warn about anchors not working with respond, fixes hubotio#10

kevinsawicki · Oct 11, 2011 · ce149d9 · ce149d9
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diff --git a/src/hubot/shell.coffee b/src/hubot/shell.coffee
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ class Shell extends Robot
     console.log "Hubot: the Shell."
 
     user = @userForId('1', {name: "Shell"})
-    console.log user
 
     process.stdin.resume()
     process.stdin.on 'data', (txt) =>

diff --git a/src/robot.coffee b/src/robot.coffee
@@ -37,10 +37,14 @@ class Robot
   # Returns nothing.
   respond: (regex, callback) ->
     re = regex.toString().split("/")
+    if re[1] and re[1][0] == "^"
+      console.log "\nWARNING: Anchors don't work well with respond, perhaps you want to use 'hear'"
+      console.log "WARNING: The regex in question was #{regex.toString()}\n"
+
     if @enableSlash
-      newRegex = new RegExp("(\/|#{@name}:?)\\s*#{re[1]}", re[2])
+      newRegex = new RegExp("^(\/|#{@name}:?)\\s*#{re[1]}", re[2])
     else
-      newRegex = new RegExp("#{@name}:?\\s*#{re[1]}", re[2])
+      newRegex = new RegExp("^#{@name}:?\\s*#{re[1]}", re[2])
     @listeners.push new Listener(@, newRegex, callback)
 
   # Public: Passes the given message to any interested Listeners.