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@@ -113,6 +113,10 @@ MAPPING AUTHORS
See linkgit:gitmailmap[5].
+Note that if `git shortlog` is run outside of a repository (to process
+log contents on standard input), it will look for a `.mailmap` file in
+the current directory.
+
GIT
---
Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite