#! /bin/sh : ${YEAR_FILE:=$1} : ${DEFAULT_YEAR:=$2} year= [ -n "${YEAR_FILE}" ] || { echo >&2 "$0 $(dirname "$0")/.year [DEFAULT_YEAR]" exit 1 } [ -f "${YEAR_FILE}" ] && year="$(cat "${YEAR_FILE}")" [ -n "${year}" ] || year="$(git show --format=format:%cd --no-patch --date=format:%Y)" [ -n "${year}" ] || year="${DEFAULT_YEAR}" [ -n "${year}" ] || year="$(date "+%Y")" [ -n "${year}" ] || { echo >&2 'Undefined year.' exit 1 } printf "%s" "${year}"