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+# Licensed under the GPL: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html
+# For details: https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/blob/main/LICENSE
+
+import collections
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Dict, List, Union
+
+from pylint.typing import CheckerStats
+
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from typing import Counter  # typing.Counter added in Python 3.6.1
+
+
+def merge_stats(stats: List[CheckerStats]):
+    """Used to merge two stats objects into a new one when pylint is run in parallel mode"""
+    merged: CheckerStats = {}
+    by_msg: "Counter[str]" = collections.Counter()
+    for stat in stats:
+        message_stats: Union["Counter[str]", Dict] = stat.pop("by_msg", {})  # type: ignore
+        by_msg.update(message_stats)
+
+        for key, item in stat.items():
+            if key not in merged:
+                merged[key] = item
+            elif isinstance(item, dict):
+                merged[key].update(item)  # type: ignore
+            else:
+                merged[key] = merged[key] + item  # type: ignore
+
+    merged["by_msg"] = by_msg
+    return merged