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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
+
+eval OPTIONS=""
+eval EXEC_GIT_NPM_INSTALL_JSAPI=false
+eval GIT_ISH=""
+
+cd "$DIR/../demo-shell-ng2"
+
+show_help() {
+    echo "Usage: npm-prepublish.sh"
+    echo ""
+    echo "-gitjsapi to build all the components against a commit-ish version of the JS-API"
+}
+
+enable_js_api_git_link() {
+    GIT_ISH='git://github.com/Alfresco/alfresco-js-api.git#'$1
+    EXEC_GIT_NPM_INSTALL_JSAPI=true
+}
+
+while [[ $1 == -* ]]; do
+    case "$1" in
+      -h|--help|-\?) show_help; exit 0;;
+      -gitjsapi)  enable_js_api_git_link $2; shift 2;;
+      -*) echo "invalid option: $1" 1>&2; show_help; exit 0;;
+    esac
+done
+
+for PACKAGE in \
+  ng2-alfresco-core \
+  ng2-alfresco-datatable \
+  ng2-activiti-diagrams \
+  ng2-activiti-analytics \
+  ng2-activiti-form \
+  ng2-activiti-tasklist \
+  ng2-activiti-processlist \
+  ng2-alfresco-documentlist \
+  ng2-alfresco-login \
+  ng2-alfresco-search \
+  ng2-alfresco-tag \
+  ng2-alfresco-social \
+  ng2-alfresco-upload \
+  ng2-alfresco-viewer \
+  ng2-alfresco-webscript \
+  ng2-alfresco-userinfo
+do
+  DESTDIR="$DIR/../ng2-components/${PACKAGE}"
+  echo "====== MOVE DIR: ${DESTDIR} ===== "
+  cd ${DESTDIR}
+
+  echo "====== INSTALL AND CLEAN ${PACKAGE} ===== "
+  npm install rimraf
+  npm run clean
+
+  if $EXEC_GIT_NPM_INSTALL_JSAPI == true; then
+    echo "====== Use the alfresco JS-API  '$GIT_ISH'====="
+    npm install $GIT_ISH
+    cd  "${DESTDIR}/node_modules/alfresco-js-api"
+    npm install
+    cd ${DESTDIR}
+  fi
+
+  npm install
+
+  echo "====== PREPUBLISHING: ${DESTDIR} ===== npm prepublish ${OPTIONS}"
+  npm run prepublish || exit 1
+
+  cd ${DIR}
+done