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diff --git a/Documentation/git-shortlog.txt b/Documentation/git-shortlog.txt index 7ccf31ccc4..42463a955d 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-shortlog.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-shortlog.txt @@ -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: - ------------- -# Keep alphabetized -Adam Morrow <adam@localhost.localdomain> -Eve Jones <eve@laptop.(none)> ------------- + +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[] + Author ------ |