git-shortlog, like git-log, supports options to filter what commits are used to generate the log. These options come from git-rev-list. Add a pointer to these options in the documentation page so readers can know these filtering options can be used with git-shortlog too. Signed-off-by: Pratyush Yadav <me@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- Since [0] didn't get any responses, I figured a patch might get some more attention since it is something concrete to comment on. [0] https://public-inbox.org/git/20191024191709.gqkjljuibyashtma@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/ Documentation/git-shortlog.txt | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/git-shortlog.txt b/Documentation/git-shortlog.txt index bc80905a8a..acae695388 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-shortlog.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-shortlog.txt @@ -76,6 +76,11 @@ them. Paths may need to be prefixed with `--` to separate them from options or the revision range, when confusion arises. +In addition to the options above, 'git shortlog' also supports a range of +options to select which subset of commits will be used to generate the +shortlog. A list of these options can be found in the "Commit Limiting" +section of linkgit:git-rev-list[1]. + MAPPING AUTHORS --------------- -- 2.21.0
