Script to automatically grab commits from a PR or a compare view and give you markdown to copy/paste into issues or Slack

automatically-grab-github-commits.js

/*
1. Go to PR view (e.g. https://github.com/user/repon/pull/123) 
or compare URL (https://github.com/user/repon/compare/{PREV_COMMIT_HASH}...{RC})
2. Open up JS dev console
3. Paste in the code below
4. Profit
*/

// Script to automatically pull commits + messages into a list to copy/pastewindow
var words = Array.from(document.querySelectorAll('.TimelineItem .mb-1 a:first-of-type'))
// console.log('words', words)
var links = Array.from(document.querySelectorAll('.TimelineItem .mb-1 a:first-of-type'))
// console.log('links', links)

var urlMessage = ''
var urlMessageMd = ''
var urlMessageSlack = ''
var url = window.location.href
// check if github.com/repo/repo/...compare/hash..master
var isComparePage = url.indexOf('compare') > -1
if (isComparePage) {
  urlMessage = `View deploy diff`
  urlMessageMd = `[${urlMessage}](${url})`
  urlMessageSlack = `${urlMessage} - ${url}`
}

var md = words.reduce((acc, curr, i) => {
   const text = curr.innerText
   acc+= `- [${text.trim()}](${links[i].href})
`
   return acc
}, '')

// Markdown format
console.log('Markdown')
console.log(urlMessageMd)
console.log(md)
console.log('───────────────────────')

var slack = words.reduce((acc, curr, i) => {
   const text = curr.innerText
   acc+= `- ${text.trim()} ${links[i].href}
`
   return acc
}, '')

// slack format
console.log('Slack')
console.log(urlMessageSlack)
console.log(slack)
console.log('───────────────────────')