From 608eb544e31c37cfce65e12e47d0b5664478dfc4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Agust=C3=ADn=20Dall=CA=BCAlba?= <agustin@dallalba.com.ar>
Date: Mon, 10 May 2021 16:18:46 -0300
Subject: [PATCH] Allow '/' in nicknames

This character is used by IRC bridges that follow the proposed IRCv3 spec at <https://github.com/ircv3/ircv3-specifications/pull/417>, such as Matterbridge and PyLink.

Not accepting the character leads to messages being dropped silently.
---
 src/idle-handles.c | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/idle-handles.c b/src/idle-handles.c
index 0996ba6..07982ab 100644
--- a/src/idle-handles.c
+++ b/src/idle-handles.c
@@ -69,6 +69,12 @@ gboolean idle_nickname_is_valid(const gchar *nickname, gboolean strict_mode) {
 				}
 				break;
 
+			/* '/' is used by common IRC bridges that spoof nicknames */
+			case '/':
+				if (strict_mode)
+					return FALSE;
+				break;
+
 			default:
 				if (strict_mode) {
 						/* only accept ascii characters in strict mode */