htaccess-rename.sh

# 
# recursively find .haccess files, starting from the script's folder, and copy them into DOT.htaccess
# this is needed in order to be able to sync apache directories on nextcloud, 
# for example, if you are a php or wordpress developer who uses nextcloud.
# most of the code was not written by me, but was taken from here: 
# https://superuser.com/questions/1472837/rename-all-htaccess-files
# author: https://superuser.com/users/990044/freddy
# If you call it with "revert" as argument, it will do the reverse operation, namely
# renaming all DOT.htaccess into .htaccess
# I suggest having this on the root of each web project, and calling it every time you
# do changes to the htaccess files. Call this script with the "revert" argument when
# you clone your backup down again.


if [ "$1" = "revert" ]; then
    echo "copying all 'DOT.htaccess' files into '.htaccess'"
    find ./ -name "DOT.htaccess" -type f -exec bash -c '
    for file; do cp "$file" "${file/DOT.htaccess/.htaccess}"; done
    ' bash {} +
else
    echo "copying all '.htaccess' files into 'DOT.htaccess'"
    find ./ -name ".htaccess" -type f -exec bash -c '
    for file; do cp "$file" "${file/.htaccess/DOT.htaccess}"; done
    ' bash {} +
fi