Helper script to create "Introduced in ..." text - see #1667

scripts/extractFeaturesFromReleaseNotes.py

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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+#
+# extractFeaturesFromReleaseNotes.py
+#
+# Read the release notes - docs/release-notes.md - and generate text
+# for pasting in to individual documentation pages, to indicate which
+# versions recent features were released in.
+#
+# Using the output of the file is easier than manually constructing
+# the text to paste in to documentation pages.
+#
+# One way to use this:
+# - run this script, saving the output to some temporary file
+# - diff this output with the actual release notes page
+# - the differences are Markdown text that can be pasted in to the
+#   appropriate documentation pages in the docs/ directory.
+# - each release also has a github link to show which documentation files
+#   were changed in it.
+#   This can be helpful to see which documentation pages
+#   to add the 'Introduced in Catch ...' snippets to the relevant pages.
+#
+
+from __future__ import print_function
+
+import re
+
+
+def create_introduced_in_text(version, bug_number = None):
+    """Generate text to paste in to documentation file"""
+    if bug_number:
+        return '> [Introduced](https://github.com/catchorg/Catch2/issues/%s) in Catch %s.' % (bug_number, version)
+    else:
+        # Use this text for changes that don't have issue numbers
+        return '> Introduced in Catch %s.' % version
+
+
+def link_to_changes_in_release(release, releases):
+    """
+    Markdown text for a hyperlink showing all edits in a release, or empty string
+
+    :param release: A release version, as a string 
+    :param releases: A container of releases, in descending order - newest to oldest
+    :return: Markdown text for a hyperlink showing the differences between the give release and the prior one,
+             or empty string, if the previous release is not known
+    """
+
+    if release == releases[-1]:
+        # This is the earliest release we know about
+        return ''
+    index = releases.index(release)
+    previous_release = releases[index + 1]
+    return '\n[Changes in %s](https://github.com/catchorg/Catch2/compare/v%s...v%s)' % (release, previous_release, release)
+
+
+def write_recent_release_notes_with_introduced_text():
+    current_version = None
+    release_toc_regex = r'\[(\d.\d.\d)\]\(#\d+\)<br>'
+    issue_number_regex = r'#[0-9]+'
+    releases = []
+    with open('../docs/release-notes.md') as release_notes:
+        for line in release_notes:
+            line = line[:-1]
+            print(line)
+
+            # Extract version number from table of contents
+            match = re.search(release_toc_regex, line)
+            if match:
+                release_name = match.group(1)
+                releases.append(release_name)
+
+            if line.startswith('## '):
+                # It's a section with version number
+                current_version = line.replace('## ', '')
+
+                # We decided not to add released-date info for older versions
+                if current_version == 'Older versions':
+                    break
+
+                print(create_introduced_in_text(current_version))
+                print(link_to_changes_in_release(current_version, releases))
+
+            # Not yet found a version number, so to avoid picking up hyperlinks to
+            # version numbers in the index, keep going
+            if not current_version:
+                continue
+
+            for bug_link in re.findall(issue_number_regex, line):
+                bug_number = bug_link.replace('#', '')
+                print(create_introduced_in_text(current_version, bug_number))
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    write_recent_release_notes_with_introduced_text()