Increment minor version

gistfile1.txt

# put version in VERSION file.  this will increment the minor version automatically.

VERSION=`((tr '.' ' ' < VERSION ; echo 1+f) | dc;echo f) | dc | paste -s -d . -`
echo $VERSION > VERSION

Some samples of what this will do:

andariese$ echo 1.0.0 > VERSION
andariese$ cat VERSION && bash increment.sh && cat VERSION
1.0.0
1.0.1
andariese$ cat VERSION && bash increment.sh && cat VERSION
1.0.1
1.0.2
andariese$ cat VERSION && bash increment.sh && cat VERSION
1.0.2
1.0.3
andariese$ cat VERSION && bash increment.sh && cat VERSION
1.0.3
1.0.4
andariese$ cat VERSION && bash increment.sh && cat VERSION
1.0.4
1.0.5
andariese$ cat VERSION && bash increment.sh && cat VERSION
1.0.5
1.0.6

andariese$ echo 1 > VERSION
andariese$ cat VERSION && bash increment.sh && cat VERSION
1
2
andariese$ cat VERSION && bash increment.sh && cat VERSION
2
3
andariese$ cat VERSION && bash increment.sh && cat VERSION
3
4
andariese$ cat VERSION && bash increment.sh && cat VERSION
4
5
andariese$ cat VERSION && bash increment.sh && cat VERSION
5
6

andariese$ echo 1.0.999 > VERSION
andariese$ cat VERSION && bash increment.sh && cat VERSION
1.0.999
1.0.1000