MACOSX Script contains helper functions that allows verification of script dependencies. Is required tool installed on the laptop? Is the tool version is right? What developer should do to fix the dependency?

dependencies.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash
# shellcheck disable=SC2034

SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"

# shellcheck disable=SC1090 source=commons.sh
source "$SCRIPT_DIR/commons.sh"
logger dependencies "$@" # register own debug tag & logger functions

#set -x # Uncomment to DEBUG

# shellcheck disable=SC2001,SC2155,SC2046,SC2116
function isDebug() {
  local args=("$@")
  if [[ "${args[*]}" =~ "--debug" ]]; then echo true; else echo false; fi
}

function isExec() {
  local args=("$@")
  if [[ "${args[*]}" =~ "--exec" ]]; then echo true; else echo false; fi
}

function isOptional() {
  local args=("$@")
  if [[ "${args[*]}" =~ "--optional" ]]; then echo true; else echo false; fi
}

function isSilent() {
  local args=("$@")
  if [[ "${args[*]}" =~ "--silent" ]]; then echo true; else echo false; fi
}

# shellcheck disable=SC2001,SC2155,SC2086
function dependency() {
  local tool_name=$1
  local tool_version_pattern=$2
  local tool_fallback=${3:-"No details. Please google it."}
  local tool_version_flag=${4:-"--version"}
  local is_exec=$(isExec "$@")
  local is_optional=$(isOptional "$@")

  configDebugDependencies "$@" # refresh debug flags

  # escape symbols: & / . { }, remove end of line, replace * by expectation from 1 to 4 digits
  local tool_version=$(sed -e 's#[&\\/\.{}]#\\&#g; s#$#\\#' -e '$s#\\$##' -e 's#*#[0-9]\\{1,4\\}#g' <<<$tool_version_pattern)

  # try to find tool
  local WHICH_TOOL=$(command -v $tool_name)

  if [ -z "$WHICH_TOOL" ]; then
    printfDependencies "which  : %s\npattern: %s, sed: \"s#.*\(%s\).*#\1#g\"\n-------\n" \
      "${WHICH_TOOL:-"command -v $tool_name"}" "$tool_version_pattern" "$tool_version"

    if $is_optional; then
      echo "Optional   [${cl_red}NO${cl_reset}]: \`$tool_name\` - ${cl_red}not found${cl_reset}! Try: ${cl_purple}$tool_fallback${cl_reset}"
      return 0
    else
      echo "${cl_red}Error: dependency \`$tool_name\` not found."
      echo "${cl_reset} Hint. To install tool use the command below: "
      echo " $>  $tool_fallback"
      exit 1
    fi
  fi

  local VERSION_MSG=$($tool_name $tool_version_flag 2>&1)
  local VERSION_CLEAN=$(echo "'$VERSION_MSG'" | sed -n "s#.*\($tool_version\).*#\1#p")

  printfDependencies "which  : %s\nversion: %s\npattern: %s, sed: \"s#.*\(%s\).*#\1#g\"\nver.   : %s\n-------\n" \
    "$WHICH_TOOL" "$VERSION_MSG" "$tool_version_pattern" "$tool_version" "$VERSION_CLEAN"

  if [ "$VERSION_CLEAN" == "" ]; then
    if $is_optional; then
      echo "Optional   [${cl_red}NO${cl_reset}]: \`$tool_name\` - ${cl_red}wrong version${cl_reset}! Try: ${cl_purple}$tool_fallback${cl_reset}"
      return 0
    else
      echo "${cl_red}Error: dependency version \`$tool_name\` is wrong."
      echo " Extracted: \`$VERSION_CLEAN\`"
      echo " Expected : \`$tool_version_pattern\`${cl_reset}"

      if $is_exec; then
        # shellcheck disable=SC2006
        echo " Executing: ${cl_yellow}$($tool_fallback)${cl_reset}"
        echo ""
        eval $tool_fallback
      else
        echo ""
        echo " Hint. To install tool use the command below: "
        echo " $>  $tool_fallback"
        exit 1
      fi
    fi
  else
    if $is_optional; then echo -n "Optional   "; else echo -n "Dependency "; fi
    echo "[${cl_green}OK${cl_reset}]: \`$tool_name\` - version: $VERSION_CLEAN"
  fi
}

function optional() {
  local args=("$@")

  # remove all flags from call
  local del=("--debug" "--exec" "--silent" "--optional")
  for value in "${del[@]}"; do
    for i in "${!args[@]}"; do
      if [[ ${args[i]} == "${value}" ]]; then unset 'args[i]'; fi
    done
  done

  # inject default parameters
  if [ "${#args[@]}" == "2" ]; then
    args+=("No details. Please google it." "--version")
  elif [ "${#args[@]}" == "3" ]; then
    args+=("--version")
  fi

  # recover flags
  if [ "$(isExec "$@")" == "true" ]; then args+=("--exec"); fi
  if [ "$(isSilent "$@")" == "true" ]; then args+=("--silent"); fi
  if [ "$(isDebug "$@")" == "true" ]; then args+=("--debug"); fi
  args+=("--optional")

  # we should expand any number of input arguments to required 4 + extra flags
  dependency "${args[@]}"
}

# Tests:
#dependency bash "5.0.18(1)-release" "brew install bash" "--version"
#dependency bash "5.0.[0-9]{2}(1)-release" "brew install bash" "--version"
#dependency bash "5.0.*(1)-release" "brew install bash" "--version"
#dependency bash "5.*.*(1)-release" "brew install bash" "--version"
#dependency bash "5.*.*" "brew install bash" "--version" --debug # print debug info
#dependency bash "5.*.*" "brew install bash" "--version" 0 # ignore $5 parameter
#dependency git "2.*.*" "brew install git" "--version"
#dependency bazelisk "4.*.*" "brew install bazel" "--version"
#dependency yq "4.13.2" "brew install yq" "-V"
#dependency jq "1.6" "brew install jq"
#dependency bash "[45].*.*" "brew install bash" # allow 4.xx and 5.xx versions
#dependency go "1.17.*" "brew install go" "version"
#dependency buildozer "redacted" "go get github.com/bazelbuild/buildtools/buildozer" "-version" 1
#dependency buildozer "redacted" "go get github.com/bazelbuild/buildtools/buildozer"
#dependency go "1.17.*" "brew install go && (echo 'export GOPATH=\$HOME/go; export PATH=\$GOPATH/bin:\$PATH;' >> ~/.zshrc)" "version"
#dependency go "2.17.*" "echo 'export GOPATH=\$HOME/go; export PATH=\$GOPATH/bin:\$PATH;'" "version" --exec
#dependency go "2.17.*" "echo 'export GOPATH=\$HOME/go; export PATH=\$GOPATH/bin:\$PATH;' >> ~/.zshrc" "version" --debug

# ref:
#  https://docs.gradle.org/current/userguide/single_versions.html
#  https://github.com/qzb/sh-semver
#  https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4023830/how-to-compare-two-strings-in-dot-separated-version-format-in-bash

latest version in repo: https://github.com/OleksandrKucherenko/e-bash