Git Shortlog Command

git-shortlog(1) =============== NAME ---- git-shortlog - Summarize 'git log' output SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] 'git shortlog' [<options>] [<revision-range>] [[--] <path>...] git log --pretty=short | 'git shortlog' [<options>] DESCRIPTION ----------- Summarizes 'git log' output in a format suitable for inclusion in release announcements. Each commit will be grouped by author and title. Additionally, "[PATCH]" will be stripped from the commit description. If no revisions are passed on the command line and either standard input is not a terminal or there is no current branch, 'git shortlog' will output a summary of the log read from standard input, without reference to the current repository. OPTIONS ------- -n:: --numbered:: Sort output according to the number of commits per author instead of author alphabetic order. -s:: --summary:: Suppress commit description and provide a commit count summary only. -e:: --email:: Show the email address of each author. --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 '* [%h] %s'. (See the "PRETTY FORMATS" section of linkgit:git-log[1].) Each pretty-printed commit will be rewrapped before it is shown. --date=<format>:: Show dates formatted according to the given date string. (See the `--date` option in the "Commit Formatting" section of linkgit:git-log[1]). Useful with `--group=format:<format>`. --group=<type>:: Group commits based on `<type>`. If no `--group` option is specified, the default is `author`. `<type>` is one of: + -- - `author`, commits are grouped by author - `committer`, commits are grouped by committer (the same as `-c`) - `trailer:<field>`, the `<field>` is interpreted as a case-insensitive commit message trailer (see linkgit:git-interpret-trailers[1]). For example, if your project uses `Reviewed-by` trailers, you might want to see who has been reviewing with `git shortlog -ns --group=trailer:reviewed-by`. - `format:<format>`, any string accepted by the `--format` option of 'git log'. (See the "PRETTY FORMATS" section of linkgit:git-log[1].)

The git shortlog command is used to summarize 'git log' output in a format suitable for inclusion in release announcements, grouping commits by author and title, and providing various options for customization.