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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+#
+# Copyright 2008
+# Steve 'Ashcrow' Milner <smilner+buildbot@redhat.com>
+#
+# This software may be freely redistributed under the terms of the GNU
+# general public license.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+# Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
+"""
+Generates changelog information using git.
+"""
+
+__docformat__ = 'restructuredtext'
+
+
+import os
+import sys
+
+
+def print_err(msg):
+    """
+    Wrapper to make printing to stderr nicer.
+
+    :Parameters:
+       - `msg`: the message to print.
+    """
+    sys.stderr.write(msg)
+    sys.stderr.write('\n')
+
+
+def usage():
+    """
+    Prints out usage information to stderr.
+    """
+    print_err('Usage: %s git-binary since' % sys.argv[0])
+    print_err(('Example: %s /usr/bin/git f5067523dfae9c7cdefc82'
+               '8721ec593ac7be62db' % sys.argv[0]))
+
+
+def main(args):
+    """
+    Main entry point.
+
+    :Parameters:
+       - `args`: same as sys.argv[1:]
+    """
+    # Make sure we have the arguments we need, else show usage
+    try:
+        git_bin = args[0]
+        since = args[1]
+    except IndexError, ie:
+        usage()
+        return 1
+
+    if not os.access(git_bin, os.X_OK):
+        print_err('Can not access %s' % git_bin)
+        return 1
+
+    # Open a pipe and force the format
+    pipe = os.popen((git_bin + ' log --pretty="format:%ad  %ae%n'
+                     '  * %s" ' + since + '..'))
+    print pipe.read()
+    pipe.close()
+    return 0
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    raise SystemExit(main(sys.argv[1:]))