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+import argparse
+import re
+import subprocess
+from typing import Optional, Tuple
+
+VERSION_FILE = "VERSION"
+
+
+def update_sdk_version(version_content: list[str]) -> Tuple[list[str], Optional[str]]:
+    updated_content: list[str] = []
+    current_version: Optional[str] = None
+    new_version: Optional[str] = None
+
+    for line in [line.strip() for line in version_content]:
+        parts = line.split("=")
+        if len(parts) == 2 and parts[0] == "ZAKURO_VERSION":
+            version = parts[1]
+            current_version = version
+            version_match = re.match(r"(\d{4}\.\d+\.\d+)(-canary\.(\d+))?", version)
+            if version_match:
+                major_minor_patch = version_match.group(1)
+                canary_part = version_match.groups()[1]
+                canary_num = version_match.groups()[2]
+
+                if canary_part is None:
+                    new_version = f"{major_minor_patch}-canary.0"
+                else:
+                    new_version = f"{major_minor_patch}-canary.{int(canary_num) + 1}"
+                updated_content.append(f"ZAKURO_VERSION={new_version}")
+            else:
+                updated_content.append(line)
+        else:
+            updated_content.append(line)
+
+    if current_version is None:
+        raise ValueError("ZAKURO_VERSION not found in VERSION file.")
+
+    print(f"Current version: {current_version}")
+    print(f"New version: {new_version}")
+
+    confirmation = input("Do you want to update the version? (y/N): ").strip().lower()
+    if confirmation != "y":
+        print("Version update cancelled.")
+        return updated_content, None
+
+    return updated_content, new_version
+
+
+def write_version_file(filename: str, updated_content: list[str], dry_run: bool) -> None:
+    if dry_run:
+        print(f"Dry run: The following content would be written to {filename}:")
+        for line in updated_content:
+            print(line)
+    else:
+        with open(filename, "w", encoding="utf-8") as file:
+            file.write("\n".join(updated_content) + "\n")
+        print(f"{filename} has been updated.")
+
+
+def git_operations(new_version: str, dry_run: bool) -> None:
+    if dry_run:
+        print("Dry run: Would execute the following git commands:")
+        print("- git commit -am '[canary] Update VERSION and examples/VERSION'")
+        print(f"- git tag {new_version}")
+        print("- git push")
+        print(f"- git push origin {new_version}")
+    else:
+        print("Executing: git commit -am 'Update VERSION and examples/VERSION'")
+        subprocess.run(
+            ["git", "commit", "-am", "[canary] Update VERSION and examples/VERSION"], check=True
+        )
+
+        print(f"Executing: git tag {new_version}")
+        subprocess.run(["git", "tag", new_version], check=True)
+
+        print("Executing: git push")
+        subprocess.run(["git", "push"], check=True)
+
+        print(f"Executing: git push origin {new_version}")
+        subprocess.run(["git", "push", "origin", new_version], check=True)
+
+
+def main() -> None:
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Update VERSION file and perform git operations.")
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--dry-run",
+        action="store_true",
+        help="Show what would be done without making any actual changes",
+    )
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    # Read and update the VERSION file
+    with open(VERSION_FILE, "r") as file:
+        version_content = file.readlines()
+    updated_version_content, new_version = update_sdk_version(version_content)
+    write_version_file(VERSION_FILE, updated_version_content, args.dry_run)
+
+    # Perform git operations
+    if new_version:
+        git_operations(new_version, args.dry_run)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()