# Script to automatically insert Markdown footnotes for all [#xxxx] issue # cross-references in the NEWS file. NEWS = get(ARGS, 1, "NEWS.md") s = readstring(NEWS) s = s[1:match(r"\[#[0-9]+\]:", s).offset-1]; footnote(n) = "[#$n]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/$n" N = map(m -> parse(Int,m.captures[1]), eachmatch(r"\[#([0-9]+)\]", s)) foots = join(map(footnote, sort!(unique(N))), "\n") open(NEWS, "w") do f println(f, s, foots) end