diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index e4c2ba9d38f3e..c6ceef7545201 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 ---
 refs/heads/gh-pages: 09c786f70121f131b3715aaf3464996502bbeb7e
-"refs/heads/CMSSW_7_1_X": ac3bc05de97d55ee133e73aa82b3c064da3986e2
+"refs/heads/CMSSW_7_1_X": 7bc1ebb7c6ad5fc17f4e1a19fea1e5290813c34f
diff --git a/trunk/DataFormats/Histograms/interface/MEtoEDMFormat.h b/trunk/DataFormats/Histograms/interface/MEtoEDMFormat.h
index 2a0858bbe1ad7..cfa03dedcfded 100644
--- a/trunk/DataFormats/Histograms/interface/MEtoEDMFormat.h
+++ b/trunk/DataFormats/Histograms/interface/MEtoEDMFormat.h
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
  *  DataFormat class to hold the information from a ME tranformed into
  *  ROOT objects as appropriate
  *
- *  $Date: 2009/09/28 18:28:07 $
- *  $Revision: 1.17 $
+ *  $Date: 2009/09/29 19:49:10 $
+ *  $Revision: 1.18 $
  *  \author M. Strang SUNY-Buffalo
  */
 
@@ -176,6 +176,53 @@ MEtoEDM<double>::mergeProduct(const MEtoEDM<double> &newMEtoEDM)
   return true;
 }
 
+template <>
+inline bool
+MEtoEDM<int>::mergeProduct(const MEtoEDM<int> &newMEtoEDM)
+{
+  const MEtoEdmObjectVector &newMEtoEDMObject =
+    newMEtoEDM.getMEtoEdmObject();
+  const size_t nObjects = newMEtoEDMObject.size();
+  //  NOTE: we remember the present size since we will only add content
+  //        from newMEtoEDMObject after this point
+  const size_t nOldObjects = MEtoEdmObject.size();
+
+  // if the old and new are not the same size, we want to report a problem
+  if (nObjects != nOldObjects) {
+    std::cout << "WARNING MEtoEDM::mergeProducts(): the lists of histograms to be merged have different sizes: new=" << nObjects << ", old=" << nOldObjects << std::endl;
+  }
+
+  for (unsigned int i = 0; i < nObjects; ++i) {
+    unsigned int j = 0;
+    // see if the name is already in the old container up to the point where
+    // we may have added new entries in the container
+    const std::string& name =newMEtoEDMObject[i].name;
+    if (i < nOldObjects && (MEtoEdmObject[i].name == name)) {
+      j = i;
+    } else {
+      j = 0;
+      while (j <  nOldObjects && (MEtoEdmObject[j].name != name) ) ++j;
+    }
+    if (j >= nOldObjects) {
+      // this value is only in the new container, not the old one
+      std::cout << "WARNING MEtoEDM::mergeProducts(): adding new histogram '" << name << "'" << std::endl;
+      MEtoEdmObject.push_back(newMEtoEDMObject[i]);
+    } else {
+      // this value is also in the new container: add the two
+      if ( MEtoEdmObject[i].name.find("EventInfo/processedEvents") != std::string::npos ) {
+        MEtoEdmObject[i].object += (newMEtoEDMObject[j].object);
+      }
+      if ( MEtoEdmObject[i].name.find("EventInfo/iEvent") != std::string::npos ||
+           MEtoEdmObject[i].name.find("EventInfo/iLumiSection") != std::string::npos) {
+        if (MEtoEdmObject[i].object < newMEtoEDMObject[j].object) {
+          MEtoEdmObject[i].object = (newMEtoEDMObject[j].object);
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  return true;
+}
+
 template <>
 inline bool
 MEtoEDM<int64_t>::mergeProduct(const MEtoEDM<int64_t> &newMEtoEDM)
