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+__copyright__ = "Copyright © Stichting SciPost (SciPost Foundation)"
+__license__ = "AGPL v3"
+
+
+import os
+
+from django.conf import settings
+from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand
+
+from journals.models import Issue
+
+
+class Command(BaseCommand):
+    """
+    Verify path of issue publications and deposits; if wrong, repair.
+
+    This command was written to repair the incorrect folder structure of SciPostPhys
+    volume 5 issue 6, volume 6 issues 1, 2 and 3 (2019-08-08).
+    """
+
+    help = 'Repairs the paths of an issue, including its publications and deposits'
+
+    def add_arguments(self, parser):
+        parser.add_argument(
+            '--issue_doi_label', choices=[issue.doi_label for issue in Issue.objects.all()],
+            action='store', dest='issue_doi_label',
+            help='doi label of the issue to repair'
+        )
+
+    def handle(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        issue = Issue.objects.get(doi_label=kwargs['issue_doi_label'])
+        print('media root: %s' % settings.MEDIA_ROOT)
+        print('issue path: %s' % issue.path)
+        if ('/%s/%s' % (issue.in_volume.number, issue.number)) not in issue.path:
+            print('WARNING: /%s/%s not in issue path %s' % (
+                issue.in_volume.number, issue.number, issue.path))
+            # repair the issue path
+            old_issue_path = issue.path
+            issue_path = 'SCIPOST_JOURNALS/{name}/{volnr}/{issuenr}'.format(
+                name=issue.in_volume.in_journal.name,
+                volnr=issue.in_volume.number,
+                issuenr=issue.number)
+            issue.path = issue_path
+            issue.save()
+            print('New issue path: %s' % issue.path)
+            for pub in issue.publications.all():
+                print('\t%s' % pub.doi_label)
+                old_dir = old_issue_path + '/{paper_nr}'.format(paper_nr=pub.get_paper_nr())
+                new_dir = issue_path + '/{paper_nr}'.format(paper_nr=pub.get_paper_nr())
+                os.makedirs(settings.MEDIA_ROOT + new_dir, exist_ok=True)
+                new_pub_path = new_dir + '/{doi}.pdf'.format(doi=pub.doi_label.replace('.', '_'))
+                os.rename(pub.pdf_file.path, settings.MEDIA_ROOT + new_pub_path)
+                pub.pdf_file.name = new_pub_path
+                pub.save()
+                print('\t%s' % pub.pdf_file.path)
+                # Move the timestamped files
+                for deposit in pub.deposit_set.all():
+                    new_dep_path = new_dir + '/{doi}_Crossref_{timestamp}.xml'.format(
+                        doi=pub.doi_label.replace('.', '_'),
+                        timestamp=deposit.timestamp)
+                    os.rename(deposit.metadata_xml_file.path, settings.MEDIA_ROOT + new_dep_path)
+                    deposit.metadata_xml_file.name = new_dep_path
+                    deposit.save()
+                    print('\t\t%s' % deposit.metadata_xml_file.path)
+                # Now move the latest (non-timestamped) one
+                old_dep_path = old_dir + '/{doi}_Crossref.xml'.format(
+                    paper_nr=pub.get_paper_nr(),
+                    doi=pub.doi_label.replace('.', '_'))
+                new_dep_path = new_dir + '/{doi}_Crossref.xml'.format(
+                    paper_nr=pub.get_paper_nr(),
+                    doi=pub.doi_label.replace('.', '_'))
+                os.rename(settings.MEDIA_ROOT + old_dep_path, settings.MEDIA_ROOT + new_dep_path)
+
+                for deposit in pub.doajdeposit_set.all():
+                    new_dep_path = new_dir + '/{doi}_DOAJ_{timestamp}.json'.format(
+                        doi=pub.doi_label.replace('.', '_'),
+                        timestamp=deposit.timestamp)
+                    os.rename(deposit.metadata_DOAJ_file.path, settings.MEDIA_ROOT + new_dep_path)
+                    deposit.metadata_DOAJ_file.name = new_dep_path
+                    deposit.save()
+                    print('\t\t%s' % deposit.metadata_DOAJ_file.path)
+                old_dep_path = old_dir + '/{doi}_DOAJ.json'.format(
+                    paper_nr=pub.get_paper_nr(),
+                    doi=pub.doi_label.replace('.', '_'))
+                new_dep_path = new_dir + '/{doi}_DOAJ.json'.format(
+                    paper_nr=pub.get_paper_nr(),
+                    doi=pub.doi_label.replace('.', '_'))
+                os.rename(settings.MEDIA_ROOT + old_dep_path, settings.MEDIA_ROOT + new_dep_path)
+
+                # Remove unneeded directories
+                os.rmdir(settings.MEDIA_ROOT + old_dir + '/{doi}_Crossref'.format(
+                    paper_nr=pub.get_paper_nr(),
+                    doi=pub.doi_label.replace('.', '_')))
+                os.rmdir(settings.MEDIA_ROOT + old_dir + '/{doi}_DOAJ'.format(
+                    paper_nr=pub.get_paper_nr(),
+                    doi=pub.doi_label.replace('.', '_')))
+                os.rmdir(settings.MEDIA_ROOT + old_dir)