Note: this must be run in the repo that has the `.git` folder (https://www.bramadams.dev/projects/gitting-git-commits-for-your-work-journal)

gitLastDay.js

import moment from "moment";
import { spawn } from "child_process";
import * as dotenv from "dotenv";
dotenv.config();

const OWNER = process.env.OWNER || process.argv[2];
const REPO = process.env.REPO || process.argv[3];
const AUTHOR = process.env.AUTHOR || process.argv[4];

const GH_URL = `https://github.com/${OWNER}/${REPO}/commit/`;

const START_OF_DAY = moment().subtract(1, "days").startOf("day").toString();
const END_OF_DAY = moment().subtract(1, "days").endOf("day").toString();

const createGHURL = (hash) => `${GH_URL}${hash}`;

// get commits from the day
const getCommits = async () => {
  console.log(
    `Commits from **${START_OF_DAY}** to **${END_OF_DAY}** for **${AUTHOR}** from [**${OWNER}/${REPO}**](${GH_URL.replace(
      "/commit",
      ""
    )})`
  );
  const gitLog = spawn("git", [
    "log",
    `--after=${START_OF_DAY}`,
    `--before=${END_OF_DAY}`,
    `--author=${AUTHOR}`,
  ]);
  console.log(
    `Running: git log --after=${START_OF_DAY} --before=${END_OF_DAY} --author=${AUTHOR}`
  );

  gitLog.stdout.on("data", (data) => {
    const commits = data.toString().split("\n\n\n");

    commits.forEach((commit) => {
      const commitArr = commit.trim().split("\n");
      const commitLine = commitArr[0];
      const message = commitArr[commitArr.length - 1].trim();
      const hash = commitLine.split(" ")[1];
      const url = createGHURL(hash);
      console.log(`[${message}](${url})`);
    });
  });

  var cleanExit = function () {
    process.exit();
  };
  
  process.on("SIGINT", cleanExit); // catch ctrl-c
  process.on("SIGTERM", cleanExit); // catch kill
};

getCommits();