git release notes #git #awk #release #notes

git_log_format.awk

#! /usr/bin/awk -f

BEGIN {
        FS="\][ ]*[-]*[ ]*"
}
/^\[.*\]/ {
        sub(/\[/, "", $1)
        if (NR == 1) {
                previous_commit_tag = $1
                commit_message = "\t- " $2
                print previous_commit_tag "\n" commit_message
                next
        }

        commit_message = "\t- " $2
        commit_tag = $1
         if(previous_commit_tag != commit_tag) {
                 print"\n" commit_tag "\n" commit_message
         } else {
                 print commit_message
         }
         previous_commit_tag = commit_tag
}
END {}

git_release_notes.sh

#!/bin/bash

set -e
PAST_TAG=$(git describe --tags --abbrev=0)
REF=${1:-$PAST_TAG}
git log $REF..HEAD --pretty=format:"%s" | ./format_git_log

TODO, first parse a git commit. template.