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+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2010, Benjamin C. Meyer <ben@meyerhome.net>
+# Copyright (C) 2011 by Andrea Diamantini <adjam7 at gmail dot com>
+#
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+# modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
+# published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of
+# the License or (at your option) version 3 or any later version
+# accepted by the membership of KDE e.V. (or its successor approved
+# by the membership of KDE e.V.), which shall act as a proxy
+# defined in Section 14 of version 3 of the license.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+#######################################################################
+
+
+function test_file {
+    year=`date +%Y`
+    echo "------- checking copyright year: $file"
+    grep $year $file >> /dev/null
+    if [ $? -ne 0 ] ; then
+        echo "------- Warning: $file seems to be missing a copyright string with the year $year in it.";
+        exit 1
+    else
+        echo "------- checking copyright year: PASS"
+        echo ""
+    fi
+}
+
+case "${1}" in
+    --about )
+        echo "Check the files that are being committed for a copyright with a proper year."
+        ;;
+    * )
+        for file in `git diff-index --cached --name-only HEAD | /bin/grep -F .` ; do
+            test_file "${file}"
+        done
+        ;;
+esac