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-"""
-A script that replaces an old file with a new one, only if the contents
-actually changed. If not, the new file is simply deleted.
-
-This avoids wholesale rebuilds when a code (re)generation phase does not
-actually change the in-tree generated code.
-"""
-
-import os
-import sys
-
-
-def main(old_path, new_path):
- with open(old_path, 'rb') as f:
- old_contents = f.read()
- with open(new_path, 'rb') as f:
- new_contents = f.read()
- if old_contents != new_contents:
- os.replace(new_path, old_path)
- else:
- os.unlink(new_path)
-
-
-if __name__ == '__main__':
- if len(sys.argv) != 3:
- print("Usage: %s <path to be updated> <path with new contents>" % (sys.argv[0],))
- sys.exit(1)
- main(sys.argv[1], sys.argv[2])