NAME
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-git-shortlog - Summarize 'git log' output.
-
+git-shortlog - Summarize 'git-log' output
SYNOPSIS
--------
-'git-log --pretty=short | git shortlog'
+[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>...]
DESCRIPTION
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-Summarizes 'git log' output in a format suitable for inclusion
-in release announcements.
+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.
+
+Additionally, "[PATCH]" will be stripped from the commit description.
+
+OPTIONS
+-------
+
+-h::
+--help::
+ Print a short usage message and exit.
+
+-n::
+--numbered::
+ Sort output according to the number of commits per author instead
+ of author alphabetic order.
+
+-s::
+--summary::
+ Suppress commit description and provide a commit count summary only.
+-e::
+--email::
+ Show the email address of each author.
+
+-w[<width>[,<indent1>[,<indent2>]]]::
+ Linewrap the output by wrapping each line at `width`. The first
+ line of each entry is indented by `indent1` spaces, and the second
+ 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:
+
+------------
+# Keep alphabetized
+Adam Morrow <adam@localhost.localdomain>
+Eve Jones <eve@laptop.(none)>
+------------
Author
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GIT
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-Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite
-
+Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite