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transaction: use 'util.copyfile' for creating backup...
transaction: use 'util.copyfile' for creating backup Using 'copyfile' (single file) instead of 'copyfiles' (tree) will ensures destination file will be overwritten. This will prevent some abort if backup file are left in place for random reason. It also seems more correct.

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svn-safe-append.py
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#!/usr/bin/env python
__doc__ = """Same as `echo a >> b`, but ensures a changed mtime of b.
Without this svn will not detect workspace changes."""
import sys, os
text = sys.argv[1]
fname = sys.argv[2]
f = open(fname, "ab")
try:
before = os.fstat(f.fileno()).st_mtime
f.write(text)
f.write("\n")
finally:
f.close()
inc = 1
now = os.stat(fname).st_mtime
while now == before:
t = now + inc
inc += 1
os.utime(fname, (t, t))
now = os.stat(fname).st_mtime