[Gnu-arch-users] new version hook script examples

[Zenaan Harkness]

This seems to come up in public comments any time arch come up.

This thread might be a good place for people to post their hook scripts
to give lurkers/ future users something to go on.

This particular example sets new version based on current date, which is
what I prefer for the Java project I am currently working on. It works
since I have a "constants" file called D.java that other parts of the
system refer to when they want to display such data (eg. window title
bars).

#!/bin/bash
RELEASE_DATE=`date +%Y%m%d-%H.%M.%S`
VERSION_SED_STRING='%my-version%'
sed -e "s/$VERSION_SED_STRING/$RELEASE_DATE/" D.java > D.java

As you can see, I'm overwriting the file, and before doing this, my
build script copies that file to a temporary location, so the original
stays the same, then after the sed, the build takes place.

There's probably more elegant solutions, I'm still a 'young scripter'.

cheers
zen

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