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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# Run this script to freeze development of the next suite-native version.
+# Prepare release branch, push it to the release repository, bump package.json for the next release, and create a pull requests.
+# You need to have the permission to push to protected branches in order to execute the script correctly.
+# For security reasons, the script can only run locally as we do not have a shared GitHub token with the necessary permissions.
+
+MAIN_BRANCH=develop
+PACKAGE_JSON_PATH=suite-native/app/package.json
+ORIGIN='origin'
+
+if ! git diff --cached --quiet; then
+  tput setaf 1
+  echo "There are potentially unrelated staged changes that should not be committed. Unstage them before running this script."
+  tput sgr0
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+if ! git diff --quiet $PACKAGE_JSON_PATH; then
+  tput setaf 1
+  echo "There are potentially unrelated unstaged changes in $PACKAGE_JSON_PATH that should not be committed. Stash the changes before running this script."
+  tput sgr0
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+# 1. CREATE RELEASE BRANCH WITH CURRENT VERSION
+echo Calculating versions...
+YEAR=$(date +%y)
+MONTH=$(date +%-m)
+
+CURRENT_VERSION="$(grep -m1 -o '\"suiteNativeVersion\": *\"[^\"]*\"' $PACKAGE_JSON_PATH | cut -d':' -f2- | tr -d '\" ')"
+echo "Current version found in $PACKAGE_JSON_PATH: $CURRENT_VERSION"
+
+echo Pulling "$MAIN_BRANCH"...
+git pull $MAIN_BRANCH
+
+RELEASE_BRANCH_NAME="release-native/$CURRENT_VERSION"
+
+git switch -c $RELEASE_BRANCH_NAME $MAIN_BRANCH
+git push --set-upstream $ORIGIN $RELEASE_BRANCH_NAME
+
+
+# 2. BUMP VERSION IN PACKAGE.JSON FOR THE FUTURE RELEASE AND PUSH IT
+CURRENT_VERSION_YEAR=$(echo "$CURRENT_VERSION" | cut -d '.' -f 1)
+CURRENT_VERSION_MONTH=$(echo "$CURRENT_VERSION" | cut -d '.' -f 2)
+CURRENT_VERSION_MINOR=$(echo "$CURRENT_VERSION" | cut -d '.' -f 3)
+
+if [ "$CURRENT_VERSION_MONTH" != "$MONTH" ]; then
+  # increment month and set minor version to 1
+  NEXT_VERSION="$YEAR.$MONTH.1"
+else
+  # increment minor version
+  NEXT_VERSION="$CURRENT_VERSION_YEAR.$CURRENT_VERSION_MONTH.$((CURRENT_VERSION_MINOR+1))"
+fi
+
+echo "Version of the next release: $NEXT_VERSION"
+
+BUMP_VERSION_BRANCH_NAME="chore/native/bump-app-version-to-$NEXT_VERSION"
+
+git switch -c $BUMP_VERSION_BRANCH_NAME $MAIN_BRANCH 
+sed -i '' -E "s/(\"suiteNativeVersion\": \")[^\"]*(\".*)/\1$NEXT_VERSION\2/" $PACKAGE_JSON_PATH
+yarn format --fix
+git add $PACKAGE_JSON_PATH
+git commit -m "chore(suite-native): bump suite-native version to $NEXT_VERSION"
+git push --set-upstream $ORIGIN $BUMP_VERSION_BRANCH_NAME