NAME 

git-shortlog - Summarize 'git log' output

SYNOPSIS 

git-log --pretty=short | git-shortlog [-h] [-n] [-s]

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
Print a short usage message and exit.
-n
Sort output according to the number of commits per author instead of author alphabetic order.
-s
Supress 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 (7) suite