commit 4e8ded6bf7ae898e74b2873657c50845e0e39bd4
parent d2b91826767699508ff1c0d96ea45c42108f867e
Author: Amit Dutta <amitdutta4255@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 4 May 2026 21:17:20 +0530
Enhance commit fetching logic in update_commits.py
Refactor commit fetching to include recent commits from user repositories and improve error handling.
Diffstat:
1 file changed, 43 insertions(+), 35 deletions(-)
diff --git a/.github/scripts/update_commits.py b/.github/scripts/update_commits.py
@@ -1,53 +1,61 @@
import urllib.request
import json
import re
+from datetime import datetime
USERNAME = "notamitgamer"
-API_URL = f"https://api.github.com/users/{USERNAME}/events/public?per_page=100"
def fetch_recent_commits():
+ commits_data = []
try:
- # Create a request object with a User-Agent (GitHub API requires it)
- req = urllib.request.Request(API_URL)
+ # 1. Get the repos you recently pushed to
+ repos_url = f"https://api.github.com/users/{USERNAME}/repos?sort=pushed&per_page=5"
+ req = urllib.request.Request(repos_url)
req.add_header('User-Agent', f'{USERNAME}-readme-updater')
-
- with urllib.request.urlopen(req) as response:
- data = json.loads(response.read().decode())
-
- print(f"✅ Fetched {len(data)} recent events from GitHub API.")
- commits = []
- push_events_count = 0
+ with urllib.request.urlopen(req) as response:
+ repos = json.loads(response.read().decode())
- for event in data:
- # We only care about events where you pushed code
- if event['type'] == 'PushEvent':
- push_events_count += 1
- repo_name = event['repo']['name']
-
- # Safely get the commits list (defaults to an empty list if missing)
- commits_list = event['payload'].get('commits', [])
-
- for commit in commits_list:
- # Extract the first line of the commit message (removes long descriptions)
- msg = commit['message'].split('\n')[0]
-
- # The API returns an api.github.com URL, we need to convert it to a standard web URL
- url = commit['url'].replace('api.github.com/repos', 'github.com').replace('/commits/', '/commit/')
+ # 2. For each repo, get your recent commits
+ for repo in repos:
+ repo_name = repo['name']
+ # Query commits authored specifically by your username
+ commits_url = f"https://api.github.com/repos/{USERNAME}/{repo_name}/commits?author={USERNAME}&per_page=5"
+
+ try:
+ c_req = urllib.request.Request(commits_url)
+ c_req.add_header('User-Agent', f'{USERNAME}-readme-updater')
+ with urllib.request.urlopen(c_req) as c_response:
+ repo_commits = json.loads(c_response.read().decode())
- # Format as a markdown list item
- commits.append(f"- [{msg}]({url}) in [{repo_name}](https://github.com/{repo_name})")
-
- # Stop once we have 5 commits
- if len(commits) >= 5:
- print(f"✅ Found 5 commits! Stopping search.")
- return commits
+ for commit in repo_commits:
+ # Parse date for sorting
+ date_str = commit['commit']['author']['date']
+ date_obj = datetime.strptime(date_str, "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ")
+
+ # Extract message and the direct web URL
+ msg = commit['commit']['message'].split('\n')[0]
+ url = commit['html_url']
- print(f"⚠️ Found {push_events_count} PushEvents, containing a total of {len(commits)} commits.")
- return commits
+ commits_data.append({
+ 'date': date_obj,
+ 'markdown': f"- [{msg}]({url}) in [{repo_name}](https://github.com/{USERNAME}/{repo_name})"
+ })
+ except Exception as e:
+ print(f"Skipping commits for {repo_name} due to error: {e}")
+ continue
+
+ # 3. Sort all collected commits by date descending (newest first)
+ commits_data.sort(key=lambda x: x['date'], reverse=True)
+
+ # 4. Extract just the markdown strings for the top 5
+ final_commits = [c['markdown'] for c in commits_data[:5]]
+
+ print(f"✅ Successfully found {len(final_commits)} recent commits across your repositories.")
+ return final_commits
except Exception as e:
- print(f"Error fetching commits: {e}")
+ print(f"Error fetching data: {e}")
return []
def update_readme(commits):
