--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/forums/management/commands/sync_forums.py	Sat May 05 17:10:48 2012 -0500
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+"""
+sync_forums.py - A management command to synchronize the forums by recomputing
+the de-normalized fields in the forum and topic objects.
+
+"""
+import optparse
+
+from django.core.management.base import NoArgsCommand, CommandError
+
+from forums.models import Forum
+from forums.models import Topic
+
+
+class Command(NoArgsCommand):
+    help = """\
+This command synchronizes the forum application's forums and topic objects
+by updating their de-normalized fields.
+"""
+    option_list = NoArgsCommand.option_list + (
+        optparse.make_option("-p", "--progress", action="store_true",
+            help="Output a . after every 50 topics to show progress"),
+    )
+
+    def handle_noargs(self, **opts):
+
+        show_progress = opts.get('progress', False) or False
+
+        n = 0
+        for topic in Topic.objects.iterator():
+            topic.post_count_update()
+            topic.save()
+            n += 1
+            if n % 50 == 0:
+                self.stdout.write('.')
+                self.stdout.flush()
+
+        for forum in Forum.objects.all():
+            forum.sync()
+            forum.save()
+
+        self.stdout.write('\n')
+