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PHP Git Change Log Creator: Read git repository logs and create change logs

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Author

Michael Cummings

This class can read git repository logs and create change logs.

It executes the git command to make it return the log of changes from a git repository.

The class parses the logs to extract date, committer and message of each logged change.

It generates a file in Markdown format the extracted log information and links to the respective commits.

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Example

<?php
declare(strict_types=1);

/**
 * Contains php example using GitChangeLogCreator class.
 *
 * PHP version 7.1
 *
 * LICENSE:
 * This file is part of git-change-log-creator which is used to create an
 * updated change log file from Git log.
 * Copyright (C) 2014-2019 Michael Cummings
 *
 * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it
 * under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the
 * Free Software Foundation, either version 2 of the License.
 *
 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
 * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
 * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public License
 * for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
 * along with this program. If not, see
 * <https://opensource.org/licenses/GPL-2.0>.
 *
 * You should be able to find a copy of this license in the LICENSE file.
 *
 * @copyright 2014-2019 Michael Cummings
 * @license GPL-2.0
 * @author Michael Cummings <[email protected]>
 */

use GitChangeLogCreator\GitChangeLogCreator;

include_once __DIR__ . '/bootstrap.php';
try {
    $git = new GitChangeLogCreator();
    $git->getTags()
        ->getLogs()
        ->contentGenerator()
        ->fileGenerate();
} catch (Exception $e) {
    echo $e->getMessage();
}

Details

README.md

Used to create an updated change log file from Git log.

For an example of the generated output see CHANGELOG.md.

You can find a copy of the license in LICENSE.

For a simple example on how to use the class look at example.php


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