Responses to links should include time information

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Responses to links should include time information

SnoopJ opened this issue a year ago · comments

<+dgw> 💭(github plugin's comment output should include the date...)
<+dgw> or relative timestamp

+1, links to comments (and issues!) would benefit from some additional information about when the linked-to thing occurred

dgw · Answer 1 · Fri Mar 31 2023 06:44:38 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

For issues/PRs, there's the added layer of deciding which timestamp to use (e.g. for open ones, when it was opened; for closed ones, when it was closed/merged).

James · Answer 2 · Fri Mar 31 2023 07:52:02 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

I'd say for those, knowing the time-of-origin is most relevant to a user on IRC, but it might also be helpful to include a last-updated time if possible?

dgw · Answer 3 · Fri Mar 31 2023 08:03:36 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

Fortunately, it seems that created_at and updated_at are bog-standard data fields present on just about any entity we care about fetching from the GitHub API. That applies to issues, PRs, and comments—which is just fine, then.

Hard part will be constructing the revised message format including time(s) so that it flows nicely.