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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+config=$HOME/.config/mkprojrc
+source $config
+default=0
+mainfile=main.cpp
+gitfav=0
+library=0
+simple=0
+usegitroot=0
+
+usage() {
+    echo "usage: $progname [-f|-l|-s] [[-d] -g <gitroot>|-G] [-t <tplroot>] PROJECTNAME" >&2
+    exit 1
+}
+
+msg() {
+    echo "$progname:" "$@" >&2
+}
+
+die() {
+    msg "$@"
+    exit 1
+}
+
+check_gitroot() {
+    [ -n "$gitroot" ] || die "please use --gitroot to specify a git url, used as prefix for all your repos"
+}
+
+progname=${0##*/}
+
+# argument normalizing; use colon for required arg,
+# double colon for optional arg.
+TEMP=$(getopt -o dfGg:lst:v --long default,filter,gitfav,gitroot,library,simple,tplroot,version -n "$progname" -- "$@")
+[ $? -eq 0 ] || die "invalid arguments"
+eval set -- "$TEMP"
+
+# option processing
+while true
+do
+    case "$1" in
+        -d | --default ) default=1 ; shift ;;
+        -f | --filter )  mainfile=filter.cpp ; shift ;;
+        -G | --gitfav )  gitfav=1 ; shift ;;
+        -g | --gitroot ) gitroot="$2" ; usegitroot=1 ; shift 2 ;;
+        -l | --library ) library=1 ; shift ;;
+        -s | --simple )  simple=1 ; shift ;;
+        -t | --tplroot ) tplroot="$2" ; shift 2 ;;
+        -v | --version ) echo "$progname version 2.0.0" ; exit 0 ;;
+        -- )             shift ; break ;;
+        * )              break ;;
+    esac
+done
+
+[ $# -gt 0 ] || usage
+[ -n "$tplroot" ] || die "no template root directory defined"
+
+proj=${1//[- ]/_} # replace all spaces and dashes with underscores
+
+if [ $default = 1 ]
+then
+    check_gitroot
+    if grep -q gitroot $config
+    then
+        sed -i -e "s/^gitroot=.*$/gitroot=\"$gitroot\"" $config
+    else
+        printf 'gitroot="%s"\n' $gitroot >> $config
+    fi
+fi
+
+if [ $gitfav = 1 ] || [ $usegitroot = 1 ]
+then
+    check_gitroot
+    git clone "$gitroot/$proj.git" || die "not an existing repo: $proj"
+else
+    mkdir -p "$proj"
+fi
+
+if [ $simple = 1 ]
+then
+    cp $tplroot/Makefile.simple $proj/Makefile
+    cp $tplroot/main.simple.cpp $proj/$proj.cpp
+else
+    mkdir -p $proj/src
+    cp $tplroot/Makefile.unified $proj/Makefile
+    cp $tplroot/precomp.hpp $proj/src
+    cp -r $tplroot/tests $proj/
+    sed -e "s/{PROJECT}/$proj/" $tplroot/version.hpp > $proj/src/version.hpp
+    sed -e "s/{PROJECT}/$proj/" $tplroot/version.cpp > $proj/src/version.cpp
+
+    if [ $library = 1 ]
+    then
+        mkdir -p $proj/man/man3
+        sed -e "s/{PROJECT}/$proj/" $tplroot/lib.3 > $proj/man/man3/$proj.3
+        cp $tplroot/premake.lib.make $proj/premake.make
+    else
+        mkdir -p $proj/man/man1
+        sed -e "s/{PROJECT}/$proj/" $tplroot/tool.1 > $proj/man/man1/$proj.1
+        cp $tplroot/premake.tool.make $proj/premake.make
+        sed -e "s/{PROJECT}/$proj/" $tplroot/$mainfile > $proj/src/main.cpp
+    fi
+fi
+sed -e "s/{PROJECT}/$proj/" $tplroot/gitignore > $proj/.gitignore
+
+if [ ! -d .git ]
+then
+    cd $proj
+    git init
+    git add ./* .gitignore
+    git commit -m 'First commit'
+fi