Add --description.

Also move stuff from ObnamProgram to generic part of code.

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/seivot b/seivot
index b20a368..af54c4c 100755
--- a/seivot
+++ b/seivot
@@ -220,10 +220,6 @@ class Obnam(BackupProgram):
             cp.set('meta', 'revision', self._revno)
         if self._larch_branch:
             cp.set('meta', 'larch-revision', self._larch_revno)
-        if self.settings['encrypt-with']:
-            cp.set('meta', 'encrypted', 'yes')
-        else:
-            cp.set('meta', 'encrypted', 'no')
 
 
 class BackupProgramFactory(object):
@@ -270,6 +266,12 @@ class Report(object):
 
         cp.add_section('meta')
         cp.set('meta', 'program', self.program.name)
+        if self.program.settings['encrypt-with']:
+            cp.set('meta', 'encrypted', 'yes')
+        else:
+            cp.set('meta', 'encrypted', 'no')
+        if self.program.settings['description']:
+            cp.set('meta', 'description', self.program.settings['description'])
         self.program.set_meta(cp)
         
         for gen in self.generations:
@@ -297,6 +299,9 @@ class Seivot(cliapp.Application):
 
         self.settings.choice(['program'], self.factory.names(),
                              'program to benchmark (%default)')
+        self.settings.string(['description'],
+                             'free-form description of this backup run',
+                             metavar='TEXT')
 
         self.settings.integer(['generations'],
                               'total number of generations to '