On Tue, Feb 9, 2021 at 12:31 PM Jeff King <peff@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > Subject: [PATCH] mailmap: only look for .mailmap in work tree > [...] > Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@xxxxxxxx> > --- > diff --git a/Documentation/git-shortlog.txt b/Documentation/git-shortlog.txt > @@ -113,6 +113,10 @@ MAPPING AUTHORS > +Note that if `git shortlog` is run outside of a repository (to process > +log contents on stdin), it will look for a `.mailmap` file in the > +current directory. Elsewhere in this same document, techy-jargon "stdin" is spelled out fully as "standard input".
