From: kristofferhaugsbakk@fastmail.com
To: git@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Kristoffer Haugsbakk <code@khaugsbakk.name>,
Jeff King <peff@peff.net>, Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2] doc: shortlog: put back trailer paragraphs
Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2026 10:48:52 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <V2_shortlog_trailers.254@msgid.xyz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <shortlog_trailers.253@msgid.xyz>
From: Kristoffer Haugsbakk <code@khaugsbakk.name>
47beb37b (shortlog: match commit trailers with --group, 2020-09-27)
added the `trailer` bullet point with three paragraphs.[1] Later,
3dc95e09 (shortlog: support arbitrary commit format `--group`s,
2022-10-24) put the single-paragraph bullet point about `format` right
after the first paragraph about `trailer`. That meant that the second
and third paragraphs for `trailer` got moved to `format`.
Move the two paragraphs back to `trailer`. We now also need one blank
line before the final bullet point so that it does not get joined with
the second bullet point.
† 1: Technically the bullet list formatting was immediately fixed to
include all three paragraphs in 63d24fa0 (shortlog: allow multiple
groups to be specified, 2020-09-27)
Acked-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Signed-off-by: Kristoffer Haugsbakk <code@khaugsbakk.name>
---
Notes (series):
v2: add ack
Documentation/git-shortlog.adoc | 7 ++++---
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-shortlog.adoc b/Documentation/git-shortlog.adoc
index aa92800c69c..a11b57c1cd7 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-shortlog.adoc
+++ b/Documentation/git-shortlog.adoc
@@ -64,9 +64,6 @@ Each pretty-printed commit will be rewrapped before it is shown.
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].)
+
Note that commits that do not include the trailer will not be counted.
Likewise, commits with multiple trailers (e.g., multiple signoffs) may
@@ -77,6 +74,10 @@ Shortlog will attempt to parse each trailer value as a `name <email>`
identity. If successful, the mailmap is applied and the email is omitted
unless the `--email` option is specified. If the value cannot be parsed
as an identity, it will be taken literally and completely.
+
+ - `format:<format>`, any string accepted by the `--format` option of
+ 'git log'. (See the "PRETTY FORMATS" section of
+ linkgit:git-log[1].)
--
+
If `--group` is specified multiple times, commits are counted under each
Interdiff against v1:
Range-diff against v1:
1: e3cdf4b44ad ! 1: 3383edc5164 doc: shortlog: put back trailer paragraphs
@@ Commit message
include all three paragraphs in 63d24fa0 (shortlog: allow multiple
groups to be specified, 2020-09-27)
+ Acked-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Signed-off-by: Kristoffer Haugsbakk <code@khaugsbakk.name>
+
+ ## Notes (series) ##
+ v2: add ack
+
## Documentation/git-shortlog.adoc ##
@@ Documentation/git-shortlog.adoc: Each pretty-printed commit will be rewrapped before it is shown.
example, if your project uses `Reviewed-by` trailers, you might want
base-commit: 9a2fb147f2c61d0cab52c883e7e26f5b7948e3ed
--
2.53.0.13.gc85a2adbf80
prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-02-03 9:49 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-02-02 17:59 [PATCH] doc: shortlog: put back trailer paragraphs kristofferhaugsbakk
2026-02-02 18:24 ` Jeff King
2026-02-02 19:03 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-02-03 9:48 ` kristofferhaugsbakk [this message]
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