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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# should make this auto fetch upgrade name from app upgrades once many upgrades have been done
+# this command will retrieve the folder with the largest number in format v<number>
+SOFTWARE_UPGRADE_NAME=$(ls -d -- ./app/upgrades/v* | sort -Vr | head -n 1 | xargs basename)
+NODE1_HOME=node1/migalood
+SELECTED_CONTAINER=migaloodnode1
+BINARY_OLD="docker exec $SELECTED_CONTAINER ./old/migalood"
+TESTNET_NVAL=${1:-3}
+
+# sleep to wait for localnet to come up
+echo "Wait for localnet to come up"
+# sleep 10 // TODO: enable this
+
+# 20 block from now
+STATUS_INFO=($($BINARY_OLD status --home $NODE1_HOME | jq -r '.NodeInfo.network,.SyncInfo.latest_block_height'))
+echo $STATUS_INFO
+CHAIN_ID=${STATUS_INFO[0]}
+UPGRADE_HEIGHT=$((STATUS_INFO[1] + 20))
+echo $UPGRADE_HEIGHT
+
+
+docker exec $SELECTED_CONTAINER tar -cf ./migalood.tar -C . migalood
+SUM=$(docker exec $SELECTED_CONTAINER sha256sum ./migalood.tar | cut -d ' ' -f1)
+DOCKER_BASE_PATH=$(docker exec $SELECTED_CONTAINER pwd)
+echo $SUM
+UPGRADE_INFO=$(jq -n '
+{
+    "binaries": {
+        "linux/amd64": "file://'$DOCKER_BASE_PATH'/migalood.tar?checksum=sha256:'"$SUM"'",
+    }
+}')
+
+echo $UPGRADE_INFO
+
+$BINARY_OLD tx gov submit-legacy-proposal software-upgrade "$SOFTWARE_UPGRADE_NAME" --upgrade-height $UPGRADE_HEIGHT --upgrade-info "$UPGRADE_INFO" --title "upgrade" --description "upgrade"  --from node1 --keyring-backend test --chain-id $CHAIN_ID --home $NODE1_HOME -y
+
+sleep 5
+
+$BINARY_OLD tx gov deposit 1 "20000000uwhale" --from node1 --keyring-backend test --chain-id $CHAIN_ID --home $NODE1_HOME -y
+
+sleep 5
+
+# loop from 0 to TESTNET_NVAL
+for (( i=0; i<$TESTNET_NVAL; i++ )); do
+    # check if docker for node i is running
+    if [[ $(docker ps -a | grep terradnode$i | wc -l) -eq 1 ]]; then
+        $BINARY_OLD tx gov vote 1 yes --from node$i --keyring-backend test --chain-id $CHAIN_ID --home "node$i/terrad" -y
+        sleep 5
+    fi
+done
+
+# keep track of block_height
+NIL_BLOCK=0
+LAST_BLOCK=0
+SAME_BLOCK=0
+while true; do 
+    BLOCK_HEIGHT=$($BINARY_OLD status --home $NODE1_HOME | jq '.SyncInfo.latest_block_height' -r)
+    # if BLOCK_HEIGHT is empty
+    if [[ -z $BLOCK_HEIGHT ]]; then
+        # if 5 nil blocks in a row, exit
+        if [[ $NIL_BLOCK -ge 5 ]]; then
+            echo "ERROR: 5 nil blocks in a row"
+            break
+        fi
+        NIL_BLOCK=$((NIL_BLOCK + 1))
+    fi
+
+    # if block height is not nil
+    # if block height is same as last block height
+    if [[ $BLOCK_HEIGHT -eq $LAST_BLOCK ]]; then
+        # if 5 same blocks in a row, exit
+        if [[ $SAME_BLOCK -ge 5 ]]; then
+            echo "ERROR: 5 same blocks in a row"
+            break
+        fi
+        SAME_BLOCK=$((SAME_BLOCK + 1))
+    else
+        # update LAST_BLOCK and reset SAME_BLOCK
+        LAST_BLOCK=$BLOCK_HEIGHT
+        SAME_BLOCK=0
+    fi
+
+    if [[ $BLOCK_HEIGHT -ge $UPGRADE_HEIGHT ]]; then
+        # assuming running only 1 terrad
+        echo "UPGRADE REACHED, CONTINUING NEW CHAIN"
+        break
+    else
+        $BINARY_OLD q gov proposal 1 --output=json --home $NODE1_HOME | jq ".status"
+        echo "BLOCK_HEIGHT = $BLOCK_HEIGHT"
+        sleep 10
+    fi
+done
+
+if [[ $SAME_BLOCK -ge 5 ]]; then
+    docker logs terradnode0
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+sleep 40
+
+# check all nodes are online after upgrade
+for (( i=0; i<$TESTNET_NVAL; i++ )); do
+    if [[ $(docker ps -a | grep terradnode$i | wc -l) -eq 1 ]]; then
+        docker exec terradnode$i ./terrad status --home "node$i/terrad"
+        if [[ "${PIPESTATUS[0]}" != "0" ]]; then
+            echo "node$i is not online"
+            docker logs terradnode$i
+            exit 1
+        fi
+    else
+        echo "terradnode$i is not running"
+        docker logs terradnode$i
+        exit 1
+    fi
+done
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