NAME
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-git-shortlog - Summarize 'git log' output
+git-shortlog - Summarize 'git-log' output
SYNOPSIS
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[verse]
-git-log --pretty=short | 'git-shortlog' [-h] [-n] [-s] [-e] [-w]
-git-shortlog [-n|--numbered] [-s|--summary] [-e|--email] [-w[<width>[,<indent1>[,<indent2>]]]] [<committish>...]
+git log --pretty=short | 'git shortlog' [-h] [-n] [-s] [-e] [-w]
+git shortlog [-n|--numbered] [-s|--summary] [-e|--email] [-w[<width>[,<indent1>[,<indent2>]]]] [<committish>...]
DESCRIPTION
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-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.
OPTIONS
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--h, \--help::
+-h::
+--help::
Print a short usage message and exit.
--n, \--numbered::
+-n::
+--numbered::
Sort output according to the number of commits per author instead
of author alphabetic order.
--s, \--summary::
+-s::
+--summary::
Suppress commit description and provide a commit count summary only.
--e, \--email::
+-e::
+--email::
Show the email address of each author.
-w[<width>[,<indent1>[,<indent2>]]]::
and subsequent lines are indented by `indent2` spaces. `width`,
`indent1`, and `indent2` default to 76, 6 and 9 respectively.
-FILES
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-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[]
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-# Keep alphabetized
-Adam Morrow <adam@localhost.localdomain>
-Eve Jones <eve@laptop.(none)>
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Author
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