Site: Automagically generate release notes

Site/Rakefile

@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ require 'erb'
 
 task :generate => [:generate_usermanual] do
   require 'rdiscount'
+  require 'lib/release_notes'
+
   `rm -rf output`
   FileUtils.mkdir("output")
   `cat text/*.markdown > output/UserManual.markdown`

Site/lib/release_notes.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+#!/usr/bin/ruby
+
+RELEASE_NOTES_PATH = File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), "..", "..", "Documentation", "ReleaseNotes")
+
+module ReleaseNotes
+
+    VERSION_MATCH = /v([0-9.]*).txt$/
+
+    # Find all release not files
+    def self.release_files
+        notes = Dir.glob(File.join(RELEASE_NOTES_PATH, "v*.txt"))
+    
+        # Sort files by version number
+        notes.sort do |x,y|
+            x = x.match VERSION_MATCH
+            y = y.match VERSION_MATCH
+            # Puts nonmatching files at the bottom
+            if !x && y
+                1
+            elsif !y && x
+                -1
+            else
+                # compare version strings, newest at the top
+                y[1].split(".").map { |a| a.to_i } <=> x[1].split(".").map { |a| a.to_i }
+            end
+        end
+    end
+
+    # Aggregate all release notes in a string
+    def self.aggregate_notes
+        file = ""
+        release_files.each do |x|
+            file << File.read(x)
+            file << "\n"
+        end
+        file
+    end
+
+    def self.last_version
+        last_file = release_files.first
+        if last_file =~ VERSION_MATCH
+            return $1
+        end
+        nil
+    end
+
+    def self.last_notes
+        File.read(release_files.first)
+    end
+end

Site/text/release_history.markdown

@@ -3,105 +3,4 @@
 	Release history
 </h2>
 
-### Changes in v0.6.1:
-
-This is a bugfix release. The following bugs have been fixed:
-
-* The commit view shows new files with linebreaks
-* The history view works with Git >= 1.5.4 again
-* Reloading the detailed view in the History no longer causes an empty page
-
-### Changes in v0.6
-
-This release has the following new features and enhancements:
-
-* The diff display now looks much nicer, using boxes to segment files
-* The toolbar can now me customized
-* Images that have been changed or added in a commit can now be viewed
-  inline in GitX
-* GitX has gained a preference pane which allows you to specify a git path
-  and disable the Gist and Gravatar integration
-* The commit interface is now more intuitive. Particularly, you can now
-  select multiple files and use drag and drop to stage / unstage files
-* You can now drag and drop files out of the commit view
-* The files in the commit view have gained a context menu that allows you
-  to revert changes / open the file / ignore the file
-* It is now possible to adjust the amount of context lines in the commit view.
-  Using a smaller context size allows you to do more fine-grained commits
-* The branch menu is now organized in branches/remotes/tags
-* The view switch button now uses icons rather than words
-* The view shortcuts have changed to use command 1/2 for the history/commit 
-  view. The history's subviews can now be changed using command-option-1/2/3
-* Listing commits has become much faster
-* GitX no longer spawns zombie processes
-* GitX now shows a list of files that have been changed in a commit
-* GitX now uses libgit2 to store object id's, reducing it's memory footprint
-
-In addition many bugs were fixed, including the correct calculation of a
-gravatar MD5 hash.
-
-### Changes in v0.5
-
-This feature release has several new smaller or larger features:
-
-* The current branch is now highlighted
-* In the commit view, there is an option to amend commits
-* The "Gist it" button now respects github.user/token
-* Display a gravatar of the committer
-* The commit message view now displays a vertical line at 50 characters
-* It is now possible to revert changes by using the context menu in the
-  commit view
-* You can now stage only parts of a file by using the "Stage Hunk" buttons
-  in the commit view
-* You can now use GitX to show a diff of anything, for example by using
-  'gitx --diff HEAD^^' or 'git diff HEAD~3 | gitx --diff'
-* You can now drag and drop refs to move them and also create branches
-
-In addition, the following bugs have been fixed:
-
-* Better detection of git version
-* Branch lines are no longer interspersed with half a pixel of whitespace
-* The toolbar keeps its state when switching views
-
-<h3>Changes in v0.4.1:</h3>
-<ul>
-<li>The diff display is now much faster</li>
-	<li>More locations are now searched for a default git</li>
-	<li>Code pasted online is now private</li>
-
-</ul>
-<h3>Changes in v0.4:</h3>
-<ul>
-<li>A new commitview, allowing you to selectively add changes and commit them.</li>
-	<li>You can now upload a commit as a patch to gist.github.com</li>
-
-	<li>GitX now searches for your git binary in more directories and is smarter
- about reporting errors regarding git paths.</li>
-	<li>You can now remove branches by right-clicking on them in the detailed view</li>
-	<li>GitX now comes with a spicy new icon</li>
-	<li>The diff view has become prettier and now also highlights trailing
- whitespace.</li>
-	<li>Various little changes and stability improvement</li>
-</ul>
-<h3>Changes in v0.3:</h3>
-<ul>
-<li>You can now pass on command-line arguments just like you can with ‘git log’</li>
-	<li>The program has an icon</li>
-	<li>Also displays remote branches in the branch list</li>
-
-	<li>Is better in determining if a directory is a bare git repository</li>
-	<li>Support for—left-right: use ‘gitx—left-right <span class="caps">HEAD</span>..origin/master’
- to see which commits are only on your branch or on their branch</li>
-	<li>Navigate through changed hunks by using j/k keys</li>
-	<li>Scroll down in webview by using space / shift-space</li>
-</ul>
-
-<h3>Changes in v0.2.1:</h3>
-<ul>
-<li>Added supercool auto-update feature (Sparkle)</li>
-</ul>
-<h3>Changes in v0.2</h3>
-<ul>
-<li>Branch lines now have colors</li>
-<li>Ref labels added to commits</li>
-</ul>
+<%= ReleaseNotes::aggregate_notes %>