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+# Dependency: The line counting utility cloc https://github.com/AlDanial/cloc
+import csv
+from os import listdir, system
+from pathlib import Path
+
+BASE_DIR = Path("src/barretenberg")
+PER_FILE_REPORT_PATH = Path("build/per_file_report.csv")
+
+# validate that directory structure hasn't changed since last run
+all_dirs = listdir("src/barretenberg")
+last_all_dirs = ['bb', 'benchmark', 'commitment_schemes', 'common', 'crypto', 'dsl', 'ecc', 'eccvm', 'env', 'examples', 'flavor', 'goblin', 'grumpkin_srs_gen', 'honk', 'numeric', 'plonk', 'polynomials', 'protogalaxy', 'relations', 'serialize',
+                 'smt_verification', 'solidity_helpers', 'srs', 'stdlib', 'sumcheck', 'transcript', 'ultra_honk', 'wasi', 'circuit_checker', 'client_ivc', 'translator_vm', 'vm', 'execution_trace', 'plonk_honk_shared', 'stdlib_circuit_builders', 'proof_system', 'build']
+assert (all_dirs == last_all_dirs)
+
+# mark directories that will be covered in an audit of Barretenberg
+# calculated the total number of lines weighted by complexity, with maximum complexity equal to 1
+dirs_to_audit = [
+    'bb',
+    # 'benchmark',
+    'commitment_schemes',
+    # 'common',
+    'crypto',
+    # 'dsl',
+    'ecc',
+    'eccvm',
+    # 'env',
+    # 'examples',
+    'flavor',
+    'goblin',
+    'grumpkin_srs_gen',
+    'honk',
+    'numeric',
+    # 'plonk',
+    'polynomials',
+    'protogalaxy',
+    'relations',
+    # 'serialize',
+    # 'smt_verification',
+    # 'solidity_helpers',
+    'srs',
+    'stdlib',
+    'sumcheck',
+    'transcript',
+    'ultra_honk',
+    # 'wasi',
+    'circuit_checker',
+    'client_ivc',
+    'translator_vm',
+    'vm',
+    'execution_trace',
+    'plonk_honk_shared',
+    'stdlib_circuit_builders',
+    'proof_system'
+]
+weights = {directory: 1 for directory in dirs_to_audit}
+weights["circuit_checker"] = 0.3
+weights["srs"] = 0.3
+weights["polynomials"] = 0.5
+weights["numeric"] = 0.3
+weights["ecc"] = 0.5
+weights["crypto"] = 0.5
+weights["bb"] = 0.3
+
+TOTAL_NUM_CODE_LINES = 0
+# use cloc to count the lines in every file to be audited in the current agreement
+system(
+    f"cloc --include-lang='C++','C/C++ Header' --by-file --csv --out='{PER_FILE_REPORT_PATH}' {BASE_DIR}")
+with open(PER_FILE_REPORT_PATH, newline='') as csvfile:
+    reader = csv.DictReader(csvfile)
+    for row in reader:
+        if row['language'] != 'SUM':
+            path = Path(row['filename']).relative_to(BASE_DIR).parts[0]
+            if path in dirs_to_audit:
+                TOTAL_NUM_CODE_LINES += int(row['code']) * weights[path]
+
+TO_AUDIT_NOW = [
+    "src/barretenberg/stdlib/primitives/bigfield/bigfield.hpp",
+    "src/barretenberg/stdlib/primitives/bigfield/bigfield_impl.hpp",
+    "src/barretenberg/stdlib/primitives/bigfield/bigfield.test.cpp",
+    "src/barretenberg/stdlib/primitives/field/field.hpp",
+    "src/barretenberg/stdlib/primitives/field/field.cpp",
+    "src/barretenberg/stdlib/primitives/field/field.test.cpp",
+    "src/barretenberg/stdlib/primitives/byte_array/byte_array.hpp",
+    "src/barretenberg/stdlib/primitives/byte_array/byte_array.cpp",
+    "src/barretenberg/stdlib/primitives/byte_array/byte_array.test.cpp",
+    "src/barretenberg/relations/delta_range_constraint_relation.hpp",
+    "src/barretenberg/relations/ultra_arithmetic_relation.hpp",
+    "src/barretenberg/stdlib_circuit_builders/ultra_circuit_builder.hpp",
+    "src/barretenberg/stdlib_circuit_builders/ultra_circuit_builder.cpp"]
+counts = {}
+with open(PER_FILE_REPORT_PATH, newline='') as csvfile:
+    reader = csv.DictReader(csvfile)
+    for row in reader:
+        if row["filename"] in TO_AUDIT_NOW:
+            counts[row["filename"]] = row["code"]
+total = 0
+for filename, count in counts.items():
+    total += int(count)
+
+# print the percentage to be audited
+print(f"Audit covers {total/float(TOTAL_NUM_CODE_LINES):.2%}")