3 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

M README.md
M commits.go
M main.go

@@ 21,6 21,8 @@ place `gmnigit` binary somewhere in your `$PATH`.
 Usage of gmnigit:
   -dist string
         destination path (if exists will be overwritten)
+  -max-commits int
+    	Max number of commit to export, -1 to export all (default -1)
   -name string
     	project name, mandatory if generating the tags page
   -perms

@@ 1,7 1,9 @@
 package main
 
 import (
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"log"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"text/template"


@@ 19,6 21,8 @@ Date:    {{.Author.When.Format "Mon Jan 02 15:04:05 2006 -0700"}}
 Message: {{ .Message }}
 `))
 
+var EndOfCommits = errors.New("stop processing commits")
+
 func iterateOverCommits(r *git.Repository, callback func(*object.Commit, *object.Patch) error) {
 	ref, err := r.Head()
 	check(err)


@@ 54,7 58,9 @@ func iterateOverCommits(r *git.Repository, callback func(*object.Commit, *object
 		return callback(c, patch)
 	})
 
-	check(err)
+	if err != nil && err != EndOfCommits {
+		log.Fatal("can't process commits:", err)
+	}
 }
 
 func createCommitsFiles(repository *git.Repository) {


@@ 65,7 71,13 @@ func createCommitsFiles(repository *git.Repository) {
 	check(err)
 	commitsIndex.WriteString("# Commits \n\n")
 
+	n := 0
 	iterateOverCommits(repository, func(commit *object.Commit, patch *object.Patch) error {
+		if maxCommits != -1 && n == maxCommits {
+			return EndOfCommits
+		}
+		n++
+
 		commitTemplate.Execute(commitsIndex, commit)
 
 		patchFile, err := os.Create(filepath.Join(commitsPath, commit.Hash.String()+".patch"))

@@ 24,6 24,7 @@ var (
 	showPermissions bool
 	generateRefs    bool
 	projectName     string
+	maxCommits      int
 )
 
 func main() {


@@ 34,9 35,15 @@ func main() {
 	flag.BoolVar(&showPermissions, "perms", false, "show files permissions in browsable tree")
 	flag.BoolVar(&generateRefs, "refs", false, "generate the tags page")
 	flag.StringVar(&projectName, "name", "", "project name, mandatory if generating the tags page")
+	flag.IntVar(&maxCommits, "max-commits", -1, "Max number of commit to export, -1 to export all")
 
 	flag.Parse()
 
+	if maxCommits < -1 {
+		flag.Usage()
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+
 	if repositoryPath == "" || distPath == "" {
 		flag.Usage()
 		return