Fix missing here ping on new threads. Add threadTimestamps option to revert removal of thread timestamps.

README.md

@@ -67,3 +67,4 @@ These go in `config.json`. See also `config.example.json`.
 |logChannelId|Server's default channel|Channel where to post links to closed threads and other alerts|
 |newThreadCategoryId|None|ID of the category where new modmail thread channels should be placed|
 |relaySmallAttachmentsAsAttachments|false|Whether to relay small (<2MB) attachments from users as attachments rather than links in modmail threads|
+|threadTimestamps|false|Whether to show custom timestamps in threads, in addition to Discord's own timestamps. Logs always have accurate timestamps, regardless of this setting.|

src/config.js

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ const defaultConfig = {
   "alwaysReplyAnon": false,
   "useNicknames": false,
   "ignoreAccidentalThreads": false,
+  "threadTimestamps": false,
 
   "enableGreeting": false,
   "greetingMessage": null,

src/data/Thread.js

@@ -47,14 +47,18 @@ class Thread {
     }
 
     // Build the reply message
-    const timestamp = utils.getTimestamp();
     let dmContent = `**${modUsername}:** ${text}`;
     let threadContent = `**${logModUsername}:** ${text}`;
     let logContent = text;
 
-    let files = [];
+    if (config.threadTimestamps) {
+      const timestamp = utils.getTimestamp();
+      threadContent = `[${timestamp}] » ${threadContent}`;
+    }
 
     // Prepare attachments, if any
+    let files = [];
+
     if (replyAttachments.length > 0) {
       for (const attachment of replyAttachments) {
         files.push(await attachments.attachmentToFile(attachment));
@@ -99,6 +103,13 @@ class Thread {
 
     let threadContent = `**${msg.author.username}#${msg.author.discriminator}:** ${content}`;
     let logContent = msg.content;
+
+    if (config.threadTimestamps) {
+      const timestamp = utils.getTimestamp(msg.timestamp, 'x');
+      threadContent = `[${timestamp}] « ${threadContent}`;
+    }
+
+    // Prepare attachments, if any
     let attachmentFiles = [];
 
     for (const attachment of msg.attachments) {
@@ -145,13 +156,11 @@ class Thread {
   }
 
   /**
-   * @param {String} text
-   * @param {Eris~MessageFile|Eris~MessageFile[]} file
    * @returns {Promise<Eris~Message>}
    */
-  async postToThreadChannel(text, file = null) {
+  async postToThreadChannel(...args) {
     try {
-      return await bot.createMessage(this.channel_id, text, file);
+      return await bot.createMessage(this.channel_id, ...args);
     } catch (e) {
       // Channel not found
       if (e.code === 10003) {
@@ -183,8 +192,8 @@ class Thread {
    * @param {String} text
    * @returns {Promise<void>}
    */
-  async postNonLogMessage(text) {
-    await this.postToThreadChannel(text);
+  async postNonLogMessage(...args) {
+    await this.postToThreadChannel(...args);
   }
 
   /**

src/data/threads.js

@@ -79,6 +79,12 @@ async function createNewThreadForUser(user) {
 
   const newThread = await findById(newThreadId);
 
+  // Ping moderators of the new thread
+  await newThread.postNonLogMessage({
+    content: `@here New modmail thread (${newThread.user_name})`,
+    disableEveryone: false
+  });
+
   // Post the log link to the beginning (but don't save it in thread messages)
   const logUrl = await newThread.getLogUrl();
   await newThread.postNonLogMessage(`Log URL: <${logUrl}>`);

src/utils.js

@@ -128,11 +128,10 @@ function getUserMention(str) {
 
 /**
  * Returns the current timestamp in an easily readable form
- * @param {String|Date|undefined} date
  * @returns {String}
  */
-function getTimestamp(date) {
-  return moment.utc(date).format('HH:mm');
+function getTimestamp(...momentArgs) {
+  return moment.utc(...momentArgs).format('HH:mm');
 }
 
 /**