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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+################################ CONFIGURATION ################################
+
+# Files that should persist in the template directory (as POSIX-formatted paths)
+keep_files = [
+    "include/liblvgl/lv_conf.h",
+    "include/liblvgl/lv_conf.old.h",
+    "include/liblvgl/llemu.h",
+    "include/liblvgl/llemu.hpp",
+    "include/liblvgl/font/lv_font.h",
+    "src/liblvgl/display.c",
+    "src/liblvgl/llemu.c",
+    "src/liblvgl/llemu.cpp",
+    "src/liblvgl/lv_fonts/pros_font_dejavu_mono_10.c",
+    "src/liblvgl/lv_fonts/pros_font_dejavu_mono_18.c",
+    "src/liblvgl/lv_fonts/pros_font_dejavu_mono_30.c",
+    "src/liblvgl/lv_fonts/pros_font_dejavu_mono_40.c",
+]
+
+# URI to LVGL's source
+lvgl_repo = "https://github.com/lvgl/lvgl.git"
+
+############################# END OF CONFIGURATION #############################
+
+from argparse import ArgumentParser
+from os import chmod
+from pathlib import Path
+import re
+import shutil
+import stat
+import subprocess
+
+WARN_COLOR = "\033[1;33m"
+ERR_COLOR = "\033[0;31m"
+STEP_COLOR = "\033[1;37m"
+MSG_COLOR = "\033[0;37m"
+NO_COLOR = "\033[0m"
+
+
+def warn(message):
+    print(f"{WARN_COLOR}WARNING: {MSG_COLOR}{message}{NO_COLOR}")
+
+
+def error(message):
+    print(f"{ERR_COLOR}ERROR: {MSG_COLOR}{message}{NO_COLOR}")
+
+
+def step(message):
+    print(f"{STEP_COLOR}- {message} -{NO_COLOR}")
+
+
+def onexc_chmod(retry, path, err):
+    chmod(path, stat.S_IWUSR)
+    try:
+        retry(path)
+    except Exception as err:
+        error(f"Failed to rmtree with exception: {err}")
+
+
+def clone(branch):
+    if Path("lvgl/").exists():
+        print("lvgl directory exists, attempting to remove before cloning...")
+        shutil.rmtree("lvgl/", onexc=onexc_chmod)
+
+    sub_proc = subprocess.Popen(
+        f"git clone -b {branch} {lvgl_repo} --recursive",
+        shell=True,
+    )
+    if sub_proc.wait() != 0:
+        error("Clone failed, exiting...")
+        exit(1)
+
+
+def clean_template_dir():
+    print("Creating temp directory...")
+    Path("temp").mkdir(exist_ok=True)
+
+    print("Copying whitelisted files to temp directory...")
+    for file in keep_files:
+        if not Path(file).exists():
+            warn(f'Whitelisted file "{file}" does not exist')
+            keep_files.remove(file)
+            continue
+        output = Path(f"temp/{file}")
+        output.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+        shutil.copy(file, output)
+
+    print("Removing template files...")
+    shutil.rmtree("include/liblvgl")
+    shutil.rmtree("src/liblvgl")
+
+    print("Copying whitelisted files back to template directories...")
+    for file in keep_files:
+        output = Path(file)
+        output.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+        shutil.copy(f"temp/{file}", file)
+
+    print("Removing temp directory...")
+    shutil.rmtree("temp")
+
+
+def copy_lvgl_files():
+    print("Getting lvgl files...")
+    lvgl_src = Path("lvgl/src").resolve()
+    header_files = list(lvgl_src.rglob("**/*.h"))
+    source_files = list(lvgl_src.rglob("**/*.c"))
+    files = header_files + source_files
+
+    print("Copying header and source files to respective directories...")
+    for file in files:
+        if file in header_files:
+            new_loc = Path(f"include/liblvgl/{file.relative_to(lvgl_src)}")
+        elif file in source_files:
+            new_loc = Path(f"src/liblvgl/{file.relative_to(lvgl_src)}")
+
+        if new_loc.as_posix() in keep_files:
+            print(f'Skipped overwriting whitelisted file "{new_loc}"')
+            continue
+
+        new_loc.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+        shutil.copy(file, new_loc)
+        fix_includes(new_loc)
+
+    print("Swapping the proxy lvgl.h file with the full file...")
+    Path("include/liblvgl/lvgl.h").unlink(missing_ok=True)
+    shutil.copy("lvgl/lvgl.h", "include/liblvgl/lvgl.h")
+    fix_includes("include/liblvgl/lvgl.h")
+
+    print("Attempting to remove lvgl source...")
+    shutil.rmtree("lvgl/", onexc=onexc_chmod)
+
+
+def fix_includes(file_path):
+    def resolve_include_path(match):
+        file = Path(file_path)
+        include_path = match.group(1)
+        resolved_path = file.parent.joinpath(include_path).resolve()
+
+        source_dir = Path.cwd().joinpath("src/")
+        include_dir = Path.cwd().joinpath("include/")
+
+        if resolved_path.is_relative_to(source_dir):
+            relative_path = resolved_path.relative_to(source_dir)
+        elif resolved_path.is_relative_to(include_dir):
+            relative_path = resolved_path.relative_to(include_dir)
+        else:
+            warn(
+                f'File "{file}" includes file "{include_path}",'
+                + " which is outside of the src or include directory."
+                + " Manual editing may be required."
+            )
+            relative_path = include_path
+
+        return f'#include "{relative_path}"'
+
+    with open(file_path, "r", encoding="utf-8") as file:
+        data = file.read()
+        data = re.sub(r"#include \"((?:\.\./)+.*\.h)\"", resolve_include_path, data)
+        data = re.sub(r"#include \"(src/|lvgl/)", '#include "liblvgl/', data)
+        data = re.sub(
+            r"(?<!LV_LVGL_H_INCLUDE_SIMPLE\n)(?:^[ \t]*(#include \"lvgl.h\")$)",
+            '#include "liblvgl/lvgl.h"',
+            data,
+            flags=re.M,
+        )
+
+    with open(file_path, "w", encoding="utf-8") as file:
+        file.write(data)
+
+
+def main():
+    parser = ArgumentParser(
+        prog="./update.py",
+        description="A script to automatically update liblvgl from lvgl",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "branch",
+        type=str,
+        help="branch to clone from lvgl's git repository",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "-y",
+        "--yes",
+        action="store_true",
+        help="ignore initial warning",
+    )
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    if not args.yes:
+        warn(
+            "Local changes may be deleted by this script."
+            + " If you have made any changes, you should exit this script to"
+            + " stash or commit them now."
+        )
+
+        print(
+            "The following liblvgl files will not be modified:\n  "
+            + "\n  ".join(keep_files)
+        )
+
+        input("Press any key to continue...")
+
+    step("Clone LVGL")
+    clone(args.branch)
+
+    step("Remove old liblvgl files")
+    clean_template_dir()
+
+    step("Copy updated files")
+    copy_lvgl_files()
+
+    step("Successfully updated")
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()