@eht16 commented on this pull request.
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ s/^(#define VER_FILEVERSION_STR *)[^ ].*$/\1"'"$VER"'"/
' -i geany_private.rc
sed -e 's/^(AC_INIT([^,]*, *[)[^]]*(],)/\1'"$VER"'\2/' -i configure.ac +sed -e 's/^( *version: *)[^,]*(,)/\1'"'$VER'"'\2/' -i meson.build
Thank you both, @dolik-rce and @b4n. I comitted @b4n's version which is probably future safe enough by including the "project" additionally.