Added packaging files for deb-based linux distributions.

contrib/semver/name.sh

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+#!/bin/sh
+
+# Get the current branch name
+BRANCH=$(git symbolic-ref --short HEAD 2>/dev/null)
+
+# Complain if the git history is not available
+if [ $? != 0 ] || [ -z "$BRANCH" ]; then
+  printf "alfis"
+  exit 0
+fi
+
+# Remove "/" characters from the branch name if present
+BRANCH=$(echo $BRANCH | tr -d "/")
+
+# Check if the branch name is not master
+if [ "$BRANCH" = "master" ]; then
+  printf "alfis"
+  exit 0
+fi
+
+# If it is something other than master, append it
+printf "alfis-%s" "$BRANCH"

contrib/semver/version.sh

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+#!/bin/sh
+
+# Get the last tag
+TAG=$(git describe --abbrev=0 --tags --match="v[0-9]*\.[0-9]*\.[0-9]*" 2>/dev/null)
+
+# Did getting the tag succeed?
+if [ $? != 0 ] || [ -z "$TAG" ]; then
+  printf -- "unknown"
+  exit 0
+fi
+
+# Get the current branch
+BRANCH=$(git symbolic-ref -q HEAD --short 2>/dev/null)
+
+# Did getting the branch succeed?
+if [ $? != 0 ] || [ -z "$BRANCH" ]; then
+  BRANCH="master"
+fi
+
+# Split out into major, minor and patch numbers
+MAJOR=$(echo $TAG | cut -c 2- | cut -d "." -f 1)
+MINOR=$(echo $TAG | cut -c 2- | cut -d "." -f 2)
+PATCH=$(echo $TAG | cut -c 2- | cut -d "." -f 3)
+
+# Output in the desired format
+if [ $((PATCH)) -eq 0 ]; then
+  printf '%s%d.%d' "$PREPEND" "$((MAJOR))" "$((MINOR))"
+else
+  printf '%s%d.%d.%d' "$PREPEND" "$((MAJOR))" "$((MINOR))" "$((PATCH))"
+fi
+
+# Add the build tag on non-master branches
+if [ "$BRANCH" != "master" ]; then
+  BUILD=$(git rev-list --count $TAG..HEAD 2>/dev/null)
+
+  # Did getting the count of commits since the tag succeed?
+  if [ $? != 0 ] || [ -z "$BUILD" ]; then
+    printf -- "-unknown"
+    exit 0
+  fi
+
+  # Is the build greater than zero?
+  if [ $((BUILD)) -gt 0 ]; then
+      printf -- "-%04d" "$((BUILD))"
+  fi
+fi