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How to Generate Release Notes from Git Commit Messages in Python

This script fetches recent Git commit messages using conventional commit prefixes (feat, fix, etc.), categorizes them, and prints formatted release notes with today's date.

git release-notes automation

Python

import subprocess
import re
from datetime import datetime

def get_git_log(since_tag="HEAD~10", format_str="%s"):
    """Retrieve commit messages from git log."""
    try:
        result = subprocess.run(
            ["git", "log", f"--since={since_tag}", f"--format={format_str}"],
            capture_output=True,
   …

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