[PATCH] Add git-request-pull-script, a short script that generates a summary of pending changes

A short message requesting a pull from the repository is also included.

Signed-off-by: Ryan Anderson <ryan@michonline.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
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+#!/bin/sh -e
+# Copyright 2005, Ryan Anderson <ryan@michonline.com>
+#
+# This file is licensed under the GPL v2, or a later version
+# at the discretion of Linus Torvalds.
+
+usage()
+{
+	echo "$0 <commit> <filename> <url>"
+	echo "  Summarizes the changes since <commit>, stores them in <filename>"
+	echo "  and includes <url> in the message generated."
+	exit 1
+}
+
+
+revision=$1
+filename=$2
+url=$3
+
+[ "$revision" ] || usage
+[ "$filename" ] || usage
+[ "$url" ] || usage
+
+baserev=`git-rev-parse $revision`
+
+(
+	echo "The git repository at:" 
+	echo "    $url"
+	echo "contains the following changes since commit $baserev"
+	echo ""
+	git log $revision.. | git-shortlog ;
+	git diff $revision.. | diffstat ;
+) | tee $filename
+
+echo "The above message is also stored in $filename"
+