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+# set-metadata.sh
+# A script to help reduce easily avoidable merge conflicts during upgrades.
+#
+# Usage, presuming we are currently on our release 2.0.8,
+#        tracking upstream 1.1.353 with the intent to bump to 1.1.354:
+#
+# $ scripts/set-metadata.sh them 1.1.353  # Revert to the last checkpoint
+# $ npm install                           # Regenerate lockfile
+# $ git merge --no-edit 1.1.354           # Sync to desired tag
+# $ scripts/set-metadata.sh us 2.0.9      # Reset metadata to next release
+# $ npm install                           # Regenerate lockfile
+
+die() {
+    echo "$@" >&2
+    exit 1
+}
+
+modify_packages() {
+    target="packages/pyright/package.json"
+    while [ -n "$1" ]; do
+    case "$1" in
+        --name)
+            name="$2"; shift 2 || die 'Missing name'
+            ;;
+        --displayName)
+            displayName="$2"; shift 2 || die 'Missing displayName'
+            ;;
+        --description)
+            description="$2"; shift 2 || die 'Missing description'
+            ;;
+        --version)
+            version="$2"; shift 2 || die 'Missing version'
+            ;;
+        --author)
+            author="$2"; shift 2 || die 'Missing author'
+            ;;
+        --contributors)
+            contributors_json="$2"; shift 2 || die 'Missing contributors'
+            ;;
+        --publisher)
+            publisher="$2"; shift 2 || die 'Missing publisher'
+            ;;
+        *)
+            die 'Unknown arguments: $@'
+            break
+            ;;
+    esac
+    done
+
+    contents="$(
+        jq --indent 4 \
+            --arg name "$name" \
+            --arg displayName "$displayName" \
+            --arg description "$description" \
+            --arg version "$version" \
+            --arg author "$author" \
+            --argjson contributors "$contributors_json" \
+            --arg publisher "$publisher" \
+            '.
+            | .name |= $name
+            | .displayName |= $displayName
+            | .description |= $description
+            | .version |= $version
+            | .author |= (.name |= $author)
+            | .contributors |= (if $contributors == null then empty else $contributors end)
+            | .publisher |= $publisher
+            ' \
+            < "$target"
+    )"
+    echo "$contents" > "$target"
+}
+
+main() {
+    direction="$1"; shift || die 'Missing direction'
+    version="$1"; shift || die 'Missing version'
+    if [ "$direction" = them ]; then
+        modify_packages \
+            --name "pyright" \
+            --displayName "Pyright" \
+            --description "Type checker for the Python language" \
+            --version "$version" \
+            --author "Microsoft Corporation" \
+            --contributors 'null' \
+            --publisher "Microsoft Corporation"
+    elif [ "$direction" = us ]; then
+        modify_packages \
+            --name "@replit/pyright-extended" \
+            --displayName "pyright-extended" \
+            --description "Extending pyright with yapf + ruff" \
+            --version "$version" \
+            --author "Replit" \
+            --contributors '[{"name":"Microsoft"}]' \
+            --publisher "Replit"
+    fi
+}
+
+main "$@"