filter.c
@@ -1487,6 +1487,7 @@ struct ref_filter_cbdata {
 	struct ref_array *array;
 	struct ref_filter *filter;
 	struct contains_cache contains_cache;
+	struct contains_cache no_contains_cache;
 };
 
 /*
@@ -1586,11 +1587,11 @@ static enum contains_result contains_tag_algo(struct commit *candidate,
 }
 
 static int commit_contains(struct ref_filter *filter, struct commit *commit,
-			   struct contains_cache *cache)
+			   struct commit_list *list, struct contains_cache *cache)
 {
 	if (filter->with_commit_tag_algo)
-		return contains_tag_algo(commit, filter->with_commit, cache) == CONTAINS_YES;
-	return is_descendant_of(commit, filter->with_commit);
+		return contains_tag_algo(commit, list, cache) == CONTAINS_YES;
+	return is_descendant_of(commit, list);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -1780,13 +1781,17 @@ static int ref_filter_handler(const char *refname, const struct object_id *oid,
 	 * obtain the commit using the 'oid' available and discard all
 	 * non-commits early. The actual filtering is done later.
 	 */
-	if (filter->merge_commit || filter->with_commit || filter->verbose) {
+	if (filter->merge_commit || filter->with_commit || filter->no_commit || filter->verbose) {
 		commit = lookup_commit_reference_gently(oid->hash, 1);
 		if (!commit)
 			return 0;
-		/* We perform the filtering for the '--contains' option */
+		/* We perform the filtering for the '--contains' option... */
 		if (filter->with_commit &&
-		    !commit_contains(filter, commit, &ref_cbdata->contains_cache))
+		    !commit_contains(filter, commit, filter->with_commit, &ref_cbdata->contains_cache))
+			return 0;
+		/* ...or for the `--no-contains' option */
+		if (filter->no_commit &&
+		    commit_contains(filter, commit, filter->no_commit, &ref_cbdata->no_contains_cache))
 			return 0;
 	}
 
@@ -1887,6 +1892,7 @@ int filter_refs(struct ref_array *array, struct ref_filter *filter, unsigned int
 	filter->kind = type & FILTER_REFS_KIND_MASK;
 
 	init_contains_cache(&ref_cbdata.contains_cache);
+	init_contains_cache(&ref_cbdata.no_contains_cache);
 
 	/*  Simple per-ref filtering */
 	if (!filter->kind)
@@ -1911,6 +1917,7 @@ int filter_refs(struct ref_array *array, struct ref_filter *filter, unsigned int
 	}
 
 	clear_contains_cache(&ref_cbdata.contains_cache);
+	clear_contains_cache(&ref_cbdata.no_contains_cache);
 
 	/*  Filters that need revision walking */
 	if (filter->merge_commit)
diff --git a/ref-filter.h b/ref-filter.h
index e738c5dfd364cf6e79ff48d5f154824fb94dc8a8..dde40f68497c5456913a764e5e02433ff5eaf509 100644
--- a/ref-filter.h
+++ b/ref-filter.h
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ struct ref_filter {
 	const char **name_patterns;
 	struct sha1_array points_at;
 	struct commit_list *with_commit;
+	struct commit_list *no_commit;
 
 	enum {
 		REF_FILTER_MERGED_NONE = 0,
diff --git a/t/t3201-branch-contains.sh b/t/t3201-branch-contains.sh
index daa3ae82b71228edd7c6b484cfa5599ebd4803b0..0ef1b6fdcc420d6fac2cbe0abd5f1ec6ebec90c6 100755
--- a/t/t3201-branch-contains.sh
+++ b/t/t3201-branch-contains.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-test_description='branch --contains <commit>, --merged, and --no-merged'
+test_description='branch --contains <commit>, --no-contains <commit> --merged, and --no-merged'
 
 . ./test-lib.sh
 
@@ -45,6 +45,22 @@ test_expect_success 'branch --contains master' '
 
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'branch --no-contains=master' '
+
+	git branch --no-contains=master >actual &&
+	>expect &&
+	test_cmp expect actual
+
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'branch --no-contains master' '
+
+	git branch --no-contains master >actual &&
+	>expect &&
+	test_cmp expect actual
+
+'
+
 test_expect_success 'branch --contains=side' '
 
 	git branch --contains=side >actual &&
@@ -55,6 +71,16 @@ test_expect_success 'branch --contains=side' '
 
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'branch --no-contains=side' '
+
+	git branch --no-contains=side >actual &&
+	{
+		echo "  master"
+	} >expect &&
+	test_cmp expect actual
+
+'
+
 test_expect_success 'branch --contains with pattern implies --list' '
 
 	git branch --contains=master master >actual &&
@@ -65,6 +91,14 @@ test_expect_success 'branch --contains with pattern implies --list' '
 
