git-changes-by-day

git-changes-by-day is a Go command-line tool that reads git history from a target repository and writes a CSV file with one row per commit.

Build

go build -o ./bin/git-changes-by-day .

Run the compiled binary:

./bin/git-changes-by-day -repo /path/to/repo -text-out ./commit-text.csv

Usage

go run . -repo /path/to/repo -text-out ./commit-text.csv

Flags:

• -repo: repository to inspect. Defaults to the current directory.
• -text-out: output path for the per-commit text CSV.

Output

commit-text.csv columns:

• datetime
• date
• commit_hash
• github_author_handle
• github_author_display_name
• text
• files_changed
• lines_added
• lines_deleted
• lines_changed

Development

go build ./...
go test ./...

GitHub Actions includes:

• ci: runs tests on pushes and pull requests.
• daily-artifact: generates the commit CSV artifact on a schedule or manual dispatch and uploads it as a workflow artifact.