From 6800d6f9798c2b0901c13efc7719b0e7beac6d35 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: sickprodigy <prodigysick@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2025 19:45:27 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Create an empty `.info.json` file for each video filename
 (sidecar).

---
 create-json-alongside.bash | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 create-json-alongside.bash

diff --git a/create-json-alongside.bash b/create-json-alongside.bash
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b4351de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/create-json-alongside.bash
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+template="Example.info.json"
+
+# Verify template exists
+if [ ! -f "$template" ]; then
+  echo "Error: $template not found."
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+# Collect all matching video files safely
+for f in *.mp4 *.mkv *.mov *.avi; do
+  # Skip if no matching files
+  [ -e "$f" ] || continue
+  [ -f "$f" ] || continue
+
+  base="${f%.*}"              # Remove extension
+  target="${base}.info.json"  # Construct new name
+
+  cp -- "$template" "$target"
+  echo "Created: $target"
+done