diff --git a/bin/shortlog_mesa.sh b/bin/shortlog_mesa.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+# This script is used to generate the list of changes that
+# appears in the release notes files, with HTML formatting.
+
+
+typeset -i in_log=0
+
+git shortlog $* | while read l
+do
+    if [ $in_log -eq 0 ]; then
+	echo '<p>'$l
+	echo '<ul>'
+	in_log=1
+    elif echo "$l" | egrep -q '^$' ; then
+	echo '</ul></p>'
+	echo
+	in_log=0
+    else
+        mesg=$(echo $l | sed 's/ (cherry picked from commit [0-9a-f]\+)//;s/\&/&amp;/g;s/</\&lt/g;s/>/\&gt;/g')
+	echo '  <li>'${mesg}'</li>'
+    fi
+done