gistfile1.txt

#!/bin/sh
#
#    gch - open the debian/changelog in sensible editor, appending
#          a line showing the current files that have been modified
#
#    Copyright (C) 2008-2010 Dustin Kirkland <kirkland@ubuntu.com>
#
#    Authors:
#        Dustin Kirkland <kirkland@ubuntu.com>
#
#    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
#    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
#    the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License.
#
#    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
#    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
#    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
#    GNU General Public License for more details.
#
#    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
#    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.

msg=$(git diff --cached  --pretty="format:" --name-only | grep -v "debian/changelog" | sort -u | xargs -i echo -n "{}, ")
msg=$(echo "$msg" | sed -e "s:, $::")
dch -a $@ "$msg: "
exec dch -e "$@"