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+#!/usr/bin/env zx
+const https = require('https');
+const url = require('url');
+
+let definitions, softwarePackages
+
+async function getSoftwareDefinitions() {
+    try {
+        return YAML.parse(fs.readFileSync(`${os.homedir()}/.local/share/chezmoi/software.yml`, 'utf8'))
+    } catch (e) {
+        throw Error('Failed to load software definitions', e)
+    }
+}
+
+async function writeSoftwareDefinitions() {
+    try {
+        fs.writeFileSync(`${os.homedir()}/.local/share/chezmoi/software.yml`, YAML.stringify(definitions))
+        console.log('Wrote additional data to software.yml')
+    } catch (e) {
+        throw Error('Failed to write new software definitions file', e)
+    }
+}
+
+// Function to get the number of stars for a GitHub repository
+function getRepoStars(repoUrl, token) {
+    return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+        const { pathname } = url.parse(repoUrl);
+        const [, owner, repo] = pathname.split('/');
+
+        const options = {
+            hostname: 'api.github.com',
+            path: `/repos/${owner}/${repo}`,
+            method: 'GET',
+            headers: {
+                'User-Agent': 'nodejs', // GitHub API requires a User-Agent header
+                'Accept': 'application/vnd.github.v3+json', // Specify JSON format for response
+                'Authorization': `token ${token}` // Include token in Authorization header
+            }
+        };
+
+        const req = https.request(options, (res) => {
+            let data = '';
+
+            // A chunk of data has been received.
+            res.on('data', (chunk) => {
+                data += chunk;
+            });
+
+            // The whole response has been received.
+            res.on('end', () => {
+                if (res.statusCode === 200) {
+                    const repoInfo = JSON.parse(data);
+                    resolve(repoInfo.stargazers_count);
+                } else {
+                    reject(`Failed to get stars. Status code: ${res.statusCode}`);
+                }
+            });
+        });
+
+        // Handle error events
+        req.on('error', (error) => {
+            reject(`Error: ${error.message}`);
+        });
+
+        req.end();
+    });
+}
+
+async function populateMissing() {
+    definitions = await getSoftwareDefinitions()
+    softwarePackages = definitions.softwarePackages
+    for (const pkg in softwarePackages) {
+        if (softwarePackages[pkg]._github) {
+            try {
+                softwarePackages[pkg]._stars = await getRepoStars(softwarePackages[pkg]._github, process.env.GITHUB_TOKEN)
+            } catch(e) {
+                console.log(`Failed to process ${softwarePackages[pkg]._github}`)
+            }
+        } else if (softwarePackages[pkg]._stars === false) {
+            console.log('No GitHub repository for ' + pkg)
+        } else {
+            console.log('***** MISSING GITHUB REPOSITORY INFORMATION FOR ' + pkg + ' *****')
+        }
+    }
+    definitions.softwarePackages = softwarePackages
+}
+
+async function main() {
+    await populateMissing()
+    await writeSoftwareDefinitions()
+}
+
+console.log('Running script..')
+main()
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