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diff --git a/Documentation/git-shortlog.txt b/Documentation/git-shortlog.txt index 8f7c0e226d..42463a955d 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-shortlog.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-shortlog.txt @@ -45,45 +45,16 @@ OPTIONS and subsequent lines are indented by `indent2` spaces. `width`, `indent1`, and `indent2` default to 76, 6 and 9 respectively. -FILES ------ - -If a file `.mailmap` exists at the toplevel of the repository, -it is used to map an author email address to a canonical real name. This -can be used to coalesce together commits by the same person where their -name was spelled differently (whether with the same email address or -not). - -Each line in the file consists, in this order, of the canonical real name -of an author, whitespace, and an email address (enclosed by '<' and '>') -to map to the name. Use hash '#' for comments, either on their own line, -or after the email address. - -A canonical name may appear in more than one line, associated with -different email addresses, but it doesn't make sense for a given address -to appear more than once (if that happens, a later line overrides the -earlier ones). - -So, for example, if your history contains commits by two authors, Jane -and Joe, whose names appear in the repository under several forms: - ------------- -Joe Developer <joe@example.com> -Joe R. Developer <joe@example.com> -Jane Doe <jane@example.com> -Jane Doe <jane@laptop.(none)> -Jane D. <jane@desktop.(none)> ------------- - -Then, supposing Joe wants his middle name initial used, and Jane prefers -her family name fully spelled out, a proper `.mailmap` file would look like: - ------------- -# Note how we don't need an entry for <jane@laptop.(none)>, because the -# real name of that author is correct already, and coalesced directly. -Jane Doe <jane@desktop.(none)> -Joe R. Developer <joe@random.com> ------------- + +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 ------ |