untested. but this should work quite nicely

_bin/new.package.sh

@@ -10,42 +10,145 @@ set -e
 GPGKEY='748231EBCBD808A14F5E85D28C004C2F93481F6B'  # https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/PKGBUILD#validpgpkeys
 MAINTNAME='brent s. <bts[at]square-r00t[dot]net>'
 PKGBUILD_DIR='/opt/dev/arch'
+AUR_PKGS_DIR="${PKGBUILD_DIR}"  # should be the dir where the aur_pkgs dir lives
 
-# These shouldn't be touched.
+# Get PKGTYPE
-PKGNAME=${1}
+PS3='What type of package is this?: '
-PKGVER="${2}"
+options=("Release/Versioned" "VCS (Git, SVN, Mercurial, etc.)" "Quit")
+select opt in "${options[@]}"
+do
+    case ${opt} in
+        "Release/Versioned")
+            PKGTYPE="release"
+            ;;
+        "VCS (Git, SVN, Mercurial, etc.)")
+            PKGTYPE="vcs"
+            ;;
+        "Quit")
+            exit 0
+            ;;
+        *) echo invalid option;;
+    esac
+done
 
+# get VCSTYPE, if it's a source package
+if [[ "${PKGTYPE}" == 'vcs' ]];
+then
+	PS3='What type of version-control?: '
+	options=("Git" "Subversion" "Mercurial" "Bazaar" "(Other)" "Quit")
+	select opt in "${options[@]}"
+	do
+	    case ${opt} in
+	        "Git")
+	            VCSTYPE='git'
+	            ;;
+	        "Subversion")
+	            VCSTYPE='svn'
+	            ;;
+		"Bazaar")
+		    VCSTYPE='bzr'
+	            ;;
+		"(Other)")
+		    VCSTYPE='unknown'
+	            ;;
+	        "Quit")
+	            exit 0
+	            ;;
+	        *) echo invalid option;;
+	    esac
+	done
+fi
 
-## SANITY ##
+# get PKGNAME
+echo -ne "\nWhat is the NAME of the package? (Exclude VCS type if it's a source-control package,\nthat will be prepended automatically): "
+read PKGNAME
+echo
+
+# check PKGNAME
 set +e  # disable bail-on-error because we want a non-zero if a package name is not right, etc.
-mkdir -p ${PKGBUILD_DIR}
+echo "${PKGNAME}" | egrep -Eq '^([a-z0-9\_])+$'
-cd ${PKGBUILD_DIR}
-echo "${PKGNAME}" | egrep -Eq '^([a-z0-9\_]|-)+$'
 if [[ "${?}" -ne '0' ]];
 then
 	echo "ERROR: That does not seem to be a valid package name!"
 	exit
 fi
-echo "${PKGVER}" | egrep -Eq '^([0-9\.]|git|svn)+$'
+set -e
+_PKGNAME="${PKGNAME}"
+if [[ -n "${VCSTYPE}" && "${VCSTYPE}" != '' ]];
+then
+	PKGNAME="${PKGNAME}-${VCSTYPE}"
+fi
+
+# Get the version to pre-populate the PKGBUILD with, if a release.
+if [[ "${PKGTYPE}" == 'release' ]];
+then
+	echo -n "What is the VERSION of the current release you are packaging for ${PKGNAME}? "
+	read PKGVER
+	set +e
+	echo "${PKGVER}" | egrep -Eq '^([0-9\.])+$'
 	if [[ "${?}" -ne '0' ]];
 	then
 		echo "ERROR: That does not seem to be a valid package version!"
-	echo "Acceptable values are numbers, .'s, or simply 'git'."
+		echo "Acceptable values are numbers or .'s."
-	exit
-elif [[ "${PKGVER}" == 'git' || "${PKGVER}" == 'svn' ]];
-then
-	PKGVER='0.0.00001'
-	GITPKG='y'
-fi
-
-if [[ -z "${2}" ]];
-then
-	echo "USAGE: ${0} <package name> <package version>"
 		exit
 	fi
 	set -e
+	echo
+fi
 
