X-Git-Url: https://git.tokkee.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=Documentation%2Fgit-shortlog.txt;h=42463a955dd3f5dad25f3a45f0eec62d8712f731;hb=cd4371208a0e9f882f6fd4b4dd28d6911848ec79;hp=daa64d4d8165a0dfe5d87f54cd44c4bb6b476eba;hpb=afce435000030e3ad076ef1dd413e0fa314cdcbb;p=git.git diff --git a/Documentation/git-shortlog.txt b/Documentation/git-shortlog.txt index daa64d4d8..42463a955 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-shortlog.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-shortlog.txt @@ -3,17 +3,17 @@ git-shortlog(1) NAME ---- -git-shortlog - Summarize 'git log' output +git-shortlog - Summarize 'git-log' output SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -git-log --pretty=short | 'git-shortlog' [-h] [-n] [-s] [-e] [-w] -git-shortlog [-n|--numbered] [-s|--summary] [-e|--email] [-w[[,[,]]]] [...] +git log --pretty=short | 'git shortlog' [-h] [-n] [-s] [-e] [-w] +git shortlog [-n|--numbered] [-s|--summary] [-e|--email] [-w[[,[,]]]] [...] DESCRIPTION ----------- -Summarizes 'git log' output in a format suitable for inclusion +Summarizes 'git-log' output in a format suitable for inclusion in release announcements. Each commit will be grouped by author and the first line of the commit message will be shown. @@ -45,19 +45,16 @@ 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, it will be used for mapping author -email addresses to a real author name. One mapping per line, first -the author name followed by the email address enclosed by -'<' and '>'. Use hash '#' for comments. Example: +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[] ------------- -# Keep alphabetized -Adam Morrow -Eve Jones ------------- Author ------