bash script to log git commits grouped by day

git-timesheet.sh

#!/bin/bash

# Generates git changelog grouped by day
#
# optional parameters
# -a, --author       to filter by author
# -s, --since        to select start date
# -u, --until        to select end date

git-timesheet () {
  local NEXT=$(date +%F)

  local RED="\x1B[31m"
  local YELLOW="\x1B[32m"
  local BLUE="\x1B[34m"
  local RESET="\x1B[0m"

  local SINCE="1970-01-01"
  local UNTIL=$NEXT

  for i in "$@"
  do
  case $i in
    -a=*|--author=*)
    local AUTHOR="${i#*=}"
    shift
    ;;
    -s=*|--since=*)
    SINCE="${i#*=}"
    shift
    ;;
    -u=*|--until=*)
    UNTIL="${i#*=}"
    shift
    ;;
    *)
      # unknown option
    ;;
  esac
  done

  local LOG_FORMAT=" %Cgreen*%Creset %s"

  if [ -z "$AUTHOR" ]
  then
    LOG_FORMAT="$LOG_FORMAT %Cblue(%an)%Creset"
  else
    echo
    echo -e "${BLUE}Logs filtered by author: ${AUTHOR}${RESET}"
  fi

  git log --all --no-merges --author="${AUTHOR}" --since="${SINCE}" --until="${UNTIL}" --format="%cd" --date=short | sort -u | while read DATE ; do

    local GIT_PAGER=$(git log --all --no-merges --reverse --format="${LOG_FORMAT}" --since="${DATE} 00:00:00" --until="${DATE} 23:59:59" --author="${AUTHOR}")

    if [ ! -z "$GIT_PAGER" ]
    then
      echo
      echo -e "${RED}[$DATE]${RESET}"
      echo -e "${GIT_PAGER}"
    fi

  done
}

git-timesheet "$@" | less -R