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+#!/bin/bash
+
+USER="$1"
+NEWREPO="$2"
+
+git clone "ssh://${USER}@osm.etsi.org:29418/TEMPLATE" && (cd "TEMPLATE" && curl https://osm.etsi.org/gerrit/tools/hooks/commit-msg > .git/hooks/commit-msg ; chmod +x .git/hooks/commit-msg)
+git clone "ssh://${USER}@osm.etsi.org:29418/osm/${NEWREPO}" && (cd "${NEWREPO}" && curl https://osm.etsi.org/gerrit/tools/hooks/commit-msg > .git/hooks/commit-msg ; chmod +x .git/hooks/commit-msg)
+
+cp -r TEMPLATE/* ${NEWREPO}/
+cp TEMPLATE/.gitignore ${NEWREPO}/
+rm ${NEWREPO}/copytemplate.sh
+
+cd ${NEWREPO}
+git add -A
+git commit -s -m "Copy TEMPLATE files to this repo"
+git push origin HEAD:refs/for/master
+