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+import glob
+import string
+import argparse
+import subprocess
+
+USERNAME_ALPHABET = list(string.ascii_letters)
+SYMBOLS = ["◆", "▞", "▄", "▀", "▌", "▐", "▚"]
+SYMBOL_MATCH = "█"
+SYMBOL_MISSING = "X"
+
+
+def changed_files(diffrange):
+    changed_files = set()
+    p = subprocess.run(
+        ["git", "diff", "--no-commit-id", "--name-only", diffrange],
+        capture_output=True,
+        text=True,
+        check=True,
+    )
+    git_changed_files = p.stdout.strip().split("\n")
+    for line in git_changed_files:
+        # filter out changed files where the path does not start with a number
+        # (as part of the release version) and signatures files (*.asc)
+        if (
+            not len(line) == 0
+            and line[0] in string.digits
+            and not line.endswith(".asc")
+        ):
+            path_parts = line.split("/")
+            if len(path_parts) == 3:
+                # <release>/<user>/<SHASUM file>
+                release, _, filename = path_parts
+                changed_files.add((release, filename))
+    return changed_files
+
+
+def read_files(changed_files):
+    data = dict()
+    for release, filename in changed_files:
+        if release not in data:
+            data[release] = {}
+        files = glob.glob(f"{release}/*/{filename}")
+        for file in files:
+            user = file.split("/")[1]
+            with open(file) as f:
+                if filename not in data[release]:
+                    data[release][filename] = {}
+                data[release][filename][user] = {}
+
+                for line in f.readlines():
+                    if len(line.strip()) == 0:
+                        continue
+
+                    hashsum, artifact = line.strip().split("  ")
+                    data[release][filename][user][artifact] = hashsum
+    return data
+
+
+def hash_to_symbol(hash, hashes):
+    # all hashes match
+    if len(hashes) == 1:
+        return SYMBOL_MATCH
+    # Sorting the hashes by occurrence count descending allows us to
+    # display the most common hash (if any) with the same symbol.
+    # If no hashes match, we essentially pick a random symbol.
+    sorted_hashes = dict(sorted(hashes.items(), reverse=True, key=lambda item: item[1]))
+    return SYMBOLS[list(sorted_hashes.keys()).index(hash) % len(SYMBOLS)]
+
+
+def print_summaries(data):
+    for release in sorted(data):
+        for filename in data[release]:
+            artifacts = dict()
+            for user in data[release][filename]:
+                for artifact in data[release][filename][user]:
+                    if artifact not in artifacts:
+                        artifacts[artifact] = dict()
+                    hashsum = data[release][filename][user][artifact]
+                    if hashsum not in artifacts[artifact]:
+                        artifacts[artifact][hashsum] = 0
+                    artifacts[artifact][hashsum] += 1
+
+            SHORT_ARTIFACT_REPLACE = f"bitcoin-{release}-"
+            artifact_max_length = max(
+                [
+                    len(artifact.replace(SHORT_ARTIFACT_REPLACE, ""))
+                    for artifact in artifacts
+                ]
+            )
+
+            text = f"`{filename}` summary for release `{release}`\n"
+            text += "```\n"
+            text += f"{'User (see mapping below)'.ljust(artifact_max_length, ' ')} {' '.join([USERNAME_ALPHABET[idx % len(USERNAME_ALPHABET)] for idx in range(len(data[release][filename]))]  )}\n"
+            for artifact in sorted(artifacts):
+                short_artifact = artifact.replace(SHORT_ARTIFACT_REPLACE, "")
+                symbols = " ".join(
+                    [
+                        hash_to_symbol(
+                            data[release][filename][user][artifact], artifacts[artifact]
+                        )
+                        if artifact in data[release][filename][user]
+                        else SYMBOL_MISSING
+                        for user in data[release][filename]
+                    ]
+                )
+                text += f"{short_artifact.ljust(artifact_max_length, ' ')} {symbols}\n"
+            text += "```\n\n"
+
+            text += "<details><summary>Details</summary>\n"
+            text += f"Symbols:\n\n"
+            text += f"- all hashes match: `{SYMBOL_MATCH}`\n"
+            text += f"- missing hash: `{SYMBOL_MISSING}`\n"
+            text += f"- hash mismatch: one of `{'`, `'.join(SYMBOLS)}`\n\n"
+            text += "Username mapping:\n"
+            for idx, user in enumerate(data[release][filename]):
+                text += f"- {USERNAME_ALPHABET[idx % len(USERNAME_ALPHABET)]}: {user}\n"
+            text += "\n</details>\n"
+            print(text)
+
+
+def main():
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Output a SHASUM summary to stdout")
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "diffrange",
+        type=str,
+        help="Only look at added or changed files in the diff-range",
+    )
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    changed_shasum_files = changed_files(args.diffrange)
+    data = read_files(changed_shasum_files)
+    print_summaries(data)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()