# This script parse the git history and format it like a ChangeLog file.
# This script is called at distribution tile (see "make dist").
#
-# =-=-=-=-=
+
+#
# viking -- GPS Data and Topo Analyzer, Explorer, and Manager
#
# Copyright (C) 2009-2010, Guilhem Bonnefille <guilhem.bonnefille@gmail.com>
# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
# Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
#
+# e.g. for updating the NEWS file before tagging the final commit
+# such as for release 1.5.1 or 1.6, to only list the changes since previous main release (1.5):
+# ./git2changelog.sh HEAD..viking-1.5
+#
git log --date=short "--format=%cd %an <%aE>:%n%x09* %s" "$@" \
| awk '/^[^\t]/{if(previous==$0)next;previous=$0}{print}' \
| sed '/^[^\t]/s/\([^ ]*\) \(.*\)/\n\1\n\2/'