diff --git a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt
index 13501e1556e25b9571c089e58c4bd092fee50b63..9066e0c7777afbbba3f2b58eb15e14c31e0b854d 100644
--- a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt
@@ -686,6 +686,11 @@ ifdef::git-rev-list[]
 	all object IDs which I need to download if I have the commit
 	object _bar_ but not _foo_''.
 
+--in-commit-order::
+	Print tree and blob ids in order of the commits. The tree
+	and blob ids are printed after they are first referenced
+	by a commit.
+
 --objects-edge::
 	Similar to `--objects`, but also print the IDs of excluded
 	commits prefixed with a ``-'' character.  This is used by
diff --git a/list-objects.c b/list-objects.c
index 7c2ce9c4bd4c58b48772ddf56298a8e72b8630e3..4caa6fcb77c5601426792969ff0a1c02b3d18711 100644
--- a/list-objects.c
+++ b/list-objects.c
@@ -239,6 +239,14 @@ void traverse_commit_list(struct rev_info *revs,
 		if (commit->tree)
 			add_pending_tree(revs, commit->tree);
 		show_commit(commit, data);
+
+		if (revs->tree_blobs_in_commit_order)
+			/*
+			 * NEEDSWORK: Adding the tree and then flushing it here
+			 * needs a reallocation for each commit. Can we pass the
+			 * tree directory without allocation churn?
+			 */
+			traverse_trees_and_blobs(revs, &csp, show_object, data);
 	}
 	traverse_trees_and_blobs(revs, &csp, show_object, data);
 
diff --git a/revision.c b/revision.c
index d167223e694e54626786740954454d4973e28752..9329d4ebbf1e0fd18dfe9d508db41cbc3b97ae3f 100644
--- a/revision.c
+++ b/revision.c
@@ -1845,6 +1845,8 @@ static int handle_revision_opt(struct rev_info *revs, int argc, const char **arg
 		revs->dense = 0;
 	} else if (!strcmp(arg, "--show-all")) {
 		revs->show_all = 1;
+	} else if (!strcmp(arg, "--in-commit-order")) {
+		revs->tree_blobs_in_commit_order = 1;
 	} else if (!strcmp(arg, "--remove-empty")) {
 		revs->remove_empty_trees = 1;
 	} else if (!strcmp(arg, "--merges")) {
diff --git a/revision.h b/revision.h
index 54761200adf2d5111b8aba097299bd2fd080a949..86985d68aa5d69bf1c0ee01fb6498f151fe31c0f 100644
--- a/revision.h
+++ b/revision.h
@@ -121,7 +121,8 @@ struct rev_info {
 			bisect:1,
 			ancestry_path:1,
 			first_parent_only:1,
-			line_level_traverse:1;
+			line_level_traverse:1,
+			tree_blobs_in_commit_order:1;
 
 	/* Diff flags */
 	unsigned int	diff:1,
diff --git a/t/t6100-rev-list-in-order.sh b/t/t6100-rev-list-in-order.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..b2bb0a7f61814fc0f07899ef9c138374e7b81140
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/t6100-rev-list-in-order.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+test_description='rev-list testing in-commit-order'
+
+. ./test-lib.sh
+
+test_expect_success 'setup a commit history with trees, blobs' '
+	for x in one two three four
+	do
+		echo $x >$x &&
+		git add $x &&
+		git commit -m "add file $x" ||
+		return 1
+	done &&
+	for x in four three
+	do
+		git rm $x &&
+		git commit -m "remove $x" ||
+		return 1
+	done
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'rev-list --in-commit-order' '
+	git rev-list --in-commit-order --objects HEAD >actual.raw &&
+	cut -c 1-40 >actual <actual.raw &&
+
+	git cat-file --batch-check="%(objectname)" >expect.raw <<-\EOF &&
+		HEAD^{commit}
+		HEAD^{tree}
+		HEAD^{tree}:one
+		HEAD^{tree}:two
+		HEAD~1^{commit}
+		HEAD~1^{tree}
+		HEAD~1^{tree}:three
+		HEAD~2^{commit}
+		HEAD~2^{tree}
+		HEAD~2^{tree}:four
+		HEAD~3^{commit}
+		# HEAD~3^{tree} skipped, same as HEAD~1^{tree}
+		HEAD~4^{commit}
+		# HEAD~4^{tree} skipped, same as HEAD^{tree}
+		HEAD~5^{commit}
+		HEAD~5^{tree}
+	EOF
+	grep -v "#" >expect <expect.raw &&
+
+	test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'rev-list lists blobs and trees after commits' '
+	git rev-list --objects HEAD >actual.raw &&
+	cut -c 1-40 >actual <actual.raw &&
+
+	git cat-file --batch-check="%(objectname)" >expect.raw <<-\EOF &&
+		HEAD^{commit}
+		HEAD~1^{commit}
+		HEAD~2^{commit}
+		HEAD~3^{commit}
+		HEAD~4^{commit}
+		HEAD~5^{commit}
+		HEAD^{tree}
+		HEAD^{tree}:one
+		HEAD^{tree}:two
+		HEAD~1^{tree}
+		HEAD~1^{tree}:three
+		HEAD~2^{tree}
+		HEAD~2^{tree}:four
+		# HEAD~3^{tree} skipped, same as HEAD~1^{tree}
+		# HEAD~4^{tree} skipped, same as HEAD^{tree}
+		HEAD~5^{tree}
+	EOF
+	grep -v "#" >expect <expect.raw &&
+
+	test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
+test_done