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+# Migration Scripts
+
+## What are migration scripts?
+
+pokeemerald-expansion rewrites existing systems in pokeemerald to improve their efficiency and make them easier to use and implement for developers. If developers were previously using a system that has been deprecated, it can be difficult to manually migrate between systems.
+
+These scripts exist to help developers make the transition between refactored systems.
+
+## Requirements
+
+All migration scripts require [`python3`](https://www.python.org/downloads/) to be installed. Migration scripts are executed by running the following commands from the root directory of a developer's project.
+
+```bash
+chmod +x migration_scripts/*.py ; #give permision to make the script executable
+python3 migration_scripts/*.py ; #run the migration script
+```
+
+`*` will need to be replaced with the name of the appropriate script.
+
+### Item Balls
+
+* Filepath [`migration_scripts/item_ball_refactor.py`](item_ball_refactor.py)
+* Introduced in [Item Ball refactor / Pluralize item names for giveitem and finditem #3942](https://github.com/rh-hideout/pokeemerald-expansion/pull/3942)
+
+Modifies all item ball scripts defined using to original Game Freak method to the new refactored method.
+
+#### [data/scripts/item_ball_scripts.inc](../data/scripts/item_ball_scripts.inc)
+```diff
+- Route102_EventScript_ItemPotion::
+-	finditem ITEM_POTION
++ Common_EventScript_FindItem::
++   callnative GetObjectEventTrainerRangeFromTemplate
++   finditem VAR_RESULT
+	end
+```
+
+#### [data/maps/Route102/map.json](../data/maps/Route102/map.json)
+```diff
+    {
+      "graphics_id": "OBJ_EVENT_GFX_ITEM_BALL",
+      "x": 50,
+      "y": 5,
+      "elevation": 3,
+      "movement_type": "MOVEMENT_TYPE_LOOK_AROUND",
+      "movement_range_x": 1,
+      "movement_range_y": 1,
+      "trainer_type": "TRAINER_TYPE_NONE",
+-      "trainer_sight_or_berry_tree_id": "0",
+-      "script": "Route102_EventScript_ItemPotion",
++      "trainer_sight_or_berry_tree_id": "ITEM_POTION",
++      "script": "Common_EventScript_FindItem",
+      "flag": "FLAG_ITEM_ROUTE_102_POTION"
+    },
+```
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+import glob
+import re
+import json
+import os
+
+if not os.path.exists("Makefile"):
+    print("Please run this script from your root folder.")
+    quit()
+
+# scan incs
+incs_to_check =    glob.glob('./data/scripts/*.inc') # all .incs in the script folder
+incs_to_check +=   glob.glob('./data/maps/*/scripts.inc') # all map scripts
+pories_to_check =  glob.glob('./data/scripts/*.pory') ## all .porys in the script folder
+pories_to_check += glob.glob('./data/maps/*/scripts.pory') # all map scripts
+
+array = []
+array_pories = []
+
+# make a list of which script corresponds to which item
+for file in incs_to_check:
+    with open(file, "r") as f2:
+        raw = f2.read()
+    array += re.findall("(.*)::\n[	 ]*finditem (.*)\n[	 ]*end", raw)
+
+# since this doesn't catch poryscript-generated inc files, do the same for poryscript
+for file in pories_to_check:
+    with open(file, "r") as f2:
+        raw = f2.read()
+    array_pories += re.findall("script ([\w]*)[	 \n]*\{[	 \n]*finditem\((.*)\)[	 \n]*\}", raw)
+
+dict = {}
+# poryscript values are prioritised because they would overwrite inc files anyway if different
+for x in array_pories:
+    dict[x[0]] = x[1]
+for x in array:
+    if not x[0] in dict:
+        dict[x[0]] = x[1]
+
+# apply changes to inc files
+for map in glob.glob('./data/maps/*/map.json'):
+    with open(map, "r") as f2:
+        data = json.load(f2)
+    if not 'object_events' in data:
+        continue
+    for objevent in data['object_events']:
+        if objevent["script"] in dict:
+            objevent["trainer_sight_or_berry_tree_id"] = dict[objevent["script"]]
+            objevent["script"] = "Common_EventScript_FindItem"
+    with open(map, "w") as f2:
+        f2.write(json.dumps(data, indent=2) + "\n")
+
+# do another map search to find out which finditem scripts would somehow be still in use
+still_in_use = []
+for map in glob.glob('./data/maps/*/map.json'):
+    with open(map, "r") as f2:
+        data = json.load(f2)
+    if not 'object_events' in data:
+        continue
+    for objevent in data['object_events']:
+        if objevent["script"] in dict and not objevent["script"] in still_in_use:
+            still_in_use.append(objevent["script"])
+
+for x in list(dict.keys()):
+    if x in still_in_use:
+        del dict[x]
+
+# clean up scripts that are now no longer in use
+for file in incs_to_check:
+    with open(file, "r") as f2:
+        raw = f2.read()
+    for unused in list(dict.keys()):
+        raw = re.sub("%s::\n[	 ]*finditem (.*)\n[	 ]*end\n*" % unused, "", raw)
+    with open(file, "w") as f2:
+        f2.write(raw)
+
+# also clean up pory files
+for file in pories_to_check:
+    with open(file, "r") as f2:
+        raw = f2.read()
+    for unused in list(dict.keys()):
+        raw = re.sub("script %s[	 \n]*\{[	 \n]*finditem\((.*)\)[	 \n]*\}[	 \n]*" % unused, "", raw)
+    with open(file, "w") as f2:
+        f2.write(raw)
+    
+print("Done!")