#!/usr/bin/env python

__doc__ = """Same as `echo a >> b`, but ensures a changed mtime of b.

Without this svn will not detect workspace changes."""

import sys, os

text = sys.argv[1]

fname = sys.argv[2]

f = open(fname, "ab")

try:

    before = os.fstat(f.fileno()).st_mtime

    f.write(text)

    f.write("\n")

finally:

    f.close()

inc = 1

now = os.stat(fname).st_mtime

while now == before:

    t = now + inc

    inc += 1

    os.utime(fname, (t, t))

    now = os.stat(fname).st_mtime