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'branch --no-contains with pattern implies --list' '
+
+	git branch --no-contains=master master >actual &&
+	>expect &&
+	test_cmp expect actual
+
+'
+
 test_expect_success 'side: branch --merged' '
 
 	git branch --merged >actual &&
@@ -126,7 +160,9 @@ test_expect_success 'branch --no-merged with pattern implies --list' '
 test_expect_success 'implicit --list conflicts with modification options' '
 
 	test_must_fail git branch --contains=master -d &&
-	test_must_fail git branch --contains=master -m foo
+	test_must_fail git branch --contains=master -m foo &&
+	test_must_fail git branch --no-contains=master -d &&
+	test_must_fail git branch --no-contains=master -m foo
 
 '
 
@@ -136,7 +172,8 @@ test_expect_success 'Assert that --contains only works on commits, not trees & b
 	Some blob
 	EOF
 	) &&
-	test_must_fail git branch --contains $blob
+	test_must_fail git branch --contains $blob &&
+	test_must_fail git branch --no-contains $blob
 '
 
 # We want to set up a case where the walk for the tracking info
@@ -168,4 +205,15 @@ test_expect_success 'branch --merged with --verbose' '
 	test_i18ncmp expect actual
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'branch --contains combined with --no-contains' '
+	git branch --contains zzz --no-contains topic >actual &&
+	cat >expect <<-\EOF &&
+	  master
+	  side
+	  zzz
+	EOF
+	test_cmp expect actual
+
+'
+
 test_done
diff --git a/t/t6302-for-each-ref-filter.sh b/t/t6302-for-each-ref-filter.sh
index d36d5dc12407a8f00896898ee93a9ff0249442d1..fc067ed6723bc0aaaddd2473e4d61f13087b9e15 100755
--- a/t/t6302-for-each-ref-filter.sh
+++ b/t/t6302-for-each-ref-filter.sh
@@ -93,6 +93,22 @@ test_expect_success 'filtering with --contains' '
 	test_cmp expect actual
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'filtering with --no-contains' '
+	cat >expect <<-\EOF &&
+	refs/tags/one
+	EOF
+	git for-each-ref --format="%(refname)" --no-contains=two >actual &&
+	test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'filtering with --contains and --no-contains' '
+	cat >expect <<-\EOF &&
+	refs/tags/two
+	EOF
+	git for-each-ref --format="%(refname)" --contains=two --no-contains=three >actual &&
+	test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
 test_expect_success '%(color) must fail' '
 	test_must_fail git for-each-ref --format="%(color)%(refname)"
 '
diff --git a/t/t7004-tag.sh b/t/t7004-tag.sh
index 3529c3009caa4d70113e64fce15d2c9622a2a2cc..8a6e8032da3ed6d4a64e725a704403195a7a42df 100755
--- a/t/t7004-tag.sh
+++ b/t/t7004-tag.sh
@@ -1424,6 +1424,23 @@ test_expect_success 'checking that first commit is in all tags (relative)' "
 	test_cmp expected actual
 "
 
+# All the --contains tests above, but with --no-contains
+test_expect_success 'checking that first commit is not listed in any tag with --no-contains  (hash)' "
+	>expected &&
+	git tag -l --no-contains $hash1 v* >actual &&
+	test_cmp expected actual
+"
+
+test_expect_success 'checking that first commit is in all tags (tag)' "
+	git tag -l --no-contains v1.0 v* >actual &&
+	test_cmp expected actual
+"
+
+test_expect_success 'checking that first commit is in all tags (relative)' "
+	git tag -l --no-contains HEAD~2 v* >actual &&
+	test_cmp expected actual
+"
+
 cat > expected <<EOF
 v2.0
 EOF
@@ -1433,6 +1450,17 @@ test_expect_success 'checking that second commit only has one tag' "
 	test_cmp expected actual
 "
 
+cat > expected <<EOF
+v0.2.1
+v1.0
+v1.0.1
+v1.1.3
+EOF
+
+test_expect_success 'inverse of the last test, with --no-contains' "
+	git tag -l --no-contains $hash2 v* >actual &&
+	test_cmp expected actual
+"
 
 cat > expected <<EOF
 EOF
@@ -1442,6 +1470,19 @@ test_expect_success 'checking that third commit has no tags' "
 	test_cmp expected actual
 "
 
+cat > expected <<EOF
+v0.2.1
+v1.0
+v1.0.1
+v1.1.3
+v2.0
+EOF
+
+test_expect_success 'conversely --no-contains on the third commit lists all tags' "
+	git tag -l --no-contains $hash3 v* >actual &&
+	test_cmp expected actual
+"
+
 # how about a simple merge?
 
 test_expect_success 'creating simple branch' '
@@ -1463,6 +1504,19 @@ test_expect_success 'checking that branch head only has one tag' "
 	test_cmp expected actual
 "
 
