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+;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
+;;; Copyright © 2015 Alex Kost <alezost@gmail.com>
+;;;
+;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
+;;;
+;;; GNU Guix is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+;;; under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+;;; the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at
+;;; your option) any later version.
+;;;
+;;; GNU Guix is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+;;; WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+;;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+;;; GNU General Public License for more details.
+;;;
+;;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+;;; along with GNU Guix.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+;;;
+;;; Generate AUTHORS file for directory with the Guix git repository.
+;;;
+
+(use-modules
+ (ice-9 popen)
+ (ice-9 rdelim)
+ (ice-9 match)
+ (srfi srfi-1)
+ (guix config)
+ (guix utils)
+ (guix build utils))
+
+(define %guix-dir
+  (make-parameter #f))
+
+(define-syntax-rule (append-maybe init-lst (test add-lst) ...)
+  (let* ((lst init-lst)
+         (lst (if test
+                  (append lst add-lst)
+                  lst))
+         ...)
+    lst))
+
+(define (command-output cmd . args)
+  "Execute CMD with ARGS and return its output without trailing newspace."
+  (let* ((port (apply open-pipe* OPEN_READ cmd args))
+         (output (read-string port)))
+    (close-port port)
+    (string-trim-right output #\newline)))
+
+(define (git-output . args)
+  "Execute git command with ARGS and return its output without trailing
+newspace."
+  (with-directory-excursion (%guix-dir)
+    (apply command-output "git" args)))
+
+(define* (contributors-string #:optional (range "HEAD"))
+  "Return a string with names of people contributed to commit RANGE."
+  (git-output "shortlog" "--numbered" "--summary" "--email" range))
+
+(define* (tags #:key pattern sort)
+  "Return a list of the git repository tags.
+PATTERN is passed to '--list' and SORT is passed to '--sort' options of
+'git tag' command."
+  (let* ((args (append-maybe
+                '("tag")
+                (pattern (list "--list" pattern))
+                (sort    (list "--sort" sort))))
+         (output (apply git-output args)))
+    (string-split output #\newline)))
+
+(define (version-tags)
+  "Return only version tags (v0.8, etc.) sorted from the biggest version
+to the smallest one."
+  (tags #:pattern "v*"
+        #:sort "-version:refname"))
+
+(define (generate-authors-file file)
+  "Generate authors FILE."
+  (define previous-release-tag
+    (find (lambda (tag)
+            (version>? %guix-version
+                       (substring tag 1))) ; remove leading 'v'
+          (version-tags)))
+
+  (define release-range
+    (string-append previous-release-tag "..HEAD"))
+
+  (with-output-to-file file
+    (lambda ()
+      (display "\
+GNU Guix consists of Scheme code that implements the deployment model
+of the Nix package management tool.  In fact, it currently talks to a
+build daemon whose code comes from Nix (see the manual for details.)
+
+Nix was initially written by Eelco Dolstra; other people have been
+contributing to it.  See `nix/AUTHORS' for details.\n\n")
+      (format #t "Contributors to GNU Guix ~a:\n\n"
+              %guix-version)
+      (display (contributors-string release-range))
+      (newline) (newline)
+      (display "Overall contributors:\n\n")
+      (display (contributors-string))
+      (newline))))
+
+(define (show-help)
+  (match (command-line)
+    ((me _ ...)
+     (format #t "Usage: guile ~a DIRECTORY AUTHORS
+Generate AUTHORS file for DIRECTORY with the Guix git repository.\n"
+             me))))
+
+(match (command-line)
+  ((_ guix-dir authors-file)
+   (parameterize ((%guix-dir guix-dir))
+     (generate-authors-file authors-file)))
+  (_
+   (show-help)
+   (exit 1)))
+
+;;; generate-authors.scm ends here