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diff --git a/Documentation/git-shortlog.txt b/Documentation/git-shortlog.txt index 498bd28929..66b6045849 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-shortlog.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-shortlog.txt @@ -48,7 +48,8 @@ OPTIONS FILES ----- -If a file `.mailmap` exists at the toplevel of the repository, +If a file `.mailmap` exists at the toplevel of the repository, or at the +location pointed to by the log.mailmap configuration option, 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 |