def GetCommitsBetweenIds(newer: str, older: str) -> list:
"""
Get a list of commits between two Git commits.
Args:
newer (str): The newer Git commit id for the comparison.
older (str): The older Git commit id for the comparison.
Returns:
A list of commits.
"""
commits = list()
output = subprocess.check_output([
'git', 'log', '{newer}...{older}'.format(newer=newer, older=older)
]).decode('utf-8')
if (len(output) < 1):
return commits
commitLog = str(output).split('\n')
lineIndex = 0
while (lineIndex < len(commitLog)):
commitLogLine = str(commitLog[lineIndex])
if (commitLogLine.startswith('commit')):
# Commit log item startsexpression
commit = Commit()
# Get commit hash from the commit
commit.hash = str(commitLog[lineIndex]).split(' ')[1]
lineIndex = lineIndex + 1
# Get "Author:", "{author's name} <{author's email}>"
logLine = str(commitLog[lineIndex]).split(':', 1)[1].lstrip()
user = User()
user.name = logLine.split('<', 1)[0].rstrip(' ')
user.email = logLine.split('<', 1)[1].lstrip().replace(
'\r', '').replace('\n', '')
commit.author = user
lineIndex = lineIndex + 1
# Split "Date: ", "{actual date}"
logLine = str(commitLog[lineIndex]).split('Date:')[1]
dateString = logLine = logLine.lstrip().replace('\r',
'').replace(
'\n', '')
commit.date = Date.ConvertGitStringToDate(dateString)
# Skip extra line between date and commit title
lineIndex = lineIndex + 2
# Add the title to the commit but remove leading whitespace and trailing linefeed
commit.title = str(commitLog[lineIndex]).lstrip().replace(
'\r', '').replace('\n', '')
lineIndex = lineIndex + 1
# Skip extra line between title and commit message
lineIndex = lineIndex + 1
# Commit message lasts until another commit message starts or the log ends
commit.message = ""
while (lineIndex < len(commitLog)):
if (str(commitLog[lineIndex]).startswith('commit')):
break
commit.message = commit.message + commitLog[
lineIndex].lstrip()
lineIndex = lineIndex + 1
commits.append(commit)
break
else:
lineIndex = lineIndex + 1
return commits
