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+# /bin/sh (deliberately no !#)
+#
+# Usage: cd meta-ros
+#        sh scripts/ros-generate-recipes.sh ROS_DISTRO
+#        (current branch is now superflore/DATETIME)
+#
+# XXX Once superflore is fixed to generate only recipes when given --only, have this script recognize optional PKG1 PKG2 ...
+# arguments that cause "--only PKG1 PKG2 ..." to be passed to superflore.
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2019 LG Electronics, Inc.
+
+SCRIPT_NAME="ros-generate-recipes"
+SCRIPT_VERSION="1.0.0"
+
+usage() {
+    echo "Usage: sh $SCRIPT_NAME.sh ROS_DISTRO"
+    echo "       sh $SCRIPT_NAME.sh --version"
+    exit 1
+}
+
+# XXX Eventually, this test will be changed to [ $# -eq 0 ]
+[ $# -ne 1 ] && usage
+
+if [ $1 = "--version" ]; then
+    echo "$SCRIPT_NAME $SCRIPT_VERSION"
+    exit
+fi
+
+# XXX "export" might not be needed.
+export ROS_DISTRO=$1
+
+# ROS_VERSION and ROS_PYTHON_VERSION must be in the environment as they appear in "conditional" attributes.
+case $ROS_DISTRO in
+    "kinetic"|"melodic")
+        export ROS_VERSION="1"
+        export ROS_PYTHON_VERSION="2"
+        ;;
+
+    "bouncy"|"crystal"|"dashing")
+        export ROS_VERSION="2"
+        export ROS_PYTHON_VERSION="3"
+        ;;
+
+    *)  echo "ABORT: Unrecognized ROS_DISTRO: $ROS_DISTRO"
+        exit 1
+        ;;
+esac
+
+skip_keys_option=""
+case $ROS_DISTRO in
+    "kinetic")
+        skip_keys_option="--skip-keys catkin_virtualenv flatbuffers octovis"
+        ;;
+
+    "melodic")
+        skip_keys_option="--skip-keys catkin_virtualenv flatbuffers iirob_filters octovis"
+        ;;
+
+    "bouncy")
+        skip_keys_option="--skip-keys console_bridge"
+        ;;
+
+    *)  : Nothing is skipped for "crystal" and "dashing".
+        ;;
+esac
+
+shift
+only_option=""
+[ $# -gt 0 ] && only_option="--only $*"
+
+superflore-gen-oe-recipes --dry-run --ros-distro $ROS_DISTRO --output-repository-path . --upstream-branch HEAD \
+                            $skip_keys_option $only_option