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+#!/bin/bash
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: EPL-1.0
+##############################################################################
+# Copyright (c) 2019 The Linux Foundation and others.
+#
+# All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
+# are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
+# which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
+# http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
+##############################################################################
+
+update_file_usage () {
+ echo "Usage: $0 <next_release_name> <release_name> <publish>"
+ echo ""
+ echo " next_release_name: The next_release_name e.g Magnesium ."
+ echo " release_name: Name of the current release_name e.g sodium."
+ echo " publish: Set to true to publish"
+ echo ""
+}
+while getopts :h: opts; do
+ case "$opts" in
+ h)
+ update_file_usage
+ exit 0
+ ;;
+ [?])
+ update_file_usage
+ exit 1
+ ;;
+ esac
+done
+
+# User input
+next_release_name="$1"
+Next_release="$(tr '[:lower:]' '[:upper:]' <<< "${next_release_name:0:1}")${next_release_name:1}" # Captilize Version Name
+release_name="$2"
+Release_version="$(tr '[:lower:]' '[:upper:]' <<< "${release_name:0:1}")${release_name:1}" # Captilize Version Name
+release_branch=stable/"$2"
+publish="$3"
+stable_release_str=stable-$release_name
+
+####################################
+# Changes in the new stable branch #
+####################################
+git checkout "$release_branch"
+
+#Updating links in docs/conf.py
+sed -i "s/latest/$stable_release_str/g" docs/conf.py
+if [ "$publish" == "true" ]
+then
+ git add docs/conf.py
+ git commit -s -m "Update docs/conf.py links from latest to $stable_release_str
+ Should be $stable_release_str on $release_branch."
+ git review
+fi
+
+####################################
+# Changes in the master branch #
+####################################
+git checkout master
+odl_release_str=odl-$release_name
+next_odl_release_str=odl-$next_release_name
+#change the odl-<release> linking to stable-<release> to odl-<next_release> linking to latest
+sed -i "s/$odl_release_str/$next_odl_release_str/g;" docs/conf.py
+sed -i "s/$stable_release_str/latest/g;" docs/conf.py
+
+# Get the value of line with odl-<release> linking to stable-<release>
+# for appending it to the line next to odl-<next_release> linking to latest
+line_number_nr=$(sed -n "/$next_odl_release_str/=" docs/conf.py)
+pattern=$line_number_nr"p"
+odl_latest="sed -n $pattern docs/conf.py"
+odl_latest_line_value=$($odl_latest)
+append_odl_latest=$(echo "$odl_latest_line_value" | sed "s/latest/$stable_release_str/g; s/$next_release_name/$release_name/g" )
+
+# Update docs/conf.py
+# sed -i "$line_number_nr'i'\
+# $append_odl_latest" docs/conf.py
+sed -i "$line_number_nr a $append_odl_latest" docs/conf.py
+# Updating version in docs/conf.yaml
+sed -i "s/$Release_version/$Next_release/g" docs/conf.yaml
+# Updating version in docs/javadoc.rst
+sed -i "s/$release_name/$next_release_name/g" docs/javadoc.rst
+if [ "$publish" == "true" ]
+then
+ git add docs/conf.py docs/conf.yaml docs/javadoc.rst
+ git commit -s -m "Update configuratiom files in master branch
+
+ In docs/conf.py , add odl-$next_release_name pointing to latest
+ and change odl-$release_name to point to stable-$release_name.
+ In docs/conf.yaml
+ Change version from $Release_version to $Next_release.
+ In docs/javadoc.rst
+ Change links from $release_name to $next_release_name"
+ git review
+fi