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+#!/usr/bin/perl -w
+# blame-find-by-name.plx                                            -*- Perl -*-
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2011 Bradley M. Kuhn <bkuhn@ebb.org>
+#
+# This software's license gives you freedom; you can copy, convey,
+# propogate, redistribute and/or modify this program under the terms of
+# the GNU  General Public License (GPL) as published by the Free
+# Software Foundation (FSF), either version 3 of the License, or (at your
+# option) any later version of the GPL published by the FSF.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+# WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+# General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program in a file in the toplevel directory called
+# "GPLv3".  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+
+######################################################################
+
+
+if (@ARGV != 2) {
+  print "usage: $0 <BLAME_DATA_FILE> ", "<NAME_REGEX>\n";
+  exit 1;
+}
+# Note: $BLAME_DATA_FILE is in the format as output from:
+# for i in `find -type f -print | egrep -v '^./.git'`; do
+#      echo "FILE: $i" >> ../DATA_FILE; git blame  -M -M -M -C -C -C -w -f -n -l $i >> ../DATA_FILE
+#      done
+
+my($BLAME_DATA_FILE, $NAME_REGEX) = @ARGV;
+
+
+open(DATA_FILE, "<", $BLAME_DATA_FILE) or die "unable to open $BLAME_DATA_FILE for reading: $!";
+
+my %commitsMatchingRegex;
+my $currentFile;
+
+while (my $dataLine = <DATA_FILE>) {
+  if ($dataLine =~ /^\s*FILE\s*:\s*(.*?)\s*$/) {
+    $currentFile = $1;
+  } else {
+    die "invalid line: $dataLine in blame output" unless ($dataLine =~
+      /^\s*(\S+)\s+\S+\s+\d+\s+\((.+)\s+(\d{4,4}\-\d{2,2}\-\d{2,2}\s+\d{2,2}:\d{2,2}:\d{2,2})\s+([\+\-\d]+)\s+(\d+)\s*\)\s+(.*)$/);
+    my($commitID, $name, $date, $tz, $curLineNumber, $actualCurrentLine) = ($1, $2, $3, $4, $5, $6);
+
+    if ($name =~ /$NAME_REGEX/i) {
+      $commitsMatchingRegex{$commitID} = { __totalLines => 0 } unless defined $commitsMatchingRegex{$commitID};
+      $commitsMatchingRegex{$commitID}{$currentFile} = 0 unless defined $commitsMatchingRegex{$commitID}{$currentFile};
+      $commitsMatchingRegex{$commitID}{$currentFile}++;
+      $commitsMatchingRegex{$commitID}{__totalLines}++;
+    }
+  }
+}
+close DATA_FILE;
+foreach my $commitID (sort { $commitsMatchingRegex{$a}{__totalLines} <=> $commitsMatchingRegex{$b}{__totalLines} } keys %commitsMatchingRegex ) {
+  print sprintf("%s: %d\n", $commitID, $commitsMatchingRegex{$commitID}{__totalLines});
+}
+#
+# Local variables:
+# compile-command: "perl -c blame-find-by-name.plx"
+# End: