there are symlinks to these files in my ~/bin directory
--- /dev/null
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# Helper script to export LaTeX templates for new documents
+# Copyright (c) 2009 Benjamin Mako Hill <mako@atdot.cc>
+# Released under the GPLv3 or later.
+
+CURDIR=`pwd`
+
+if test $1
+then
+ cd $HOME/tex/latex_mako
+ git checkout-index -f --prefix=$CURDIR/$1/ paper_template/*
+ cd $CURDIR
+
+ # get rid of paper_template subdir
+ mv $1/paper_template/* $1
+ rm -rf $CURDIR/$1/paper_template
+
+ mv $1/text.tex $1/$1.tex
+else
+ echo "specifiy a directory where the template should go";
+fi
--- /dev/null
+#!/bin/sh
+# Helper script to export LaTeX templates for new letters
+# Copyright (c) 2009 Benjamin Mako Hill <mako@atdot.cc>
+# Released under the GPLv3 or later.
+
+CURDIR=`pwd`
+
+if test $1
+then
+ cd $HOME/tex/latex_mako
+ git checkout-index -f --prefix=$CURDIR/$1/ letter_template/*
+ cd $CURDIR
+
+ # get rid of paper_template subdir
+ mv $1/letter_template/* $1
+ rm -rf $CURDIR/$1/letter_template
+
+ mv $1/text.tex $1/$1.tex
+else
+ echo "specifiy a directory where the template should go";
+fi
+