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Bash script to generate a changelog
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generate-changelog.sh
#!/usr/bin/env bash
# Generates a changelog between tagged releases. Collects commits of pull requests, major, and bugfix tags
repository_url="https://bitbucket.org/MYPROJECT/MYREPO"
function generate_changelog() {
previous_tag=0
for current_tag in $(git tag --sort=-creatordate)
do
if [ "$previous_tag" != 0 ];then
tag_date=$(git log -1 --pretty=format:'%ad' --date=short ${previous_tag})
printf "## ${previous_tag} (${tag_date})\n\n"
git log ${current_tag}...${previous_tag} --pretty=format:"* %s [View](${repository_url}/commits/%H)" | grep -E "pull request|major|bugfix"
printf "\n\n"
fi
previous_tag=${current_tag}
done
# Show initial release for first tag
tag_date=$(git log -1 --pretty=format:'%ad' --date=short ${current_tag})
printf "## ${current_tag} (${tag_date})\n\n"
printf "* Initial release"
}
generate_changelog > CHANGELOG.md
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