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+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+/*
+ * Helper to extract references from NEWS.md and print them as github URLs
+ * Usage: gcc -o rip scripts/rip.c && ./rip < NEWS.md
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) Johan Malm 2025
+ */
+#include <ctype.h>
+#include <stdbool.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+static int *refs;
+static int nr_refs, alloc_refs;
+
+static void
+add_ref(int num)
+{
+ if (nr_refs == alloc_refs) {
+ alloc_refs = (alloc_refs + 16) * 2;
+ refs = realloc(refs, alloc_refs * sizeof(int));
+ }
+ int *ref = refs + nr_refs;
+ nr_refs++;
+ *ref = num;
+}
+
+static bool
+is_unique(int num)
+{
+ for (int i = 0; i < nr_refs; ++i) {
+ if (refs[i] == num) {
+ return false;
+ }
+ }
+ return true;
+}
+
+void process_line(const char *line)
+{
+ const char *p = line;
+ while ((p = strchr(p, '['))) {
+ int n, num = 0;
+ n = sscanf(p, "[#%d]", &num);
+ if (n && is_unique(num)) {
+ add_ref(num);
+ }
+ ++p;
+ }
+}
+
+static int
+compare_ints(const void *a, const void *b)
+{
+ return *(const int *)a - *(const int *)b;
+}
+
+int main(int argc, char **argv)
+{
+ char *line = NULL; size_t len = 0;
+ while (getline(&line, &len, stdin) != -1) {
+ char *p = strrchr(line, '\n');
+ if (p) {
+ *p = '\0';
+ }
+ /* Do not process the references at the bottom of NEWS.md */
+ if (!strncmp(line, "[0.1.0]", 7)) {
+ break;
+ }
+ process_line(line);
+ }
+ free(line);
+ qsort(refs, nr_refs, sizeof(int), compare_ints);
+ for (int i = 0; i < nr_refs; ++i) {
+ int r = refs[i];
+ /* GH groks the .../pull/%d format for both issues and PRs */
+ printf("[#%d]: https://github.com/labwc/labwc/pull/%d\n", r, r);
+ }
+ free(refs);
+}