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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Copyright (C) 2015  Ville Pätsi <drc@gimp.org>
+
+SCRIPT_FOLDER=$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )
+
+FIRST_COMMIT="$1"
+[ -z "$FIRST_COMMIT" ] && FIRST_COMMIT="950412fbdc720fe2600f58f04f25145d9073895d" # First after tag 2.8.0
+
+declare -a FOLDERS=('app tools menus etc' \
+    'libgimp libgimpbase libgimpcolor libgimpconfig libgimpmath libgimpmodule libgimpthumb libgimpwidgets' \
+    'plug-ins' \
+    'modules'
+    'build' \
+    'themes icons')
+
+OUTPUTFILE=${SCRIPT_FOLDER}/../NEWS_since_"${FIRST_COMMIT}"
+
+pushd ${SCRIPT_FOLDER}/..
+
+for folderloop in "${FOLDERS[@]}"
+do uppercase_folderloop="`echo ${folderloop:0:1} | tr  '[:lower:]' '[:upper:]'`${folderloop:1}"
+    echo -e "${uppercase_folderloop}:\n" >> "${OUTPUTFILE}"
+    git log --date-order --reverse --date=short --pretty=format:"- %h %s" "${FIRST_COMMIT}"..HEAD ${folderloop} >> "${OUTPUTFILE}"
+    echo -e "\n\n" >> "${OUTPUTFILE}"
+done
+
+popd
+
+echo "NEWS generated into ${OUTPUTFILE}"