From 0a30b856ce37f22c3bfd2fdbf97c2c2c241ee413 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: towards-a-new-leftypol <paul_cockshott@protonmail.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2024 12:52:18 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Relax url shortener regex (http(s):// part is optional)

---
 inc/instance-config.php | 12 +++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/inc/instance-config.php b/inc/instance-config.php
index 9f260313..cba250c2 100644
--- a/inc/instance-config.php
+++ b/inc/instance-config.php
@@ -560,7 +560,17 @@ $config['filters'][] = array(
 
 $config['filters'][] = array(
     'condition' => array(
-        'body'  => '/https?:\/\/\w{2,6}\.[a-z]{2,3}\/\w{2,8}(\s|$)/i', // url shorteners are not allowed
+      /*
+       * Old version:
+       *
+       * 'body'  => '/https?:\/\/\w{2,6}\.[a-z]{2,3}\/\w{2,8}(\s|$)/i', // url shorteners are not allowed
+       *    - has to have http(s)://
+       *
+       *  
+       *  New version:
+       *    - optional http(s):// domain name (without tld) might have a dash - in it.
+       */
+        'body'  => '/((https)?:\/\/)?[\w-]{2,6}\.[a-z]{2,3}\/\w{2,8}(\s|$)/i', // url shorteners are not allowed
     ),
     'action' => 'reject',
     'message' => 'Url shorteners are not allowed'