Converting the snowplow/snowplow CHANGELOG to release notes

convert_changelog.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
import fileinput
import sys
import re

domain = None
ignored_lines = 0
for line in fileinput.input():
 if line == "\n":
  break
 if ignored_lines < 2:
  ignored_lines += 1
  continue
 new_domain, contents = line.split(": ", 1)
 if new_domain != domain:
  sys.stdout.write("\n### " + new_domain + "\n\n")
  domain = new_domain
 contents_chars = list(contents)
 contents_chars[0] = contents_chars[0].capitalize()
 sys.stdout.write("* " + "".join(contents_chars))

Example usage:

< CHANGELOG ./doit.py