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+#! /usr/bin/env bash
+SCRIPT_DIR=${SCRIPT_DIR:-"$( cd -- "$( dirname -- "$0" )" &> /dev/null && pwd )"}
+ 
+# Function to compare semantic versions
+compare_major_version() {
+    local major_version1=$(echo $1 | cut -d. -f1)
+    local major_version2=$(echo $2 | cut -d. -f1)
+ 
+    if [[ "$major_version1" == "$major_version2" ]]; then
+        return 0
+    else
+        return 1
+    fi
+}
+ 
+# Get Current Version of Runtipi
+runtipi_path=${RUNTIPI_DIR:-"$(cd -- "${SCRIPT_DIR}/../.." &> /dev/null && pwd )"}
+[ -r "$runtipi_path/VERSION" ] || runtipi_path=${RUNTIPI_DIR:-"$(cd -- "${SCRIPT_DIR}/../../_" &> /dev/null && pwd )"}
+current_version=$(cat "$runtipi_path/VERSION")
+ 
+# Get the latest release information from GitHub API
+latest_release=$(curl -sL \
+  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
+  -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2022-11-28" \
+  https://api.github.com/repos/runtipi/runtipi/releases/latest)
+ 
+# Extract the tag name from the release information
+tag_name=$(echo "$latest_release" | grep -o '"tag_name": "[^"]*' | cut -d'"' -f4)
+ 
+printf 'current: %-10s online: %-10s\n' "$current_version" "$tag_name" >&2
+# Compare major version numbers
+compare_major_version "$tag_name" "$current_version"
+# major_version_match=$?
+#  
+# # Check if major versions are the same and if the latest release is newer than the current version
+# if [[ $major_version_match -eq 0 ]] && [[ "$tag_name" > "$current_version" ]]; then
+#     echo "A new release is available: $tag_name"
+#     cd $runtipi_path
+#     echo "Backing up current version"
+#     if [ ! -d "$runtipi_path/backups" ]; then
+#         mkdir -p $runtipi_path/backups
+#     fi
+#     tar -czvf runtipi-backup-$current_version.tar.gz --exclude=media --exclude=backups *
+#     mv runtipi-backup-$current_version.tar.gz $runtipi_path/backups
+#     echo "Starting update"
+#     echo $runtipi_path/runtipi-cli update latest
+# else
+#     echo "No new release found or major version mismatch"
+# fi