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+module.exports = extractDescription
+
+// Extracts description from contents of a readme file in markdown format
+function extractDescription (d) {
+ if (!d) return;
+ if (d === "ERROR: No README data found!") return;
+ // the first block of text before the first heading
+ // that isn't the first line heading
+ d = d.trim().split('\n')
+ for (var s = 0; d[s] && d[s].trim().match(/^(#|$)/); s ++);
+ var l = d.length
+ for (var e = s + 1; e < l && d[e].trim(); e ++);
+ return d.slice(s, e).join(' ').trim()
+}