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commits.py

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import os
 import requests
 import json
 import os
+import subprocess
 
 from datetime import datetime
 
@@ -23,23 +24,25 @@ def grab(url):
 
 url = "https://git.crux.best/api/v1/repos/chemicalcrux/{0}/releases".format(sys.argv[1])
 
-tag = grab(url)[0]["tag_name"]
+data = grab(url)
 
-url = "https://git.crux.best/api/v1/repos/chemicalcrux/{0}/commits?sha={1}".format(sys.argv[1], tag)
+if data:
+  spec = data[0]["tag_name"] + "..master"
+else:
+  spec = "master"
 
-data = grab(url)[1:]
+output = subprocess.check_output(["git", "log", r"--pretty=format:%aI%x00%s%x00%b%x00", spec]).decode("utf-8").split("\x00")
 
-results = []
-for commit in data:
-  result = {}
-  lines = commit["commit"]["message"].split("\n")
-  subject = lines[0]
-  body = "\n".join(lines[2:])
+data = []
 
-  result["date"] = datetime.fromisoformat(commit["commit"]["author"]["date"]).strftime("%B %d")
-  result["subject"] = subject
-  result["body"] = body
-  results.append(result)
+# last item is an empty string
+for i in range(0, len(output)-1, 3):
+  entry = {}
+  entry["date"] = output[i].strip()
+  entry["date"] = datetime.fromisoformat(entry["date"]).strftime("%B %d")
+  entry["subject"] = output[i+1].strip()
+  entry["body"] = output[i+2].strip()
+  data.append(entry)
 
 with open(sys.argv[2], "w", encoding="utf-8") as file:
-  json.dump(results[::-1], file)
+  json.dump(data, file)