diff --git a/codesite2git b/codesite2git
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..462061b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/codesite2git
@@ -0,0 +1,153 @@
+#!/usr/bin/php
+<?php
+
+require __DIR__.'/lib/bootstrap.php';
+
+class CProjectGitExporter extends CProject {
+
+    function __construct(string $projdirname, string $projname) {
+        CProject::__construct($projdirname, $projname);
+
+        $this->allowText2Html = false; // Don't produce HTML when processing the download block
+    }
+
+    function ExportAsGit(string $dest) {
+
+        // Create destination directory
+        if (is_dir($dest)) {
+            throw new Exception("Destination path '{$dest}' already exists");
+        }
+        mkdir($dest);
+        shell_exec('cd '. escapeshellarg($dest).' && git init');
+            
+        // Parse download information blocks
+        $this->filterLongDescArea();
+
+        // Prepare to start modifying the generated README.md file
+        $lines = explode("\n", $this->longdesc);
+        $lines = array_merge(["# ".$this->projname, ""], $lines);
+        
+        // Modify some lines to standard markdown format:
+        foreach($lines as $i => $line) {
+
+            // Convert ==HEADERS== to ## Headers
+            if (strlen($line) > 0 && $line[0] == '=') {
+                $tmp = rtrim($line, '=');
+                $indent = substr_count($tmp, '=');
+
+                // Normalise the capitalisation for header text
+                $header_text = substr($tmp, $indent);
+                if ($header_text != "TODO" && $header_text != "FIXME" && $header_text != "WARNING") {
+                    $header_text = ucwords(strtolower($header_text));
+                }
+
+                // raise markdown-equivalent header level by 1 to compensate for new header
+                $lines[$i] = $line = str_repeat('#', $indent + 1).' '.$header_text;
+            }
+
+            // Convert multiline single-backtick to multi-backtick
+            // Heuristic: if there is only a single backtick in the line
+            if (substr_count($line, '`') == 1) {
+                $lines[$i] = $line = str_replace('`', "\n```\n", $line);
+            }
+
+            // If the previous line started with a hyphen, and this line didn't, we need an 
+            // extra line separator
+            if ($i > 0 && strlen($line) > 0 &&
+                $line[0] != '-' && strlen($lines[$i-1]) > 0 && $lines[$i-1][0] == '-'
+            ) {
+                $lines[$i] = $line = "\n".$line;
+            }
+        }
+        
+        // Copy all images to a doc/ subdirectory
+        mkdir($dest.'/doc');
+        foreach($this->images as $img) {
+            copy($this->dir.$img, $dest.'/doc/'.$img);
+        }
+
+        // Copy all downloads to a dist-archive/ subdirectory
+
+        if (count($this->downloads) > 0) {
+
+            mkdir($dest.'/dist-archive');
+            foreach($this->downloads as $file) {
+                copy($this->dir.$file, $dest.'/dist-archive/'.$file);
+            }
+
+            if (! $this->downloads_section_was_replaced) {
+                // Add our own downloads section
+                $lines[] = $this->renderDownloadsBlock($this->downloads, true);
+            }
+        }
+
+        // Save final README
+        file_put_contents($dest.'/README.md', implode("\n", $lines));
+
+        // Extra properties file
+        $ctime = $this->lastupdate - ($this->lifespan * 3600); // Lifespans are measured in hours
+        file_put_contents($dest.'/.legacy-codesite.toml', "# Converted with codesite2git
+
+project_name=\"".$this->projname."\"
+short_description=\"".$this->shortdesc."\"
+written_in_lang=\"".$this->subtag."\"
+topics=".json_encode($this->tags)."
+ctime=".$ctime."
+mtime=".$this->lastupdate."
+
+");
+
+        // Git commit everything
+        // Once for the meta with ctime; once for all files with the mtime
+        $command = (
+            'cd '. escapeshellarg($dest).' && '.
+            'git add .legacy-codesite.toml ; '.
+            'GIT_COMMITTER_DATE="'.date(DATE_ISO8601, $ctime).'" git commit -m "initial meta commit" --date '.escapeshellarg(date(DATE_ISO8601, $ctime)).' ; '.
+            'git add -A ; '.
+            'GIT_COMMITTER_DATE="'.date(DATE_ISO8601, $this->lastupdate).'" git commit -m "commit all archived files" --date '.escapeshellarg(date(DATE_ISO8601, $this->lastupdate))
+        );
+        echo $command."\n";
+        shell_exec($command);
+
+    }
+
+    public function renderDownloadsBlock($render_downloads, $include_header=false) { // override
+		if (! count($render_downloads)) {
+			return;
+		}
+		
+		$ret = "\n";
+        if ($include_header) {
+            $ret .= "## Download\n\n";
+        }
+        foreach($render_downloads as $filename) {
+            $ret .= "- [⬇️ {$filename}](raw/branch/master/dist-archive/{$filename}) ";
+            $ret .= "*(".fbytes(filesize($this->dir.$filename)).")*\n";
+        }
+        
+		return $ret;
+	}
+
+}
+
+function codesite2git(string $projdirname, string $projname, string $dest) {
+
+    // Parse existing project
+    $c = new CProjectGitExporter($projdirname, $projname);
+    var_dump($c);
+
+    $c->ExportAsGit($dest);
+
+}
+
+function main(array $argv) {
+    if (count($argv) != 5) {
+        die("Usage: codesite2git CODESITE_ROOT_PATH PROJECT_DIR_NAME PROJECT_REAL_NAME DEST_DIR\n");
+    }
+
+    $config = setup_vars($argv[1]);
+
+    codesite2git($argv[2], $argv[3], $argv[4]);
+}
+
+main($_SERVER['argv']);
diff --git a/lib/CProject.php b/lib/CProject.php
index bb871ab..21292b7 100644
--- a/lib/CProject.php
+++ b/lib/CProject.php
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 class CProject {
 	
