diff --git a/tools/batch_update_projects.py b/tools/batch_update_projects.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+# not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+# a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+# WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+# License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+import os
+
+import git
+from projectconfig_ruamellib import YAML  # noqa
+
+
+GIT_DIR = '~/git'
+LOG = open('/tmp/log', 'w')
+SCRIPT = open('/tmp/script', 'w')
+
+TOPIC = "zuulv3-FIXME"
+MSG = """Zuul: FIXME
+
+FIXME
+"""
+
+
+def log(x):
+    print(x)
+    LOG.write(x + '\n')
+
+
+def script(x):
+    SCRIPT.write(x + '\n')
+
+
+def handle_file(path, config_path):
+    log('    File: %s' % config_path)
+    yaml = YAML()
+    try:
+        config = yaml.load(open(config_path))
+    except Exception:
+        log("      Has yaml errors")
+        return
+    if not config:
+        log("      No config")
+        return
+    updated = False
+    for block in config:
+        # FIXME: Perform the transformation here, if changed, set updated
+        updated = True
+    if updated:
+        log("      Updated")
+        with open(config_path, 'w') as f:
+            yaml.dump(config, f)
+        return True
+    return False
+
+
+def handle_branch(path):
+    updated = []
+    for fn in ['zuul.yaml', '.zuul.yaml']:
+        if os.path.exists(os.path.join(path, fn)):
+            if handle_file(path, os.path.join(path, fn)):
+                updated.append(os.path.join(path, fn))
+    for dfn in ['zuul.d', '.zuul.d']:
+        zuul_path = os.path.join(path, dfn)
+        if os.path.exists(zuul_path):
+            for root, dirs, files in os.walk(zuul_path):
+                for fn in files:
+                    if fn.startswith('.nfs'):
+                        continue
+                    if handle_file(path, os.path.join(root, fn)):
+                        updated.append(os.path.join(root, fn))
+    return updated
+
+
+def handle_repo(path):
+    log('Repo: %s' % path)
+    repo = git.Repo(path)
+    repo.git.fetch('origin', tags=True)
+    origin = repo.remotes['origin']
+    for ref in origin.refs:
+        x, branch = ref.name.split('/', 1)
+        if branch == 'HEAD':
+            continue
+        log('  Branch: %s' % branch)
+        repo.git.checkout(branch)
+        repo.git.reset('--hard', 'remotes/origin/' + branch)
+        for files in os.listdir(path):
+            if not ('zuul.yaml' in files or '.zuul.yaml' in files or
+                    'zuul.d' in files or '.zuul.d' in files):
+                continue
+        files = handle_branch(path)
+        if files:
+            repo.index.add(files)
+            repo.index.commit(MSG)
+            script('cd %s' % path)
+            script('git checkout %s' % branch)
+            script('git review -t %s' % TOPIC)
+
+
+def main():
+    for root in os.listdir(GIT_DIR):
+        # TODO: ignore read-only repos
+        if root.startswith('deb-'):
+            continue
+        path = os.path.join(GIT_DIR, root)
+        if not os.path.isdir(path):
+            continue
+        handle_repo(path)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    log("Start")
+    main()
+    log("End")
diff --git a/tools/projectconfig_ruamellib.py b/tools/projectconfig_ruamellib.py
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index 0000000000..8ed6e7e5c1
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+++ b/tools/projectconfig_ruamellib.py
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+# Copyright (c) 2015 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or
+# implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+import ruamel.yaml
+
+
+def none_representer(dumper, data):
+    return dumper.represent_scalar('tag:yaml.org,2002:null', 'null')
+
+
+class YAML(object):
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.yaml = ruamel.yaml.YAML()
+        self.yaml.allow_duplicate_keys = True
+        self.yaml.representer.add_representer(type(None), none_representer)
+        self.yaml.indent(mapping=2, sequence=4, offset=2)
+
+    def load(self, stream):
+        return self.yaml.load(stream)
+
+    def tr(self, x):
+        x = x.replace('\n-', '\n\n-')
+        newlines = []
+        for line in x.split('\n'):
+            if '#' in line:
+                newlines.append(line)
+            else:
+                newlines.append(line[2:])
+        return '\n'.join(newlines)
+
+    def dump(self, data, *args, **kwargs):
+        self.yaml.dump(data, *args, transform=self.tr, **kwargs)