#This is to be executed at the root folder of dumux-course, no input arguments required. The script creates patches for all exercises stored in the exercise/ folder and with a name starting with exercise-*
exerciseFolder=exercises/
# Iterate over all subdirectories
for exercise in$(find $exerciseFolder-maxdepth 1 -type d -name"exercise-*")
do
#crop path to get exercise name
exerciseName=${exercise%/}# this removes the trailing slash of the path - % removes smallest suffix matching the given pattern
exerciseName=${exercise#exercises/}# this remove the leading exercises/ of the path - # removes the smallest prefix matching the given pattern
#check if the exercise-folder exists. Should always exist, as we iterate over them
if[!-d exercises/$exerciseName]
then
echo
echo"exercises/$exerciseName does NOT exist. Terminating."
exit 1
fi
echo"Generating diff for $exerciseName. Storing the patch file into patches/$exerciseName/$exerciseName.patch"