-	private $dir;
+	protected $dir;
 	
 	public $projname;
 	public $shortdesc = '(no description)';
@@ -10,11 +10,11 @@ class CProject {
 	public $lastupdate = 0;
 	public $numreleases = 0;
 	
-	private $longdesc = '';
-	private $prefix_html = '';
-	private $images = array();
-	private $downloads = array();
-	private $downloads_hashes = array();
+	protected $longdesc = '';
+	protected $prefix_html = '';
+	protected $images = array();
+	protected $downloads = array();
+	protected $downloads_hashes = array();
 	
 	public $downloads_section_was_replaced = false;
 	
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ class CProject {
 	
 	protected $go_get_target = '';
 	protected $git_repo = '';
+
+	protected $allowText2Html = true;
 	
 	public function __construct($dirname, $projname) {
 		$this->dir = BASEDIR.'data/'.$dirname.'/';
@@ -235,7 +237,9 @@ class CProject {
 			
 			$this->longdesc = substr($this->longdesc, 0, strlen($this->longdesc)-1); // Strip the extra NL we added
 			
-			$this->longdesc = text2html($this->longdesc);
+			if ($this->allowText2Html) {
+				$this->longdesc = text2html($this->longdesc);
+			}
 			foreach($known_tags as $tag_name => $tag_idx) {
 				$this->longdesc = str_replace(
 					'${{TAG_'.$tag_idx.'}}',
@@ -244,7 +248,9 @@ class CProject {
 				);
 			}
 			
-			$this->longdesc = str_replace("</ul>\n<br />", "</ul>", $this->longdesc);
+			if ($this->allowText2Html) {
+				$this->longdesc = str_replace("</ul>\n<br />", "</ul>", $this->longdesc);
+			}
 			
 			// Skip displaying the global downloads area
 			// This flag also indicates that the content has been pre-HTMLified