From e2848eb8621dd645fa68cb1641c0af1df5530408 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Craig Andrews <candrews@integralblue.com>
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 2009 22:57:15 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] If a shortened URL begins with http://, don't include it in
 the shortened url. Saves 7 characters, which is pretty awesome for 140
 character max length notices.

---
 lib/util.php | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/lib/util.php b/lib/util.php
index 256acf1993..3e95d2bea3 100644
--- a/lib/util.php
+++ b/lib/util.php
@@ -1414,6 +1414,9 @@ function common_shorten_url($long_url)
 
     curl_close($curlh);
 
+    if(substr($short_url,0,7)=='http://'){
+        $short_url = substr($short_url,7);
+    }
     return $short_url;
 }