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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+import argparse
+import requests
+import os
+
+from sqlalchemy.exc import SQLAlchemyError
+
+if 'PAGURE_CONFIG' not in os.environ \
+        and os.path.exists('/etc/pagure/pagure.cfg'):
+    print 'Using configuration file `/etc/pagure/pagure.cfg`'
+    os.environ['PAGURE_CONFIG'] = '/etc/pagure/pagure.cfg'
+
+import pagure
+
+
+def get_poc_of_pkgs(debug=False):
+    """ Retrieve a dictionary giving the point of contact of each package
+    in pkgdb.
+    """
+    if debug:
+        print 'Querying pkgdb'
+    PKGDB_URL = 'https://admin.fedoraproject.org/pkgdb/api/'
+    req = requests.get(PKGDB_URL + 'bugzilla').text
+    if debug:
+        print 'Pkgdb data retrieved, getting POC'
+    pkgs = {}
+    for line in req.split('\n'):
+        line = line.strip()
+        if not line or line.startswith('#'):
+            continue
+        line = line.split('|')
+        if len(line) < 4:
+            continue
+        pkgs[line[1]] = line[3]
+
+    return pkgs
+
+
+def main(folder, debug=False):
+    """
+    Logic:
+    - Query the list of maintainer/PoC from pkgdb
+    - Browse the directory
+    - For each git in the directory, create the project with the correct POC
+    """
+    pocs = get_poc_of_pkgs(debug=debug)
+
+    if debug:
+        print 'Adding the user to the DB'
+    for user in sorted(set(pocs.values())):
+        if debug:
+            print user
+        try:
+            pagure.lib.set_up_user(
+                session=pagure.SESSION,
+                username=user,
+                fullname=user,
+                default_email='%s@fedoraproject.org' % user,
+            )
+            pagure.SESSION.commit()
+        except SQLAlchemyError, err:
+            pagure.SESSION.rollback()
+            print 'ERROR with user %s' % user
+            print err
+
+    for project in sorted(os.listdir(folder)):
+        if debug:
+            print project
+
+        if not project.endswith('.git'):
+            if debug:
+                print '  -skip: not a git'
+            continue
+
+        if project.split('.git')[0] not in pocs:
+            if debug:
+                print '  -skip: no pocs'
+            continue
+
+        try:
+            pagure.lib.new_project(
+                session=pagure.SESSION,
+                user=pocs[project.split('.git')[0]],
+                name=project.split('.git')[0],
+                blacklist=pagure.APP.config['BLACKLISTED_PROJECTS'],
+                gitfolder=pagure.APP.config['GIT_FOLDER'],
+                docfolder=pagure.APP.config['DOCS_FOLDER'],
+                ticketfolder=pagure.APP.config['TICKETS_FOLDER'],
+                requestfolder=pagure.APP.config['REQUESTS_FOLDER'],
+            )
+            pagure.SESSION.commit()
+        except pagure.exceptions.PagureException, err:
+            print 'ERROR with project %s' % project
+            print err
+        except SQLAlchemyError, err:  # pragma: no cover
+            pagure.SESSION.rollback()
+            print 'ERROR (DB) with project %s' % project
+            print err
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
+        description='Script creating projects on pagure based on the git '
+        'repos present in the specified folder and the pkgdb information.'
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        'folder',
+        help='Folder containing all the git repos of the projects to create')
+    parser.add_argument(
+        '--debug', dest='debug', action='store_true', default=False,
+        help='Print the debugging output')
+
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    main(args.folder, debug=args.debug)