clean up and prep for bug 339818

releng.control/promote.sh

@@ -41,7 +41,9 @@ do
         ;;
         a)    addProperties=1        
         ;;        
-         p)    projectname=$OPTARG
+        # we strip off ".ser", if present, just to make it easier to use with tab completion, etc., from 
+        # releng.control directory, were the project files are named, for example, "wtp-R3.3.0-I.ser"
+         p)    projectname=${OPTARG%\.ser}
         ;;
         ?)    usage
         exit 2