file ingest via pre install script

post-install.xq

@@ -55,13 +55,14 @@ return
 (:      error(QName("FONTANE", "INSTALLATION"), "response from tgsearch is not satisfying.") :)
 };
 
+(: while working perfectly in eXist 4.7.x, xmldb:move failed silently in eXist 5.2.0
 declare variable $moveProject1 := xmldb:copy-collection("/db/apps/fontane/sade-projects", "/db", true());
-declare variable $log1 := util:log-system-out("moved 1");
+declare variable $removeProject1 := xmldb:remove("/db/apps/fontane/sade-projects");
 declare variable $moveProject2 := xmldb:copy-collection("/db/apps/fontane/system/config/db/sade-projects", "/db/system/config/db", true());
-declare variable $log2 := util:log-system-out("moved 2");
+declare variable $removeProject2 := xmldb:remove("/db/apps/fontane/system/config/db/sade-projects";
 declare variable $moveProject3 := xmldb:move("/db/apps/fontane/system/autostart", "/db/system");
-declare variable $log3 := util:log-system-out("moved 3");
-
+declare variable $removeProject3 := xmldb:remove("/db/apps/fontane/system/autostart");
+ :)
 declare variable $preconfigdoc := doc( "/db/sade-projects/textgrid/config.xml" );
 declare variable $credentials := file:read("/var/lib/textgrid/fontane/credentials.txt")
                                 => tokenize("\n");

pre-install.xq

+xquery version "3.1";
+
+(: The following external variables are set by the repo:deploy function :)
+(: file path pointing to the exist installation directory :)
+declare variable $home external;
+(: path to the directory containing the unpacked .xar package :)
+declare variable $dir external;
+(: the target collection into which the app is deployed :)
+declare variable $target external;
+
+let $fileSeparator := util:system-property("file.separator")
+
+return (
+    xmldb:create-collection("/db", "sade-projects"),
+    xmldb:store-files-from-pattern(
+        (: target collection  :)    "/db/sade-projects",
+        (: source directory   :)    $dir || $fileSeparator || "sade-projects",
+        (: What to ingest     :)    "**/*",
+        (: MIME type :)             (),
+        (: preserve structure :)    true()
+    ),
+    file:delete($dir || $fileSeparator || "sade-projects"),
+
+    xmldb:store-files-from-pattern(
+        (: target collection  :)    "/db/system",
+        (: source directory   :)    $dir || $fileSeparator || "system",
+        (: What to ingest     :)    "**/*",
+        (: MIME type :)             (),
+        (: preserve structure :)    true()
+    ),
+    file:delete($dir || $fileSeparator || "system"),
+
+    util:log-system-out("fontane: pre-install finished")
+)
\ No newline at end of file

repo.xml

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     <copyright>true</copyright>
     <type>application</type>
     <target>fontane</target>
-    <prepare/>
+    <prepare>pre-insall.xq</prepare>
     <finish>post-install.xq</finish>
     <deployed>@timestamp@</deployed>
 </meta>