The command line syntax for Inkscape changed quite a bit for the 1.0 release,
see https://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Release_notes/1.0#Command_Line.
Think it's reasonable to expect Inkscape 1.0 or later be installed if you want
to generate the icons with the script. It's easy to get via the website, if the
distribution doesn't provide new enough packages. Only few people would use the
script anyway.
I also had to change the path for command line access on macOS which apparently
changed (https://stackoverflow.com/a/60068607). Although I didn't find a
mention of this change in the Inkscape release notes.
Using a capitalized app name fits the platform guidelines. Since macOS file
systems are case insensitive by default this should not break scripts that
assume lowercase.
this allows for updating icons without committing a new PNG each time
(which is inefficient with git). The data files are converted into a
PNG at builds time and used just as they were before.
