diff --git a/scripts/removeBranches.sh b/scripts/removeBranches.sh
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/removeBranches.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+#
+
+if [ $# -lt 1 ]; then
+echo "USAGE: $0 <branch_file>"
+exit 1
+fi
+
+BRANCH_LIST="$1" ; shift
+
+for ORIG_BRANCH in $( cat $BRANCH_LIST ); do
+	BRANCH=$( echo $ORIG_BRANCH | sed 's![ ]*origin/!!g' )
+	TAG=zArchived/$BRANCH
+	echo git tag $TAG $ORIG_BRANCH
+	echo git push origin $TAG
+	echo git push origin :$BRANCH
+done
+
diff --git a/scripts/removeBranches.txt b/scripts/removeBranches.txt
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+  origin/EJP-v20020606branch
+  origin/EJP_KeyBinding
+  origin/EJP_LazyEditors
+  origin/EJP_ReuseEditor
+  origin/EJP_TEMP
+  origin/EJP_TEMP2
+  origin/EJP_Work
+  origin/EJP_WorkingOn15844
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+  origin/Fix14932
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+  origin/I200403180800_Bug55174
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+  origin/M6-branch
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+  origin/Multi_Stroke_Assistant_Shell
+  origin/Nick128_Stream
+  origin/Patch20011212
+  origin/PostSelectionEvent
+  origin/Post_3_2
+  origin/RCP_WORK_1
+  origin/RegistryBranch_31
+  origin/SA_MOVE_SIZE
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+  origin/TC_ENCODING
+  origin/TC_TOC
+  origin/TC_TOC2
+  origin/TOD
+  origin/TOD_ACTION
+  origin/TOD_DEUTSCH
+  origin/TOD_FONT
+  origin/TOD_NL_FRAGMENT
+  origin/TOD_NL_TRANSLATE
+  origin/TOD_OPTIMIZE
+  origin/TestEMF
+  origin/ZTCDecoration
+  origin/ZTCFormLayoutInvestigation
+  origin/ZZNick20011129
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+  origin/branch_2004_11_15_adapters
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+  origin/compat_unit_tests
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+  origin/dpollock_Bug121709
+  origin/dpollock_CoolBar_MemoryLeak
+  origin/dpollock_Doomsday
+  origin/dpollock_FixingHandlerActivation
+  origin/dpollock_FixingRetargetHandlers
+  origin/dpollock_Linkability
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+  origin/dpollock_MenuRendering
+  origin/dpollock_MenuVisibility
+  origin/dpollock_RewritingCommandRegistryPreferences
+  origin/dpollock_Waiting_for_3_2_M4
+  origin/e4_popup
+  origin/eclipse_look_3_0
+  origin/general_purpose_navigator
+  origin/integration
+  origin/model_tweaking_round3
+  origin/patch20031009cmc
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+  origin/R3_2maintenance
+  origin/R3_4_mainteance
+  origin/R3_6_p2_api_cleanup