diff --git a/clean.sh b/clean.sh
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@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-cargo update
-cargo fmt
-cargo check
-cargo clippy
-cargo outdated -R
diff --git a/scripts/compilation_benchmark.sh b/scripts/compilation_benchmark.sh
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--- /dev/null
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@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -e
+
+times=3
+duration=0
+for ((i=0; i < times; i++)) ; do
+    echo "Starting iteration $i"
+    echo "cargo clean"
+    # to benchmark incremental compilation time, do a full build with the same compiler version first,
+    # and use the following clean command:
+    #cargo clean -p lemmy_utils
+    cargo clean
+    echo "cargo build"
+    start=$(date +%s.%N)
+    RUSTC_WRAPPER='' cargo +1.47.0 build -q
+    end=$(date +%s.%N)
+    echo "Finished iteration $i after $(bc <<< "scale=0; $end - $start") seconds"
+    duration=$(bc <<< "$duration + $end - $start")
+done
+
+average=$(bc <<< "scale=0; $duration / $times")
+
+echo "Average compilation time over $times runs is $average seconds"
\ No newline at end of file
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