describe-pr

#!/usr/bin/env bash
#
#  describe-pr - print a Pull Request description
#

type xsel >/dev/null 2>&1 || {
    echo 1>&2 "$(basename $0): xsel command not found; please install it."
    exit 1
}
# (This doesn't currently work on a Mac, where we'd use the `pbpaste`
# tool, which is the equivalant of `xsel --clipboard --input`.)

[ -z "$1" ] && {
    echo 1>&2 "Usage: $(basename $0) <start-commit>"
    exit 2
}
start_commit="$1"; shift

git log --reverse --pretty=format:'* %s%n%n%b' $start_commit^..HEAD \
    | xsel --input --clipboard