What
A script to get names and email addresses from all contributors of a git repository.
Why
I wrote this script when I needed to contact a developer but was unable to find his/her email anywhere. It may be useful for others who are in the same situation.
How
Git stores the user's name and email for each commit.
Running
Use go build to create an executable. Then run ./devmail git@github.com:foo/bar.git.
Optional flags
- --keep=true, does not remove the cloned repository after the script exits
- --dir=/foo/bar, overwrite the default directory location
- --name=Bob, searches for users named Bob
- --help, print usage
Write to a file
To save the output in a file use ./devmail https://github.com/foo/bar > devmails.txt
Example
The following command ./devmail git@github.com:facebook/react.git produces the following output:
Adam Solove <asolove@gmail.com>
Adam Stankiewicz <sheerun@sher.pl>
Adam Zapletal <adamzap@gmail.com>
adraeth <jerzy.mirecki@gmail.com>
Adrian Sieber <mail@adriansieber.com>
Ahmad Wali Sidiqi <wali-s@users.noreply.github.com>
Alan deLevie <adelevie@gmail.com>
Alan Plum <me@pluma.io>
Alan Souza <alansouzati@gmail.com>
Alastair Hole <afhole@gmail.com>
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