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diff --git a/Documentation/git-shortlog.txt b/Documentation/git-shortlog.txt index ff3755b4c7..31af7f2736 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-shortlog.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-shortlog.txt @@ -8,14 +8,13 @@ git-shortlog - Summarize 'git log' output SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -git log --pretty=short | 'git shortlog' [-h] [-n] [-s] [-e] [-w] -'git shortlog' [-n|--numbered] [-s|--summary] [-e|--email] [-w[<width>[,<indent1>[,<indent2>]]]] <commit>... +git log --pretty=short | 'git shortlog' [<options>] +'git shortlog' [<options>] [<revision range>] [[\--] <path>...] 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. +in release announcements. Each commit will be grouped by author and title. Additionally, "[PATCH]" will be stripped from the commit description. @@ -27,10 +26,6 @@ reference to the current repository. OPTIONS ------- --h:: ---help:: - Print a short usage message and exit. - -n:: --numbered:: Sort output according to the number of commits per author instead @@ -47,7 +42,7 @@ OPTIONS --format[=<format>]:: Instead of the commit subject, use some other information to describe each commit. '<format>' can be any string accepted - by the `--format` option of 'git log', such as '{asterisk} [%h] %s'. + by the `--format` option of 'git log', such as '* [%h] %s'. (See the "PRETTY FORMATS" section of linkgit:git-log[1].) Each pretty-printed commit will be rewrapped before it is shown. @@ -57,7 +52,25 @@ OPTIONS line of each entry is indented by `indent1` spaces, and the second and subsequent lines are indented by `indent2` spaces. `width`, `indent1`, and `indent2` default to 76, 6 and 9 respectively. - ++ +If width is `0` (zero) then indent the lines of the output without wrapping +them. + +<revision range>:: + Show only commits in the specified revision range. When no + <revision range> is specified, it defaults to `HEAD` (i.e. the + whole history leading to the current commit). `origin..HEAD` + specifies all the commits reachable from the current commit + (i.e. `HEAD`), but not from `origin`. For a complete list of + ways to spell <revision range>, see the "Specifying Ranges" + section of linkgit:gitrevisions[7]. + +[\--] <path>...:: + Consider only commits that are enough to explain how the files + that match the specified paths came to be. ++ +Paths may need to be prefixed with "\-- " to separate them from +options or the revision range, when confusion arises. MAPPING AUTHORS --------------- |