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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+#
+#
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+#
+#
+#
+# USAGE: random-commits.py
+#
+# Using the FILELIST (see config below), a series of COUNT commits will be
+# constructed, each changing up to MAXFILES files per commit. The commands
+# will be sent to stdout (formatted as a shell script).
+#
+# The FILELIST can be constructed using the find-textfiles script.
+#
+
+import random
+
+FILELIST = 'textfiles'
+COUNT = 1000	# this many commits
+MAXFILES = 10	# up to 10 files at a time
+
+files = open(FILELIST).readlines()
+
+print('#!/bin/sh')
+
+for i in range(COUNT):
+    n = random.randrange(1, MAXFILES+1)
+    l = [ ]
+    print("echo '--- begin commit #%d -----------------------------------'" % (i+1,))
+    for j in range(n):
+        fname = random.choice(files)[:-1]	# strip trailing newline
+        print("echo 'part of change #%d' >> %s" % (i+1, fname))
+        l.append(fname)
+    print("svn commit -m 'commit #%d' %s" % (i+1, ' '.join(l)))