VSTS Bash Script that builds release notes for the last weeks worth of commits

vsts_git_changelog.sh

#!/bin/bash
# Generates changelog day by day
# Based on sample from https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2976665/git-changelog-day-by-day

BRANCH=${BUILD_SOURCEBRANCHNAME}
FILE=${BUILD_STAGINGDIRECTORY}/releasenotes.md
TMP=$(mktemp)
TODAY=$(date +%Y-%m-%d)
YESTERDAY=$(date -v-1d +%Y-%m-%d)
THIS_WEEK=$(date -v-7d +%Y-%m-%d)

for i in "$@"
do
case $i in
    -f=*|--file=*)
    FILE="${i#*=}"
    ;;
    -b=*|--branch=*)
    BRANCH="${i#*=}"
    ;;
    *)
            # unknown option
    ;;
esac
done

{
echo **TODAY '('$TODAY')'**
git log --no-merges --since="$TODAY 00:00:00" --format="%cd" --date=short | sort -u -r | while read DATE ; do
    echo
    GIT_PAGER=cat git log --no-merges --format=" * %s" --since="$DATE 00:00:00" --until="$DATE 24:00:00"
    echo
done 
} > ${TMP}

{
echo
echo **LAST WEEK '(thru '$THIS_WEEK')'**
git log --no-merges --before="$TODAY 00:00:00" --since="$THIS_WEEK  00:00:00" --format="%cd" --date=short | sort -u -r | while read DATE ; do
    echo
    echo *$DATE*
    echo
    GIT_PAGER=cat git log --no-merges --format=" * %s" --since="$DATE 00:00:00" --until="$DATE 24:00:00"
    echo
done 
} >> ${TMP}

head -c 5000 ${TMP} > ${FILE}
rm ${TMP}

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This will add a new file named releasenotes.md to your build artifacts.

It is truncated at 5000 characters to allow it to be used with AppCenter.ms

Hey @michaelstonis - this is really cool! I'm a Program Manager on the App Center team. We have a repo for build script examples. Feel free to make a pull request there with this script if you're up to sharing 😃