chg: dev: Refactored code as per suggestions from Vaab. split_regex is

now named split_event_regex and defaults to None leaving default
behaviour as upstream.

gitchangelog.py

@@ -814,7 +814,7 @@ def makotemplate(template_name):
 ##
 
 def changelog(repository,
-              split_regex=r'(?s)(.+?)(?=[Cc]hg|[Ff]ix|[Nn]ew|$)',
+              split_event_regex=None,
               ignore_regexps=[],
               section_regexps=[(None,'')],
               unreleased_version_label="unreleased",
@@ -883,42 +883,37 @@ def changelog(repository,
         ## Loop through all the commits
         for commit in commits:
 
-            ## Split the combined subject and body if using a split_regex otherwise just
+            ## Split the combined subject and body if using a split_event_regex otherwise just
             ## use the subject
-            if (len(strip(split_regex)) > 0):
-                events = re.split(split_regex, commit.subject + '\n\n' + commit.body)
+            if split_event_regex:
+                events = re.split(split_event_regex, commit.subject)
             else:
-                events = commit.subject
+                events = [commit.subject]
 
             ## Loop through the resulting event list
             for event in events:
 
                 ## Check that the event is not just an empty string (presumably the split
                 ## regex is not perfect)
-                if (len(strip(event)) > 0):
+                event = strip(event)
+                if not event:
+                    continue
 
-                    ## If this event matches an ignore regex then skip it
-                    if any(re.search(pattern, event) is not None
-                           for pattern in ignore_regexps):
-                        continue
-
-                    ## Find the first matching section (not sure why this is certain to work
-                    ## or what happens if it fails)
-                    matched_section = first_matching(section_regexps, event)
-
-                    ## Finally store the commit in the matching section
-                    if (len(strip(split_regex)) > 0):
-                        sections[matched_section].append({
-                            "author": commit.author_name,
-                            "subject": subject_process(event),
-                            "body": '',
-                        })
-                    else:
-                        sections[matched_section].append({
-                            "author": commit.author_name,
-                            "subject": subject_process(event),
-                            "body": body_process(commit.body),
-                        })
+                ## If this event matches an ignore regex then skip it
+                if any(re.search(pattern, event) is not None
+                       for pattern in ignore_regexps):
+                    continue
+
+                ## Find the first matching section (not sure why this is certain to work
+                ## or what happens if it fails)
+                matched_section = first_matching(section_regexps, event)
+
+                ## Finally store the commit in the matching section
+                sections[matched_section].append({
+                    "author": commit.author_name,
+                    "subject": subject_process(event),
+                    "body": '' if split_event_regex else body_process(commit.body),
+                })
 
         ## Flush current version
         current_version["sections"] = [{"label": k, "commits": sections[k]}
@@ -1050,7 +1045,7 @@ def main():
 
     content = changelog(
         repository,
-        split_regex=config['split_regex'],
+        split_event_regex=config['split_event_regex'],
         ignore_regexps=config['ignore_regexps'],
         section_regexps=config['section_regexps'],
         unreleased_version_label=config['unreleased_version_label'],

gitchangelog.rc.reference

@@ -50,11 +50,12 @@
 ##   message will be displayed in the changelog without reformatting.
 
 ##
-## ``split_regex`` is a regex 
+## ``split_event_regex`` is a regex 
 ##
 ## It is used to split a commit log entry into events before processing each event.
 ##
-split_regex = r'(?s)(.+?)(?=[Cc]hg|[Ff]ix|[Nn]ew|$)'
+#split_event_regex = r'(?s)(.+?)(?=(?:[Cc]hg|[Ff]ix|[Nn]ew)\s*:|\s*$)'
+split_event_regex = None
 
 
 ##