diaspora

https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora

Ruby

A privacy-aware, distributed, open source social network.

Diaspora::Mentionable.format

takes a message text and returns the text with mentions in (html escaped)
plain text or formatted with html markup linking to user profiles.
default is html output.

Source | Google | Stack overflow

Edit

git clone [email protected]:diaspora/diaspora.git

cd diaspora

open lib/diaspora/mentionable.rb

Contribute

# Make a new branch

git checkout -b -your-name--update-docs-Diaspora--Mentionable-format-for-pr

# Commit to git

git add lib/diaspora/mentionable.rbgit commit -m "better docs for Diaspora::Mentionable.format"

# Open pull request

gem install hub # on a mac you can `brew install hub`

hub fork

git push <your name> -your-name--update-docs-Diaspora--Mentionable-format-for-pr

hub pull-request

# Celebrate!