| Index: apply_issue.py
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| diff --git a/apply_issue.py b/apply_issue.py
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| index c8cbfec32c55d6db9f3143dcc1ed8228d85c0df6..b4ad8946f8e63d0e4fb1a3bd204edb8e72d46c4f 100755
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| --- a/apply_issue.py
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| +++ b/apply_issue.py
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| @@ -72,7 +72,17 @@ def main():
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|    parser.add_option('--revision-mapping', default='{}',
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|                      help='When running gclient, annotate the got_revisions '
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|                           'using the revision-mapping.')
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| +  parser.add_option('-f', '--force', action='store_true',
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| +                    help='Really run apply_issue, even if .update.flag '
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| +                         'is detected.')
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| +  parser.add_option('-b', '--base_ref', help='Base git ref to patch on top of, '
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| +                    'used for verification.')
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|    options, args = parser.parse_args()
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| +  if (os.path.isfile(os.path.join(os.getcwd(), 'update.flag'))
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| +      and not options.force):
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| +    print 'update.flag file found: bot_update has run and checkout is already '
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| +    print 'in a consistent state. No actions will be performed in this step.'
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| +    return 0
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|    logging.basicConfig(
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|        format='%(levelname)5s %(module)11s(%(lineno)4d): %(message)s',
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|        level=[logging.WARNING, logging.INFO, logging.DEBUG][
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| @@ -151,7 +161,8 @@ def main():
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|    if scm_type == 'svn':
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|      scm_obj = checkout.SvnCheckout(full_dir, None, None, None, None)
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|    elif scm_type == 'git':
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| -    scm_obj = checkout.GitCheckout(full_dir, None, None, None, None)
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| +    scm_obj = checkout.GitCheckout(full_dir, None, None, None, None,
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| +                                   base_ref=options.base_ref)
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|    elif scm_type == None:
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|      scm_obj = checkout.RawCheckout(full_dir, None, None)
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|    else:
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| 
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