diff --git a/etc/ci/retry.sh b/etc/ci/retry.sh
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+++ b/etc/ci/retry.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Retries a given command until it passes
+# Run as `retry.sh N command args...`
+# where `N` is the maximum  number of tries, and `command args...` is the
+# command to run, with arguments
+
+n=$1
+shift; # this removes the first argument from $@
+for i in `seq $n`; do
+        echo "====== RUN NUMBER: $i ======";
+        if $@ # run command, check if exit code is zero
+        then
+                exit 0 # command passed, all is well
+        fi
+done
+exit 1