Changed how posts are marked ephemeral

api/post.go

@@ -764,9 +764,8 @@ func checkForOutOfChannelMentions(c *Context, post *model.Post, channel *model.C
 		Id:        model.NewId(),
 		ChannelId: post.ChannelId,
 		Message:   messageText,
-		Type:      model.POST_OUT_OF_CHANNEL_MENTION,
+		Type:      model.POST_EPHEMERAL,
 		CreateAt:  post.CreateAt + 1,
-		Ephemeral: true,
 		Props:     model.StringInterface{},
 		Filenames: []string{},
 	}

model/post.go

@@ -10,12 +10,13 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	POST_SYSTEM_MESSAGE_PREFIX  = "system_"
-	POST_DEFAULT                = ""
-	POST_SLACK_ATTACHMENT       = "slack_attachment"
-	POST_JOIN_LEAVE             = "system_join_leave"
-	POST_HEADER_CHANGE          = "system_header_change"
-	POST_OUT_OF_CHANNEL_MENTION = "system_out_of_channel_mention"
+	POST_SYSTEM_MESSAGE_PREFIX = "system_"
+	POST_DEFAULT               = ""
+	POST_SLACK_ATTACHMENT      = "slack_attachment"
+	POST_SYSTEM_GENERIC        = "system_generic"
+	POST_JOIN_LEAVE            = "system_join_leave"
+	POST_HEADER_CHANGE         = "system_header_change"
+	POST_EPHEMERAL             = "system_ephemeral"
 )
 
 type Post struct {
@@ -34,7 +35,6 @@ type Post struct {
 	Hashtags      string          `json:"hashtags"`
 	Filenames     StringArray     `json:"filenames"`
 	PendingPostId string          `json:"pending_post_id" db:"-"`
-	Ephemeral     bool            `json:"ephemeral" db:"-"`
 }
 
 func (o *Post) ToJson() string {

web/react/components/post_info.jsx

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ export default class PostInfo extends React.Component {
         var isOwner = UserStore.getCurrentId() === post.user_id;
         var isAdmin = Utils.isAdmin(UserStore.getCurrentUser().roles);
 
-        if (post.state === Constants.POST_FAILED || post.state === Constants.POST_LOADING || post.ephemeral) {
+        if (post.state === Constants.POST_FAILED || post.state === Constants.POST_LOADING || Utils.isPostEphemeral(post)) {
             return '';
         }
 
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ export default class PostInfo extends React.Component {
         EventHelpers.emitRemovePost(this.props.post);
     }
     createRemovePostButton(post) {
-        if (!post.ephemeral) {
+        if (!Utils.isPostEphemeral(post)) {
             return null;
         }
 
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ export default class PostInfo extends React.Component {
             commentCountText = '';
         }
 
-        if (post.state !== Constants.POST_FAILED && post.state !== Constants.POST_LOADING && !post.ephemeral) {
+        if (post.state !== Constants.POST_FAILED && post.state !== Constants.POST_LOADING && !Utils.isPostEphemeral(post)) {
             comments = (
                 <a
                     href='#'

web/react/stores/post_store.jsx

@@ -342,8 +342,7 @@ class PostStoreClass extends EventEmitter {
             // make sure to copy the post so that component state changes work properly
             postList.posts[post.id] = Object.assign({}, post, {
                 state: Constants.POST_DELETED,
-                filenames: [],
-                ephemeral: true
+                filenames: []
             });
         }
     }

web/react/utils/constants.jsx

@@ -128,8 +128,8 @@ export default {
     POST_LOADING: 'loading',
     POST_FAILED: 'failed',
     POST_DELETED: 'deleted',
-    POST_TYPE_JOIN_LEAVE: 'system_join_leave',
     POST_TYPE_EPHEMERAL: 'system_ephemeral',
+    POST_TYPE_JOIN_LEAVE: 'system_join_leave',
     SYSTEM_MESSAGE_PREFIX: 'system_',
     SYSTEM_MESSAGE_PROFILE_NAME: 'System',
     SYSTEM_MESSAGE_PROFILE_IMAGE: '/static/images/logo_compact.png',

web/react/utils/utils.jsx

@@ -1355,3 +1355,7 @@ export function languages() {
         ]
     );
 }
+
+export function isPostEphemeral(post) {
+    return post.type === Constants.POST_TYPE_EPHEMERAL || post.state === Constants.POST_DELETED;
+}