diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index c1e4fc722e..642fd1fdf9 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -81,10 +81,7 @@ multiversion: Makefile
@echo Step 3: Deleting temporary commits
./make_help_scripts/delete_tmp_commits.py
@echo Step 4: Create correct index + legacy master version
- @echo "" > "$(BUILDDIR)"/html/index.html
-# legacy, renamed Rolling version from "master" to "rolling"
- @cp -r "$(BUILDDIR)"/html/rolling/ "$(BUILDDIR)"/html/master
- @echo "" > "$(BUILDDIR)"/html/master/index.html
+ ./make_help_scripts/fix_index.py --builddir $(BUILDDIR)
multiversion-with-errors: Makefile
@echo Building multi version documentation without API
@@ -95,10 +92,7 @@ multiversion-with-errors: Makefile
@echo Step 3: Deleting temporary commits
./make_help_scripts/delete_tmp_commits.py
@echo Step 4: Create correct index + legacy master version
- @echo "" > "$(BUILDDIR)"/html/index.html
-# legacy, renamed Rolling version from "master" to "rolling"
- @cp -r "$(BUILDDIR)"/html/rolling/ "$(BUILDDIR)"/html/master
- @echo "" > "$(BUILDDIR)"/html/master/index.html
+ ./make_help_scripts/fix_index.py --builddir $(BUILDDIR)
multiversion-with-api: Makefile
@echo Building multi version documentation with API
@@ -113,10 +107,7 @@ multiversion-with-api: Makefile
@echo Step 5: Building multiversion API
./make_help_scripts/create_api_multi_version.py
@echo Step 6: Create correct index + legacy master version
- @echo "" > "$(BUILDDIR)"/html/index.html
-# legacy, renamed Rolling version from "master" to "rolling"
- @cp -r "$(BUILDDIR)"/html/rolling/ "$(BUILDDIR)"/html/master
- @echo "" > "$(BUILDDIR)"/html/master/index.html
+ ./make_help_scripts/fix_index.py --builddir $(BUILDDIR)
.PHONY: help Makefile html-with-errors html-with-api multiversion multiversion-with-api multiversion-with-errors html-all-subrepos html-all-subrepos-with-api html-all-subrepos-with-errors linkcheck-all-subrepos-with-api
diff --git a/make_help_scripts/fix_index.py b/make_help_scripts/fix_index.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..91e897b64c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/make_help_scripts/fix_index.py
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+# Copyright (c) 2023 ros2_control maintainers
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+import argparse
+import os
+import shutil
+import deploy_defines
+
+def fix_index(base_branch, builddir):
+
+ # Create the index.html file in the html directory
+ with open(os.path.join(builddir, 'html', 'index.html'), 'w') as f:
+ f.write(f'')
+
+ # Copy the contents of the base_branch directory to the master directory
+ shutil.copytree(os.path.join(builddir, 'html', base_branch), os.path.join(builddir, 'html', 'master'), dirs_exist_ok=True)
+
+ # Patch the index.html file in the master directory
+ with open(os.path.join(builddir, 'html', 'master', 'index.html'), 'w') as f:
+ f.write(f'')
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+ parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Fix index.')
+ parser.add_argument('--builddir', required=True, help='Build directory.')
+
+ args = parser.parse_args()
+ fix_index(deploy_defines.base_branch, args.builddir)