Provide template Makefile

example/Makefile

 DOCNAME=example
 export TEXMFHOME ?= ../texmf
 
-GITVERSION := $(shell git describe --always --dirty)
-GITDATE := $(shell git log -1 --date=short --pretty=%ad)
-GITFIRSTYEAR := $(shell git log --reverse --date=short --format="format:%ad" | head -1 | cut -d- -f1)
-GITLASTYEAR := $(shell git log -1 --date=short --pretty=%ad | cut -d- -f1)
-
-
 $(DOCNAME).pdf: $(DOCNAME).tex meta.tex
 	xelatex $(DOCNAME)
 	makeglossaries $(DOCNAME)
@@ -14,12 +8,4 @@ $(DOCNAME).pdf: $(DOCNAME).tex meta.tex
 	xelatex $(DOCNAME)
 	xelatex $(DOCNAME)
 
-.FORCE:
-
-meta.tex: Makefile .FORCE
-	rm -f $@
-	printf "%s\n" "% GENERATED FILE -- edit this in the Makefile" >>$@
-	printf "%s\n" "\newcommand{\vcsRevision}{$(GITVERSION)$(GITDIRTY)}" >>$@
-	printf "%s\n" "\newcommand{\vcsDate}{$(GITDATE)}" >>$@
-	printf "%s\n" "\newcommand{\vcsFirstYear}{$(GITFIRSTYEAR)}" >>$@
-	printf "%s\n" "\newcommand{\vcsLastYear}{$(GITLASTYEAR)}" >>$@
+include ../vcs-meta.make

vcs-meta.make

+GITVERSION := $(shell git describe --always --dirty)
+GITDATE := $(shell git log -1 --date=short --pretty=%ad)
+GITFIRSTYEAR := $(shell git log --reverse --date=short --pretty=%ad | head -1 | cut -d- -f1)
+GITLASTYEAR := $(shell git log -1 --date=short --pretty=%ad | cut -d- -f1)
+
+.FORCE:
+
+meta.tex: Makefile .FORCE
+	rm -f $@
+	printf "%s\n" "% GENERATED FILE -- edit this in the Makefile" >>$@
+	printf "%s\n" "\newcommand{\vcsRevision}{$(GITVERSION)}" >>$@
+	printf "%s\n" "\newcommand{\vcsDate}{$(GITDATE)}" >>$@
+	printf "%s\n" "\newcommand{\vcsFirstYear}{$(GITFIRSTYEAR)}" >>$@
+	printf "%s\n" "\newcommand{\vcsLastYear}{$(GITLASTYEAR)}" >>$@