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+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+usage() {
+    echo "find new versions in a local registry compared to the published version"
+    echo ""
+    echo "Usage: $0 [--ref BASE_URL] [--lint] [--checks CHECKS] [registry]"
+    echo ""
+    echo "Options:"
+    echo "  --ref BASE_URL     URL for the reference registry (default: https://registry.k6.io/registry.json)"
+    echo "  --lint             Also run xk6 lint on new versions"
+    echo "  --checks CHECKS    Comma-separated list of checks to run (passed to xk6 lint --enable-only)"
+    echo "  --help, -h         Show this help message"
+    echo ""
+    echo "Arguments:"
+    echo "  registry           Path to the new registry file (default: registry.json)"
+}
+
+# Find new versions in registry not present in the base registry
+# produces an output like
+# github.com/grafana/xk6-example:v1.1.0 v1.2.0
+# $1 url to base registry
+# $2 path to registry 
+new_versions() {
+    local base=$1
+    local registry=$2
+
+    # Get individual new module:version pairs, then group by module
+    # jq produced a list of module:version lines for each version
+    # comm -23 keeps only the lines that appears in the first file (local registry)
+    local diff=$(comm -23 \
+        <(jq -r '.[] | "\(.module):\(.versions[])"' "$registry" | sort) \
+        <(curl -fsSL "$base" | jq -r '.[] | "\(.module):\(.versions[])"' | sort))
+
+    if [[ -n "$diff" ]]; then
+        # Group by module and join versions with spaces
+        echo "$diff" | awk -F: '{modules[$1] = modules[$1] " " $2} END {for (m in modules) print m ":" modules[m]}' | sort
+    fi
+}
+
+# Lint new versions using xk6 lint
+# Takes the output from new_versions function and lints each extension
+# $1 new versions string (format: "module:version" per line)
+# $2 optional checks parameter (passed to xk6 lint --enable-only)
+lint_versions() {
+    local versions="$1"
+    local checks="$2"
+    local temp_dir
+    local exit_code=0
+    
+    if [[ -z "$versions" ]]; then
+        echo "No new versions to lint"
+        return 0
+    fi
+    
+    # process each module with the detected versions
+    while IFS= read -r line; do
+        # skip empty lines
+        if [[ -z "$line" ]]; then
+            continue
+        fi
+        
+        # Parse module:version1 version2 version3
+        local module=$(echo "$line" | cut -d':' -f1)
+        local mod_versions=$(echo "$line" | cut -d':' -f2)
+        
+        # Skip linting for go.k6.io/k6 module
+        if [[ "$module" == "go.k6.io/k6" ]]; then
+            continue
+        fi
+        
+        # Create temporary directory
+        temp_dir=$(mktemp -d)
+        
+        # Clone repository
+        # TODO: get the clone url from the registry
+        if git clone "https://$module.git" "$temp_dir" &>/dev/null; then
+            # Change to temp directory and checkout version
+            pushd "$temp_dir" > /dev/null
+
+            # Process each version for this module
+            for version in $mod_versions; do
+                echo -n "Linting $module:$version"
+                
+                if git checkout "$version" &>/dev/null; then
+                    # Run xk6 lint and capture output
+                    local lint_output
+                    local lint_cmd="xk6 lint"
+                    if [[ -n "$checks" ]]; then
+                        lint_cmd="$lint_cmd --enable-only $checks"
+                    fi
+                    
+                    if lint_output=$($lint_cmd 2>&1); then
+                        echo "  ✓ passed"
+                    else
+                        echo "  ✗ failed"
+                        echo "$lint_output" | sed 's/^/    /'
+                        exit_code=1
+                    fi
+                else
+                    echo "  ✗ - error checking out version"
+                    exit_code=1
+                fi
+            done  # end of version loop
+
+            popd > /dev/null
+        else
+            echo "  ✗ - error cloning repository"
+            exit_code=1
+        fi
+        
+        # Cleanup temp directory
+        rm -rf "$temp_dir"
+                
+    done <<< "$versions"
+
+    return $exit_code
+}
+
+# Default values
+BASE_URL="https://registry.k6.io/registry.json"
+REGISTRY=""
+LINT=false
+CHECKS=""
+
+# Parse command line arguments
+while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
+    case $1 in
+        --ref)
+            BASE_URL="$2"
+            shift 2
+            ;;
+        --lint)
+            LINT=true
+            shift
+            ;;
+        --checks)
+            CHECKS="$2"
+            shift 2
+            ;;
+        --help|-h)
+            usage
+            exit 0
+            ;;
+        -*)
+            echo "Unknown option: $1" >&2
+            exit 1
+            ;;
+        *)
+            if [[ -z "$REGISTRY" ]]; then
+                REGISTRY="$1"
+            else
+                echo "Too many arguments" >&2
+                exit 1
+            fi
+            shift
+            ;;
+    esac
+done
+
+# Set default registry file if not provided
+REGISTRY="${REGISTRY:-registry.json}"
+
+if [[ ! -f "$REGISTRY" ]]; then
+    echo "Error: Registry file '$REGISTRY' not found"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# Get new versions and lint them
+NEW_VERSIONS=$(new_versions $BASE_URL $REGISTRY)
+
+if [[ -n "$NEW_VERSIONS" ]]; then
+    echo "Found new versions:"
+    echo "$NEW_VERSIONS" | sed 's/^/    /'
+    echo ""
+    
+    # Lint the new versions if requested
+    if [[ "$LINT" == true ]]; then
+        echo "Linting new versions"
+        lint_versions "$NEW_VERSIONS" "$CHECKS"
+    fi
+else
+    echo "No new versions found"
+fi