Improve date logic for GitHub recent contributors link

Author: jamesfredley

buildSrc/src/main/groovy/org/grails/gradle/RenderSiteTask.groovy

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package org.grails.gradle
 
 import edu.umd.cs.findbugs.annotations.Nullable
+import groovy.transform.CompileDynamic
 import groovy.transform.CompileStatic
 import org.grails.ContentAndMetadata
 import org.grails.Page
@@ -20,6 +21,7 @@ import org.gradle.api.tasks.InputDirectory
 import org.gradle.api.tasks.OutputDirectory
 import org.gradle.api.tasks.TaskAction
 import static groovy.io.FileType.FILES
+import groovy.time.TimeCategory
 
 import javax.annotation.Nonnull
 import javax.validation.constraints.NotNull
@@ -277,10 +279,22 @@ class RenderSiteTask extends DefaultTask {
         BlogTask.MMMM_D_YYYY.format(BlogTask.parseDate(date))
     }
 
+    @CompileDynamic
+    static String formatDateMinus6Months(String date) {
+        use(TimeCategory) {
+            BlogTask.MMMM_D_YYYY.format(BlogTask.parseDate(date) - 6.months)
+        }
+    }
+
+    static String URLEncode(String date) {
+        URLEncoder.encode(date, "UTF-8")
+    }
+
     static String replaceLineWithMetadata(String line, Map<String, String> metadata) {
         Map<String, String> m = new HashMap<>(metadata)
         if (m.containsKey('date')) {
             m['date'] = formatDate(m['date'])
+            m['6MonthsBackForGitHub'] = '?from=' + URLEncode(formatDateMinus6Months(m['date'])) + '&to=' + URLEncode(formatDate(m['date']))
         }
         for (String metadataKey : m.keySet()) {
             if (line.contains("[%${metadataKey}]".toString())) {

posts/2025-07-15-grails-7-m5.md

@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 version: 7.0.0-M5
 priorVersion: 7.0.0-M4
 title: Apache Grails (Incubating) [%version] - Release Announcement
-3MonthsBackForGitHub: 4/15/2025
 date: June 15, 2025
 description: The Apache Grails (incubating) community is excited to announce the Milestone [%version] release of the Grails Framework!
 author: James Fredley
@@ -235,14 +234,14 @@ Special thanks to:
 
 Recent Contributors by Project:
 
-* [grails-core](https://github.com/apache/grails-core/graphs/contributors?from=[%3MonthsBackForGitHub])
-* [grails-spring-security](https://github.com/apache/grails-spring-security/graphs/contributors?from=[%3MonthsBackForGitHub])
-* [grails-static-website](https://github.com/apache/grails-static-website/graphs/contributors?from=[%3MonthsBackForGitHub])
-* [grails-forge-ui](https://github.com/apache/grails-forge-ui/graphs/contributors?from=[%3MonthsBackForGitHub])
-* [grails-quartz](https://github.com/apache/grails-quartz/graphs/contributors?from=[%3MonthsBackForGitHub])
-* [grails-gradle-publish](https://github.com/apache/incubator-grails-gradle-publish/graphs/contributors?from=[%3MonthsBackForGitHub])
-* [grails-redis](https://github.com/apache/grails-redis/graphs/contributors?from=[%3MonthsBackForGitHub])
-* [grails-github-actions](https://github.com/apache/grails-github-actions/graphs/contributors?from=[%3MonthsBackForGitHub])
+* [grails-core](https://github.com/apache/grails-core/graphs/contributors[%6MonthsBackForGitHub])
+* [grails-spring-security](https://github.com/apache/grails-spring-security/graphs/contributors[%6MonthsBackForGitHub])
+* [grails-static-website](https://github.com/apache/grails-static-website/graphs/contributors[%6MonthsBackForGitHub])
+* [grails-forge-ui](https://github.com/apache/grails-forge-ui/graphs/contributors[%6MonthsBackForGitHub])
+* [grails-quartz](https://github.com/apache/grails-quartz/graphs/contributors[%6MonthsBackForGitHub])
+* [grails-gradle-publish](https://github.com/apache/incubator-grails-gradle-publish/graphs/contributors[%6MonthsBackForGitHub])
+* [grails-redis](https://github.com/apache/grails-redis/graphs/contributors[%6MonthsBackForGitHub])
+* [grails-github-actions](https://github.com/apache/grails-github-actions/graphs/contributors[%6MonthsBackForGitHub])
 
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