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+#!/bin/sh
+CODE_DIR=Hive
+BUILD_DIR=builddir
+USER=root
+USER_ID=0
+PASSWORD=hive
+BINARY=hive
+TARGET_IP=10.10.10.125
+TARGET_SSH_PORT=22
+TARGET_DEBUG_PORT=3768
+RUN_OPTIONS=-qmljsdebugger=port:$TARGET_DEBUG_PORT
+SETUP=false
+GDB=false
+SUDO="echo $PASSWORD | sudo -S"
+NUM_JOBS='$(( `grep -c ^processor /proc/cpuinfo` + 1 ))'
+FLIPPED=false
+
+usage() {
+    echo "usage: run_on_device [OPTIONS]\n"
+    echo "Script to setup a build environment and sync build and run $BINARY on the device\n"
+    echo "OPTIONS:"
+    echo "  -s, --setup   Setup the build environment"
+    echo ""
+    echo "IMPORTANT:"
+    echo " * Make sure to have networking setup on the device beforehand."
+    echo " * Execute that script from a directory containing $PACKAGE code."
+    exit 1
+}
+
+exec_with_ssh() {
+    ssh -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -t $USER@$TARGET_IP -p $TARGET_SSH_PORT sudo -u $USER -i bash -ic \"$@\"
+}
+
+install_ssh_key() {
+    ssh-keygen -R $TARGET_IP
+    ssh-copy-id $USER@$TARGET_IP
+}
+
+install_dependencies() {
+    exec_with_ssh $SUDO apt-get -y install build-essential gcc-4.7 g++-4.7 ccache gdb
+    echo "** Switching system to gcc 4.7 ***"
+    exec_with_ssh update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/gcc gcc /usr/bin/gcc-4.7 40 --slave /usr/bin/g++ g++ /usr/bin/g++-4.7
+}
+
+sync_code() {
+    WORK_DIR=`pwd`
+    [ -e .bzr ] && bzr export --uncommitted --format=dir /tmp/$CODE_DIR
+    [ -e .git ] && cd /tmp && cp -r $WORK_DIR $CODE_DIR && cd $CODE_DIR && git clean -f -x && rm .git -rf && cd -
+    rsync -crlOzv --delete --exclude builddir -e "ssh -p $TARGET_SSH_PORT -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no" /tmp/$CODE_DIR/ $USER@$TARGET_IP:$CODE_DIR/
+    rm -rf /tmp/$CODE_DIR
+}
+
+build() {
+    exec_with_ssh mkdir -p $CODE_DIR/$BUILD_DIR
+    exec_with_ssh QT_SELECT=qt5 PATH=/usr/local/qt5/bin:/usr/lib/ccache:$PATH "cd $CODE_DIR/$BUILD_DIR && PATH=/usr/local/qt5/bin:/usr/lib/ccache:$PATH qmake .."
+    exec_with_ssh PATH=/usr/lib/ccache:$PATH "cd $CODE_DIR/$BUILD_DIR && PATH=/usr/lib/ccache:$PATH make -j2"
+}
+
+run() {
+    exec_with_ssh "LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$CODE_DIR/$BUILD_DIR/libhive $CODE_DIR/$BUILD_DIR/server/$BINARY"
+}
+
+set -- `getopt -n$0 -u -a --longoptions="setup,gdbhelp" "sgh" "$@"`
+
+# FIXME: giving incorrect arguments does not call usage and exit
+while [ $# -gt 0 ]
+do
+    case "$1" in
+       -s|--setup)   SETUP=true;;
+       -g|--gdb)     GDB=true;;
+       -h|--help)    usage;;
+       --)           shift;break;;
+    esac
+    shift
+done
+
+
+if $SETUP; then
+    echo "Setting up environment for building $PACKAGE..."
+    install_ssh_key
+    install_dependencies
+    sync_code
+else
+    echo "Transferring code.."
+    sync_code
+
+    export PATH="/usr/local/qt5/:$PATH"
+
+    echo "Building.."
+    build
+    echo "Running.."
+    run
+fi