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+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# convert a directory or java property files into po files and back
+#
+# This is just the example script used for jsymphonic.
+#
+
+set -eu
+
+PROP_DIR="$(dirname $0)/jsymphonic.properties.d"
+PO_DIR="$(dirname $0)/jsymphonic.po.d"
+POOTLE_DIR=/var/lib/pootle/jsymphonic
+TEMP_DIR="$(dirname $0)/temp"
+PROP_EXT=".properties"
+PROP_LANG_SUFFIX_REGEX="_[a-z]{2}_[A-Z]{2}"
+POT_EXT=".pot"
+PO_EXT=".po"
+POTOOLS_OPTS="--progress none"
+
+
+get_all_prop_templates() {
+	(
+		cd "$PROP_DIR"
+		find -type f -name "*$PROP_EXT" | grep -vE ".*$PROP_LANG_SUFFIX_REGEX$PROP_EXT$"
+	)
+}
+
+
+get_translated_properties() {
+	local prop_template="$1"
+	(
+		cd "$PROP_DIR"
+		find -type f -name "*$PROP_EXT" | grep -E "${prop_template%$PROP_EXT}$PROP_LANG_SUFFIX_REGEX$PROP_EXT$"
+	)
+}
+
+
+template_prop2po() {
+	mkdir -p "$PO_DIR"
+	prop2po $POTOOLS_OPTS -P "$PROP_DIR/$1" "$PO_DIR/${1%$PROP_EXT}$POT_EXT"
+}
+
+
+# input: filename of a translated properties file
+# output: filename of the properties template file
+get_prop_template() {
+	echo "${1%$PROP_EXT}" | sed -r "s/$PROP_LANG_SUFFIX_REGEX$/$PROP_EXT/g"
+}
+
+
+# input: filename of a translated properties file
+# output: filename of the corresponding pot template file
+get_pot_template() {
+	echo -n "${1%$PROP_EXT}" | sed -r "s/$PROP_LANG_SUFFIX_REGEX$//g"
+	echo "$POT_EXT"
+}
+
+
+# input: filename of a translated properties file
+# output: filename of the corresponding translated po file
+get_po_filename() {
+	echo "${1%$PROP_EXT}$PO_EXT"
+}
+
+
+convert_to_po_merged() {
+	local prop_file="$PROP_DIR/$1"
+	local prop_template="$PROP_DIR/$(get_prop_template "$1")"
+	local pot_file="$PO_DIR/$(get_pot_template "$1")"
+	local po_file="$PO_DIR/$(get_po_filename "$1")"
+	local temp_po_file1="$TEMP_DIR/$(get_po_filename "$1")_1.$PO_EXT"
+	local temp_po_file2="$TEMP_DIR/$(get_po_filename "$1")_2.$PO_EXT"
+	mkdir -p "$TEMP_DIR"
+	if test -f "$po_file"; then
+		# merge the prop with the po file (priority: po file)
+		prop2po $POTOOLS_OPTS -t "$prop_template" -i "$prop_file" -o "$temp_po_file1"
+		pomerge $POTOOLS_OPTS -t "$po_file" -i "$temp_po_file1" -o "$temp_po_file2"
+		mv "$temp_po_file2" "$po_file"
+		rm "$temp_po_file1"
+	 else	prop2po $POTOOLS_OPTS -t "$prop_template" -i "$prop_file" -o "$po_file"
+	 fi
+}
+
+
+# convert a po file to a prop file
+convert_po_to_prop() {
+	local prop_file="$PROP_DIR/$1"
+	local prop_template="$PROP_DIR/$(get_prop_template "$1")"
+	local po_file="$PO_DIR/$(get_po_filename "$1")"
+	po2prop $POTOOLS_OPTS -t "$prop_template" -i "$po_file" -o "$prop_file"
+}
+
+
+get_lang_code() {
+	echo "$1" | sed -r "s/^.*($PROP_LANG_SUFFIX_REGEX).*$/\1/" | sed 's/^_//' | sed 's/_$//'
+}
+
+
+create_symlink_po() {
+	local po_file="$PO_DIR/$(get_po_filename "$1")"
+	local lang_code="$(get_lang_code "$1")"
+	mkdir -p "$POOTLE_DIR/$lang_code"
+	ln -sfn "$(pwd)/$po_file" "$POOTLE_DIR/$lang_code/"
+}
+
+
+create_symlink_pot() {
+	local pot_file="$PO_DIR/$(get_pot_template "$1")"
+	ln -sfn "$(pwd)/$pot_file" "$POOTLE_DIR/"
+}
+
+
+# *************** do the conversion ***********************
+get_all_prop_templates | while read prop; do
+	template_prop2po "$prop"
+	create_symlink_pot "$prop"
+	get_translated_properties "$prop" | while read prop_file; do
+		convert_to_po_merged "$prop_file"
+		convert_po_to_prop "$prop_file"
+		create_symlink_po "$prop_file"
+	 done
+ done
+
+