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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# This script is used to generate the list of all the deprecated apps in the manifest
+# It will generate a list of all the apps that are deprecated in the manifest
+# It will also estimate which of the apps were deprecated more than x months ago
+# It will create a branch and create commits removing each of the deprecated apps
+# It will create a PR for the branch and assign it to the user who ran the script and deb-get-devs 
+# for review
+
+# get the current date
+current_date=$(date +%Y%m%d)
+# get the current branch
+current_branch=$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)
+# get the current user
+# current_user=$(git config user.email)
+# get the current user name
+current_user_name=$(git config user.name)   
+
+app_list=$(grep  "^#" 01-main/manifest )
+# strip the # from the app names
+app_list=$(echo $app_list | sed 's/#//g')
+#for each app in the list get the time the line was last modified
+for app in $app_list
+do
+    # get the last time the app was modified
+    echo "Checking app: $app"
+    echo "Blame: $(git blame -1 -e --date short -- 01-main/manifest | grep "${app}$" )"
+    last_modified=$(git blame -1 -e --date short -- 01-main/manifest | grep "${app}$" | awk '{print $3}')
+    echo "Last modified: $last_modified"
+    # get the number of months since the app was last modified
+    months_since_modified=$(echo $(( ( $(date --date="$current_date" +%s) - $(date --date="$last_modified" +%s) )/(60*60*24*30) )))
+    # if the app was last modified more than 6 months ago
+    echo "App: $app was last modified $months_since_modified months ago"
+    if [ $months_since_modified -gt 6 ]
+    then
+        # add the app to the list of apps that are deprecated
+        deprecated_apps="$deprecated_apps $app"
+    fi
+done
+
+echo "Deprecated apps: $deprecated_apps"
+
+if [ -z "$deprecated_apps" ]
+then
+    echo "No deprecated apps found"
+    exit 0
+fi
+
+# create a new branch for the changes
+git checkout -b remove_deprecated_apps-${current_date}
+
+for app in $deprecated_apps
+do
+    # remove the app from the manifest
+    sed -i "/${app}$/d" 01-main/manifest
+    # remove the app definition
+    git rm 01-main/packages/${app}
+    # commit the change
+    git commit -am "chore: Removed ${app} from the manifest as it was deprecated more than 6 months ago"
+done
+
+# create a PR for the branch
+#hub pull-request -m "chore: Remove deprecated apps" -b deb-get:main -h deb-get:remove_deprecated_apps-${current_date}
+gh pr create --title "chore: Remove deprecated apps" --assign philclifford --body "This PR removes the following deprecated apps from the manifest: $deprecated_apps" --base main --head remove_deprecated_apps-${current_date}
+# assign the PR to the user who ran the script and deb-get-devs
+# gh pr edit --assignee "$current_user_name",deb-get-devs
+# switch back to the original branch    
+git checkout $current_branch
+# cleanup
+
+#git branch -D remove_deprecated_apps-${current_date}
+ 
+
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+# This workflow file runs the script every day at midnight.
+name: Process Deprecated Apps
+on:
+# run on demand
+  workflow_dispatch:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - test-ci-deprecation-chore
+#   schedule:
+#     - cron: '0 0 * * *'
+jobs:
+    process_deprecated_apps:
+        runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+        steps:
+        - name: Checkout code
+          uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        - name: Setup Node.js
+          uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+          with:
+            node-version: '20'
+        - name: Install gh
+          run: |
+            curl -sL https://cli.github.com/packages/githubcli-archive-keyring.gpg | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /usr/share/keyrings/githubcli-archive-keyring.gpg
+            echo "deb [arch=$(dpkg --print-architecture) signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/githubcli-archive-keyring.gpg] https://cli.github.com/packages stable main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/github-cli.list > /dev/null
+            sudo apt-get update
+            sudo apt-get install gh
+        - name: Run script
+          run: |
+            bash .github/workflows/proc_deprecated.sh
+     
+# TODO
+# Add a job to find merged PRs matching this pattern that have been closed for more than 7 days and delete the branch
+# Add a job to find PRs that have been open for more than 17 days and close them
+
+# Path: .github/workflows/proc_deprecated.sh
+#!/bin/bash
+
+
+     
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