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+#!/bin/bash
+
+
+current=$(cat meson.build | grep -Eo "version: '(.*)'" | grep -Eo "[0-9]+\.[0-9]+.[0-9]+")
+mayor=$(echo $current | cut -d"." -f1)
+minor=$(echo $current | cut -d"." -f2)
+rev=$(echo $current | cut -d"." -f3)
+
+case $1 in
+"mayor")
+    next=$(echo $(($mayor + 1)).0.0)
+    ;;
+"minor")
+    next=$(echo $mayor.$(($minor + 1)).0)
+    ;;
+*)
+    next=$(echo $mayor.$minor.$(($rev + 1)))
+    ;;
+esac
+
+sed -i "s/$current/$next/" meson.build
+sed -i "s/$current/$next/" fractal-gtk/Cargo.toml
+sed -i "s/version=\"$current\".*/version=\"$next\" date=\"$(date +%Y-%m-%d)\"\/>/" fractal-gtk/res/org.gnome.Fractal.appdata.xml
+
+git commit -av
+git tag -s $next
+
+make release
+#git push --tags