diff --git a/bump.sh b/bump.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+package=$1
+
+if [[ -z "$package" ]]; then
+	echo "USAGE:"
+	echo -e "\t bump.sh <crate> [patch|minor|major|<version>]"
+	echo ""
+	echo "Defaults to bumping patch version by 1"
+	exit 0
+fi
+
+cargo_set_version="$(command -v cargo-set-version)"
+if [[ -z "$cargo_set_version" || ! -x "$cargo_set_version" ]]; then
+	echo 'bump.sh requires "cargo set-version", provided by "cargo-edit".'
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+if [[ ! -e "$package/Cargo.toml" ]]; then
+	echo "Invalid crate '$package'"
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+version=$2
+if [[ -z "$version" ]]; then
+	version="patch"
+fi
+
+case "$version" in
+	patch|minor|major)
+		bump="--bump"
+		;;
+	*)
+		bump=
+		;;
+esac
+
+cargo_toml="$package/Cargo.toml"
+changelog="$package/debian/changelog"
+
+cargo set-version -p "$package" $bump "$version"
+version="$(cargo metadata --format-version=1 | jq ".packages[] | select(.name == \"$package\").version" | sed -e 's/\"//g')"
+DEBFULLNAME="Proxmox Support Team" DEBEMAIL="support@proxmox.com" dch --no-conf --changelog "$changelog" --newversion "$version-1" --distribution stable
+git commit --edit -sm "bump $package to $version-1" Cargo.toml "$cargo_toml" "$changelog"