Here's a quick script for generating git shortlog longform notes on git push. It currently powers the Damus Code nostr account:

Let's say you are hosting a bare git repository on a server at git/project. You can add a post-receive hook that generates a longform note when you push to the server:

In server:git/project/hooks/post-receive:

#!/usr/bin/env bash

commit_body=""
last=""
project="my-project" # update this with your project name
sec="abcdef..." # update this with your secret key
branch="master"

while read oldrev newrev refname; do
branch=$refname
last=$newrev
relays="wss://relay.damus.io wss://nos.lol"
commit_body=$(git shortlog $oldrev..$newrev | awk -f /home/user/markdown-shortlog.awk)
done

if [[ $branch == "refs/heads/master" ]]; then

nostril --content "# Changes

$commit_body"  \
        --envelope \
        --kind 30023  \
        --tag title "$project" \
        --tag summary "Latest codebase changes to $project" \
        --tag t gitlog \
        --sec $sec \
	| nostcat --connect-timeout 1000 $relays
fi

you'll need nostril, nostcat, and markdown-shortlog.awk:

/^[^ ]/ {
    if (author) {
        print ""
    }
    author = $0
    print "## " author
}

/^    / {
    print "-" substr($0, 6)
}

Now when you push, it will generate a longform note that looks something like this:

Example

William Casarin (10):

• fix warnings
• readme: add usage
• textmode: fix coloring of abbreviated names
• profiling: update puffin version
• refactor: move note into its own widget
• refactor: rename widgets to ui
• ui: simplify note widget
• get all missing ids from all timelines
• initial inline note previews
• fix until filters

kernelkind (6):

• Add custom visual themes
• Add modular custom text styles
• Apply app style to AccountLoginView
• Add MobileAccountLoginView
• Refactor 'ui tests' conception to previews
• Use custom style in app