-echo "Will create a package named ${PKGNAME} with initial version of ${PKGVER}. Press enter to continue, or ctrl-C to quit."
+# Get other bits of info.
+# PKGDESC
+echo -ne "What is a DESCRIPTION of ${_PKGNAME}? (Do not include the package name- e.g.:\n  Provides a library for mutating teenage turtles\n) "
+read PKGDESC
+echo
+
+# PKGURL
+if [[ "${PKGTYPE}" == 'vcs' ]];
+then
+	echo -ne "What is the CHECKOUT URL for ${_PKGNAME}?\n(Do not include the directory or VCS type prefix as per https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/VCS_package_guidelines#VCS_sources - this is added automatically)  e.g.:\n  https://github.com/shinnok/johnny.git\nURL: "
+	read SRCURL
+	echo
+	PKGURL="${_PKGNAME}::${VCSTYPE}+${PKGURL}"
+	SRCFILE=''
+else
+	echo -n "What is the URL to the source tarball for ${PKGNAME} (version ${PKGVER})? "
+	read SRCURL
+	echo
+	SRCFILE=$(echo "${SRCURL}" | sed -re 's|^https?.*/(.*)$|\1|g')
+fi
+
+# LICENSE
+echo -n "What is the LICENSE for ${_PKGNAME}? "
+read LICENSE
+echo
+
+# DEPENDS
+echo -n "What does ${_PKGNAME} DEPEND on (for runtime)? if no packages, just hit enter. Make sure they correspond to Arch/AUR package names. "
+read PKGDEPS
+echo
+
+# OPTDEPENDS
+echo -ne "What is an OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY (runtime) for ${_PKGNAME}? If no packages, just hit enter. They should match the format:\n  pkgname:reason why\nOptional deps: "
+read OPTDEPS
+echo
+
+echo -e "What is a MAKE DEPEND for ${_PKGNAME}? If no packages, just hit enter. "
+read BUILDDEPS
+echo
+
+echo -e "What package names, if any besides itself, does ${_PKGNAME} PROVIDE? (If a VCS package, do not include the non-VCS package- that's added by default!) "
+read PROVIDES
+echo
+
+echo -e "What package names, if any besides itself, does ${_PKGNAME} CONFLICT with? (If a VCS package, do not include the non-VCS package- that's added by default!) "
+read CONFLICTS
+echo
+
+## SANITY ##
+mkdir -p ${PKGBUILD_DIR}
+cd ${PKGBUILD_DIR}
+
+echo "Will create a package named ${PKGNAME}. Press enter to continue, or ctrl-C to quit."
 read PKGCHK
 
 
@@ -53,110 +156,24 @@ read PKGCHK
 cd /tmp
 git clone aur@aur.archlinux.org:${PKGNAME}
 cd /tmp/${PKGNAME}
-cat >> .gitignore << EOF
+cp ${AUR_PKGS_DIR}/_docs/PKGBUILD.templates.d/gitignore .gitignore
-*/
-.*.swp
-*.pkg.tar.xz
-src/
-pkg/
-*.tar
-*.tar.bz2
-*.tar.xz
-*.tar.gz
-*.tgz
-*.txz
-*.tbz
-*.tbz2
-*.zip
-*.run
-*.7z
-*.rar
-*.deb
-EOF
 git add .gitignore
 
 ## DROP IN A VANILLA PKGBUILD ##
-cat > PKGBUILD << EOF
+if [[ "${PKGTYPE}" == 'vcs' ]];
-# Maintainer: ${MAINTNAME}
-# Bug reports can be filed at https://bugs.square-r00t.net/index.php?project=3
-# News updates for packages can be followed at https://devblog.square-r00t.net
-validpgpkeys=('${GPGKEY}')
-pkgname=${PKGNAME}
-pkgver=${PKGVER}
-pkgrel=1
-pkgdesc="%%SOME DESCRIPTION HERE%%"
-arch=('i686' 'x86_64')
-url="%%SOME URL HERE%%"
-license=('%%SOME LICENSE(S) HERE%%')
-install=
-changelog=
-noextract=()
-#depends=('%%RUNTIME DEPENDENCIES HERE%%')
-#optdepends=('%%OPTIONAL DEPENDENCIES HERE (pkg: why needed)%%')
-#makedepends=('%%BUILDTIME DEPENDENCIES HERE%%')
-EOF
-
-if [[ -n "${GITPKG}" ]];
 then
-	STRIPPKG=$(echo "${PKGNAME}" | sed -re 's/-(git|svn)//g')
+	cat ${AUR_PKGS_DIR}/_docs/PKGBUILD.templates.d/vcs/{00.*,01.*,02.*,03.*,04.*.${VCSTYPE},05.*,06.*} > PKGBUILD
 else
-	STRIPPKG="${PKGNAME}"
+	cat ${AUR_PKGS_DIR}/_docs/PKGBUILD.templates.d/release/* > PKGBUILD
+	touch "${SRCFILE}.sig"
 fi
 
