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writing changes files from git (Score:2)

by domm (4030)

I don't actually write the Changes file directly from git, but I find this command rather helpful when preparing a new release:
git --no-pager log --no-merges --pretty=format:' %x20%x20 - %s (%an)' `git tag | tail -n 1`..
Which prints the summary of all changes since the last release (= last git tag). In fact I added this (and a few variations) to my .gitconfig, like this:
[alias] lastchanges =!git --no-pager log --no-merges --pretty=format:' %x20%x20 - %s (%an)' `git tag | tail
- Re:writing changes files from git (Score:1)
  
  by mpeters (5802) on 2009.04.13 9:22 (#68086) Homepage Journal
  
  neat tip, thanks domm!
  
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