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+import { readFileSync, writeFileSync } from "fs";
+
+const targetVersion = process.env.npm_package_version;
+
+// read minAppVersion from manifest.json and bump version to target version
+const manifest = JSON.parse(readFileSync("manifest.json", "utf8"));
+const { minAppVersion } = manifest;
+manifest.version = targetVersion;
+writeFileSync("manifest.json", JSON.stringify(manifest, null, "\t"));
+
+// update versions.json with target version and minAppVersion from manifest.json
+// but only if the target version is not already in versions.json
+const versions = JSON.parse(readFileSync('versions.json', 'utf8'));
+if (!Object.values(versions).includes(minAppVersion)) {
+    versions[targetVersion] = minAppVersion;
+    writeFileSync('versions.json', JSON.stringify(versions, null, '\t'));
+}
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