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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Check if a starting tag is provided
+if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then
+    echo "Usage: $0 <starting_tag>"
+    echo "Example: $0 fuse-3.16.2"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+START_TAG=$1
+
+# Extract email addresses from git log
+git_emails=$(git log ${START_TAG}..HEAD --format='<%aE>' | sort -u | sed 's/^<//;s/>$//')
+
+# Extract email addresses from AUTHORS file
+authors_emails=$(grep -oP '(?<=<)[^>]+' AUTHORS | sort -u)
+
+# Find new email addresses (in git_emails but not in authors_emails)
+# -1 suppresses lines unique to AUTHORS, -3 suppresses lines common to both
+# Result: only lines unique to git_emails (i.e., new authors)
+new_emails=$(comm -1 -3 <(echo "$authors_emails") <(echo "$git_emails"))
+
+# If there are new email addresses, add corresponding authors to the AUTHORS file
+if [ -n "$new_emails" ]; then
+    echo -e "\nNew authors to be added:"
+    echo -e "\n# New authors since ${START_TAG}" >> AUTHORS
+    for email in $new_emails; do
+        author=$(git log -1 --format='%aN <%aE>' --author="$email")
+        echo "$author"
+        echo "$author" >> AUTHORS
+    done
+    echo "AUTHORS file has been updated."
+else
+    echo "No new authors found since ${START_TAG}."
+fi