#!/usr/bin/env bash changelogFile=${1:-CHANGELOG.md} if [ ! -r "$changelogFile" ]; then echo "Unable to read file $changelogFile" >&2 exit 1 fi changelogWellFormed=1 # e.g. "## 1.12.3 (2016-10-26)" VER_LINE_REGEX='^## [0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+ \([0-9]+-[0-9]+-[0-9]+\)$' while read -r line; do if ! [[ "$line" =~ $VER_LINE_REGEX ]]; then echo "Malformed changelog $changelogFile line \"$line\"" >&2 changelogWellFormed=0 fi done < <(grep '^## ' $changelogFile) if [[ "$changelogWellFormed" == "1" ]]; then echo "Congratulations! Changelog $changelogFile is well-formed." else exit 2 fi