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+;; Load this file to add a new level (starting at zero)
+;; to the Emacs version number recorded in version.el.
+;; Copyright (C) 1985 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+;; This file is part of GNU Emacs.
+
+;; GNU Emacs is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+;; it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+;; the Free Software Foundation; either version 1, or (at your option)
+;; any later version.
+
+;; GNU Emacs is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+;; but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+;; GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+;; along with GNU Emacs; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to
+;; the Free Software Foundation, 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
+
+
+(insert-file-contents "lisp/version.el")
+
+(re-search-forward "emacs-version \"[0-9.]*")
+(insert ".0")
+
+;; Delete the share-link with the current version
+;; so that we do not alter the current version.
+(delete-file "lisp/version.el")
+(write-region (point-min) (point-max) "lisp/version.el" nil 'nomsg)