devel/release-checks: added checking of copyright year in documentation

[notmuch.git] / devel / release-checks.sh

diff --git a/devel/release-checks.sh b/devel/release-checks.sh
index 8604a9f7d10bb3e62a620de25ae02d7031bf8c42..5a7578b863aad83adeccb0abd9ce619662f71056 100755 (executable)
--- a/devel/release-checks.sh
+++ b/devel/release-checks.sh
@@ -175,6 +175,21 @@ case $news_date in
        append_emsg "Date '$news_date' in NEWS file is not in format (yyyy-mm-dd)"
 esac
 
+year=`exec date +%Y`
+echo -n "Checking that copyright in documentation contains 2009-$year... "
+# Read the value of variable `copyright' defined in 'doc/conf.py'.
+# As __file__ is not defined when python command is given from command line,
+# it is defined before contents of 'doc/conf.py' (which dereferences __file__)
+# is executed.
+copyrightline=`exec python -c "with open('doc/conf.py') as cf: __file__ = ''; exec(cf.read()); print(copyright)"`
+case $copyrightline in
+       *2009-$year*)
+               echo Yes. ;;
+       *)
+               echo No.
+               append_emsg "The copyright in doc/conf.py line '$copyrightline' does not contain '2009-$year'"
+esac
+
 if [ -n "$emsgs" ]
 then
        echo