Patch the mastodon server to allow 5000-character toots

5000-toot-size-patch.sh

#!/bin/bash

# Last tested version: 4.1.0

set -e
set -x

cd "${BASH_SOURCE%/*}"

patch -p0 <<'EOF'
diff -Naur live/app/javascript/mastodon/features/compose/components/compose_form.js live/app/javascript/mastodon/features/compose/components/compose_form.js.mod
--- live/app/javascript/mastodon/features/compose/components/compose_form.js	2022-11-18 22:09:53.733496609 +0000
+++ live/app/javascript/mastodon/features/compose/components/compose_form.js.mod	2022-11-18 22:09:54.733496609 +0000
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ class ComposeForm extends ImmutablePureComponent {
     const fulltext = this.getFulltextForCharacterCounting();
     const isOnlyWhitespace = fulltext.length !== 0 && fulltext.trim().length === 0;
 
-    return !(isSubmitting || isUploading || isChangingUpload || length(fulltext) > 500 || (isOnlyWhitespace && !anyMedia));
+    return !(isSubmitting || isUploading || isChangingUpload || length(fulltext) > 5000 || (isOnlyWhitespace && !anyMedia));
   };
 
   handleSubmit = (e) => {
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ class ComposeForm extends ImmutablePureComponent {
           </div>
 
           <div className='character-counter__wrapper'>
-            <CharacterCounter max={500} text={this.getFulltextForCharacterCounting()} />
+            <CharacterCounter max={5000} text={this.getFulltextForCharacterCounting()} />
           </div>
         </div>

diff -Naur live/app/validators/status_length_validator.rb live/app/validators/status_length_validator.rb.mod
--- live/app/validators/status_length_validator.rb	2022-11-18 22:09:53.733496609 +0000
+++ live/app/validators/status_length_validator.rb.mod	2022-11-18 22:09:53.733496609 +0000
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
 class StatusLengthValidator < ActiveModel::Validator
-  MAX_CHARS = 500
+  MAX_CHARS = 5000
   URL_PLACEHOLDER_CHARS = 23
   URL_PLACEHOLDER = 'x' * 23
 
EOF

cd live
RAILS_ENV=production bundle exec rails assets:clean
RAILS_ENV=production bundle exec rails assets:precompile

cat <<'EOF'
Now run the following commands as root:

systemctl restart mastodon-sidekiq
systemctl reload mastodon-web
systemctl restart mastodon-streaming
EOF