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+#!/bin/sh
+
+# Helper script to export LaTeX templates for new documents
+# Copyright (c) 2009-2016 Benjamin Mako Hill <mako@atdot.cc>
+# Released under the GPLv3 or later.
+
+CURDIR=$(pwd)
+TMPDIR=$(mktemp -d)
+
+if test $1
+then
+ cd "$HOME/tex/latex_mako"
+ git archive --format=tar HEAD assignment_template|tar x --strip=1 -C "$TMPDIR"
+ cd "$CURDIR"
+
+ # get rid of paper_template subdir
+ mv "$TMPDIR" "$1"
+ cd "$1";
+ mv "text.tex" "$1.tex"
+else
+ echo "specifiy a directory where the template should go";
+fi