Move gen_origin from program to data

[gnu-emacs] / build-aux / gitlog-to-emacslog

diff --git a/build-aux/gitlog-to-emacslog b/build-aux/gitlog-to-emacslog
index b980dcae27840ae6881d8e904dca6f10a430e97f..07b33e9aa4d460e7457634a6f4abb691633aa7e2 100755 (executable)
--- a/build-aux/gitlog-to-emacslog
+++ b/build-aux/gitlog-to-emacslog
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ LC_ALL=C
 export LC_ALL
 
 # The newest revision that should not appear in the generated ChangeLog.
-gen_origin=325bf192ae281046834884b12705d6c522871b24
+gen_origin=
+
 force=
 output=ChangeLog
 nmax=2
@@ -45,6 +46,22 @@ if [ ! -f ChangeLog.$nmax ]; then
     exit 1
 fi
 
+# If not specified in the command line, get gen_origin from the existing
+# ChangeLog file.
+[ "$gen_origin" ] || {
+    gen_origin_line=`
+      grep -E '^commit [0-9a-f]+ [(]inclusive[)]' ChangeLog.$nmax
+    ` || {
+       echo "ChangeLog.$nmax lacks a 'commit ... (inclusive)' line" >&2
+       exit 1
+    }
+    set $gen_origin_line
+    gen_origin=$2
+}
+
+# Get the new value for gen_origin from the latest version in the repository.
+new_origin=`git log --pretty=format:%H 'HEAD^!'` || exit
+
 if [ -f "$output" ]; then
     [ ! "$force" ] && echo "$output exists" >&2 && exit 1
     rm -f "$output" || exit 1
@@ -59,7 +76,7 @@ test -d .git || {
 # Use Gnulib's packaged ChangeLog generator.
 ./build-aux/gitlog-to-changelog --ignore-matching='^; ' \
   --ignore-line='^; ' --format='%B' \
-  "$gen_origin.." >"ChangeLog.tmp" || exit
+  "$gen_origin..$new_origin" >"ChangeLog.tmp" || exit
 
 if test -s "ChangeLog.tmp"; then
 
@@ -90,10 +107,13 @@ if test -s "ChangeLog.tmp"; then
     year_range=$start_year-$end_year
   fi
 
-  # Append a proper copyright notice.
+  # Update gen_origin and append a proper copyright notice.
   sed -n '
     1i\
 
+    /^This file records repository revisions/p
+    s/^commit [0-9a-f]* (exclusive)/commit '"$gen_origin"' (exclusive)/p
+    s/^commit [0-9a-f]* (inclusive)/commit '"$new_origin"' (inclusive)/p
     /^See ChangeLog.[0-9]* for earlier/,${
        s/ChangeLog\.[0-9]*/ChangeLog.'$nmax'/
        s/\(Copyright[ (C)]*\)[0-9]*-[0-9]*/\1'"$year_range"'/