automated script for updating the changelog weekly.

Author: techy4shri

update_changelog.py

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+"""
+script to automate updation of changelog as I add features.
+"""
+
+import subprocess
+import datetime
+
+CHANGELOG_FILE = "CHANGELOG.md"
+CHECK_INTERVAL = "weekly"
+
+
+def get_latest_commits(since="1 week ago"):
+    """
+    Get the latest commits in the repository since the specified time.
+    """
+    try:
+        result = subprocess.run(
+            ["git", "log", "--pretty=format:%h %s", f"--since={since}"],
+            stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
+        )
+        return result.stdout.decode("utf-8")
+    except Exception as e:
+        print(f"Error: {e}")
+        return None
+
+
+def update_changelog(commits):
+    """
+    Update the changelog.md file with the latest commits.
+    """
+    if not commits:
+        print("No new commits to add to changelog.")
+        return
+
+    changelog_path = "changelog.md"
+    current_date = datetime.datetime.now().strftime("%Y-%m-%d")
+
+    with open(changelog_path, "a") as changelog_file:
+        changelog_file.write(f"\n## {current_date}\n")
+        changelog_file.write(commits)
+        changelog_file.write("\n")
+
+    print(f"Changelog updated with {len(commits.splitlines())} new commits.")
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    # Get the latest commits from the past week
+    latest_commits = get_latest_commits()
+
+    # Update the changelog with the latest commits
+    update_changelog(latest_commits)