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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+"""
+    sphinx.directives.patches
+    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+    :copyright: Copyright 2007-2016 by the Sphinx team, see AUTHORS.
+    :license: BSD, see LICENSE for details.
+"""
+
+from docutils import nodes
+from docutils.parsers.rst import directives
+from docutils.parsers.rst.directives import images
+
+
+class Figure(images.Figure):
+    """The figure directive which applies `:name:` option to the figure node
+    instead of the image node.
+    """
+
+    def run(self):
+        name = self.options.pop('name', None)
+        (figure_node,) = images.Figure.run(self)
+        if isinstance(figure_node, nodes.system_message):
+            return [figure_node]
+
+        if name:
+            self.options['name'] = name
+            self.add_name(figure_node)
+
+        return [figure_node]
+
+
+directives.register_directive('figure', Figure)