--- control_rancid      2009-07-21 14:48:29.000000000 -0500
+++ control_rancid-new  2009-07-21 14:00:37.000000000 -0500
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
 
 # print a usage message to stderr
 pr_usage() {
-    echo "usage: $0 [-V] [-r device_name] [-m mail rcpt] [group [group ...]]" >&2;
+    echo "usage: $0 [-V] [-r device_name] [-m mail rcpt] [-c commit remark] [group [group ...]]" >&2;
 }
 
 # command-line options
@@ -78,6 +78,12 @@
            device="$1"
            shift
            ;;
+       -c)
+           shift
+           # next arg is commit remark
+           commit_remark=$1
+           shift
+           ;;
        --)
            shift; break;
            ;;
@@ -467,7 +473,7 @@
     subject="router config diffs"
 fi
 if [ "X$device" != "X" ] ; then
-    $RCSSYS commit -m "updates - courtesy of $mailrcpt"
+    $RCSSYS commit -m "updates - $commit_remark"
     subject="$GROUP/$device $subject"
 else
     $RCSSYS commit -m updates
