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+#!/bin/bash
+# shellcheck disable=SC2034
+#
+# Update the version number references in the project. This currently updates the version number in the CMake version
+# script file and vcpkg.json files.
+
+set -eu -o pipefail
+
+SCRIPT_DIR="$(dirname "${0}")"
+PROJECT_ROOT="$(dirname "$(dirname "$(readlink -fm "${0}")")")"
+
+# Set constants.
+readonly SCRIPT_DIR
+readonly PROJECT_ROOT
+readonly CMAKE_SCRIPT_VERSION_FILE="${PROJECT_ROOT}/cmake/version.cmake"
+readonly VCPKG_JSON_FILES=( "${PROJECT_ROOT}/vcpkg.json" "${PROJECT_ROOT}/.docker/netremote-dev/vcpkg.json" )
+readonly VERSION_TYPES=(MAJOR MINOR PATCH)
+readonly VERSION="${1:-}"
+
+# Verify the version is provided.
+if [[ -z "${VERSION}" ]]; then
+  echo "Usage: $0 <version major>.<version minor>.<version patch>"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+# Parse and verify the version is a valid semantic version with major, minor, and patch components.
+if ! [[ "${VERSION}" =~ ^([0-9]+)\.([0-9]+)\.([0-9]+)$ ]]; then
+  echo "Invalid version: ${VERSION}"
+  echo "Usage: ${0} <version major>.<version minor>.<version patch>"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+# Parse the specified version into major, minor, and patch components.
+readonly VERSION_MAJOR="${BASH_REMATCH[1]}"
+readonly VERSION_MINOR="${BASH_REMATCH[2]}"
+readonly VERSION_PATCH="${BASH_REMATCH[3]}"
+
+# Update the lines with 'set(VERSION_<MAJOR|MINOR|PATCH> <value>)' in the version.cmake file.
+printf 'Updating CMake version script file %s ... ' "${CMAKE_SCRIPT_VERSION_FILE}"
+for version_type in "${VERSION_TYPES[@]}"; do
+    VERSION_VALUE="VERSION_${version_type}"
+    sed -i "s/set(VERSION_${version_type} [0-9]\+)/set(VERSION_${version_type} ${!VERSION_VALUE})/" "${CMAKE_SCRIPT_VERSION_FILE}"
+done
+printf '\xE2\x9C\x94\n'
+
+# Update the version in the vcpkg.json files, with format "version-string": "<version>".
+echo -n "Updating version is vcpkg manifest files ... "
+for vcpkg_json_file in "${VCPKG_JSON_FILES[@]}"; do
+  sed -i "s/\"version-string\": \"[0-9]\+\.[0-9]\+\.[0-9]\+\"/\"version-string\": \"${VERSION}\"/" "${vcpkg_json_file}"
+done
+printf '\xE2\x9C\x94\n'
+
+echo "NetRemote version updated to v${VERSION}"