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+#!/bin/sh
+
+cat <<\EOF
+Git Howto Index
+===============
+
+Here is a collection of mailing list postings made by various
+people describing how they use Git in their workflow.
+
+EOF
+
+for adoc
+do
+	title=$(expr "$adoc" : '.*/\(.*\)\.adoc$')
+	from=$(sed -ne '
+	/^$/q
+	/^From:[ 	]/{
+		s///
+		s/^[ 	]*//
+		s/[ 	]*$//
+		s/^/by /
+		p
+	}
+	' "$adoc")
+
+	abstract=$(sed -ne '
+	/^Abstract:[ 	]/{
+		s/^[^ 	]*//
+		x
+		s/.*//
+		x
+		: again
+		/^[ 	]/{
+			s/^[ 	]*//
+			H
+			n
+			b again
+		}
+		x
+		p
+		q
+	}' "$adoc")
+
+	if grep 'Content-type: text/asciidoc' >/dev/null $adoc
+	then
+		file=$(expr "$adoc" : '\(.*\)\.adoc$').html
+	else
+		file="$adoc"
+	fi
+
+	echo "* link:howto/$(basename "$file")[$title] $from
+$abstract
+
+"
+
+done