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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# run commands in root
+cd `git rev-parse --show-toplevel`
+
+# remove old bindings
+rm r2r*/bindings/*
+
+# only refresh these packages
+export IDL_PACKAGE_FILTER='action_msgs;diagnostic_msgs;geometry_msgs;lifecycle_msgs;map_msgs;move_base_msgs;nav_msgs;pendulum_msgs;rosgraph_msgs;sensor_msgs;shape_msgs;statistics_msgs;std_msgs;stereo_msgs;test_msgs;tf2_geometry_msgs;tf2_msgs;trajectory_msgs;unique_identifier_msgs;visualization_msgs'
+
+# refresh bindings
+cargo clean
+cargo build --features save-bindgen
+
+# make sure the bindings work without ros
+cargo clean
+env -u AMENT_PREFIX_PATH -u ROS_DISTRO cargo build --features doc-only