Motd.hs

--  Copyright (C) 2002-2004 David Roundy
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module Darcs.Repository.Motd
    ( getMotd
    , showMotd
    ) where

import Control.Monad ( unless )
import qualified Data.ByteString as B (null, hPut, empty, ByteString)
import System.IO ( stdout )

import Darcs.Repository.External ( fetchFilePS, Cachable(..) )
import Darcs.Util.Global ( darcsdir )
import Darcs.Util.Exception ( catchall )

-- | Fetch and return the message of the day for a given repository.
getMotd :: String -> IO B.ByteString
getMotd repo = fetchFilePS motdPath (MaxAge 600) `catchall` return B.empty
  where
    motdPath = repo ++ "/" ++ darcsdir ++ "/prefs/motd"

-- | Display the message of the day for a given repository,
showMotd :: String -> IO ()
showMotd repo = do
    motd <- getMotd repo
    unless (B.null motd) $ do
        B.hPut stdout motd
        putStrLn $ replicate 22 '*'