Improved way to generate git logs from the current commit to the previous tag. During a release, we tag the current commit during the publishing, and then it starts detecting no changes (since we are ON the current tag).

Author: jonoomph

.gitlab-ci.yml

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ linux-builder:
     - ~/auto-update-docs "$CI_PROJECT_DIR/build" "$CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME"
     - mv install-x64/lib/python3.4/site-packages/*openshot* install-x64/python
     - echo -e "CI_PROJECT_NAME:$CI_PROJECT_NAME\nCI_COMMIT_REF_NAME:$CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME\nCI_COMMIT_SHA:$CI_COMMIT_SHA\nCI_JOB_ID:$CI_JOB_ID" > "install-x64/share/$CI_PROJECT_NAME"
-    - git log $(git describe --tags --abbrev=0)..HEAD --oneline --pretty=format:"%C(auto,yellow)%h%C(auto,magenta)% %C(auto,blue)%>(12,trunc)%ad %C(auto,green)%<(25,trunc)%aN%C(auto,reset)%s%C(auto,red)% gD% D" --date=short > "install-x64/share/$CI_PROJECT_NAME.log"
+    - git log $(git describe --tags --abbrev=0 @^)..@ --oneline --pretty=format:"%C(auto,yellow)%h%C(auto,magenta)% %C(auto,blue)%>(12,trunc)%ad %C(auto,green)%<(25,trunc)%aN%C(auto,reset)%s%C(auto,red)% gD% D" --date=short > "install-x64/share/$CI_PROJECT_NAME.log"
   when: always
   except:
   - tags
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ mac-builder:
     - make install
     - mv install-x64/lib/python3.6/site-packages/*openshot* install-x64/python
     - echo -e "CI_PROJECT_NAME:$CI_PROJECT_NAME\nCI_COMMIT_REF_NAME:$CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME\nCI_COMMIT_SHA:$CI_COMMIT_SHA\nCI_JOB_ID:$CI_JOB_ID" > "install-x64/share/$CI_PROJECT_NAME"
-    - git log $(git describe --tags --abbrev=0)..HEAD --oneline --pretty=format:"%C(auto,yellow)%h%C(auto,magenta)% %C(auto,blue)%>(12,trunc)%ad %C(auto,green)%<(25,trunc)%aN%C(auto,reset)%s%C(auto,red)% gD% D" --date=short > "install-x64/share/$CI_PROJECT_NAME.log"
+    - git log $(git describe --tags --abbrev=0 @^)..@ --oneline --pretty=format:"%C(auto,yellow)%h%C(auto,magenta)% %C(auto,blue)%>(12,trunc)%ad %C(auto,green)%<(25,trunc)%aN%C(auto,reset)%s%C(auto,red)% gD% D" --date=short > "install-x64/share/$CI_PROJECT_NAME.log"
   when: always
   except:
   - tags
@@ -79,8 +79,8 @@ windows-builder-x64:
     - mingw32-make install
     - Move-Item -Force -path "install-x64\lib\python3.7\site-packages\*openshot*" -destination "install-x64\python\"
     - New-Item -path "install-x64/share/" -Name "$CI_PROJECT_NAME" -Value "CI_PROJECT_NAME:$CI_PROJECT_NAME`nCI_COMMIT_REF_NAME:$CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME`nCI_COMMIT_SHA:$CI_COMMIT_SHA`nCI_JOB_ID:$CI_JOB_ID" -ItemType file -force
-    - $PREV_GIT_LABEL=(git describe --tags --abbrev=0)
-    - git log "$PREV_GIT_LABEL..HEAD" --oneline --pretty=format:"%C(auto,yellow)%h%C(auto,magenta)% %C(auto,blue)%>(12,trunc)%ad %C(auto,green)%<(25,trunc)%aN%C(auto,reset)%s%C(auto,red)% gD% D" --date=short > "install-x64/share/$CI_PROJECT_NAME.log"
+    - $PREV_GIT_LABEL=(git describe --tags --abbrev=0 '@^')
+    - git log "$PREV_GIT_LABEL..@" --oneline --pretty=format:"%C(auto,yellow)%h%C(auto,magenta)% %C(auto,blue)%>(12,trunc)%ad %C(auto,green)%<(25,trunc)%aN%C(auto,reset)%s%C(auto,red)% gD% D" --date=short > "install-x64/share/$CI_PROJECT_NAME.log"
   when: always
   except:
   - tags
@@ -108,8 +108,8 @@ windows-builder-x86:
     - mingw32-make install
     - Move-Item -Force -path "install-x86\lib\python3.7\site-packages\*openshot*" -destination "install-x86\python\"
     - New-Item -path "install-x86/share/" -Name "$CI_PROJECT_NAME" -Value "CI_PROJECT_NAME:$CI_PROJECT_NAME`nCI_COMMIT_REF_NAME:$CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME`nCI_COMMIT_SHA:$CI_COMMIT_SHA`nCI_JOB_ID:$CI_JOB_ID" -ItemType file -force
-    - $PREV_GIT_LABEL=(git describe --tags --abbrev=0)
-    - git log "$PREV_GIT_LABEL..HEAD" --oneline --pretty=format:"%C(auto,yellow)%h%C(auto,magenta)% %C(auto,blue)%>(12,trunc)%ad %C(auto,green)%<(25,trunc)%aN%C(auto,reset)%s%C(auto,red)% gD% D" --date=short > "install-x86/share/$CI_PROJECT_NAME.log"
+    - $PREV_GIT_LABEL=(git describe --tags --abbrev=0 '@^')
+    - git log "$PREV_GIT_LABEL..@" --oneline --pretty=format:"%C(auto,yellow)%h%C(auto,magenta)% %C(auto,blue)%>(12,trunc)%ad %C(auto,green)%<(25,trunc)%aN%C(auto,reset)%s%C(auto,red)% gD% D" --date=short > "install-x86/share/$CI_PROJECT_NAME.log"
   when: always
   except:
   - tags