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+#!/bin/bash
+# Provide a go between the historical way BOINC has tracked commit changes with the way
+# git manages historical information.  Basically mimic the checkin_notes file with the
+# output of various git commands
+#
+
+# Command line customizations here
+
+
+
+# Get a list of commit ids to extract the log information for
+for i in `git log --since="1 week ago" --pretty="%H"`; 
+do
+    git show --name-status --pretty=fuller $i
+    echo "$ii"
+done