From bb08f63a9f75a30c44d424b9fd1a49a36da3f0e2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mark Qvist <bc7291552be7a58f361522990465165c>
Date: Thu, 7 May 2026 19:06:05 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Improved releases page rendering

---
 RNS/Utilities/rngit/pages.py  | 10 +++++++---
 RNS/Utilities/rngit/server.py | 19 ++++++++++++++-----
 2 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/RNS/Utilities/rngit/pages.py b/RNS/Utilities/rngit/pages.py
index 82a092fe..3615eb69 100644
--- a/RNS/Utilities/rngit/pages.py
+++ b/RNS/Utilities/rngit/pages.py
@@ -1180,15 +1180,19 @@ class NomadNetworkNode():
             created_ts = rel.get("created", 0)
             date_str = time.strftime("%Y-%m-%d", time.localtime(created_ts)) if created_ts else "unknown"
             artifacts = rel.get("artifacts", 0)
-            preview = rel.get("preview", "")[:256]
-            if len(rel.get("preview", "")) > len(preview): preview += "…"
+            rel_format = rel.get("format", "markdown")
+            preview = rel.get("preview", "").splitlines()[0][:2048]
+            if len(rel.get("preview", "").splitlines()[0]) > len(preview): preview += "…"
             
             link = self.m_link(tag, self.PATH_RELEASE, g=group_name, r=repo_name, t=tag)
             
             sep = self.icon("sep")
             artifacts_str = f"`*{artifacts} artifact{'s' if artifacts != 1 else ''}`*"
             content_parts.append(f"{link} {self.CLR_DIM}{date_str} {sep} {artifacts_str}`f\n")
-            if preview: content_parts.append(f"{self.m_escape(preview)}\n")
+            if preview:
+                if   rel_format == "markdown": content_parts.append(f"{self.mdc.format_block(preview)}\n")
+                elif rel_format == "micron":   content_parts.append(f"{preview}\n")
+                else: content_parts.append(f"{self.m_escape(preview)}\n")
             content_parts.append("\n")
 
         self.owner.view_succeeded(group_name, repo_name, remote_identity)
diff --git a/RNS/Utilities/rngit/server.py b/RNS/Utilities/rngit/server.py
index cd9758db..b2527341 100644
--- a/RNS/Utilities/rngit/server.py
+++ b/RNS/Utilities/rngit/server.py
@@ -1581,7 +1581,7 @@ class ReticulumGitNode():
         group  = self.groups[group_name]
         for entry in os.listdir(group_path):
             path = f"{group_path}/{entry}"
-            if os.path.isdir(path):
+            if os.path.isdir(path) and not path.endswith(".work") and not path.endswith(".releases"):
                 if not self.__is_git_repository(path): RNS.log(f"The directory \"{path}\" is not a git repository, skipping", RNS.LOG_WARNING)
                 else:
                     if not self.__is_bare_repository(path):
@@ -2006,19 +2006,28 @@ class ReticulumGitNode():
                                      "created_by": meta.get("created_by", "") }
 
                     notes_preview = ""
-                    for notes_file in ["RELEASE.md", "RELEASE.mu"]:
+                    notes_format = "markdown"
+                    for notes_file in ["RELEASE.md", "RELEASE.mu", "RELEASE.txt"]:
                         notes_path = os.path.join(release_dir, notes_file)
                         if os.path.isfile(notes_path):
                             try:
                                 with open(notes_path, "r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
-                                    first_line = f.readline().strip()
-                                    if first_line.startswith("#"): first_line = first_line.lstrip("#").strip()
-                                    notes_preview = first_line[:256]
+                                    notes_full = f.read()
+                                    notes_preview = ""
+                                    for line in notes_full.splitlines():
+                                        if not line.startswith("#") and not line.startswith(">"):
+                                            notes_preview += f"{line}\n"
+
+                                    notes_preview = notes_preview.strip()
+
+                                    if   notes_path.endswith(".mu"): notes_format = "micron"
+                                    elif notes_path.endswith(".txt"): notes_format = "text"
                             
                             except Exception: pass
                             break
 
                     release_info["preview"] = notes_preview
+                    release_info["format"]  = notes_format
 
                     artifacts_dir = os.path.join(release_dir, "artifacts")
                     if os.path.isdir(artifacts_dir):