Index: convert_logs.py
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--- convert_logs.py	(revision 247)
+++ convert_logs.py	(working copy)
@@ -61,6 +61,10 @@
         metavar="<log file>",
         help="input mercurial log to convert to standard event xml")
 
+    p.add_option("-l", "--gnu-changelog", dest="gnu_log",
+        metavar="<log file>",
+        help="input GNU Changelog to convert to standard event xml")
+
     p.add_option( "-o", "--output-log", dest="output_log", 
         metavar="<log file>",
         help="specify standard log output file")
@@ -271,6 +275,70 @@
             # Generate standard event xml file from event_list.
             create_event_xml(event_list, log_file, opts.output_log)
 
+    if opts.gnu_log:
+        log_file = opts.gnu_log
+
+        #Check to see the specified GNU Changelog path exists
+        if os.path.exists(log_file):
+            import re
+            event_list = []
+            f = open(log_file,'r')
+            for line in f:
+
+                # Newer, common date format for GNU Changelogs
+                m = re.compile("(\d{4})\-(\d\d)\-(\d\d) (.*) (<|\()").match(line)
+                
+                #Found a person and a date, now just have to know which files were modified
+                if m:
+                    year  = m.group(1)
+                    month = m.group(2)
+                    day   = m.group(3)
+                    
+                    if(int(month) > 12): #Malformed date? Try to fix it.
+                        tmp = month;
+                        month = day;
+                        day = tmp;
+                    
+                    date = year+month+day
+                    date = time.strptime(date,"%Y%m%d")
+                    date = int(time.mktime(date))*1000
+
+                    author = m.group(4).strip()
+                    
+                    line = f.next()
+                    #Now read lines as long as we find files to add to this person.
+                    while not line[0].isdigit() and not line[0].isalpha():
+                        n = re.compile("\*\s([\w\./\-_]*):?").search(line)
+                        if n:
+                            filename = n.group(1)
+                            event_list.append(Event(filename,date,author))
+                        line = f.next()
+                    continue
+                        
+                #Try older date format
+                m = re.compile("(\w{3} .* \d{4}) (.*) (<|\()").match(line)
+                
+                if m:
+                    date = m.group(1)
+                    date = time.strptime(date) #Format string defaults to ctime(), which is what matched
+                    date = int(time.mktime(date))*1000
+                    
+                    author = m.group(2).strip()
+                    
+                    line = f.next()
+                    #Now read lines as long as we find files to add to this person.
+                    while not line[0].isdigit() and not line[0].isalpha():
+                        n = re.compile("\*\s([\w\./\-_]*):?").search(line)
+                        if n:
+                            filename = n.group(1)
+                            event_list.append(Event(filename,date,author))
+                        line = f.next()
+                    continue
+
+            create_event_xml(event_list, log_file, opts.output_log)            
+        else:
+            print "Please specify an existing path."
+
     if opts.mercurial_log:
         # author: Stefan Scherfke
         # contact: stefan.scherfke at uni-oldenburg.de