CVSROOT ciabot,1.5,1.6

Update of /cvs/fresco/CVSROOT
In directory purcel:/tmp/cvs-serv24342

Modified Files:
	ciabot 
Log Message:
Add more documentation to ciabot script.
Another test of message truncation...
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Index: ciabot
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RCS file: /cvs/fresco/CVSROOT/ciabot,v
retrieving revision 1.5
retrieving revision 1.6
diff -u -d -r1.5 -r1.6
--- ciabot	2 Jun 2003 11:14:18 -0000	1.5
+++ ciabot	2 Jun 2003 11:21:29 -0000	1.6
@@ -10,13 +10,21 @@
 
 projectname="fresco"  # will announce to channel #<whatever you put here>
 returnaddress="[email protected]"
+
+# You should turn stripnewlines on if you tend to write short blocks
+# of text, and off if you tend to have any formatting.  If you stick
+# full changelog entries in your commit messages, definitely turn it
+# off.
 stripnewlines=false
 #stripnewlines=true
+
 # For non-sourceforge projects:
 commitaddress="[email protected]"
 # For sourceforge projects:
 #commitaddress="[email protected]"
 
+#################### End of what you'll generally need to change
+
 echo -n "Notifying #${projectname}..."
 
 maxlines=6
@@ -26,12 +34,12 @@
 message=`echo "$message" | sed "1,${lineno}d"`
 newline=`echo`
 
-if $stripnewlines; then
-    message=`echo -n "$message" | tr '\n\r' ' '`
-fi
-
 if [ "$message" != `echo -n "$message" | head -n $maxlines` ]; then
     message="`echo -n \"$message\" | head -n $(($maxlines - 1))`$newline<...>"
+fi
+
+if $stripnewlines; then
+    message=`echo -n "$message" | tr '\n\r' ' '`
 fi
 
 module=`echo $1 | cut -d/ -f1`