Merge remote branch 'remotes/trast-doc/for-next'

[git.git] / Documentation / git-shortlog.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/git-shortlog.txt b/Documentation/git-shortlog.txt
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--- a/Documentation/git-shortlog.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-shortlog.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ git-shortlog(1)
 
 NAME
 ----
-git-shortlog - Summarize 'git-log' output
+git-shortlog - Summarize 'git log' output
 
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ git shortlog [-n|--numbered] [-s|--summary] [-e|--email] [-w[<width>[,<indent1>[
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
-Summarizes 'git-log' output in a format suitable for inclusion
+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.
 
@@ -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
 ------