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+# Tools
+
+This directory contains several scripts which are intended to both document and ease the convenience of certain development processes.
+
+The scripts in this directory assume that your current working directory is the Azahar root directory and the script is being called via `./tools/xxx.sh`.
diff --git a/tools/reset-submodules.sh b/tools/reset-submodules.sh
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 # SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 yuzu Emulator Project
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
 
+# This script assumes that Git is installed
+
 git submodule sync
 git submodule foreach --recursive git reset --hard
 git submodule update --init --recursive
diff --git a/tools/update-compatibility-list.sh b/tools/update-compatibility-list.sh
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+#!/bin/bash -ex
+
+# This script assumes that Git is installed
+
+cd ./dist/compatibility_list/
+git fetch origin
+git checkout master
+git pull origin master
+git checkout --detach
diff --git a/tools/update-translations.sh b/tools/update-translations.sh
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+#!/bin/bash -ex
+
+# This script assumes that the Transifex CLI and Qt Linquist CLI tools are installed
+
+cd ./dist/languages/
+tx pull -a -f
+cd ../../
+lupdate -recursive './src' -ts ./dist/languages/*.ts
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