quick script to parse git logs and turn them to a data structure

git_commit_parser.rb

# Usage:
# git log | ruby git_commit_parser.rb
# https://gist.github.com/881641
# By: Jason Amster
# jayamster@gmail.com

require 'rubygems'
require 'pp'
logs = STDIN.read
logs = logs.split("commit ")
logs.shift

logs = logs.map do |log|
  l = log.split("\n")
  commit = l.shift
  author = l.shift.to_s.split("Author: ")[1]
  x = author.to_s.split(" ")
  email = x.pop
  name = x.join(' ')
  
  date = l.shift.to_s.split("Date: ")[1].to_s.strip
  comments = l.join("\n")
  {
    :commit => commit,
    :author => author,
    :name => name,
    :email => email,
    :date => date,
    :comments => comments
  }
end
pp logs