Script to extract the git commit messages?

[John Mellor]

I'd like to extract the git commit messages for the changes since the last build, and insert them into the debian changelog in the product. This will in many ways make each build self-documenting, and does things in a way that is already very well supported when building .debs.

Has anyone done this?

[Christopher Orr]

On 26/02/15 08:15, John Mellor wrote:
> I'd like to extract the git commit messages for the changes since the last build, and insert them into the debian changelog in the product. This will in many ways make each build self-documenting, and does things in a way that is already very well supported when building .debs.
>
> Has anyone done this?

The SCM changes since the last build are stored with the build and can
be retrieved, for example, from the API during a build, e.g.:
http://jenkins:8080/job/$JOB_NAME/$BUILD_NUMBER/api/xml?wrapper=changes&xpath=//changeSet//comment

That would give you an XML document with each commit message in a
separate tag.

See also: http://stackoverflow.com/a/11837662/234938

Regards,
Chris

[John Mellor]

Cool. I can simply strip off all the headers in a 1-line script and I'm left with something usable as a standard changelog. Thanks!

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