# HG changeset patch
# User Jeff Hammel <jhammel@mozilla.com>
# Date 1295490298 28800
# Node ID b2152efec89ae1d1e0fbc38ecf211556f1225cd3
# Parent  d28cde6c942e539dc2e9f233a8c55c3fdb897be6
get the description from the docstring if applicable

diff -r d28cde6c942e -r b2152efec89a makeitso/cli.py
--- a/makeitso/cli.py	Wed Jan 19 18:18:47 2011 -0800
+++ b/makeitso/cli.py	Wed Jan 19 18:24:58 2011 -0800
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
     return a command line parser for the template
     """
     usage = getattr(self, 'usage', '%prog [options] output')
-    description = getattr(self.template_class, 'description', None)
+    description = self.template_class.get_description()
     parser = OptionParser(usage=usage, description=description)
 
     # add the variables as options
diff -r d28cde6c942e -r b2152efec89a makeitso/python.py
--- a/makeitso/python.py	Wed Jan 19 18:18:47 2011 -0800
+++ b/makeitso/python.py	Wed Jan 19 18:24:58 2011 -0800
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@
   """
   CLI front end for the python package template
   """
+  usage = '%prog [options] project'
 
 def main(args=sys.argv[1:]):
   cli = PythonPackageCLI(PythonPackageTemplate)
diff -r d28cde6c942e -r b2152efec89a makeitso/template.py
--- a/makeitso/template.py	Wed Jan 19 18:18:47 2011 -0800
+++ b/makeitso/template.py	Wed Jan 19 18:24:58 2011 -0800
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
         return False
 Undefined = Undefined() # singleton
 
+
 class Variable(object):
     """variable object for MakeItSo templates"""
     
@@ -125,6 +126,14 @@
             assert os.path.exists(path), "%s does not exist" % path
             self._templates.append(path)
 
+    @classmethod
+    def get_description(cls):
+        if hasattr(cls, 'description'):
+            if cls.description:
+                return cls.description
+        if hasattr(cls, '__doc__'):
+            return cls.__doc__
+
     def get_variables(self, **variables):
         # XXX could do this in the ctor
         vars = ContentTemplate.get_variables(self, **variables)