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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+# encoding: utf-8
+#
+# ** header v3.0
+# This file is a part of the CaosDB Project.
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2021 Indiscale GmbH <info@indiscale.com>
+# Copyright (C) 2021 Henrik tom Wörden <h.tomwoerden@indiscale.com>
+#
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
+# published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
+# License, or (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+# along with this program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+# ** end header
+#
+import os
+base_root = "src/linkahead/"
+
+content = """
+from {module} import *
+from warnings import warn
+
+warn(("CaosDB was renamed to LinkAhead. Please import this library as `import {module}`. Using the"
+      " old name, starting with caosdb, is deprecated."), DeprecationWarning)
+"""
+
+for root, dirs, files in os.walk(base_root, topdown=False):
+    if root.endswith("__pycache__"):
+        continue
+    cdir = os.path.join("src/caosdb", root[len(base_root):])
+    os.makedirs(cdir, exist_ok=True)
+    for fi in files:
+        if not fi.endswith(".py"):
+            continue
+        path = os.path.join(cdir, fi)
+        with open(path, 'w') as cur:
+            if fi == "__init__.py":
+                cur.write(content.format(module=".".join(os.path.join(root,
+                                                                      fi[:-3]).split('/')[1:-1])))
+            else:
+                cur.write(content.format(module=".".join(os.path.join(root,
+                                                                      fi[:-3]).split('/')[1:])))