From 080c7109adabe9aebf8ff903614215ca94d85bca Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Philip Schatz <phil@cnx.org>
Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2018 13:20:51 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] skip posting to the general channel

to reduce the clutter in that channel
---
 index.js | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index f1f13e1..472053e 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ module.exports = (robot) => {
 
       if (channelId === message.channel) {
         // Skip posting a message when the bot is in the same channel
+      } else if (robot.getBrain().getChannelById(channelId).is_general) {
+        // Skip posting to the special #general channel since everyone is in it
       } else if (robot.slackAdapter.isMemberOfChannel(channelId)) {
         // This bot is already in the channel so post there
         robot.log(`Posting to ${channelName}`)