dev.to Repo Recap from the Past Week
Tags: changelog, meta, opensource
Published: 2019-03-01 23:55:21

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title: dev.to Repo Recap from the Past Week
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description: "A weekly post recapping what's happened in our repo."
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tags: changelog, meta, opensource
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Welcome back to another Repo Recap, where we cover last week's contributions to [dev.to's repository](https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to) and [the iOS repo](https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev-ios). This edition is covering February 17 to February 23.

# Features

- [@deadlybyte](https://dev.to/deadlybyte) added support for `<kbd>` tag in posts and comments, so now you can do stuff like <kbd>ctrl</kbd>! Thanks, @deadlybyte!

  {% github https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/pull/1761 %}


# Bug Fixes / Other Contributions

- [@rhymes](https://dev.to/rhymes) increased the contrast for the reading time duration (ex. `1 min read`). The PR has thorough information about how to do it, too. Thanks, @rhymes!

  {% github https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/pull/1689 %}

- [@lightalloy](https://dev.to/lightalloy) disabled `erblint` cops for the editor guide page specifically to prevent a strange interaction. Thanks, Anna!

  {% github https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/pull/1830 %}

- [@aspittel](https://dev.to/aspittel) add some extra sanitization when linking to GitHub repos in Connect. Thanks, Ali!

  {% github https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/pull/1834 %}

- [@markfilus](https://dev.to/markfilus) fixed a typo on the FAQ page. Thanks for your first contribution, Mark! :tada:

  {% github https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/pull/1836 %}

- [@molly_struve](https://dev.to/molly_struve) added a post's ID to our cache keys for in the bottom section of suggested posts. Thanks for your first contribution, Molly!

  {% github https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/pull/1773 %}

- [@arnellebalane](https://dev.to/arnellebalane) fixed an issue where in mobile, it was possible to scroll too far down in the sidebars. Thanks, Arnelle!

  {% github https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/pull/1787 %}

- [@arnellebalane](https://dev.to/arnellebalane) also fixed some linting issues in  the `views/additional_content_boxes` folder. Thanks again!

  {% github https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/pull/1843 %}

- [@maestromac](https://dev.to/maestromac) added more test coverage. :white_check_mark: Thanks, Mac!

  {% github https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/pull/1829 %}


# New Issues and Discussions

- [@mkrl](https://dev.to/mkrl) requested a feature where you can use keyboard shortcuts for markdown editor. Thanks, @mkrl!

  {% github https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/issues/1826 %}

- [@ben](https://dev.to/ben) raised a question "Could view linting be suppressing contributions?" A great discussion and awesome open source effort came out of it. Thanks, Ben! More next week!

  {% github https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/issues/1828 %}

- [@lightalloy](https://dev.to/lightalloy) raised an issue where `CacheBuster#bust_comment` may fail when banishing user. Thanks, Anna!

  {% github https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/issues/1831 %}

- [@jess](https://dev.to/jess) requested a feature where we send an email when posts fetched via RSS are ready to be published. Thanks, Jess! Chime in here:

  {% github https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/issues/1832 %}

- [@wuz](https://dev.to/wuz) requested a feature where we sort published posts in the dashboard by publish date. Thanks, Conlin!

  {% github https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/issues/1837 %}

- [@lightalloy](https://dev.to/lightalloy) opened an issue about fixing the linting issues in our views, as a part of Ben's earlier issue. Thanks, Anna!

  {% github https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/issues/1842 %}

- [@kayis](https://dev.to/kayis) raised a bug where saving a post with a different canonical URL raises an error `canonical_url has already been taken.` :thinking_face: Thanks, @kayis!

  {% github https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/issues/1845 %}

- [@wes](https://dev.to/wes) requested a feature where you can more easily add photo attribution to a cover image. Thanks, @wes!

  {% github https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/issues/1849 %}

- [@thejaredwilcurt](https://dev.to/thejaredwilcurt) raised a bug where numbered lists are broken out of order if a code block is inserted in between the list. Thanks, Jared!

  {% github https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/issues/1855 %}

- [@defman](https://dev.to/defman) opened the discussion of whether we should have a feature that allows us to ignore tags you don't want to see on the feed. Thanks, @defman!

  {% github https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/issues/1856 %}

# DEV-iOS

We haven't had any new issues or PRs merged lately. Feel free to check out the [iOS repo](https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev-ios), or download [our iOS app on the App Store.](https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/dev-community/id1439094790)

That's it for this week. Thanks for reading!