From 6942d4ec8a20d928d77f38e5ae8e0530fe40059f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David Florness <david@florness.com>
Date: Sun, 30 May 2021 15:26:32 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] deletemymsgs: allow passing -a flag to delete all messages

not just the ones we sent.

This is useful if we're the admin of the room and need to quickly batch delete.
---
 {deletemymsgs => deletemsgs}/cmd.go | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++--------
 main.go                             |  4 ++--
 2 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
 rename {deletemymsgs => deletemsgs}/cmd.go (73%)

diff --git a/deletemymsgs/cmd.go b/deletemsgs/cmd.go
similarity index 73%
rename from deletemymsgs/cmd.go
rename to deletemsgs/cmd.go
index 928abc3..2779cec 100644
--- a/deletemymsgs/cmd.go
+++ b/deletemsgs/cmd.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package deletemymsgs
+package deletemsgs
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
@@ -12,21 +12,33 @@ import (
 )
 
 func init() {
-	x := cmdtab.New("deletemymsgs")
-	x.Summary = "delete the messages we've sent to a particular room of the given types"
-	x.Usage = "<roomID> <type>+"
+	x := cmdtab.New("deletemsgs")
+	x.Summary = "delete the messages with the given types that were sent to the given room"
+	x.Usage = `[-a] <roomID> <type>+
+
+	-a	delete all messages of the given types in the room, not
+		just those that were sent by us
+`
 
 	x.Method = func(args []string) error {
+		all := false
 		if len(args) < 2 || args[0] == "-h" {
 			return x.UsageError()
 		}
+		if args[0] == "-a" {
+			all = true
+			args = args[1:]
+		}
+		if len(args) < 2 {
+			return x.UsageError()
+		}
 		roomID := id.RoomID(args[0])
 		types := args[1:]
-		return deletemymsgs(roomID, types)
+		return deletemsgs(roomID, types, all)
 	}
 }
 
-func deletemymsgs(roomID id.RoomID, types []string) error {
+func deletemsgs(roomID id.RoomID, types []string, all bool) error {
 	authInfo, err := shared.GetAuthInfo()
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -41,8 +53,8 @@ func deletemymsgs(roomID id.RoomID, types []string) error {
 	// stop mautrix from ignoring unparsable events
 	syncer.ParseEventContent = false
 	syncer.OnEvent(func (source mautrix.EventSource, evt *event.Event) {
-		// skip events that we didn't send
-		if evt.Sender != client.UserID {
+		// skip events that we didn't send if -a wasn't provided
+		if !all && evt.Sender != client.UserID {
 			return
 		}
 		// skip events that aren't in this room
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 115f809..ecd1578 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	_ "git.hnitbjorg.xyz/~edwargix/axon/autojoin"
-	_ "git.hnitbjorg.xyz/~edwargix/axon/deletemymsgs"
+	_ "git.hnitbjorg.xyz/~edwargix/axon/deletemsgs"
 	_ "git.hnitbjorg.xyz/~edwargix/axon/echo"
 	"github.com/rwxrob/cmdtab"
 )
 
 func main() {
-	x := cmdtab.New("axon", "autojoin", "deletemymsgs", "echo")
+	x := cmdtab.New("axon", "autojoin", "deletemsgs", "echo")
 	x.Summary = "a set of simple utility programs for the Matrix Client-Server API"
 	x.Usage = "<cmd>"
 	x.Version = "v0.0.0"
-- 
2.38.4