diff --git a/get-emacs-backup-files-into-git.sh b/get-emacs-backup-files-into-git.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+for i in `ls -r1t $1.~*~ $1`; do
+    date=`stat -c '%y' $i|perl -pe 's/^(\S+)\s+.*$/$1/;'`
+    echo $date $i
+    cp -pa $i $2
+    svn commit -m "  * file as it stood on $date" $2
+done