Eric Sunshine <sunshine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > 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". Good point.
