In particular, these two scripts: * https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-java/blob/master/utilities/bump_versions.py * https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-java/blob/master/utilities/replace_versions.py Key functionality that should probably be retained: * The two-phase process of bump & replace * The replacement of versions only at locations that are tagged * A master version file (currently https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-java/blob/master/versions.txt ) * The tracking of last-released version and current version (which can be either last-released or a snapshot version)