Populate a GIT repository with commit messages.
git-committer creates git commands to fill a git-repository with
variations of commit messages to test git changelog creators. Review
How to Write Good Commit Messages: A Practical Git
Guide, keep a changelog and A
Note About Git Commit Messages as a guideline on how to
write commit messages.
git-committer creates git commands to generate different entries
in the commit messages. Supported types are:
- Subject: The main topic of this commit message.
- Body: A description, which might contain
- Mentions: A reference to another person.
- Co-authors: A list of additional contributers.
- Signed off: Well.
- Closes: References to bug identifiers.
- Breaking Change:
To configure git-commiter create a build directory change to it and
run cmake:
mkdir build
cd build
cmake ../
To compile run make:
make
To install it set an installation prefix during configuration, eg:
cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$PWD/install ../
make install
The git-changelog creator git-chglog is supported. The commit
messages in branch testcommits/base were generated by this tool
git-commiter and the file CHANGELOG.md was created.