Compare git tags (#11096)

packages/protocol/README.md

@@ -286,3 +286,25 @@ How it works:
 7.  It calculates the size of the bytecode in kilobytes and appends the contract name, address, and size to the output file.
 
 Output: The output is a CSV file named `onchain_bytecode_sizes_<timestamp>.csv` in the `out` directory. Each line in the file contains a contract name, its implementation address, and its size in kilobytes.
+
+
+# Compare releases and get PRs changing smart contracts
+
+To get the list of PRs that changed smart contracts between two releases, run:
+
+```sh
+yarn compare-git-tags [git_tag/branch] [git_tag/branch]
+```
+
+Example:
+
+```sh
+yarn compare-git-tags release/core-contracts/11 release/core-contracts/12
+```
+
+Example output:
+
+PRs that made these changes:
+
+16442165a Deactivate BlochainParameters Contract on L2 (#11008)
+198f6215a SortedLinkedList Foundry Migration (#10846)

packages/protocol/package.json

@@ -54,7 +54,8 @@
     "anvil-devchain:stop": "./scripts/foundry/stop_anvil.sh",
     "view-tags": "git for-each-ref 'refs/tags/core-contracts.*' --sort=-committerdate --format='%(color:magenta)%(committerdate:short) %(color:blue)%(tree) %(color:green)github.com/celo-org/celo-monorepo/releases/tag/%(color:yellow)%(refname:short)'",
     "generate-stabletoken-files": "yarn ts-node ./scripts/generate-stabletoken-files.ts",
-    "truffle-verify": "yarn truffle run verify"
+    "truffle-verify": "yarn truffle run verify",
+    "compare-git-tags": "./scripts/bash/compare-git-tags.sh"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@0x/sol-compiler": "^4.8.3",

packages/protocol/scripts/bash/compare-git-tags.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Function to print usage
+usage() {
+  echo "Usage: $0 <tag/branch1> <tag/branch2>"
+  exit 1
+}
+
+# Check if the correct number of arguments are provided
+if [ "$#" -ne 2 ]; then
+  usage
+fi
+
+# Assign input arguments to variables
+BRANCH1=$1
+BRANCH2=$2
+
+# Fetch the latest changes from the remote repository
+git fetch
+
+# Get the list of changed Solidity files between the two branches/tags
+# Exclude .t.sol files and files containing test/Test in the name
+# Include only those in contracts or contracts-0.8 folders, regardless of their depth in the directory structure
+CHANGED_FILES=$(git diff --name-only "$BRANCH1" "$BRANCH2" | grep -E '(.*/contracts/|.*/contracts-0.8/).*\.sol$' | grep -v '\.t\.sol$' | grep -v -i 'test')
+
+# Print the changed Solidity files
+echo "Changed Solidity files between $BRANCH1 and $BRANCH2 (excluding *.t.sol and files containing 'test'/'Test' and including only contracts or contracts-0.8 folders):"
+
+CHANGED_FILES=$(echo "$CHANGED_FILES" | sed 's|^packages/protocol/||')
+echo "$CHANGED_FILES"
+
+# Initialize an empty string for storing commits
+COMMITS=""
+
+# Loop through each changed file and find the commits affecting those files between the two branches
+for file in $CHANGED_FILES; do
+  FILE_COMMITS=$(git log --pretty=format:"%h %s" "$BRANCH1..$BRANCH2" -- "$file")
+  COMMITS+=$FILE_COMMITS
+  COMMITS+="\n"
+done
+
+# Extract unique commits from the collected commit messages
+UNIQUE_COMMITS=$(echo -e "$COMMITS" | sort | uniq)
+
+echo ""
+echo ""
+echo "********************************************"
+echo ""
+echo "PRs that made these changes:"
+echo "$UNIQUE_COMMITS"