Helper script to view number of commits since last release

commits-since-last-version.sh

#!/usr/bin/env sh
# This is a helper script to decide when you might need a new release.
# Prints the number of commits between origin/main or origin/master and the latest release for the selected repos.

# provide a directory path that includes your repos
if [ -z $1 ]; then
   echo "Please provide a path to a directory housing your repos"
   exit 1
fi

# check gum is installed
if ! command -v gum 2>&1 >/dev/null; then
    echo "gum not found. install @ https://github.com/charmbracelet/gum/"
    exit 1
fi

START=$pwd
DIRS=$(find "$1" -maxdepth 1 -type d | gum choose --no-limit)

for d in $DIRS; do
    echo $d
    cd $d
    branch=$(git branch -l main master --format '%(refname:short)')
    git fetch --tags --quiet
    if [ $(git rev-parse --is-inside-work-tree) ]; then
        git rev-list origin/$branch ^$(git describe --tags --abbrev=0) --count
    fi
    cd $START
done