X-Git-Url: https://code.communitydata.science/cdsc_tex.git/blobdiff_plain/89f867236510812d5aaac16707e97fcd53d8aeaa..3bee02988aea340cd829dfb6784b542570d88c03:/new_tex_letter?ds=inline

diff --git a/new_tex_letter b/new_tex_letter
index 9c70dcd..2d95910 100755
--- a/new_tex_letter
+++ b/new_tex_letter
@@ -1,22 +1,21 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # Helper script to export LaTeX templates for new letters
-# Copyright (c) 2009 Benjamin Mako Hill <mako@atdot.cc>
+# Copyright (c) 2009-2016 Benjamin Mako Hill <mako@atdot.cc>
 # Released under the GPLv3 or later.
 
-CURDIR=`pwd`
+CURDIR=$(pwd)
+TMPDIR=$(mktemp -d)
 
 if test $1
 then
-    cd $HOME/tex/latex_mako
-    git checkout-index -f --prefix=$CURDIR/$1/ letter_template/*
-    cd $CURDIR
+    cd "$HOME/tex/latex_mako"
+    git archive --format=tar HEAD letter_template|tar x --strip=1 -C "$TMPDIR"
+    cd "$CURDIR"
 
     # get rid of paper_template subdir
-    mv $1/letter_template/* $1
-    rm -rf $CURDIR/$1/letter_template
-
-    mv $1/text.tex $1/$1.tex
+    mv "$TMPDIR" "$1"
+    cd "$1";
+    mv "text.tex" "$1.tex"
 else
     echo "specifiy a directory where the template should go";
 fi
-