Patch Mastodon to allow more than 500 characters for toots

customize.sh

#!/bin/sh

STATUS_MAX_CHARS=1000

# Enable > 500 characters in the toot composer of the web interface
COMPOSEROOT=/opt/mastodon/app/javascript/mastodon/features/compose/components
if [ -e $COMPOSEROOT/compose_form.js ]; then

  # Sets the custom limit
  cat <<EOF > $COMPOSEROOT/compose_max.js
export default $STATUS_MAX_CHARS;
EOF

  # Show import
  cat $COMPOSEROOT/compose_max.js

  # Adds the import to compose_form
  # replaces 'length(fulltext) > 500' & 'CharacterCounter max={500}' with COMPOSE_MAX
  sed -i.default \
  -e '1i\' \
  -e "import COMPOSE_MAX from './compose_max';" \
  -e 's/\(length(fulltext) > \)500/\1COMPOSE_MAX/' \
  -e 's/\(CharacterCounter max={\)500\(}\)/\1COMPOSE_MAX\2/' \
  $COMPOSEROOT/compose_form.js

  # Show result
  diff --color=always $COMPOSEROOT/compose_form.js.default $COMPOSEROOT/compose_form.js
fi

# Enable > 500 characters in the serverside validator
# (will also update the instance configuration reported via the API)
VALIDATORROOT=/opt/mastodon/app/validators
if [ -e $VALIDATORROOT/status_length_validator.rb ]; then

  # Updates MAX_CHARS in the validator
  sed -i.default \
    -e "s/\\(MAX_CHARS = \\)500/\1$STATUS_MAX_CHARS/" \
    $VALIDATORROOT/status_length_validator.rb

  # Show result
  diff --color=always $VALIDATORROOT/status_length_validator.rb.default $VALIDATORROOT/status_length_validator.rb
fi

exit 0