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+<?php
+
+/*
+ *
+ *  ____            _        _   __  __ _                  __  __ ____
+ * |  _ \ ___   ___| | _____| |_|  \/  (_)_ __   ___      |  \/  |  _ \
+ * | |_) / _ \ / __| |/ / _ \ __| |\/| | | '_ \ / _ \_____| |\/| | |_) |
+ * |  __/ (_) | (__|   <  __/ |_| |  | | | | | |  __/_____| |  | |  __/
+ * |_|   \___/ \___|_|\_\___|\__|_|  |_|_|_| |_|\___|     |_|  |_|_|
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * @author PocketMine Team
+ * @link http://www.pocketmine.net/
+ *
+ *
+*/
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace pocketmine\build_script;
+
+use pocketmine\utils\VersionString;
+use function dirname;
+use function fgets;
+use function file_get_contents;
+use function file_put_contents;
+use function preg_quote;
+use function preg_replace;
+use function sleep;
+use function sprintf;
+use function system;
+use const pocketmine\BASE_VERSION;
+use const STDIN;
+
+require_once dirname(__DIR__) . '/src/pocketmine/VersionInfo.php';
+require_once dirname(__DIR__) . '/vendor/autoload.php';
+
+$currentVer = new VersionString(BASE_VERSION);
+$nextVer = new VersionString(sprintf(
+	"%u.%u.%u",
+	$currentVer->getMajor(),
+	$currentVer->getMinor(),
+	$currentVer->getPatch() + 1
+));
+
+
+$versionInfoPath = dirname(__DIR__) . '/src/pocketmine/VersionInfo.php';
+$versionInfo = file_get_contents($versionInfoPath);
+
+file_put_contents($versionInfoPath, preg_replace(
+	'/^const IS_DEVELOPMENT_BUILD = true;$/m',
+	'const IS_DEVELOPMENT_BUILD = false;',
+	$versionInfo
+));
+echo "please add appropriate notes to the changelog and press enter...";
+fgets(STDIN);
+system('git add "' . dirname(__DIR__) . '/changelogs"');
+system('git commit -m "Release ' . BASE_VERSION . '" --include "' . $versionInfoPath . '"');
+system('git tag ' . BASE_VERSION);
+file_put_contents($versionInfoPath, $mod =  preg_replace(
+	$pattern = '/^const BASE_VERSION = "' . preg_quote(BASE_VERSION, '/') . '";$/m',
+	'const BASE_VERSION = "' . $nextVer->getBaseVersion() . '";',
+	$versionInfo
+));
+system('git add "' . $versionInfoPath . '"');
+system('git commit -m "' . $nextVer->getBaseVersion() . ' is next" --include "' . $versionInfoPath . '"');
+echo "pushing changes in 10 seconds";
+sleep(10);
+system('git push origin HEAD ' . BASE_VERSION);