diff --git a/Automation/bump_version.py b/Automation/bump_version.py
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+#!/usr/bin/python3
+
+import argparse
+import re
+# this assumes a mostly semver-complient version number
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Increment GamecraftModdingAPI version")
+    parser.add_argument('version', metavar="VN", type=str, help="The version number to increment, or the index of the number (zero-indexed).")
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+    
+    version_index = -1
+    try:
+        version_index = int(args.version)
+    except Exception:
+        if args.version.lower() == "major":
+            version_index = 0
+        elif args.version.lower() == "minor":
+            version_index = 1
+        elif args.version.lower() == "patch":
+            version_index = 2
+    
+    if version_index < 0:
+        print("Could not parse version argument.")
+        exit(version_index)
+    
+    print(version_index)
+    old_version = ""
+    new_version = ""
+    
+    with open("../GamecraftModdingAPI/GamecraftModdingAPI.csproj", "r") as xmlFile:
+        print("Parsing GamecraftModdingAPI.csproj")
+        fileStr = xmlFile.read()
+        versionMatch = re.search(r"<Version>(.+)</Version>", fileStr)
+        if versionMatch is None:
+            print("Unable to find version number in GamecraftModdingAPI.csproj")
+            exit(1)
+        old_version = versionMatch.group(1)
+        versionList = old_version.split(".")
+        if len(versionList) <= version_index:
+            print("Invalid version string")
+            exit(1)
+        versionList[version_index] = str(int(versionList[version_index]) + 1)
+        for i in range(version_index + 1, len(versionList)):
+            try:
+                int(versionList[i])
+                versionList[i] = "0"
+            except Exception:
+                tmp = versionList[i].split("-")
+                tmp[0] = "0"
+                versionList[i] = "-".join(tmp)
+        new_version = ".".join(versionList)
+        print(new_version)
+        newFileContents = fileStr.replace("<Version>"+old_version+"</Version>", "<Version>"+new_version+"</Version>")
+        
+    with open("../GamecraftModdingAPI/GamecraftModdingAPI.csproj", "w") as xmlFile:
+        print("Writing new version to project file")
+        xmlFile.write(newFileContents)
+    
+    with open("../doxygen.conf", "r") as doxFile:
+        print("Parsing doxygen.conf")
+        doxStr = doxFile.read()
+        newFileContents = doxStr.replace("= \"v" + old_version + "\"", "= \"v" + new_version + "\"")
+    
+    with open("../doxygen.conf", "w") as doxFile:
+        print("Writing new version to doxygen config")
+        doxFile.write(newFileContents)