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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# This tool is used to build a *scaffold* of a release note that you can fill in details with before posting to the list.
+# It aims to provide *all* the information you need, and probably need to prune it before releasing.
+# Author: jsuereth
+
+fixMessages() {
+  local tag1="$1"
+  local tag2="$2"
+  git log $tag1..$tag2 "--format=format: * %h - %s" --no-merges --grep "SI-"
+}
+
+allcommitMessages() {
+  local tag1="$1"
+  local tag2="$2"
+  git log $tag1..$tag2 "--format=format: * %h - %s" --no-merges
+}
+
+authors() {
+ local tag1="$1"
+ local tag2="$2"
+ git log $tag1..$tag2 --format=format:%an --no-merges | sort | uniq -c | sort -rh
+}
+
+
+message() {
+  local tag1="$1"
+  local tag2="$2"
+
+  echo "A new release of Scala is available!  Please point your build tools at ${tag2#v}"
+  echo 
+  echo "Here's a list of the issues that have been fixed since ${tag1#v}: "
+  fixMessages "$tag1" "$tag2"
+  echo
+  echo
+  echo "Special thanks to all the contributions!"
+  echo "------- --------------------------------"
+  authors "$tag1" "$tag2"
+  echo "------- --------------------------------"
+  echo
+  echo
+  echo "Here's a complete list of changes:"
+  allcommitMessages "$tag1" "$tag2"
+}
+
+
+message "$1" "$2"
+
+