diff --git a/libexec/git-lfs-wget b/libexec/git-lfs-wget
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+++ b/libexec/git-lfs-wget
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+[ "$#" -ne 2 ] && echo 'Usage:  git-lfs-wget URI subpath' && exit 1
+
+subdir=$(echo $1 | awk -F/ '{print$NF}' | awk -F. '{print$1}')
+
+if [ -d $subdir ]
+then
+    if ! [ -e $subdir/.git ]
+    then
+        echo "ERROR:  $subdir already exists but is not a git repo."
+        exit 1
+    fi
+else
+    GIT_LFS_SKIP_SMUDGE=1 git clone $1
+    git lfs install --skip-smudge
+fi
+
+cd $subdir
+
+git config lfs.fetchinclude "$2"
+
+git lfs pull
+
diff --git a/libexec/gold-diff b/libexec/gold-diff
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+++ b/libexec/gold-diff
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+[ "$#" -ne 2 ] && echo 'Usage:  gold-diff dir1 dir2' && exit 1
+
+a=$1
+b=$2
+
+for x in $a/*.hipo
+do
+    y=$b/$(basename $x)
+    stub=$(basename $x)
+    stub=${stub%%.*}
+    hipo-diff -q 1 -s 0,1,2 -n 10000 $x $y >& $stub.log &
+done
+
+wait
diff --git a/libexec/gold-run b/libexec/gold-run
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+++ b/libexec/gold-run
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+exe='decoder4u -n 10000'
+csv=gold.csv
+cache=pin-gold.txt
+
+if ! [ -f $csv ] || ! [ -f $cache ]
+then
+    echo "ERROR:  This requires the gold text files from the 'raw-data' repository"
+    echo "to be in your current working directory.  The easiest way to get them:"
+    echo "GIT_LFS_SKIP_SMUDGE=1 git clone https://code.jlab.org/hallb/clas12/raw-data.git"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+IFS=$'\n'
+
+for x in $(tail -n +2 $csv)
+do
+    x=${x//[[:space:]]/}
+    run=${x##*,}
+    period=${x%%,*}
+    stub=${period}_${run}
+    data=$(grep ${run} $cache | grep 1$)
+    $exe -o $stub.hipo $data >& $stub.log &
+done
+
+wait