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+#!/bin/sh
+
+# This script checks the git log for URLs to the QEMU launchpad bugtracker
+# and optionally checks whether the corresponding bugs are not closed yet.
+
+show_help () {
+    echo "Usage:"
+    echo "  -s <commit>  : Start searching at this commit"
+    echo "  -e <commit>  : End searching at this commit"
+    echo "  -c           : Check if bugs are still open"
+    echo "  -b           : Open bugs in browser"
+}
+
+while getopts "s:e:cbh" opt; do
+   case "$opt" in
+    s)  start="$OPTARG" ;;
+    e)  end="$OPTARG" ;;
+    c)  check_if_open=1 ;;
+    b)  show_in_browser=1 ;;
+    h)  show_help ; exit 0 ;;
+    *)   echo "Use -h for help." ; exit 1 ;;
+   esac
+done
+
+if [ "x$start" = "x" ]; then
+    start=`git tag -l 'v[0-9]*\.[0-9]*\.0' | tail -n 2 | head -n 1`
+fi
+if [ "x$end" = "x" ]; then
+    end=`git tag -l  'v[0-9]*\.[0-9]*\.0' | tail -n 1`
+fi
+
+if [ "x$start" = "x" ] || [ "x$end" = "x" ]; then
+    echo "Could not determine start or end revision ... Please note that this"
+    echo "script must be run from a checked out git repository of QEMU."
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+echo "Searching git log for bugs in the range $start..$end"
+
+urlstr='https://bugs.launchpad.net/\(bugs\|qemu/+bug\)/'
+bug_urls=`git log $start..$end \
+  | sed -n '\,'"$urlstr"', s,\(.*\)\('"$urlstr"'\)\([0-9]*\).*,\2\4,p' \
+  | sort -u`
+
+echo Found bug URLs:
+for i in $bug_urls ; do echo " $i" ; done
+
+if [ "x$check_if_open" = "x1" ]; then
+    echo
+    echo "Checking which ones are still open..."
+    for i in $bug_urls ; do
+        if ! curl -s -L "$i" | grep "value status" | grep -q "Fix Released" ; then
+            echo " $i"
+            final_bug_urls="$final_bug_urls $i"
+        fi
+    done
+else
+    final_bug_urls=$bug_urls
+fi
+
+if [ "x$final_bug_urls" = "x" ]; then
+    echo "No open bugs found."
+elif [ "x$show_in_browser" = "x1" ]; then
+    # Try to determine which browser we should use
+    if [ "x$BROWSER" != "x" ]; then
+        bugbrowser="$BROWSER"
+    elif command -v xdg-open >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+        bugbrowser=xdg-open
+    elif command -v gnome-open >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+        bugbrowser=gnome-open
+    elif [ "`uname`" = "Darwin" ]; then
+        bugbrowser=open
+    elif command -v sensible-browser >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+        bugbrowser=sensible-browser
+    else
+        echo "Please set the BROWSER variable to the browser of your choice."
+        exit 1
+    fi
+    # Now show the bugs in the browser
+    first=1
+    for i in $final_bug_urls; do
+        "$bugbrowser" "$i"
+        if [ $first = 1 ]; then
+            # if it is the first entry, give the browser some time to start
+            # (to avoid messages like "Firefox is already running, but is
+            # not responding...")
+            sleep 4
+            first=0
+        fi
+    done
+fi