-cat >> PKGBUILD << EOF
+for i in MAINTNAME GPGKEY PKGNAME PKGVER PKGDESC SRCURL LICENSE PKGDEPS OPTDEPS BUILDDEPS _PKGNAME SRCFILE;
-_pkgname=${STRIPPKG}
+do
-#_pkgname2='%%OPTIONAL SHORTHAND PACKAGE NAME%%'
+	NEWVAL=${!i}
-EOF
+	#echo "${i} is ${NEWVAL}"
-
+	sed -i -re "s@%{2}${i}%{2}@${NEWVAL}@g" PKGBUILD	
-
+done
-if [[ -n "${GITPKG}" ]];
-then
-	cat >> PKGBUILD << EOF
-source=("\${_pkgname}::git+https://github.com/\${_pkgname}/\${_pkgname}.git")
-sha512sums=('SKIP')
-EOF
-else
-	cat >> PKGBUILD << EOF
-source=("https://\${pkgname}.com/\${_pkgname}/\${_pkgname}-\${pkgver}.tar.gz"
-	"\${_pkgname}-\${pkgver}.tar.gz.sig")
-sha512sums=('cf83e1357eefb8bdf1542850d66d8007d620e4050b5715dc83f4a921d36ce9ce47d0d13c5d85f2b0ff8318d2877eec2f63b931bd47417a81a538327af927da3e'
-	    'SKIP')
-EOF
-fi
-
-cat >> PKGBUILD << EOF
-provides=("\${_pkgname}")
-#conflicts=("\${_pkgname}")
-EOF
-
-if [[ -n "${GITPKG}" ]];
-then
-	cat >> PKGBUILD << EOF
-pkgver() {
-  cd "\${srcdir}/\${_pkgname}"
-  (
-     printf "r%s.%s" "\$(git rev-list --count HEAD)" "\$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)"
-  #( set -o pipefail
-  #  git describe --long --tags 2>/dev/null | sed 's/\\([^-]*-g\\)/r\\1/;s/-/./g' ||
-  #  printf "r%s.%s" "\$(git rev-list --count HEAD)" "\$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)"
-  #)
-  )
-}
-EOF
-fi
-
-cat >> PKGBUILD << EOF
-
-build() {
-	cd "\${srcdir}/\${_pkgname}/src"
-	make prefix=\${pkgdir}/usr
-}
-
-package() {
-	install -D -m755 \${srcdir}/\${_pkgname}/src/\${_pkgname2} \${pkgdir}/usr/bin/\${_pkgname2}
-	install -D -m644 \${srcdir}/\${_pkgname}/docs/README.html.en \${pkgdir}/usr/share/doc/\${_pkgname}/README.html
-}
-EOF
 
 # now we need to commit the thing since apparently we can't add empty repos as submodules...?
 mksrcinfo

_docs/PKGBUILD.templates.d/gitignore

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+*/
+.*.swp
+*.pkg.tar.xz
+src/
+pkg/
+*.tar
+*.tar.bz2
+*.tar.xz
+*.tar.gz
+*.tgz
+*.txz
+*.tbz
+*.tbz2
+*.zip
+*.run
+*.7z
+*.rar
+*.deb

_docs/PKGBUILD.templates.d/release/00.header

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# Maintainer: %%MAINTNAME%%
+validpgpkeys=('%%GPGKEY%%')

_docs/PKGBUILD.templates.d/release/01.moreinfo

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# Bug reports can be filed at https://bugs.square-r00t.net/index.php?project=3
+# News updates for packages can be followed at https://devblog.square-r00t.net

_docs/PKGBUILD.templates.d/release/02.pkgmeta

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+pkgname=%%PKGNAME%%
+pkgver=%%PKGVER%%
+pkgrel=1
+pkgdesc="%%PKGDESC%%"
+arch=('i686' 'x86_64')
+url="%%PKGURL%%"
+license=('%%LICENSE%%')
+depends=('%%PKGDEPS%%')
+optdepends=('%%OPTDEPS%%')
+makedepends=('%%BUILDDEPS%%')
+_pkgname=%%PKGNAME%%
+provides=("%%_PKGNAME%%")
+#conflicts=("%%_PKGNAME%%")

_docs/PKGBUILD.templates.d/release/03.sources

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+install=
+changelog=
+noextract=()
+source=("%%SRCURL%%"
+        "%%SRCFILE%%.sig")
+sha512sums=('cf83e1357eefb8bdf1542850d66d8007d620e4050b5715dc83f4a921d36ce9ce47d0d13c5d85f2b0ff8318d2877eec2f63b931bd47417a81a538327af927da3e'
+            'SKIP')

