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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# this script makes a repo with lots of commits
+
+# call this command from the test directory:
+# ./lots_of_commits.sh; cd testrepo; gg; cd ..
+
+# -e means exit if something fails
+# -x means print out simple commands before running them
+set -ex
+
+reponame="testrepo"
+
+rm -rf ${reponame}
+mkdir ${reponame}
+cd ${reponame}
+
+git init
+
+i=2
+end=100
+while [ $i -le $end ]; do
+    echo "file${i}" > file${i}
+    git add file${i}
+    git commit -m file${i}
+
+    i=$(($i+1))
+done