gennews.sh

#!/bin/sh

# A little script to automagically generate a GNU NEWS file from git.

if [ -z "$PACKAGE" -a -f configure.ac ]; then
	PACKAGE=$(grep AC_INIT configure.ac|head -1|sed -r 's,AC_INIT[(][[],,;s,[]].*,,')
fi

t=
i=0

for o in $(git tag --sort=-creatordate) ""; do
	if [ $i -ge 100 ]; then break; fi
	if [ -z "$t" ] ; then
		head=$(git show -s --format=%H HEAD)
		last=$(git show -s --format=%H "$o")
		if [ "$head" = "$last" ]; then
			t="$o"
			continue
		fi
		t="HEAD"
		version=$(git describe --tags)
		date=$(git show -s --format=%ci "$t^{commit}"|awk '{print$1}')
		patchlv=$(echo "$date"|sed 's,-,,g')
	else
		version="$t"
		case "$t" in 
		openss7-*.20[0-0][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9])
			date=$(echo "$version"|sed -r 's,^.*\.,,;s,(....)(..)(..),\1-\2-\3,')
			patchlv=$(echo "$date"|sed 's,-,,g')
			;;
		openss7-*.*)
			date=$(git show -s --format=%ci "$t^{commit}"|awk '{print$1}')
			patchlv=$(echo "$version"|sed 's,^.*\.,,')
			;;
		*)
			t="$o"
			continue
			;;
		esac
	fi
	i=$((i+1))
	version=$(echo "$version"|sed 's,^openss7-,,;s,\.2[0-9]*-,-,;s,[-_],.,g;s,\.g.*$,,;s,\.[^.]*$,,')
	version="$version${patchlv:+.$patchlv}"
	title="Release ${PACKAGE}${PACKAGE:+ }$version released $date"
	under=$(echo "$title"|sed 's,.,-,g')
	/usr/bin/echo -e "\n$title\n$under\n"
	cmd="git notes --ref=release show $t"
	notes=$(eval $cmd 2>/dev/null|sed 's,^,    ,')
	lines=$(echo "$notes"|wc -l)
	if [ $lines -gt 1 ] ; then
		/usr/bin/echo -e "$cmd\n\n$notes\n"
	else
		if [ :$t != :HEAD ] ; then
			cmd="git tag -n100 -l ${t}"
			notes=$(eval $cmd 2>/dev/null)
			lines=$(echo "$notes"|wc -l)
			if [ $lines -gt 1 ] ; then
				/usr/bin/echo -e "$cmd\n\n$notes\n"
			fi
		fi
	fi
	cmd="git shortlog -e -n -w80,6,8 ${o}${o:+...}${t}"
	/usr/bin/echo -e "$cmd\n\n$(eval $cmd)\n"
	t="$o"
done|sed -r 's,[[:space:]][[:space:]]*$,,'