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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# -*- Python -*-
+
+import sys
+from math import log, ceil
+from optparse import OptionParser
+import subprocess
+
+# crack the command line
+parser = OptionParser(
+             usage="%prog lower-revision upper-revision test_script [arg1 ...]",
+             description="Binary search for a bug in a SVN checkout")
+(options,script_args) = parser.parse_args()
+
+# make sure we have sufficient parameters
+if len(script_args) < 1:
+    parser.error("Need a lower revision")
+elif len(script_args) < 2:
+    parser.error("Need an upper revision")
+elif len(script_args) < 3:
+    parser.error("Need a script to run")
+
+# extract our starting values
+lower = int(script_args[0])
+upper = int(script_args[1])
+script = script_args[2:]
+
+# print an error message and quit
+def error(s):
+    print >>sys.stderr, "******", s, "******"
+    sys.exit(1)    
+
+# update to the specified version and run test
+def testfail(revision):
+    "Return true if test fails"
+    print "Updating to revision", revision
+    if subprocess.call(["svn","up","-qr",str(revision)]) != 0:
+        m = "SVN did not update properly to revision %d"
+        raise RuntimeError(m % revision)
+    return subprocess.call(script,shell=False) != 0
+
+# confirm that the endpoints are different
+print "****** Checking upper bracket", upper
+upperfails = testfail(upper)
+print "****** Checking lower bracket", lower
+lowerfails = testfail(lower)
+if upperfails == lowerfails:
+    error("Upper and lower revisions must bracket the failure")
+
+# binary search for transition
+msg = "****** max %d revisions to test (bug bracketed by [%d,%d])"
+while upper-lower > 1:
+    print msg % (ceil(log(upper-lower,2)), lower, upper)
+
+    mid = int((lower + upper)/2)
+    midfails = testfail(mid)
+    if midfails == lowerfails:
+        lower = mid
+        lowerfails = midfails
+    else:
+        upper = mid
+        upperfails = midfails
+
+# show which revision was first to fail
+if upperfails != lowerfails: lower = upper
+print "The error was caused by revision", lower
+
+# Local Variables:
+# tab-width:4
+# indent-tabs-mode:nil
+# End:
+# vim: set expandtab tabstop=4 shiftwidth=4: