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+#!/usr/bin/env php
+<?php
+/**
+ * EGroupware - create new app based on example app
+ *
+ * Usage: doc/new-egw-app.php <appname>
+ *
+ * @link https://github.com/EGroupware/example/tree/master
+ * @link https://www.egroupware.org
+ * @license https://opensource.org/licenses/gpl-license.php GPL - GNU General Public License
+ * @author Ralf Becker <rb@egroupware.org>
+ * @copyright 2024 by Ralf Becker <rb@egroupware.org>
+ */
+
+if (php_sapi_name() !== 'cli')	// security precaution: forbid calling as web-page
+{
+	die('<h1>fix_api.php must NOT be called as web-page --> exiting !!!</h1>');
+}
+
+$verbose = $use_prerelease = $run_git = $continue_on_error = false;
+$composer_args = [];
+
+$argv = $_SERVER['argv'];
+$cmd  = array_shift($argv);
+
+foreach($argv as $n => $arg)
+{
+	if ($arg[0] === '-')
+	{
+		switch($arg)
+		{
+			case '-v':
+			case '--verbose':
+				$verbose = true;
+				unset($argv[$n]);
+				break;
+
+			case '-h':
+			case '--help':
+				usage();
+				break;
+
+			default:	// pass unknown arguments to composer install
+				$composer_args[] = $arg;
+				unset($argv[$n]);
+				break;
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+if (0 >= count($argv) || count($argv) > 1) usage();
+$app_name = $argv[0];
+
+function usage($err=null)
+{
+	global $cmd;
+
+	die("Usage:\t$cmd [-v|--verbose] <appname>\n\n".
+        "Example:\t$cmd hosts\n\n".
+        ($err ? "$err\n\n" : ''));
+}
+
+$bins = array(
+	'php'      => PHP_BINARY,
+	'git'      => ['/usr/local/bin/git', '/usr/bin/git'],
+	'composer' => ['/usr/local/bin/composer', '/usr/bin/composer', '/usr/bin/composer.phar'],
+	// npm and grunt are no hard requirement and should be the last in the list!
+	'npm'      => ['/usr/local/bin/npm', '/usr/bin/npm'],
+	'grunt'    => [__DIR__.'/node_modules/.bin/grunt', '/usr/local/bin/grunt', '/usr/bin/grunt'],
+);
+
+// check if the necessary binaries are installed
+foreach($bins as $name => $binaries)
+{
+	foreach((array)$binaries as $bin)
+	{
+		if (file_exists($bin) && is_executable($bin))
+		{
+			$bins[$name] = $$name = $bin;
+			continue 2;
+		}
+	}
+	$output = $ret = null;
+	if (($bin = exec('which '.$name, $output, $ret)) && !$ret &&
+		(file_exists($bin)) && is_executable($bin))
+	{
+		$bins[$name] = $$name = $bin;
+	}
+	// check if we can just run it, because it's in the path
+	elseif (exec($name.' -v', $output, $ret) && !$ret)
+	{
+		$bins[$name] = $$name = $num;
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		$bins[$name] = $$name = false;
+		error_log("Could not find $name command!");
+		if (!in_array($name, ['npm','grunt']))
+		{
+			exit(1);
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			error_log("npm and grunt are required to minify JavaScript and CSS files to improve performance.");
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+if ($verbose) echo "Using following binaries: ".json_encode ($bins, JSON_UNESCAPED_SLASHES)."\n";
+
+if (!preg_match('/^[a-z]+$/', $app_name))
+{
+    usage("Hostname must only container lowercase letters!");
+}
+
+$egw_dir = dirname(__DIR__);
+chdir($egw_dir);
+$app_dir = $egw_dir.'/'.$app_name;
+if (file_exists($app_dir))
+{
+	die((is_dir($app_dir)?"Directory":"File")." ".$app_dir." already exists --> aborting!\n");
+}
+if (system('bash -x -c "'.$git.' clone -b master https://github.com/EGroupware/example.git '.$app_name.'"') === false) exit(1);
+
+replace([
+        'example' => $app_name,
+        'Example' => ucfirst($app_name),
+        'Beispiel' => ucfirst($app_name),
+        "'host_" => "'".preg_replace('/s$/', '', $app_name).'_',
+	    "'egw_hosts" => "'egw_$app_name",
+        '$host_id' => '$'.preg_replace('/s$/', '', $app_name).'_id',
+], $app_dir);
+
+// create empty README.md
+file_put_contents($app_dir.'/README.md', "# ".ucfirst($app_name)." app for EGroupware\n");
+
+echo "Renamed app to $app_name\n";
+
+chdir($app_dir);
+
+if (system('bash -x -c "'.$git.' add .'.'"') === false) exit(1);
+if (system('bash -x -c "'.$git." commit -m 'Renamed app to $app_name'".'"') === false) exit(1);
+if (system('bash -x -c "'.$git.' remote rename origin upstream'.'"') === false) exit(1);
+
+echo "App $app_name successful created.\n\n";
+echo "You need to set now a repo-url and push the created app: git remote add origin <repo-url> && git push --set-upstream origin master\n";
+
+exit(0);
+
+/**
+ * Recursively replace all patterns in all files
+ * @param array $patterns replace => with pairs
+ * @param string $dir
+ * @return void
+ */
+function replace(array $patterns, $dir)
+{
+    foreach(scandir($dir) as $file)
+    {
+        if ($file === '.' || $file === '..') continue;
+        if (is_dir($dir.'/'.$file))
+        {
+            replace($patterns, $dir.'/'.$file);
+            continue;
+        }
+        $content = file_get_contents($dir.'/'.$file);
+        $out = strtr($content, $patterns);
+        if ($out !== $content)
+        {
+            file_put_contents($dir.'/'.$file, $out);
+        }
+    }
+}
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