HISTORY.md generator, forgot to initiate a history file? well this is a small script that does it for you!

git_history_generator.sh

#!/bin/bash

tag_list_sorted=`git --no-pager tag --sort=-creatordate`
array=(${tag_list_sorted// / })

length_of_tags_min_1=$((${#array[@]}-1))

for (( c=$length_of_tags_min_1; c>0; c-- ))
do
    l=`git log -1 --format=%ai ${array[(($c - 1))]}`
    echo "### ${array[(($c - 1))]} $l"
    echo -e ""
    git --no-pager log --pretty=format:"%s, #%h by @%cn" ${array[$c]}...${array[(($c - 1))]} > /tmp/gitlog.txt
    sed -i -e 's/^/-   /' /tmp/gitlog.txt
    cat /tmp/gitlog.txt
    echo -e "\n"
done


# OUTPUT EXAMPLE:
#
# ### 0.0.0.1 2019-03-05 10:26:41 +0100
#
# -   init repo, #a6f39a7 by @sevaho
# -   added README, #062b9c1 by @sevaho