update method for archiving editions so links to articles can be perm…

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finalize-new-edition.sh

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+#! /bin/bash
+# File: finalize-new-edition.sh
+# execute this script to update from index.md to edition copy
+# This is run after prep-new-edition as many times as needed to
+#   capture any updates to current version
+# Permanent links to news should come from the copy in the
+#   edition folder
+#
+FOLDER_LABEL="docs/edition"
+EDITION_LABEL="$(ls -rt "${FOLDER_LABEL}" | tail -1)"
+# echo "EDITION_LABEL is ${EDITION_LABEL}"
+EDITION_FILE="${FOLDER_LABEL}/${EDITION_LABEL}"
+# echo "EDITION_FILE is ${EDITION_FILE}"
+cp -p "docs/index.md" "${EDITION_FILE}"
+# if there has been a change then git status will show it
+# a human will decide whether to add a commit
+git status