Add script to generate new message category id (#5248)

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diff --git a/script/get_unused_message_id_category.py b/script/get_unused_message_id_category.py
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+"""Small script to get a new unused message id category"""
+# Licensed under the GPL: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html
+# For details: https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/blob/main/LICENSE
+
+from typing import List
+
+from pylint.checkers import initialize as initialize_checkers
+from pylint.extensions import initialize as initialize_extensions
+from pylint.lint.pylinter import PyLinter
+
+
+def register_all_checkers_and_plugins(linter: "PyLinter") -> None:
+    """Registers all checkers and plugins"""
+    linter.cmdline_parser.set_conflict_handler("resolve")
+    initialize_checkers(linter)
+    initialize_extensions(linter)
+
+
+def get_next_code_category(message_ids: List[str]) -> int:
+    categories = sorted({int(i[:2]) for i in message_ids})
+    for i in categories:
+        if i + 1 not in categories:
+            return i + 1
+    return categories[-1] + 1
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    pylinter = PyLinter()
+    register_all_checkers_and_plugins(pylinter)
+    messages = sorted(i.msgid[1:] for i in pylinter.msgs_store.messages)
+    next_category = get_next_code_category(messages)
+    print(f"Next free message id category is {next_category:02}")
+    print(f"Please use {next_category:02}01 for the first message of the new checker")