diff --git a/scripts/api-update.sh b/scripts/api-update.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+rm -rf /tmp/api
+cp -r docs/api/ /tmp/api
+git checkout gh-pages
+cp -r /tmp/api/ docs/
+
+# find . | grep md
+for fn in `find . | grep md`; do
+  echo "processing file: $fn"
+  sed -i.old '1s;^;---\n;' $fn
+  sed -i.old '1s;^;title: API\n;' $fn
+  sed -i.old '1s;^;layout: main\n;' $fn
+  sed -i.old '1s;^;---\n;' $fn
+  rm -f $fn.old
+done
+