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+#!/usr/bin/perl
+
+# This file is part of Koha.
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2012 ByWater Solutions
+# Copyright (C) 2013 Equinox Software, Inc.
+#
+# Koha is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+# under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# Koha is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+# WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with Koha; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses>.
+
+use Modern::Perl;
+
+use Getopt::Long qw( GetOptions );
+use Pod::Usage   qw( pod2usage );
+
+use t::lib::TestBuilder;
+my $builder = t::lib::TestBuilder->new;
+
+my $source;
+my $values;
+my $number;
+my $help;
+my $verbose;
+
+GetOptions(
+    "s|source=s" => \$source,
+    "d|data=s%"  => \$values,
+    "n|number=i" => \$number,
+    "h|help"     => \$help,
+    "v|verbose"  => \$verbose,
+);
+
+# If we were asked for usage instructions, do it
+pod2usage(1) if $help || !$number || !$source;
+
+for ( 1 .. $number ) {
+
+    if ( $source eq 'Biblio' ) {
+        $builder->build_sample_biblio($values);
+    } elsif ( $source eq 'Item' ) {
+        $builder->build_sample_item($values);
+    } elsif ( $source eq 'Illrequest' ) {
+        $builder->build_sample_ill_request($values);
+    } else {
+        $builder->build(
+            {
+                source => $source,
+                value  => $values,
+            }
+        );
+    }
+}
+
+=head1 NAME
+
+misc/devel/create_test_data.pl
+
+=head1 SYNOPSIS
+
+ create_test_data.pl -n 99 -s ObjectName [ -d foreignkey=somevalue ]
+
+This script allows for quickly generated large numbers of test data for development purposes.
+
+=head1 OPTIONS
+
+=over 8
+
+=item B<-s|--source> <source>
+
+The DBIx::Class ResultSet source to use ( e.g. Branch, Category, EdifactMessage, etc. )
+
+=item B<-d|--data> <valumn>=<value>
+
+Repeatable, set a given column to the specified value for all generated data.
+
+create_test_data.pl -n 5 -s Issue -d borrowernumber=42 -d -d branchcode=MPL
+
+=item B<-n|--number> <number>
+
+The number of rows to create
+
+=item B<-h|--help>
+
+prints this help text
+
+=back