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| // ==UserScript== | |
| // @name Revert GitHub PR Title Truncation | |
| // @namespace https://github.com/lionel-rowe/ | |
| // @version 0.4 | |
| // @description Revert GitHub PR Title Truncation | |
| // @author https://github.com/lionel-rowe/ | |
| // @match https://github.com/* | |
| // @icon https://www.google.com/s2/favicons?sz=64&domain=github.com | |
| // @grant none | |
| // @run-at document-start | |
| // ==/UserScript== | |
| // https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/12450 | |
| // @ts-check | |
| /// <reference lib="dom" /> | |
| /// <reference lib="dom.iterable" /> | |
| /** @typedef {{ title: string, body: string }} Content */ | |
| const ELLIPSIS = '…' | |
| new MutationObserver(untruncate).observe( | |
| document.documentElement, | |
| { childList: true, subtree: true }, | |
| ) | |
| untruncate() | |
| function untruncate() { | |
| if (!location.pathname.includes('/compare/')) return | |
| const $title = document.querySelector('[name="pull_request[title]"]') | |
| const $body = document.querySelector('[name="pull_request[body]"]') | |
| if (!$title?.checkVisibility() || !$body?.checkVisibility()) return | |
| if (!($title instanceof HTMLInputElement) || !($body instanceof HTMLTextAreaElement)) { | |
| throw new TypeError('Unexpected element types') | |
| } | |
| reflow($title, $body) | |
| } | |
| /** | |
| * @param {HTMLInputElement} $title | |
| * @param {HTMLTextAreaElement} $body | |
| */ | |
| function reflow($title, $body) { | |
| const result = getReflowed({ title: $title.value, body: $body.value }) | |
| if (result == null) return | |
| $title.value = result.title | |
| $body.value = result.body | |
| } | |
| /** | |
| * @param {Content} content | |
| * @returns {Content | null} | |
| */ | |
| function getReflowed({ title, body }) { | |
| if (title.endsWith(ELLIPSIS) && body.startsWith(ELLIPSIS)) { | |
| const m = /\n\s*/.exec(body) | |
| const first = body.slice(0, m?.index ?? undefined) | |
| const rest = m == null ? '' : body.slice(m.index + m[0].length) | |
| return { | |
| title: title.slice(0, -ELLIPSIS.length) + first.slice(ELLIPSIS.length), | |
| body: rest, | |
| } | |
| } | |
| return null | |
| } |
Author
In my case I had to change
// @match https://github.com/*/compare/*
to
// @match https://github.com/**/compare/*
Author
In my case I had to change
...
Thanks @orestesgaolin ! I've updated the script to run on @match https://github.com/*, along with some other changes. That's necessary because most navigations on GitHub don't cause full-page refresh, thus the initially matched URL might be something completely different.
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Thanks @StefanMich ! Updated with that fix and a couple of other changes.