From 040b8693720c1f7907fe910b65b71f06b8adf100 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dustin Falgout <dustin@falgout.us>
Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2016 02:57:43 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] add task to makefile for generating/updating CHANGES file
 before releases

---
 Makefile | 12 ++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index d10b401..54c04b3 100755
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ RES_DIR320=gtk-3.20
 SCSS_DIR320=$(RES_DIR320)/scss
 DIST_DIR320=$(RES_DIR320)/dist
 INSTALL_DIR=$(DESTDIR)/usr/share/themes/Numix
+LATEST_STABLE_RELEASE=$(git describe --tags $(git rev-list --tags --max-count=1))
 
 all: clean gresource
 
@@ -55,6 +56,16 @@ install: all
 uninstall:
 	rm -rf $(INSTALL_DIR)
 
+changes:
+	[ -f CHANGES ] && mv CHANGES CHANGES.old
+	git log \
+		--pretty=format:"[%ai] %<(69,trunc) %s %><(15) %aN {%h}" \
+		--cherry-pick "${LATEST_STABLE_RELEASE}...HEAD" > CHANGES
+	[ -f CHANGES.old ] && cat CHANGES.old >> CHANGES && rm CHANGES.old
+	git add CHANGES
+	git commit -m 'RELEASE PREP :: Update CHANGES file.'
+	git push
+
 .PHONY: all
 .PHONY: css
 .PHONY: watch
@@ -62,6 +73,7 @@ uninstall:
 .PHONY: clean
 .PHONY: install
 .PHONY: uninstall
+.PHONY: changes
 
 .DEFAULT_GOAL := all