[#3530] add add-changelog-entry Makefile rule

Author: andrei-pavel

Makefile.am

@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS += $(DISTCHECK_SYSREPOCPP_CONFIGURE_FLAG)
 
 dist_doc_DATA = AUTHORS COPYING ChangeLog README CONTRIBUTING.md SECURITY.md platforms.rst code_of_conduct.md
 
-.PHONY: check-valgrind check-valgrind-suppress
+.PHONY: add-changelog-entry check-valgrind check-valgrind-suppress
 
 check-valgrind:
 if HAVE_VALGRIND
@@ -179,6 +179,9 @@ install-exec-hook:
 	mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)${localstatedir}/lib/${PACKAGE_NAME}
 	mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)${runstatedir}/${PACKAGE_NAME}
 
+add-changelog-entry:
+	./changelog_unreleased/.add-entry.sh
+
 #### include external sources in the distributed tarball:
 EXTRA_DIST = ext/coroutine/coroutine.hpp
 

changelog_unreleased/.add-entry.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+set -eu
+
+parent_dir=$(cd "$(dirname "${0}")" && pwd)
+cd "${parent_dir}" || exit 1
+
+author=$(git show -s --format='%ae' | cut -d '@' -f 1)
+branch=$(git branch --show-current)
+file="${branch}"
+gitlab_id=$(printf '%s' "${branch}" | cut -d '-' -f 1)
+printf '[category]\t\t%s\n' "${author}" > "${file}"
+printf '\tdescription\n' >> "${file}"
+printf '\t(Gitlab #%s)\n' "${gitlab_id}" >> "${file}"
+printf 'Created changelog_unreleased/%s.\n' "${file}"