diff --git a/trunk/DataFormats/Histograms/src/classes.h b/trunk/DataFormats/Histograms/src/classes.h
index 2171f4573f61f..3b4e2085bec3d 100644
--- a/trunk/DataFormats/Histograms/src/classes.h
+++ b/trunk/DataFormats/Histograms/src/classes.h
@@ -51,7 +51,8 @@ namespace {
     MEtoEDM<TProfile> dummy6;
     MEtoEDM<TProfile2D> dummy7;
     MEtoEDM<double> dummy8;
-    MEtoEDM<int64_t> dummy9;
+    MEtoEDM<int> dummy9;
+    MEtoEDM<int64_t> dummy9a;
     MEtoEDM<TString> dummy10;
     MEtoEDM<TH1F>::MEtoEDMObject blah1;
     MEtoEDM<TH1S>::MEtoEDMObject blah2;
@@ -70,7 +71,8 @@ namespace {
     std::vector<MEtoEDM<TProfile>::MEtoEDMObject> dummy14;
     std::vector<MEtoEDM<TProfile2D>::MEtoEDMObject> dummy15;
     std::vector<MEtoEDM<double>::MEtoEDMObject> dummy16;
-    std::vector<MEtoEDM<int64_t>::MEtoEDMObject> dummy17;
+    std::vector<MEtoEDM<int>::MEtoEDMObject> dummy17;
+    std::vector<MEtoEDM<int64_t>::MEtoEDMObject> dummy17a;
     std::vector<MEtoEDM<TString>::MEtoEDMObject> dummy18;
     edm::Wrapper<MEtoEDM<TH1F> > theValidData1;
     edm::Wrapper<MEtoEDM<TH1S> > theValidData1s;
@@ -80,7 +82,8 @@ namespace {
     edm::Wrapper<MEtoEDM<TProfile> > theValidData4;
     edm::Wrapper<MEtoEDM<TProfile2D> > theValidData5;
     edm::Wrapper<MEtoEDM<double> > theValidData6;
-    edm::Wrapper<MEtoEDM<int64_t> > theValidData7;
+    edm::Wrapper<MEtoEDM<int> > theValidData7;
+    edm::Wrapper<MEtoEDM<int64_t> > theValidData7a;
     edm::Wrapper<MEtoEDM<TString> > theValidData8;
   };
 }
diff --git a/trunk/DataFormats/Histograms/src/classes_def.xml b/trunk/DataFormats/Histograms/src/classes_def.xml
index a4f49eb28fd89..e30579327745c 100644
--- a/trunk/DataFormats/Histograms/src/classes_def.xml
+++ b/trunk/DataFormats/Histograms/src/classes_def.xml
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
  <class name="MEtoEDM<TProfile>"/>
  <class name="MEtoEDM<TProfile2D>"/>
  <class name="MEtoEDM<double>"/>
+ <class name="MEtoEDM<int>"/>
  <class name="MEtoEDM<int64_t>"/>
  <class name="MEtoEDM<TString>"/>
  <class name="MEtoEDM<TH1F>::MEtoEDMObject"/>
@@ -60,6 +61,7 @@
  <class name="MEtoEDM<TProfile>::MEtoEDMObject"/>
  <class name="MEtoEDM<TProfile2D>::MEtoEDMObject"/>
  <class name="MEtoEDM<double>::MEtoEDMObject"/>
+ <class name="MEtoEDM<int>::MEtoEDMObject"/>
  <class name="MEtoEDM<int64_t>::MEtoEDMObject"/>
  <class name="MEtoEDM<TString>::MEtoEDMObject"/>
  <class name="std::vector<MEtoEDM<TH1F>::MEtoEDMObject>"/>
@@ -70,6 +72,7 @@
  <class name="std::vector<MEtoEDM<TProfile>::MEtoEDMObject>"/>
  <class name="std::vector<MEtoEDM<TProfile2D>::MEtoEDMObject>"/>
  <class name="std::vector<MEtoEDM<double>::MEtoEDMObject>"/>
+ <class name="std::vector<MEtoEDM<int>::MEtoEDMObject>"/>
  <class name="std::vector<MEtoEDM<int64_t>::MEtoEDMObject>"/>
  <class name="std::vector<MEtoEDM<TString>::MEtoEDMObject>"/>
  <class name="edm::Wrapper<MEtoEDM<TH1F> >"/>
@@ -80,6 +83,7 @@
  <class name="edm::Wrapper<MEtoEDM<TProfile> >"/>
  <class name="edm::Wrapper<MEtoEDM<TProfile2D> >"/>
  <class name="edm::Wrapper<MEtoEDM<double> >"/>
+ <class name="edm::Wrapper<MEtoEDM<int> >"/>
  <class name="edm::Wrapper<MEtoEDM<int64_t> >"/>
  <class name="edm::Wrapper<MEtoEDM<TString> >"/>
 </lcgdict>