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+# Vision Release Scripts
+
+This folder contains script(s) used for releasing new versions of the Vision package
diff --git a/release/apply-release-changes.py b/release/apply-release-changes.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""
+apply-release-changes.py - Cross-platform script to replace main with a specified release version in YML files
+
+This script performs two replacements in YML files in .github/workflows/:
+1. Replaces @main with @release/VERSION
+2. Replaces 'test-infra-ref: main' with 'test-infra-ref: release/VERSION'
+
+Usage:
+  python apply-release-changes.py VERSION
+
+Example:
+  python apply-release-changes.py 2.7
+"""
+
+import os
+import pathlib
+import sys
+from typing import Optional
+
+
+def replace_in_file(file_path: pathlib.Path, old_text: str, new_text: str) -> None:
+    """Replace all occurrences of old_text with new_text in the specified file."""
+    try:
+        # Try reading the file without specifying encoding to use the default
+        encoding = None
+        try:
+            content = file_path.read_text()
+        except UnicodeDecodeError:
+            # If that fails, try with UTF-8
+            encoding = "utf-8"
+            content = file_path.read_text(encoding=encoding)
+
+        # Perform the replacement
+        new_content = content.replace(old_text, new_text)
+
+        # Only write if changes were made
+        if new_content != content:
+            # Write with the same encoding we used to read
+            if encoding:
+                file_path.write_text(new_content, encoding=encoding)
+            else:
+                file_path.write_text(new_content)
+            print(f"Updated: {file_path}")
+
+    except Exception as e:
+        print(f"Error processing {file_path}: {e}")
+
+
+def find_repo_root() -> Optional[pathlib.Path]:
+    """Find the git repository root by searching for .git directory."""
+    # Start from the current directory and traverse upwards
+    current_path = pathlib.Path.cwd().absolute()
+
+    while current_path != current_path.parent:
+        # Check if .git directory exists
+        git_dir = current_path / ".git"
+        if git_dir.exists() and git_dir.is_dir():
+            return current_path
+
+        # Move up one directory
+        current_path = current_path.parent
+
+    # If we get here, we didn't find a repository root
+    return None
+
+
+def main() -> None:
+    # Check if version is provided as command line argument
+    if len(sys.argv) != 2:
+        print("Error: Exactly one version parameter is required")
+        print(f"Usage: python {os.path.basename(__file__)} VERSION")
+        print("Example: python apply-release-changes.py 2.7")
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+    # Get version from command line argument
+    version = sys.argv[1]
+    print(f"Using release version: {version}")
+
+    # Find the repository root by searching for .git directory
+    repo_root = find_repo_root()
+    if not repo_root:
+        print("Error: Not inside a git repository. Please run from within a git repository.")
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+    print(f"Repository root found at: {repo_root}")
+
+    # Get path to workflow directory
+    workflow_dir = repo_root / ".github" / "workflows"
+
+    # Process all workflow files and perform both replacements on each file
+    for yml_file in workflow_dir.glob("*.yml"):
+        replace_in_file(yml_file, "@main", f"@release/{version}")
+        replace_in_file(yml_file, "test-infra-ref: main", f"test-infra-ref: release/{version}")
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    print("Starting YML updates...")
+    main()
+    print("YML updates completed.")