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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# GNU MediaGoblin -- federated, autonomous media hosting
+# Copyright (C) 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc
+#
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+# GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+# along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+# exit if anything fails
+set -e
+
+echo "==> checking out master"
+git checkout master
+
+echo "==> pulling git master"
+git pull
+
+echo "==> pulling present translations"
+./bin/tx pull -a
+git add mediagoblin/i18n/
+git commit -m "Committing present MediaGoblin translations before pushing extracted messages"
+
+echo "==> Extracting translations"
+./bin/pybabel extract -F babel.ini -o mediagoblin/i18n/en/LC_MESSAGES/mediagoblin.po .
+
+echo "==> Pushing extracted translations to Transifex"
+./bin/tx push -s
+
+# gets the new strings added to all files
+echo "==> Re-Pulling translations from Transifex"
+./bin/tx pull -a
+
+echo "==> Compiling .mo files"
+./bin/pybabel compile -D mediagoblin -d mediagoblin/i18n/
+
+echo "==> Committing to git"
+git add mediagoblin/i18n/
+git commit -m "Committing extracted and compiled translations"