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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+import argparse
+import json
+import os
+import re
+import shlex
+import stat
+import subprocess
+import sys
+from pathlib import Path
+from packaging import version as pv
+
+sys.path.append(str(Path(__file__).parent.parent))
+
+from tools.list_distros import generate_help
+from tools.reformat_readme import reformat_readme
+
+
+def pre_check():
+    """
+    Check source code status before releasing.
+    """
+    assert os.path.isfile('./neofetch'), './neofetch doesn\'t exist, you are running this script in the wrong directory'
+    assert os.stat('./neofetch').st_mode & stat.S_IEXEC, 'neofetch is not executable'
+    assert os.path.islink('./hyfetch/scripts/neowofetch'), 'neowofetch is not a symbolic link'
+    # subprocess.check_call(shlex.split('git diff-index --quiet HEAD --'))  # 'Please commit all changes before release'
+
+    subprocess.check_call(shlex.split('shellcheck neofetch'))
+
+
+def edit_versions(version: str):
+    """
+    Edit version numbers in hyfetch/constants.py, package.json, and README.md
+
+    Also edits version number of neofetch, but the neofetch version number is separate.
+
+    :param version: Version to release
+    """
+    # 1. package.json
+    path = Path('package.json')
+    content = json.loads(path.read_text())
+    cur = pv.parse(content['version'])
+    assert cur < pv.parse(version), 'Version did not increase'
+    content['version'] = version
+    path.write_text(json.dumps(content, ensure_ascii=False, indent=2))
+
+    # 2. hyfetch/constants.py
+    path = Path('hyfetch/constants.py')
+    content = [f"VERSION = '{version}'" if l.startswith('VERSION = ') else l for l in path.read_text().split('\n')]
+    path.write_text('\n'.join(content))
+
+    # 3. README.md
+    path = Path('README.md')
+    content = path.read_text()
+    changelog_i = content.index('<!-- CHANGELOG STARTS HERE --->')
+    version_i = content.index('###', changelog_i)
+    version_end = content.index('\n', version_i)
+    content = content[:version_i] + f'### {version}' + content[version_end:]
+    path.write_text(content)
+
+    # 4. neofetch script
+    path = Path('neofetch')
+    lines = path.read_text().split('\n')
+    version_i = next(i for i, l in enumerate(lines) if l.startswith('version='))
+    nf = pv.parse(lines[version_i].replace('version=', ''))
+    new = pv.parse(version)
+    nf = f'{nf.major + new.major - cur.major}.{nf.minor + new.minor - cur.minor}.{nf.micro + new.micro - cur.micro}'
+    lines[version_i] = f"version={nf}"
+    path.write_text('\n'.join(lines))
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='HyFetch Release Utility')
+    parser.add_argument('version', help='Version to release')
+
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    pre_check()
+    edit_versions(args.version)
+