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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+# Github fetch utility
+
+# Copyright (C) 2017 Intel Corporation
+#
+# Licensed under the MIT license, see COPYING.MIT for details
+
+import sys
+import os
+import argparse
+import json
+import requests
+import re
+import subprocess
+
+def fetchall(args):
+    link_re = re.compile('<(http[^>]+)>; rel="([a-zA-Z0-9]+)"')
+
+    keys = {'orgname': args.organisation,
+            'access_token': args.access_token,
+            'per_page': 100
+            }
+    url = 'https://api.github.com/orgs/{orgname}/repos?access_token={access_token}&per_page={per_page}'
+    url = url.format(**keys)
+
+    existing = os.listdir(args.outdir)
+    for name in existing:
+        if name.endswith('.deleted'):
+            print('Directories marked deleted (suffix .deleted) still exist in output path - remove these to continue')
+            sys.exit(1)
+
+    if args.resume_from:
+        fetching = False
+    else:
+        fetching = True
+
+    failed = []
+    repos = None
+    while True:
+        session = requests.Session()
+        print('getting %s' % url)
+        with requests.Session() as s:
+            r = s.get(url)
+            if not r.ok:
+                print('Request failed: %d: %s' % (r.status_code, r.text))
+                sys.exit(2)
+            st = r.text
+            repos = json.loads(st)
+            for repo in repos:
+                name = repo['name']
+                if name in existing:
+                    existing.remove(name)
+                if args.resume_from and name == args.resume_from:
+                    fetching = True
+                elif not fetching:
+                    print('Skipping %s' % name)
+                    continue
+                clone_url = repo['clone_url']
+                outpath = os.path.join(args.outdir, name)
+                if os.path.exists(outpath):
+                    print('Update %s' % outpath)
+                    ret = subprocess.call(['git', 'pull'], cwd=outpath)
+                else:
+                    print('Fetch %s' % clone_url)
+                    ret = subprocess.call(['git', 'clone', clone_url, name], cwd=args.outdir)
+                if ret != 0:
+                    failed.append(name)
+
+            link = r.headers.get('Link', None)
+            if link:
+                linkitems = dict([reversed(x) for x in link_re.findall(link)])
+                url = linkitems.get('next', None)
+                if not url:
+                    break
+            else:
+                break
+
+    if not repos:
+        print('Something went wrong - no repositories were found')
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+    deleted = False
+    for dirname in existing:
+        dirpath = os.path.join(outpath, dirname)
+        print('Marking %s as deleted' % dirname)
+        os.rename(dirpath, dirpath + '.deleted')
+        deleted = True
+    if deleted:
+        print('You will need to delete the above marked directories manually')
+
+    if failed:
+        print('The following repositories failed to fetch properly:')
+        for name in failed:
+            try:
+                dirlist = os.listdir(os.path.join(args.outdir, name))
+            except FileNotFoundError:
+                dirlist = None
+            if dirlist == [] or dirlist == ['.git']:
+                print('%s (empty)' % name)
+            else:
+                print('%s' % name)
+
+
+def main():
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="github fetch utility",
+                                        epilog="Use %(prog)s <subcommand> --help to get help on a specific command")
+    #parser.add_argument('-d', '--debug', help='Enable debug output', action='store_true')
+    subparsers = parser.add_subparsers(title='subcommands', metavar='<subcommand>')
+    subparsers.required = True
+
+    parser_fetchall = subparsers.add_parser('fetchall',
+                                            help='Fetch/update all repos in a specific github organisation',
+                                          description='Fetches/updates all repos in a specific github organisation')
+    parser_fetchall.add_argument('organisation', help='Organisation to fetch from')
+    parser_fetchall.add_argument('access_token', help='Access token to use')
+    parser_fetchall.add_argument('outdir', nargs='?', default='.', help='Output directory')
+    parser_fetchall.add_argument('-r', '--resume-from', help='Resume from the specified repository')
+    parser_fetchall.set_defaults(func=fetchall)
+
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    ret = args.func(args)
+
+    return ret
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    try:
+        ret = main()
+    except Exception:
+        ret = 1
+        import traceback
+        traceback.print_exc()
+    sys.exit(ret)