diff --git a/generateManifest.bash b/generateManifest.bash
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Generates the manifest.json file according to the dependencies passed
+# via CLI arguments
+
+dependencies=( "$@" )
+
+rm -f src/manifest.json
+cp templates/manifest.gjson src/manifest.json
+
+for dep in "${dependencies[@]}"; do
+  perl -0777 -pi -e "s/^#if defined\($dep\)\n([^#]*)#endif\n/\$1/gms" src/manifest.json
+done
+
+perl -0777 -pi -e "s/^#if defined\([^\n#]+\)\n[^#]*#endif\n//gms" src/manifest.json