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+/*******************************************************************************
+
+    uBlock Origin - a comprehensive, efficient content blocker
+    Copyright (C) 2025-present Raymond Hill
+
+    This program 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 3 of the License, or
+    (at your option) any later version.
+
+    This program 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 this program.  If not, see {http://www.gnu.org/licenses/}.
+
+    Home: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock
+*/
+
+import fs from 'fs/promises';
+import process from 'process';
+
+/******************************************************************************/
+
+const commandLineArgs = (( ) => {
+    const args = Object.create(null);
+    let name, value;
+    for ( const arg of process.argv.slice(2) ) {
+        const pos = arg.indexOf('=');
+        if ( pos === -1 ) {
+            name = arg;
+            value = '';
+        } else {
+            name = arg.slice(0, pos);
+            value = arg.slice(pos+1);
+        }
+        args[name] = value;
+    }
+    return args;
+})();
+
+/******************************************************************************/
+
+// Apple store rejects when description (extShortDesc) is longer than 112
+// characters.
+
+async function fixLongDescription(path) {
+    let text = await fs.readFile(path, { encoding: 'utf8' });
+    const messages = JSON.parse(text);
+    let message = messages.extShortDesc.message;
+    if ( message.length <= 112 ) { return; }
+    const pos = message.indexOf('.');
+    if ( pos !== -1 ) {
+        message = message.slice(0, pos+1);
+    }
+    if ( message.length >= 112 ) {
+        message = `${message.slice(0, 111)}…`;
+    }
+    messages.extShortDesc.message = message;
+    text = JSON.stringify(messages, null, 2);
+    await fs.writeFile(path, text);
+}
+
+async function fixLongDescriptions() {
+    const promises = [];
+    const packageDir = commandLineArgs.packageDir;
+    const entries = await fs.readdir(`${packageDir}/_locales/`, { withFileTypes: true });
+    for ( const entry of entries ) {
+        if ( entry.isDirectory() === false ) { continue; }
+        promises.push(fixLongDescription(`${packageDir}/_locales/${entry.name}/messages.json`));
+    }
+    return Promise.all(promises);
+}
+
+/******************************************************************************/
+
+// Apple store rejects when version has four components.
+
+async function fixManifest() {
+    const packageDir = commandLineArgs.packageDir;
+    const path = `${packageDir}/manifest.json`;
+    let text = await fs.readFile(path, { encoding: 'utf8' });
+    const manifest = JSON.parse(text);
+    const match = /^(\d+)\.(\d+)\.(\d+)\.(\d+)$/.exec(manifest.version);
+    if ( match === null ) { return; }
+    const month = parseInt(match[2], 10);
+    const dayofmonth = parseInt(match[3], 10);
+    const monthday /* sort of */ = month * 100 + dayofmonth;
+    manifest.version = `${match[1]}.${monthday}.${match[4]}`;
+    text = JSON.stringify(manifest, null, 2);
+    await fs.writeFile(path, text);
+}
+
+/******************************************************************************/
+
+async function main() {
+    await Promise.all([
+        fixLongDescriptions(),
+        fixManifest(),
+    ]);
+}
+
+main();
+
+/******************************************************************************/