--- rancid-run  2009-07-21 14:48:18.000000000 -0500
+++ rancid-run-new      2009-07-21 13:58:09.000000000 -0500
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
 
 # print a usage message to stderr
 pr_usage() {
-    echo "usage: $0 [-V] [-f config_file] [-r device_name] [-m mail rcpt] [group [group ...]]" >&2;
+    echo "usage: $0 [-V] [-f config_file] [-r device_name] [-m mail rcpt] [-c commit remark] [group [group ...]]" >&2;
 }
 
 # command-line options
@@ -92,6 +92,12 @@
            CR_ARGV="$CR_ARGV -r $1"; export CR_ARGV
            shift
            ;;
+       -c)
+           shift
+           # next arg is the commit remark
+           CR_ARGV="$CR_ARGV -c $1"; export CR_ARGV
+           shift
+           ;;
        --)
            shift; break;
            ;;