Auto-generate AUTHORS file from GIT logs

Rather than trying to manually keep track of authors,
just auto-generate the list from GIT logs

Signed-off-by: Daniel P. Berrange <berrange@redhat.com>

6 files changed, 23 insertions, 21 deletions

diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 03b75ce..6b05db9 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -53,3 +53,5 @@ docs/*.prerequisites
 docs/*.signals
 docs/*.types
 examples/*.1
+AUTHORS
+ChangeLog
diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS.in
index 79812d7..334ed3e 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS.in
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@ The primary maintainers of libvirt-designer are:
 
 Patches have been received from:
 
-   Christophe Fergeau       <cfergeau@redhat.com>
-   Michal Privoznik         <mprivozn@redhat.com>
-   Zeeshan Ali (Khattak)    <zeeshanak@gnome.org>
+#authorslist#
 
    ... send patches to get your name added ...
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29..0000000
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ /dev/null
diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index f5bcc47..7801b63 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -6,17 +6,21 @@ ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I m4
 pkgconfigdir = $(libdir)/pkgconfig
 pkgconfig_DATA = libvirt-designer-1.0.pc
 
-EXTRA_DIST = $(PACKAGE).spec $(pkgconfig_DATA:%.pc=%.pc.in)
+EXTRA_DIST = \
+	$(PACKAGE).spec \
+	$(pkgconfig_DATA:%.pc=%.pc.in) \
+	AUTHORS.in \
+	$(NULL)
 
 DISTCLEAN_FILES = $(PACKAGE).spec $(pkgconfig_DATA)
 
 DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS = --enable-introspection=yes --enable-gtk-doc=yes
 
-dist-hook: gen-ChangeLog
+dist-hook: gen-ChangeLog gen-AUTHORS
 
 # Generate the ChangeLog file (with all entries since the switch to git)
 # and insert it into the directory we're about to use to create a tarball.
-.PHONY: gen-ChangeLog
+.PHONY: gen-ChangeLog gen-AUTHORS
 gen-ChangeLog:
 	if test -d .git || test -d ../.git; then					\
 	  $(top_srcdir)/build-aux/gitlog-to-changelog		\
@@ -24,3 +28,11 @@ gen-ChangeLog:
 	  rm -f $(distdir)/ChangeLog;				\
 	  mv $(distdir)/cl-t $(distdir)/ChangeLog;		\
 	fi
+
+gen-AUTHORS:
+	$(AM_V_GEN)if test -d $(srcdir)/.git; then                      \
+	   out="`cd $(srcdir) && git log --pretty=format:'%aN <%aE>' | sort -u`" && \
+	   perl -p -e "s/#authorslist#// and print '$$out'"            \
+	     < $(srcdir)/AUTHORS.in > $(distdir)/AUTHORS-tmp &&        \
+	   mv -f $(distdir)/AUTHORS-tmp $(distdir)/AUTHORS ;           \
+	fi
diff --git a/autogen.sh b/autogen.sh
index cf89d7f..9a0c976 100755
--- a/autogen.sh
+++ b/autogen.sh
@@ -36,6 +36,11 @@ if test -z "$*"; then
         echo "the $0 command line."
 fi
 
+# Real ChangeLog/AUTHORS is auto-generated from GIT logs at
+# make dist time, but automake requires that it
+# exists at all times :-(
+touch ChangeLog AUTHORS
+
 mkdir -p build-aux
 libtoolize --copy --force
 aclocal -I m4
diff --git a/cfg.mk b/cfg.mk
index cf0f61f..54f62d4 100644
--- a/cfg.mk
+++ b/cfg.mk
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 # Tests not to run as part of "make distcheck".
 local-checks-to-skip =			\
   changelog-check			\
-  check-AUTHORS				\
   makefile-check			\
   makefile_path_separator_check		\
   patch-check				\
@@ -104,20 +103,6 @@ sc_copyright_format:
 # We don't use this feature of maint.mk.
 prev_version_file = /dev/null
 
-# Give credit where due:
-# Ensure that each commit author email address (possibly mapped via
-# git log's .mailmap) appears in our AUTHORS file.
-sc_check_author_list:
-	@fail=0;							\
-	for i in $$(git log --pretty=format:%aE%n|sort -u|grep -v '^$$'); do \
-	  sanitized=$$(echo "$$i"|LC_ALL=C sed 's/\([^a-zA-Z0-9_@-]\)/\\\1/g'); \
-	  grep -iq "<$$sanitized>" $(srcdir)/AUTHORS			\
-	    || { printf '%s\n' "$$i" >&2; fail=1; };			\
-	done;								\
-	test $$fail = 1							\
-	  && echo '$(ME): committer(s) not listed in AUTHORS' >&2;	\
-	test $$fail = 0
-
 
 exclude_file_name_regexp--sc_bindtextdomain = ^(libvirt-designer/test)|(libvirt-designer/libvirt-designer-init-*)|(examples/virtxml.c)