GIT-AUTHORS(1)

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💖 GIT-AUTHORS — the <italic>git-authors</italic> girlies' manual page ✨

okay so this is git-authors from the Git Extras collection, and bestie, if you've ever needed a lil authors report for your repo, this is the one. let's get into it 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

git-authors — generate authors report 📝

like, it makes you a whole list of everyone who authored stuff. iconic behavior.

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

git-authors [-l, --list] [--no-email]

that's it. that's the whole vibe check. two little flags, maximum slay 💅

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so here's the tea, bestie: if you wanna coalesce together commits by the same person (iykyk — same human, five different email addresses, absolute chaos), go read the "MAPPING AUTHORS" section of git-shortlog(1). that's where the magic deets live. fr fr 🔥

💅 OPTIONS 💅

  • -l, --list — show authors 👑 like, actually print the list out.
  • --no-email — don't show authors' email 🙈 keep it lowkey, no addresses on display.

🍓 EXAMPLES 🍓

updating the AUTHORS file (main character move, no notes):

$ git authors

listing authors — the way this just works:

$ git authors --list
TJ Holowaychuk <tj@vision-media.ca>
hemanth.hm <hemanth.hm@gmail.com>
Jonhnny Weslley <jw@jonhnnyweslley.net>
nickl- <github@jigsoft.co.za>
Leila Muhtasib <muhtasib@gmail.com>

listing authors without email — privacy era activated 🫶:

$ git authors --list --no-email
TJ Holowaychuk
hemanth.hm
Jonhnny Weslley
nickl-
Leila Muhtasib

🌈 AUTHOR 🌈

written by Titus Wormer <tituswormer@gmail.com> — thank you king, we are obsessed ⭐

💀 REPORTING BUGS 💀

found a bug? not me being dramatic but like, please tell them:

<https://github.com/tj/git-extras/issues>

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

<https://github.com/tj/git-extras>

the whole Git Extras fam lives there, go say hi 💜

and that's the whole page bestie — this cutie dropped in May 2026 as part of Git Extras, and it's serving GIT-AUTHORS(1) energy from start to finish. periodt 🧚✨

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