Simple bash function to log SVN commit messages for the day

svn_log.sh

function svnlog() {
  local hoursAgo=12
  if [ "$1" ]; then
    hoursAgo=$1
  fi
  local dateThen=$(date -v-"$hoursAgo"H "+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")
  local dateNow=$(date "+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")
  echo "SVN LOG: $(date "+%Y-%m-%d")"
  svn log --search "{{ SVN username }}" -r "{$dateThen}:{$dateNow}" {{ SVN URL }} \
  | grep -v -e "| {{ SVN username }} |" -e "^br$" -e "^$" -e "-----"
}