Makefile versioning example based on https://semver.org/

Makefile

#--------------#
# VERSIONING   #
#--------------#
# Current tags:
CURRENT_FULLTAG = $(shell git describe --tags --abbrev=0 | awk -F. '{ printf $$0 }')
CURRENT_YAML = $(shell grep '^version' YAML.yml | awk -F' '  '{ print $$2 }')
CURRENT_MAJORTAG = $(shell git describe --tags --abbrev=0 | awk -F. '{ printf $$1 }')
CURRENT_MINORTAG = $(shell git describe --tags --abbrev=0 | awk -F. '{ printf $$2 }')
CURRENT_PATCHTAG = $(shell git describe --tags --abbrev=0 | awk -F. '{ printf $$3 }')
# New tags:
NEW_MAJORTAG = $(shell git describe --tags --abbrev=0 | awk -F. '{ printf $$1+1 }')
NEW_MINORTAG = $(shell git describe --tags --abbrev=0 | awk -F. '{ printf $$2+1 }')
NEW_PATCHTAG = $(shell git describe --tags --abbrev=0 | awk -F. '{ printf $$3+1 }')

.PHONY: showver
showver:
				@echo 'Current version is:'
				@echo Git: ${CURRENT_FULLTAG}, YAML.yml: ${CURRENT_YAML}

#
# X.0.1
# ^
.PHONY: major
major:
				@$(eval NEW_FULLTAG := ${NEW_MAJORTAG}.${CURRENT_MINORTAG}.${CURRENT_PATCHTAG})

#
# 1.X.0
#   ^
.PHONY: minor
minor:
				@$(eval NEW_FULLTAG := ${CURRENT_MAJORTAG}.${NEW_MINORTAG}.${CURRENT_PATCHTAG})

#
# 1.0.X
#     ^
.PHONY: patch
patch:
				@$(eval NEW_FULLTAG := ${CURRENT_MAJORTAG}.${CURRENT_MINORTAG}.${NEW_PATCHTAG})

# cat YAML.yml
# version: 0.0.1
#
.PHONY: release
release:
				@sed -i 's/^version: [0-9][0-9.]*/version: $(NEW_FULLTAG)/' YAML.yml
				@git add YAML.yml
				@git commit -m "Release v$(NEW_FULLTAG)"
				@git push
				@echo 'Released new version to Git:'
				@git tag -a $(NEW_FULLTAG) -m "Release v$(NEW_FULLTAG)"
				@git push --tags
				git show $(NEW_FULLTAG)