Short program to dis-allow CVS commits if no comment is supplied

[Y2KYZFR1]

Granted this only stopps the "forgetfull".

I tested it against the following clients, all of which supply a
DIFFERENT "no message" string.
 
WinCVS 1.3.14.1 Beta 14 ( Build 1 )
TortioseCVS
some MacClient
Eclipse 3.0 ( cvs built in client )

add this file to $CVSROOT/CVSROOT/checkoutlist

then add 

.* $CVSROOT/CVSROOT/CVSRequireComment.py

to  $CVSROOT/CVSROOT/verifymsg 




# Filename = CVSRequireComment.py

#!/usr/bin/env python

import sys

def main():
    # // args[0] is script name
    # // args[1] is temp file name
    # // stdin contains long log message from cvs

    # // these are for debugging what is actually being suppiled
    # // to this script
    #sys.stderr.write( 'sript name        = ' + sys.argv[0] + '\n' )
    #sys.stderr.write( 'message temp file = ' + sys.argv[1] + '\n' )
    #sys.stderr.write( 'stdin             = "' + sys.stdin.read() +
'"\n' )

    try:
        logString = open( sys.argv[1] ).read()
        logString = logString.strip()
        #sys.stderr.write( 'logString = "' + logString + '"' )
    except:
        sys.stderr.write('No log message file found')

    # // don't allow commits to files of the following type
    if logString.find( '.class'):
        sys.stderr.write( '.class files are not allowed in the
repository' )
        sys.exit(1);
    # // this is what WinCVS sends in when no message is supplied
    # // version 1.3.14.1 Beta 14 Build 1 actually sends in 'no
message\n'
    # // so I decided to do startswith() to handle the case if the \n
gets removed
    # // eclipse's integrated cvs support uses '*** empty log message
**'
    # // so again I use startswith() to detect those
    # // tortoise just sends in a carrige return or line feed or
something
    # // that is what the logString.strip() is for above
    if ( logString.startswith( 'no message' ) ) or (
logString.startswith( '***' ) ) or ( not logString ) or ( len(
logString ) == 0 ):
        sys.stderr.write('No comment was suppiled\n')
        sys.stderr.write('You must supply a ** useful ** comment!\n' )
        sys.stderr.write('A concise explaination of what was done or a
bug id is ok\n')
        sys.exit(1)
    else:
        #sys.stderr.write( 'Thanks for supplying a comment' )
        #sys.stderr.write('Comment == "' + logString + '"\n')
        sys.exit(0)

if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()