+cat > expected <<EOF
+v0.2.1
+v1.0
+v1.0.1
+v1.1.3
+v2.0
+EOF
+
+test_expect_success 'checking that branch head with --no-contains lists all but one tag' "
+	git tag -l --no-contains $hash4 v* >actual &&
+	test_cmp expected actual
+"
+
 test_expect_success 'merging original branch into this branch' '
 	git merge --strategy=ours master &&
         git tag v4.0
@@ -1477,6 +1531,20 @@ test_expect_success 'checking that original branch head has one tag now' "
 	test_cmp expected actual
 "
 
+cat > expected <<EOF
+v0.2.1
+v1.0
+v1.0.1
+v1.1.3
+v2.0
+v3.0
+EOF
+
+test_expect_success 'checking that original branch head with --no-contains lists all but one tag now' "
+	git tag -l --no-contains $hash3 v* >actual &&
+	test_cmp expected actual
+"
+
 cat > expected <<EOF
 v0.2.1
 v1.0
@@ -1497,6 +1565,12 @@ test_expect_success 'checking that --contains can be used in non-list mode' '
 	test_cmp expected actual
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'checking that initial commit is in all tags with --no-contains' "
+	>expected &&
+	git tag -l --no-contains $hash1 v* >actual &&
+	test_cmp expected actual
+"
+
 # mixing modes and options:
 
 test_expect_success 'mixing incompatibles modes and options is forbidden' '
@@ -1522,10 +1596,13 @@ test_expect_success 'mixing incompatibles modes and options is forbidden' '
 	test_must_fail git tag -l -F some file &&
 	test_must_fail git tag -v -s &&
 	test_must_fail git tag --contains tag-tree &&
-	test_must_fail git tag --contains tag-blob
+	test_must_fail git tag --contains tag-blob &&
+	test_must_fail git tag --no-contains tag-tree &&
+	test_must_fail git tag --no-contains tag-blob &&
+	test_must_fail git tag --contains --no-contains
 '
 
-for option in --contains --merged --no-merged --points-at
+for option in --contains --no-contains --merged --no-merged --points-at
 do
 	test_expect_success "mixing incompatible modes with $option is forbidden" "
 		test_must_fail git tag -d $option HEAD &&
@@ -1792,7 +1869,7 @@ run_with_limited_stack () {
 test_lazy_prereq ULIMIT_STACK_SIZE 'run_with_limited_stack true'
 
 # we require ulimit, this excludes Windows
-test_expect_success ULIMIT_STACK_SIZE '--contains works in a deep repo' '
+test_expect_success ULIMIT_STACK_SIZE '--contains and --no-contains work in a deep repo' '
 	>expect &&
 	i=1 &&
 	while test $i -lt 8000
@@ -1808,7 +1885,9 @@ EOF"
 	git checkout master &&
 	git tag far-far-away HEAD^ &&
 	run_with_limited_stack git tag --contains HEAD >actual &&
-	test_cmp expect actual
+	test_cmp expect actual &&
+	run_with_limited_stack git tag --no-contains HEAD >actual &&
+	test_line_count ">" 10 actual
 '
 
 test_expect_success '--format should list tags as per format given' '
@@ -1870,4 +1949,47 @@ test_expect_success 'ambiguous branch/tags not marked' '
 	test_cmp expect actual
 '
 
+test_expect_success '--contains combined with --no-contains' '
+	(
+		git init no-contains &&
+		cd no-contains &&
+		test_commit v0.1 &&
+		test_commit v0.2 &&
+		test_commit v0.3 &&
+		test_commit v0.4 &&
+		test_commit v0.5 &&
+		cat >expected <<-\EOF &&
+		v0.2
+		v0.3
+		v0.4
+		EOF
+		git tag --contains v0.2 --no-contains v0.5 >actual &&
+		test_cmp expected actual
+	)
+'
+
+# As the docs say, list tags which contain a specified *commit*. We
+# don't recurse down to tags for trees or blobs pointed to by *those*
+# commits.
+test_expect_success 'Does --[no-]contains stop at commits? Yes!' '
+	cd no-contains &&
+	blob=$(git rev-parse v0.3:v0.3.t) &&
+	tree=$(git rev-parse v0.3^{tree}) &&
+	git tag tag-blob $blob &&
+	git tag tag-tree $tree &&
+	git tag --contains v0.3 >actual &&
+	cat >expected <<-\EOF &&
+	v0.3
+	v0.4
+	v0.5
+	EOF
+	test_cmp expected actual &&
+	git tag --no-contains v0.3 >actual &&
+	cat >expected <<-\EOF &&
+	v0.1
+	v0.2
+	EOF
+	test_cmp expected actual
+'
+
 test_done