contributors.sh

#!/bin/sh
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# Copyright (C) 2013, Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
#
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# This software is distributed on an "AS IS" basis, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY
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#
# This script shows all mentioned contributors from <hash> until HEAD. To aid
# when writing RELEASE-NOTES and THANKS.
#

start=$1

if test -z "$start"; then
  echo "Usage: $0 <since this tag/hash>"
fi

# filter out Author:, Commit: and *by: lines
# cut off the email parts
# cut off spaces first and last on the line
# only count names with a space (ie more than one word)
# sort all unique names
git log $start..HEAD | \
egrep '(Author|Commit|by):' | \
cut -d: -f2- | \
cut '-d<' -f1 | \
sed -e 's/^ //' -e 's/ $//g' | \
grep ' ' | \
sort -u