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+#!/bin/sh
+echo "drop database humbug; create database humbug DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8 DEFAULT COLLATE utf8_bin;" | mysql
+python manage.py syncdb
+python manage.py populate_db --replay-old-zephyrs -n0