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+#!/bin/bash
+# Copyright (C) 2020-2024 CERN and UCLouvain.
+# Licensed under the GNU Lesser General Public License (version 3 or later).
+# Created by: A. Valassi (Sep 2024) for the MG5aMC CUDACPP plugin.
+# Further modified by: A. Valassi (2024) for the MG5aMC CUDACPP plugin.
+
+set -e # fail on error
+
+topdir=$(cd $(dirname $0)/../..; pwd)
+
+# The remote repo used for tagging
+REMOTE=origin
+
+# The branch name used for tagging
+BRANCH=${REMOTE}/install # temporary! it should be master eventually...
+
+# Determine mg5_version (as in HEPToolInstaller.py)
+fVERSION=${topdir}/MG5aMC/mg5amcnlo/VERSION 
+if [ ! -f ${fVERSION} ]; then echo "ERROR! File ${fVERSION} not found"; exit 1; fi 
+VERSION=$(python3 -c "import re; print(re.findall(r'version\s*=\s*([\.\d]*)','$(cat ${fVERSION} | grep ^version)')[0])")
+###echo $VERSION
+
+# Determine UTC date
+DATE=$(date -u +on%y%m%d_at%H%M%S)
+###echo $DATE
+
+# Build the unique and running tag names
+PREFIX=TEST_cudacpp
+uniqTAG=${PREFIX}_for${VERSION}_${DATE}
+runnTAG=${PREFIX}_for${VERSION}_latest
+echo ${uniqTAG}
+echo ${runnTAG}
+
+# Create the unique (~permanent) tag
+git tag ${uniqTAG} ${BRANCH} -m "Unique tag ${uniqTAG}"
+
+# Create the running tag
+# (use '-f' to replace any previously existing tag with the same name)
+git tag -f ${runnTAG} ${uniqTAG} -m "Running tag ${runnTAG} (linked to unique tag ${uniqTAG})"
+
+# Push the tags to the remote repository
+# (use '-f' to replace any previously existing tag with the same name)
+git push -f ${REMOTE} --tags