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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+import click
+from pathlib import Path
+import os
+import cibuildwheel
+from packaging.version import Version, InvalidVersion
+import subprocess
+import glob
+
+config = [
+    # file path, version find/replace format
+    ('cibuildwheel/__init__.py', "__version__ = '{}'"),
+    ('setup.py', "version='{}'"),
+    ('README.md', "cibuildwheel=={}"),
+    ('examples/*', "cibuildwheel=={}"),
+]
+
+
+@click.command()
+def bump_version():
+    git_changes_result = subprocess.run(['git diff-index --quiet HEAD --'], shell=True)
+    repo_has_uncommitted_changes = git_changes_result.returncode != 0
+
+    if repo_has_uncommitted_changes:
+        print('error: Uncommitted changes detected.')
+        exit(1)
+
+    current_version = cibuildwheel.__version__
+    print(              'Current version:', current_version)  # noqa
+    new_version = input('    New version: ').strip()
+
+    try:
+        Version(new_version)
+    except InvalidVersion:
+        print("error: This version doesn't conform to PEP440")
+        print('       https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0440/')
+        exit(1)
+
+    actions = []
+
+    for path_pattern, version_pattern in config:
+        paths = [Path(p) for p in glob.glob(path_pattern)]
+
+        if not paths:
+            print(f'error: Pattern {path_pattern} didn’t match any files')
+            exit(1)
+
+        find_pattern = version_pattern.format(current_version)
+        replace_pattern = version_pattern.format(new_version)
+        found_at_least_one_file_needing_update = False
+
+        for path in paths:
+            contents = path.read_text(encoding='utf8')
+            if find_pattern in contents:
+                found_at_least_one_file_needing_update = True
+                actions.append(
+                    (path, find_pattern, replace_pattern)
+                )
+
+        if not found_at_least_one_file_needing_update:
+            print('error: Didn’t find any occurences of “{}” in “{}”'.format(find_pattern, path_pattern))
+            exit(1)
+
+    print()
+    print("Here's the plan:")
+    print()
+
+    for action in actions:
+        print('{}  {red}{}{off} → {green}{}{off}'.format(
+            *action,
+            red="\u001b[31m", green="\u001b[32m", off="\u001b[0m"
+        ))
+
+    print('Then commit, and tag as v{}'.format(new_version))
+
+    answer = input('Proceed? [y/N] ').strip()
+
+    if answer != 'y':
+        print('Aborted')
+        exit(1)
+
+    for path, find, replace in actions:
+        contents = path.read_text(encoding='utf8')
+        contents = contents.replace(find, replace)
+        path.write_text(contents, encoding='utf8')
+
+    print('Files updated. If you want to update the changelog as part of this')
+    print('commit, do that now.')
+
+    while input('Type "done" to continue: ').strip().lower() != 'done':
+        pass
+
+    subprocess.run([
+        'git', 'commit',
+        '-a',
+        '-m', f'Bump version: v{new_version}'
+    ], check=True)
+
+    subprocess.run([
+        'git', 'tag',
+        '-a',
+        '-m', f'v{new_version}',
+        f'v{new_version}'
+    ], check=True)
+
+    print('Done.')
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    os.chdir(os.path.dirname(__file__))
+    os.chdir('..')
+    bump_version()