_docs/PKGBUILD.templates.d/release/04.build

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+build() {
+        cd "${srcdir}/${_pkgname}/src"
+        make prefix=${pkgdir}/usr
+}

_docs/PKGBUILD.templates.d/release/05.package

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+package() {
+        install -D -m755 ${srcdir}/${_pkgname}/src/${_pkgname} ${pkgdir}/usr/bin/${_pkgname}
+        install -D -m644 ${srcdir}/${_pkgname}/docs/README.html.en ${pkgdir}/usr/share/doc/${_pkgname}/README.html
+}

_docs/PKGBUILD.templates.d/vcs/00.header

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# Maintainer: %%MAINTNAME%%
+validpgpkeys=('%%GPGKEY%%')

_docs/PKGBUILD.templates.d/vcs/01.moreinfo

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# Bug reports can be filed at https://bugs.square-r00t.net/index.php?project=3
+# News updates for packages can be followed at https://devblog.square-r00t.net

_docs/PKGBUILD.templates.d/vcs/02.pkgmeta

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+pkgname=%%PKGNAME%%
+pkgver=0.0000001
+pkgrel=1
+pkgdesc="%%PKGDESC%%"
+arch=('i686' 'x86_64')
+url="%%PKGURL%%"
+license=('%%LICENSE%%')
+depends=('%%PKGDEPS%%')
+optdepends=('%%OPTDEPS%%')
+makedepends=('%%BUILDDEPS%%')
+_pkgname=%%_PKGNAME%%
+provides=("%%_PKGNAME%%")
+conflicts=("%%_PKGNAME%%")

_docs/PKGBUILD.templates.d/vcs/03.sources

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+install=
+changelog=
+noextract=()
+source=("%%SRCURL%%")
+# see https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/VCS_package_guidelines#Git_Submodules if you require git submodules
+sha512sums=('SKIP')

_docs/PKGBUILD.templates.d/vcs/04.vcsver.bzr

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+pkgver() {
+  cd "${pkgname}"
+  printf "r%s" "$(bzr revno)"
+}

_docs/PKGBUILD.templates.d/vcs/04.vcsver.git

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+pkgver() {
+  cd "${srcdir}/${_pkgname}"
+  # no tags, so number of revisions e.g. r1142.a17a017
+  printf "r%s.%s" "$(git rev-list --count HEAD)" "$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)"
+  ## most recent annotated tag e.g. 2.0.r6.ga17a017
+  #git describe --long | sed 's/\([^-]*-g\)/r\1/;s/-/./g'
+  ## most recent un-annotated tag e.g. 0.71.r115.gd95ee07
+  #git describe --long --tags | sed 's/\([^-]*-g\)/r\1/;s/-/./g'
+  ## or:
+  ##git describe --long --tags | sed 's/-/.r/;s/-/./'
+  ## project uses tags with prefix. e.g. v...
+  #git describe --long | sed 's/^foo-//;s/\([^-]*-g\)/r\1/;s/-/./g'
+  ## both with fallback, e.g. 0.9.9.r27.g2b039da with tags, else r1581.2b039da
+  #( set -o pipefail
+  #  git describe --long 2>/dev/null | sed 's/\([^-]*-g\)/r\1/;s/-/./g' ||
+  #  printf "r%s.%s" "$(git rev-list --count HEAD)" "$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)"
+  #)
+}

_docs/PKGBUILD.templates.d/vcs/04.vcsver.hg

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+pkgver() {
+  cd "${pkgname}"
+  printf "r%s.%s" "$(hg identify -n)" "$(hg identify -i)"
+}

_docs/PKGBUILD.templates.d/vcs/04.vcsver.svn

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+pkgver() {
+  cd "${pkgname}"
+  local ver="$(svnversion)"
+  printf "r%s" "${ver//[[:alpha:]]}"
+}

_docs/PKGBUILD.templates.d/vcs/04.vcsver.unknown

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+pkgver() {
+  cd "$pkgname"
+  printf "r%s" "$(bzr revno)"
+}

_docs/PKGBUILD.templates.d/vcs/05.build

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+build() {
+        cd "${srcdir}/${_pkgname}/src"
+        make prefix=${pkgdir}/usr
+}

_docs/PKGBUILD.templates.d/vcs/06.package

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+package() {
+        install -D -m755 ${srcdir}/${_pkgname}/src/${_pkgname} ${pkgdir}/usr/bin/${_pkgname}
+        install -D -m644 ${srcdir}/${_pkgname}/docs/README.html.en ${pkgdir}/usr/share/doc/${_pkgname}/README.html
+}