X-Git-Url: https://git.tokkee.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=Documentation%2Fgit-shortlog.txt;h=42463a955dd3f5dad25f3a45f0eec62d8712f731;hb=cd4371208a0e9f882f6fd4b4dd28d6911848ec79;hp=a0eaab5250477f9721ce712168174af760e55404;hpb=0925ce4d49ef8352617e8f56231bd36802a2f138;p=git.git diff --git a/Documentation/git-shortlog.txt b/Documentation/git-shortlog.txt index a0eaab525..42463a955 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-shortlog.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-shortlog.txt @@ -45,86 +45,15 @@ OPTIONS and subsequent lines are indented by `indent2` spaces. `width`, `indent1`, and `indent2` default to 76, 6 and 9 respectively. -FILES ------ - -If the file `.mailmap` exists at the toplevel of the repository, or at -the location pointed to by the mailmap.file configuration option, it -is used to map author and committer names and email addresses to -canonical real names and email addresses. -This mapping can be used to coalesce together commits by the same -person where their name and/or email address was spelled differently. - -In the simple form, each line in the file consists of the canonical -real name of an author, whitespace, and an email address used in the -commit (enclosed by '<' and '>') to map to the name. Thus, looks like -this --- - Proper Name --- - -The more complex forms are --- - --- -which allows mailmap to replace only the email part of a commit, and --- - Proper Name --- -which allows mailmap to replace both the name and the email of a -commit matching the specified commit email address, and --- - Proper Name Commit Name --- -which allows mailmap to replace both the name and the email of a -commit matching both the specified commit name and email address. - -Example 1: Your history contains commits by two authors, Jane -and Joe, whose names appear in the repository under several forms: - ------------- -Joe Developer -Joe R. Developer -Jane Doe -Jane Doe -Jane D. ------------- - -Now suppose that Joe wants his middle name initial used, and Jane -prefers her family name fully spelled out. A proper `.mailmap` file -would look like: - ------------- -Jane Doe -Joe R. Developer ------------- - -Note how we don't need an entry for , because the -real name of that author is correct already, and coalesced directly. - -Example 2: Your repository contains commits from the following -authors: - ------------- -nick1 -nick2 -nick2 -santa -claus -CTO ------------- - -Then, you might want a `.mailmap` file looking like: ------------- - -Some Dude nick1 -Other Author nick2 -Other Author -Santa Claus ------------- - -Use hash '#' for comments that are either on their own line, or after -the email address. + +MAPPING AUTHORS +--------------- + +The `.mailmap` feature is used to coalesce together commits by the same +person in the shortlog, where their name and/or email address was +spelled differently. + +include::mailmap.txt[] Author