diff --git a/templates/.gitignore b/templates/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0710042df0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/graph.svg
diff --git a/tools/django-template-graph b/tools/django-template-graph
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+++ b/tools/django-template-graph
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+#!/bin/bash -e
+
+# Draws the Django template inheritance graph.
+
+cd "$(dirname "$0")"/../templates
+
+(
+    echo 'digraph {'
+    for t in $(find -name '*.html' -printf '%P\n'); do
+        echo "\"$t\";"
+        perl -lne 'print "\"'"$t"'\" -> \"$1\";" if m/{%\s*extends\s*"([^"]+)"/' "$t"
+    done
+    echo '}'
+) > graph.dot
+
+dot -Tsvg graph.dot > graph.svg
+rm graph.dot
+echo file://"$(pwd)"/graph.svg