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Using PHP to Parse Git History

Here is how you can store git command output in a good manner after which you will be able to easily retrieve necessary information. This snippet belongs to the project I’m currently working on.

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<?php
// Author: Ngo Minh Nam

$dir = "/path/to/your/repo/";
$output = array();
chdir($dir);
exec("git log",$output);
$history = array();
foreach($output as $line){
    if(strpos($line, 'commit')===0){
        if(!empty($commit)){
            array_push($history, $commit);
            unset($commit);
        }
        $commit['hash']   = substr($line, strlen('commit'));
    }
    else if(strpos($line, 'Author')===0){
        $commit['author'] = substr($line, strlen('Author:'));
    }
    else if(strpos($line, 'Date')===0){
        $commit['date']   = substr($line, strlen('Date:'));
    }
    else{
        $commit['message']  .= $line;
    }
}

print_r($history);

?>

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