diff --git a/git_weekly_report-v2.sh b/git_weekly_report-v2.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+current_day=$(date +%j)
+authors=()
+
+
+# uses days since Jan 1st
+#command_output=$(git log --since="7 days ago" --pretty=format:"%an %ad" --date=format:"%j")
+
+while read -a line; do
+    day=${line[-1]}
+    name=${line[0]}
+
+    if [[ $day -le $current_day ]]; then
+        authors+=("$name")
+	else
+		# converts back into human readable date
+		echo -n $(date -d "2026-01-01 +$(($day-1)) days" +"%Y-%m-%d") "- " " " "{#authors[@]}"
+		printf "%s\n" "${authors[@]}" | sort -u | tr '\n' ' '
+		echo
+		authors=()
+    fi
+done < <(git log --since="7 days ago" --pretty=format:"%an %ad" --date=format:"%j")
+
+
+echo -n $(date -d "2026-01-01 +$(($day-1)) days" +"%Y-%m-%d") "- "
+printf "%s\n" "${authors[@]}" | sort -u | tr '\n' ' '
+echo