doc: convert git-shortlog manual page to synopsis style

* convert commands and options to synopsis style
     * use _<placeholder>_ for arguments
     * small style fixes

Signed-off-by: Jean-Noël Avila <jn.avila@free.fr>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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NAME
----
git-shortlog - Summarize 'git log' output
git-shortlog - Summarize `git log` output

SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
'git shortlog' [<options>] [<revision-range>] [[--] <path>...]
git log --pretty=short | 'git shortlog' [<options>]
[synopsis]
git shortlog [<options>] [<revision-range>] [[--] <path>...]
git log --pretty=short | git shortlog [<options>]

DESCRIPTION
-----------
Summarizes 'git log' output in a format suitable for inclusion
Summarizes `git log` output in a format suitable for inclusion
in release announcements. Each commit will be grouped by author and title.

Additionally, "[PATCH]" will be stripped from the commit description.

If no revisions are passed on the command line and either standard input
is not a terminal or there is no current branch, 'git shortlog' will
is not a terminal or there is no current branch, `git shortlog` will
output a summary of the log read from standard input, without
reference to the current repository.

OPTIONS
-------

-n::
--numbered::
`-n`::
`--numbered`::
Sort output according to the number of commits per author instead
of author alphabetic order.

-s::
--summary::
`-s`::
`--summary`::
Suppress commit description and provide a commit count summary only.

-e::
--email::
`-e`::
`--email`::
Show the email address of each author.

--format[=<format>]::
`--format[=<format>]`::
Instead of the commit subject, use some other information to
describe each commit. '<format>' can be any string accepted
by the `--format` option of 'git log', such as '* [%h] %s'.
(See the "PRETTY FORMATS" section of linkgit:git-log[1].)
describe each commit. _<format>_ can be any string accepted
by the `--format` option of `git log`, such as '* [%h] %s'.
(See the 'PRETTY FORMATS' section of linkgit:git-log[1].)
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Each pretty-printed commit will be rewrapped before it is shown.

--date=<format>::
`--date=<format>`::
Show dates formatted according to the given date string. (See
the `--date` option in the "Commit Formatting" section of
the `--date` option in the 'Commit Formatting' section of
linkgit:git-log[1]). Useful with `--group=format:<format>`.

--group=<type>::
Group commits based on `<type>`. If no `--group` option is
specified, the default is `author`. `<type>` is one of:
`--group=<type>`::
Group commits based on _<type>_. If no `--group` option is
specified, the default is `author`. _<type>_ is one of:
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- `author`, commits are grouped by author
- `committer`, commits are grouped by committer (the same as `-c`)
- `trailer:<field>`, the `<field>` is interpreted as a case-insensitive
- `trailer:<field>`, the _<field>_ is interpreted as a case-insensitive
commit message trailer (see linkgit:git-interpret-trailers[1]). For
example, if your project uses `Reviewed-by` trailers, you might want
to see who has been reviewing with
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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
`git log`. (See the 'PRETTY FORMATS' section of
linkgit:git-log[1].)
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example, `git shortlog --group=author --group=trailer:co-authored-by`
counts both authors and co-authors.

-c::
--committer::
`-c`::
`--committer`::
This is an alias for `--group=committer`.

-w[<width>[,<indent1>[,<indent2>]]]::
`-w[<width>[,<indent1>[,<indent2>]]]`::
Linewrap the output by wrapping each line at `width`. The first
line of each entry is indented by `indent1` spaces, and the second
and subsequent lines are indented by `indent2` spaces. `width`,
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If width is `0` (zero) then indent the lines of the output without wrapping
them.

<revision-range>::
`<revision-range>`::
Show only commits in the specified revision range. When no
<revision-range> is specified, it defaults to `HEAD` (i.e. the
_<revision-range>_ is specified, it defaults to `HEAD` (i.e. the
whole history leading to the current commit). `origin..HEAD`
specifies all the commits reachable from the current commit
(i.e. `HEAD`), but not from `origin`. For a complete list of
ways to spell <revision-range>, see the "Specifying Ranges"
ways to spell _<revision-range>_, see the 'Specifying Ranges'
section of linkgit:gitrevisions[7].

[--] <path>...::
`[--] <path>...`::
Consider only commits that are enough to explain how the files
that match the specified paths came to be.
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