mastodon-character-increase

mastodon char increase as documentated at https://write.as/sweetmeat/customize-mastodon-to-change-your-post-character-limit

https://1010.gitlab.io/posts/customize-mastodon-character-limit/

Workflow:

1. check out the mastodon original code
2. check out the Tag your want to patch for (e.q. git checkout v.4.2.2)
3. create a new branch from the tag: git checkout -b v4.2.2-maxChar500
4. modify the files that need to be modified
5. commit the changes to your branch: git commit
6. create the diff patch file: mastodon git:(v4.2.2-maxChar5000) git format-patch --stdout v4.2.2
7. verify the patch and save into this repo: mastodon git:(v4.2.2-maxChar5000) git format-patch --stdout v4.2.2 > ../mastodon-character-increase/character-limit-patch.patch/v4.2.2-increase-character-limit-from-500-to-5000.patch