Pratyush Yadav <me@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > 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]. How does "git log --help" handle the corresponding part of its documentation? ... goes and looks ... I wonder if it is better to just include rev-list-options.txt like "git-log.txt" does, instead of adding these four lines? Thanks. > MAPPING AUTHORS > --------------- > > -- > 2.21.0
