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+#!/bin/sh
+
+# Since mingw-w64-pathtools does not define a package, but its source code is
+# copied all over the place, it could be challenging to update the dependencees
+# manually. This script should help.
+
+die () {
+	echo "$*" >&2
+	exit 1
+}
+
+cd "$(dirname "$0")" || die "Could not switch to directory"
+
+get_sha256 () {
+	sha256sum.exe "$1" | sed 's/ .*//'
+}
+
+c_sum="$(get_sha256 pathtools.c)"
+h_sum="$(get_sha256 pathtools.h)"
+
+for c in ../*/pathtools.c
+do
+	h=${c%.c}.h
+
+	cmp "$c" pathtools.c && cmp "$h" pathtools.h && continue
+
+	orig_c_sum="$(get_sha256 "$c")"
+	orig_h_sum="$(get_sha256 "$h")"
+
+	dir=${c%/pathtools.c}
+	pkgname=${dir#../mingw-w64-}
+	pkgbuild=$dir/PKGBUILD
+	grep $orig_c_sum "$pkgbuild" && grep $orig_h_sum "$pkgbuild" || die "$pkgbuild not up to date?"
+
+	pkgrel=$(($(sed -n 's/^pkgrel=//p' "$pkgbuild")+1))
+
+	cp -f pathtools.[ch] "$dir/" &&
+	sed -i -e "s/^pkgrel=.*/pkgrel=$pkgrel/" -e "s/$orig_c_sum/$c_sum/" -e "s/$orig_h_sum/$h_sum/" "$pkgbuild" &&
+	git commit -sm "$pkgname: synchronize pathtools" -- "$dir"/{PKGBUILD,pathtools.c,pathtools.h} ||
+	die "Could not update $pkgname"
+done