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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# Useful for when you have created initialized a repo for your React component and have it cloned onto your
+# machine. This script copies everything except the .git folder (and this script) to populate your initialized repo
+# with the starter files.
+#
+# Arguments:
+#   $1 = path/to/your/repo/
+
+rsync -av . $1 --exclude=.git --exclude=scripts/copy-to-folder.sh