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GIT\-SHORTLOG

Section: Git Manual (1)
Updated: 09/30/2007
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NAME

git-shortlog - Summarize 'git log' output  

SYNOPSIS

git-log --pretty=short | git-shortlog [-h] [-n] [-s]
git-shortlog [-n|--numbered] [-s|--summary] [<committish>...]
 

DESCRIPTION

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.
 

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

Written by Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>  

DOCUMENTATION

Documentation by Junio C Hamano.  

GIT

Part of the git(7) suite

 

Index

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
OPTIONS
FILES
AUTHOR
DOCUMENTATION
GIT