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-# KDevelop Platform Libraries
+KDevPlatform has been moved into kdevelop.git:kdevplatform/
 
-This repository contains the KDevelop Platform Libraries, a set of libraries used to create plugins for [KDevelop](https://www.kdevelop.org/) or other IDEs based on kdevplatform.
 
-The idea that this repository contains
-- Everything to create platform plugins
-- Everything to create platform applications
-- Commonly used/important plugins (e.g. VCS plugins)
+For copying private branches over to the other repo, use copy-branch.sh:
 
-## Compile
+cd kdevplatform
+cp copy-branch.sh.in copy-branch.sh
+# adapt the 3 variables at the begin of copy-branch.sh
 
-To compile KDevelop, please refer to the Wiki instructions:
-https://community.kde.org/KDevelop/HowToCompile_v5
-
-## API Documentation
-
-API documentation is available from:
-https://api.kde.org/extragear-api/kdevelop-apidocs/kdevplatform/html/index.html
-
-## Contribute
-
-If you want to contribute to KDevelop, please read through:
-https://www.kdevelop.org/contribute-kdevelop
-
-## Infrastructure
-- [Bug tracker](https://bugs.kde.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=UNCONFIRMED&bug_status=CONFIRMED&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED&list_id=1408918&product=kdevplatform&query_format=advanced)
-- [Phabricator (task tracker, code review and more)](https://phabricator.kde.org/dashboard/view/8/?)
+# now call the script for each branch that should be copied over
+./copy-branch my-branch
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# public domain
+#
+# template for script for copying private branches over from kdevplatform repo to kdevelop repo
+
+# variables which need adapting:
+KDEVPLATFORM_DIR=/path/to/kdevplatform
+KDEVELOP_DIR=/path/to/kdevelop
+PATCHESBASE_DIR=/tmp/kdevplatform-transfer-patches
+
+
+if [ "$1" == "" ]; then
+    echo "Please pass a branch as argument."
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# commit which is last of merged ones
+KDEVPLATFORM_BASECOMMIT=9362447d74c81babdd8619f52435a3cadff49521
+BRANCH=$1
+PATCHES_DIR="$PATCHESBASE_DIR/$BRANCH"
+
+if [ -e "$PATCHES_DIR" ]; then
+    echo "Directory $PATCHES_DIR already exists, please remove."
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+mkdir -p "$PATCHES_DIR" || exit 1
+
+cd "$KDEVPLATFORM_DIR"
+
+echo "Rebasing '$BRANCH' to merged commit from master in kdevplatform..."
+git rebase $KDEVPLATFORM_BASECOMMIT $BRANCH || exit 1
+
+echo "Creating patches of branch '$BRANCH' against 'master' in kdevplatform..."
+git format-patch $KDEVPLATFORM_BASECOMMIT...$BRANCH -o "$PATCHES_DIR" || exit 1
+
+cd "$KDEVELOP_DIR"
+
+echo "Creating branch '$BRANCH' in kdevelop, based on 'master'..."
+# for something close to last kdevplatform master
+git checkout -b $BRANCH 391e53faef2fba25abbd36da7d81596cb027e3fc || exit 1
+
+if [ "$?" != 0 ]; then
+    echo "Could not create branch '$BRANCH'."
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+echo "Applying patches for branch '$BRANCH' in kdevelop..."
+git am --directory=kdevplatform "$PATCHES_DIR"/* || exit 1
+
+if [ "$?" != 0 ]; then
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+echo "Rebasing '$BRANCH' to master in kdevelop..."
+git rebase master $BRANCH || exit 1