mkvtoolnix/tools/development/modules/news.rb

# coding: utf-8
def parse_news file_name
  news         = []
  current_line = []
  version      = 'HEAD'
  date         = 'unknown'
  type         = 'Other changes'
  ignore       = true

  flush        = lambda do
    if !current_line.empty?
      news << {
        :content => current_line.join(' '),
        :version => version,
        :date    => date,
        :type    => type
      }
      current_line = []
    end
  end

  IO.read(file_name).
    gsub(%r{<!--.*?-->}, '').
    split(%r{\n}).
    each do |line|
    is_continuation = %r{^\s}.match(line)
    line            = line.chomp.gsub(%r{^\s+}, '').gsub(%r{\s+}, ' ')

    next if line.empty?

    flush.call if %r{^[#*]}.match(line)

    #  # Version 9.7.1 "Pandemonium" 2016-12-27
    #  # Version 0.6.4 2003-08-27

    if match = %r{ ^\# \s+ Version \s+ (?<version> [0-9.-]+) (?: \s+ " (?<codename>.+) " )? \s+ (?<year>\d+)-(?<month>\d+)-(?<day>\d+) }x.match(line)
      version = match[:version]
      date    = sprintf("%04d-%02d-%02d", match[:year].to_i, match[:month].to_i, match[:day].to_i)
      type    = 'Other changes'
      ignore  = false

    elsif match = %r{ ^\# \s+ Version \s+ \? }x.match(line)
      ignore = true

    elsif ignore
      next

    elsif %r{ ^\#\# \s+ (.+) }x.match(line)
      type = $1

    elsif %r{ ^\# }x.match(line) && !is_continuation
      fail "Don't know what to do with this line: #{line}"

    else
      flush.call                              if     /^\*/.match(line)
      current_line << line.gsub(/^\*\s*/, '') unless line.empty?

    end
  end

  flush.call

  news.chunk { |e| e[:version] }
end