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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# I work on a branch (named hut) which contains commits
+# that should not be part of the standard distribution.
+#
+# This script picks all the good commits from hut and
+# adds them to the master branch.
+# Bad commits are marked with a "custom:" at the beginning
+# of the commit message.
+
+BRANCH=`git branch 2>/dev/null|grep -e ^* | tr -d \*\ `
+
+git checkout master
+
+while read -r hash tag rest; do
+	if [ $tag != 'custom:' ]; then
+		git cherry-pick $hash || exit 1
+	fi
+done < <(git log --oneline --no-color master..hut)
+
+git checkout hut
+git rebase master
+
+git checkout $BRANCH