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+# **************************************************************************************************************
+#
+#  Copyright 2020-2022 Robert Bosch GmbH
+#
+#  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+#  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+#  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+#  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+#  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+#  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+#  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+#  limitations under the License.
+#
+# **************************************************************************************************************
+#
+# readme.rst2md.py
+#
+# XC-CT/ECA3-Queckenstedt
+#
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+#
+# Little helper to convert the README.rst file within this repository separately to md format (README.md).
+# This is what also the setup.py does during installation.
+#
+# In both cases the philosophy is: The rst file is the master. The user has to maintain this version
+# of the README. The md version is generated automatically out of the rst version.
+#
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+#
+# 24.10.2022
+#
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+import os, sys
+
+from config.CRepositoryConfig import CRepositoryConfig # providing repository and environment specific information
+from additions.CExtendedSetup import CExtendedSetup # providing functions to support the extended setup process
+
+import colorama as col
+
+col.init(autoreset=True)
+
+COLBR = col.Style.BRIGHT + col.Fore.RED
+
+SUCCESS = 0
+ERROR   = 1
+
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+def printerror(sMsg):
+    sys.stderr.write(COLBR + f"Error: {sMsg}!\n")
+
+def printexception(sMsg):
+    sys.stderr.write(COLBR + f"Exception: {sMsg}!\n")
+
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+# -- setting up the repository configuration
+oRepositoryConfig = None
+try:
+    oRepositoryConfig = CRepositoryConfig(os.path.abspath(sys.argv[0]))
+except Exception as ex:
+    print()
+    printexception(str(ex))
+    print()
+    sys.exit(ERROR)
+
+# -- setting up the extended setup
+oExtendedSetup = None
+try:
+    oExtendedSetup = CExtendedSetup(oRepositoryConfig)
+except Exception as ex:
+    print()
+    printexception(str(ex))
+    print()
+    sys.exit(ERROR)
+
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+nReturn = oExtendedSetup.convert_repo_readme()
+
+sys.exit(nReturn)
+
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+