added patchfile for v4.2.1

character-limit-patch.patch/v4.2.1-increase-character-limit-from-500-to-5000.patch

@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+From 1d7ac665608f78c497d346c0a2e5909d1e83e753 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Falko Zurell <falko.zurell@here.com>
+Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2023 19:41:59 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] apply 5000 char limit patch to 4.2.1
+
+---
+ .../mastodon/features/compose/components/compose_form.jsx     | 4 ++--
+ app/validators/status_length_validator.rb                     | 2 +-
+ 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/app/javascript/mastodon/features/compose/components/compose_form.jsx b/app/javascript/mastodon/features/compose/components/compose_form.jsx
+index 9222b2dc8..962310a28 100644
+--- a/app/javascript/mastodon/features/compose/components/compose_form.jsx
++++ b/app/javascript/mastodon/features/compose/components/compose_form.jsx
+@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ 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) => {
+@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ class ComposeForm extends ImmutablePureComponent {
+             </div>
+ 
+             <div className='character-counter__wrapper'>
+-              <CharacterCounter max={500} text={this.getFulltextForCharacterCounting()} />
++              <CharacterCounter max={5000} text={this.getFulltextForCharacterCounting()} />
+             </div>
+           </div>
+         </div>
+diff --git a/app/validators/status_length_validator.rb b/app/validators/status_length_validator.rb
+index dc841ded3..9cb1ec94b 100644
+--- a/app/validators/status_length_validator.rb
++++ b/app/validators/status_length_validator.rb
+@@ -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
+ 
+-- 
+2.39.3 (Apple Git-145)
+