final_msg: make a backup for comaprison if needed

diff --git a/final_msg b/final_msg
index 5e00ddaf0d06c9d7621ad0ef1b7325069b07ea95..89ebc0d95db378d03146a2792d0b0730c7f7b94f 100755 (executable)
--- a/final_msg
+++ b/final_msg
@@ -10,11 +10,12 @@ nmc=$(git rev-list --no-merges --count origin/master..HEAD^)
 ss=$(git diff --shortstat -M -C origin/master..HEAD^)
 ntrees=$(wc -l <../etc/control)
 
-sed -e 's/^\(Changes since\) [0-9]*:/\1 '"$prev"':/' \
+sed -i.bak -e 's/^\(Changes since\) [0-9]*:/\1 '"$prev"':/' \
     -e 's/^\(Non-merge commits .*:\) [0-9]*/\1 '"$nmc"'/'\
     -e 's/^ *[0-9]* files changed,.*$/'"$ss"'/' \
     -e 's/^\(I am currently merging\) [0-9]* /\1 '"$ntrees"' /' \
-    ../last_msg |
-       $(dirname $0)/send_email "$to" "$cc" "$subject"
+    ../last_msg
+
+$(dirname $0)/send_email "$to" "$cc" "$subject" <../last_msg
 
 exit 0