Announce

   1 #!/bin/sh
   2 # Announcement message skelton
   3 #
   4 branch=${1?branch}
   5 previous=${2?previous}
   6
   7 relname=$(git describe "$branch") &&
   8 vername=$(expr "$relname" : 'v\(.*\)') || exit $?
   9
  10 git rev-parse --verify "$previous" >/dev/null || exit $?
  11
  12 case "$branch" in
  13 maint)
  14         kind="maintenance" ;;
  15 master)
  16         kind="feature" ;;
  17 esac
  18
  19 cat <<EOF
  20 The latest $kind release GIT $vername is available at the usual places:
  21
  22         http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/
  23
  24         git-$vername.tar.{gz,bz2}                       (tarball)
  25         RPMS/\$arch/git-*-$vername-1.\$arch.rpm (RPM)
  26
  27
  28 BLURB HERE
  29 BLURB HERE
  30 BLURB HERE
  31
  32 ----------------------------------------------------------------
  33
  34 Changes since $previous are as follows:
  35
  36 EOF
  37
  38 git log --no-merges "$previous".."$branch" | git shortlog
  39