git-shortlog(1)
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-v0.99.4, Aug 2005
NAME
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-git-shortlog - Summarize 'git log' output.
-
+git-shortlog - Summarize 'git log' output
SYNOPSIS
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-'git log --pretty=short | git shortlog'
+git-log --pretty=short | 'git-shortlog' [-h] [-n] [-s]
+git-shortlog [-n|--number] [-s|--summary] [<committish>...]
DESCRIPTION
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Summarizes 'git log' output in a format suitable for inclusion
-in release announcements.
+in release announcements. Each commit will be grouped by author and
+the first line of the commit message will be shown.
+
+Additionally, "[PATCH]" will be stripped from the commit description.
+
+OPTIONS
+-------
+
+-h::
+ Print a short usage message and exit.
+
+-n::
+ Sort output according to the number of commits per author instead
+ of author alphabetic order.
+
+-s::
+ Supress commit description and provide a commit count summary only.
+
+FILES
+-----
+'.mailmap'::
+ If this file 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:
+ # Keep alphabetized
+ Adam Morrow <adam@localhost.localdomain>
+ Eve Jones <eve@laptop.(none)>
Author
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