new_contents: __author__ = 'mark'
  import os
  import sys
  import subprocess
  
  remove_list = ['MANIFEST', 'MANIFEST.in']
  output = subprocess.check_output("svn list -R", shell=True)
  print output
  file_list = output.split('\n')
  manifest_list = []
  fname = 'MANIFEST.in'
  
  exclude_list = [
    "tests/unicode_test.py", "tests/tweak_sysmeta.py", "tests/test_simple_client.py",
    "tests/rename_test.py", "tests/populate_valid_eml_docs.py",
    "tests/gmn_test_create_huge_file.py", "tests/gmn_clear.py", "tests/gen_sysmeta.py",
    "tests/fixcrc.py", "tests/add_random_access_policy.py",
    "service/test_systemMetadataChanged.py", "service/settings_site.py", "push_to_gmn_s.py",
    "push_to_gmn1.py", "fix_service_permissions.py"
  ]
  
  with open(fname, 'w') as out:
    for item in exclude_list:
      out.write("exclude " + item + "\n")
    for item in file_list:
      if item not in remove_list and len(item) > 0 and item[-1] != '/':
        out.write("include " + item + "\n")
  
subject: add script to create MANIFEST.in