diff --git a/scripts/fetch_documentation.sh b/scripts/fetch_documentation.sh
--- a/scripts/fetch_documentation.sh
+++ b/scripts/fetch_documentation.sh
@@ -171,21 +171,5 @@
 # keep the links working.
 pushd "${SRC_DIR}"
 git checkout master
-
-ABC_MD_DOCS_BASE="${TOPLEVEL}/abc_md_docs"
-mkdir -p "${ABC_MD_DOCS_BASE}"
-
-FILES=($(git ls-files "*.md"))
-
-for FILE in "${FILES[@]}"
-do
-  FILE_DST="${ABC_MD_DOCS_BASE}/${FILE}"
-  mkdir -p "$(dirname ${FILE_DST})"
-
-  NAME="${FILE}" \
-  PERMALINK="/${FILE%.*}.html" \
-  envsubst < "${TOPLEVEL}/scripts/md_docs_frontmatter.yml.in" > "${FILE_DST}"
-  cat "${FILE}" >> "${FILE_DST}"
-done
-
+${SCRIPT_DIR}/fetch_markdown_files.sh "${SRC_DIR}"
 popd
diff --git a/scripts/fetch_markdown_files.sh b/scripts/fetch_markdown_files.sh
new file mode 100755
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/fetch_markdown_files.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+# Pull all the markdown files from the ABC repository so they can be converted
+# and rendered by jekyll. The tree directory structure is preserved in order to
+# keep the links working.
+# The path to the ABC repository must be passed as a command line argument.
+
+SRC_DIR=$1
+
+SCRIPT_DIR=$(cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" >/dev/null 2>&1 && pwd)
+TOPLEVEL=$(git -C "${SCRIPT_DIR}" rev-parse --show-toplevel)
+
+cd "${SRC_DIR}"
+
+ABC_MD_DOCS_BASE="${TOPLEVEL}/abc_md_docs"
+mkdir -p "${ABC_MD_DOCS_BASE}"
+
+FILES=($(git ls-files "*.md"))
+
+for FILE in "${FILES[@]}"
+do
+  FILE_DST="${ABC_MD_DOCS_BASE}/${FILE}"
+  mkdir -p "$(dirname ${FILE_DST})"
+
+  NAME="${FILE}" \
+  PERMALINK="/${FILE%.*}.html" \
+  envsubst < "${TOPLEVEL}/scripts/md_docs_frontmatter.yml.in" > "${FILE_DST}"
+  cat "${FILE}" >> "${FILE_DST}"
+done