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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
+import io
+import optparse
+import re
+
+
+def main():
+ parser = optparse.OptionParser(usage='%prog FILE')
+ options, args = parser.parse_args()
+ if len(args) != 1:
+ parser.error('Expected an filename')
+
+ with io.open(args[0], encoding='utf-8') as inf:
+ issue_template_text = inf.read()
+
+ # Get the version from youtube_dl/version.py without importing the package
+ exec(compile(open('youtube_dl/version.py').read(),
+ 'youtube_dl/version.py', 'exec'))
+
+ issue_template_text = re.sub(
+ r'(?<=\*\*)(?P<version>[0-9\.]+)(?=\*\*)',
+ __version__,
+ issue_template_text
+ )
+
+ with io.open(args[0], 'w', encoding='utf-8') as outf:
+ outf.write(issue_template_text)
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+ main()