From ca0e1f995cb52c46392e29bf4193c6d750160157 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ryan Tharp <neuro@interx.net>
Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2019 02:34:45 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] handle public group updates differently

---
 js/background.js | 14 ++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)

diff --git a/js/background.js b/js/background.js
index 13ef99a9b..6f2404d3b 100644
--- a/js/background.js
+++ b/js/background.js
@@ -741,6 +741,20 @@
         'group'
       );
 
+      if (convo.isPublic()) {
+        const API = await convo.getPublicSendData();
+        if (await API.setChannelName(groupName)) {
+          // queue update from server
+          // and let that set the conversation
+          API.pollForChannelOnce();
+          // or we could just directly call
+          // convo.setGroupName(groupName);
+          // but gut is saying let the server be the definitive storage of the state
+          // and trickle down from there
+        }
+        return;
+      }
+
       const avatar = '';
       const options = {};