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+#!/usr/bin/bash
+
+set -e
+
+curVersion=$(grep Version: cockpit-podman.spec | sed -e 's,^\(\s*Version:\s*\)\(.*\)\s*$,\2,')
+
+if [[ ! "$curVersion" =~ ^[0-9]+$ ]]; then
+  echo "Error: curVersion is not a valid integer"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+###
+### Fetch latest soruces
+###
+
+GitDir="cockpit-podman"
+GWD="-C $GitDir"
+
+# fetch latest cockpit-podman
+if [ ! -d $GitDir ]; then
+	git clone https://github.com/cockpit-project/cockpit-podman $GitDir
+else
+    git $GWD checkout main
+	git $GWD fetch
+fi
+
+newVersion=$(git $GWD tag | grep '^[0-9.]\+$' | sort -rn | head -1)
+
+echo "Current version: $curVersion"
+echo "    New version: $newVersion"
+
+if [[ ! "$newVersion" =~ ^[0-9]+$ ]]; then
+  echo "Error: newVersion cannot be determined"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+if [ "$curVersion" -ge "$newVersion" ]; then
+	echo "Nothing to do."
+	exit 0
+fi
+
+###
+### UPDATE
+###
+# # initialize all submodules
+git $GWD checkout $newVersion
+git $GWD submodule update --init --depth 1
+diff $GitDir/node_modules/.package.json $GitDir/package.json
+cp $GitDir/node_modules/.package-lock.json package-lock.json
+
+# update node_modules
+curl -Lo cockpit-podman-$newVersion.tar.gz https://github.com/cockpit-project/cockpit-podman/archive/$newVersion.tar.gz
+
+# Updating version in spec file
+sed -i -e "s,^\(\s*Version:\s*\)\(.*\)\s*$,\1${newVersion}," cockpit-podman.spec
+osc rm cockpit-podman-$curVersion.tar.gz
+osc add cockpit-podman-$newVersion.tar.gz
+osc service mr
+