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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Copyright (c) 2006-2021, Knut Reinert & Freie Universität Berlin
+# Copyright (c) 2016-2021, Knut Reinert & MPI für molekulare Genetik
+# This file may be used, modified and/or redistributed under the terms of the 3-clause BSD-License
+# shipped with this file and also available at: https://github.com/seqan/seqan3/blob/master/LICENSE.md
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+#
+# Usage: create_all_hpp.sh <SeqAn3 root directory>
+# Will create all.hpp in all subdirectories
+
+# Directories (+ subdirectories) to ignore (not creating any all.hpp files in these folders)
+exceptionList=(
+    include/seqan3/std
+    include/seqan3/contrib
+    /detail
+    /exposition_only
+    include/seqan3/core/concept
+    include/seqan3/utility/concept
+)
+
+# prints the header of a typical all.hpp file
+print_header()
+{
+cat << EOF
+// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Copyright (c) 2006-2021, Knut Reinert & Freie Universität Berlin
+// Copyright (c) 2016-2021, Knut Reinert & MPI für molekulare Genetik
+// This file may be used, modified and/or redistributed under the terms of the 3-clause BSD-License
+// shipped with this file and also available at: https://github.com/seqan/seqan3/blob/master/LICENSE.md
+// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+EOF
+}
+
+# prints a list of "#include <file>" lines, typical for all.hpp files
+print_includes()
+{
+    directory="$1"
+    echo -ne "\n#pragma once\n\n"
+
+    for path in $(find "${directory}"/* -maxdepth 0); do
+        incl_path="$(realpath --relative-to include "${path}")"
+        if [ "${path}" == "${directory}/all.hpp" ]; then
+            continue
+        elif [ -f "${path}" ]; then
+            if [[ "${path}" == *.hpp ]] || [[ "${path}" == *.h ]]; then
+               echo "#include <${incl_path}>"
+            fi
+        elif [[ "${path}" == */detail ]] || [[ "${path}" == */exposition_only ]]; then
+            # Only add the all.hpp include, if `detail` has an all.hpp file
+            if [ -f "${path}/all.hpp" ]; then
+                echo "#include <${incl_path}/all.hpp>"
+            else
+                for subpath in $(find "${path}"/* -maxdepth 0 -type f); do
+                    if [[ "${subpath}" == *.hpp ]] || [[ "${subpath}" == *.h ]]; then
+                        incl_subpath="$(realpath --relative-to include "${subpath}")"
+                        echo "#include <${incl_subpath}>"
+                    fi
+                done
+            fi
+        else
+            # In every subdirectory (excluding detail) we generate a all.hpp file
+            echo "#include <${incl_path}/all.hpp>"
+        fi
+    done
+}
+
+if [[ $# -ne 1 ]]; then
+    echo "Usage: create_all_hpp.sh <SeqAn3 root directory>"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+if [[ ! -d $1 ]]; then
+    echo "The directory $1 does not exist."
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+if [[ ! -f $1/include/seqan3/version.hpp ]]; then
+    echo "The directory $1 does not seem to be the SeqAn3 root directory."
+    echo "Cannot find $1/include/seqan3/version.hpp."
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# Iterate through all folders
+for directory in $(find include/seqan3/* -type d); do
+    # check if directory is in the exception list
+    found=0
+    for entry in "${exceptionList[@]}"; do
+        if [ ! -z $(echo "${directory}" | grep $entry) ]; then
+            found=1;
+            break;
+        fi
+    done
+    if [ ${found} -eq 1 ]; then
+        continue
+    fi
+
+    # create all.hpp
+    if [ ! -f "${directory}/all.hpp" ]; then
+        echo "missing all.hpp file in ${directory}"
+        (
+            print_header
+            print_includes "${directory}"
+
+        ) > "${directory}/all.hpp"
+    else
+        # check if license text has changed
+        HEADER_LINES=$(print_header | wc -l)
+        licence_changes=$(head -n ${HEADER_LINES} "${directory}/all.hpp" | diff /dev/stdin <( print_header ) | wc -c)
+
+        # check if include list has changed
+        INCLUDE_LINES=$(print_includes "${directory}" | wc -l)
+        include_changes=$(tail -n ${INCLUDE_LINES} "${directory}/all.hpp" | diff /dev/stdin <( print_includes "${directory}" ) | wc -c)
+
+        if [ "$licence_changes" -gt 0 ] || [ "$include_changes" -gt 0 ]; then
+            echo "License text or includes changed, updating ${directory}/all.hpp"
+            tmp_file=$(mktemp);
+            # create new license text and include list, but keep doxygen documentation
+            cp "${directory}/all.hpp" "${tmp_file}"
+            (
+                PRAGMA_LINE=$(cat "${tmp_file}" | grep -n "#pragma once" | cut -f 1 -d ':')
+                print_header
+                tail ${tmp_file} -n +$(expr 1 + ${HEADER_LINES}) | grep -v "#include" | grep -v "#pragma once"
+                print_includes "${directory}"
+            ) | cat -s | sed -e :a -e '/^\n*$/{$d;N;};/\n$/ba' >  "${directory}/all.hpp"
+            rm $tmp_file
+        fi
+    fi
+done