From 5e749af65be14b20111787026cd83c85ccbb04ec Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Storm Dragon <stormdragon2976@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 1 Feb 2026 13:31:25 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] ignoreList and allowList now array format. Should make things
 a little more sane.

---
 bot.cfg.example |  9 ++++++---
 bot.sh          | 39 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
 2 files changed, 38 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/bot.cfg.example b/bot.cfg.example
index d729513..1c46764 100644
--- a/bot.cfg.example
+++ b/bot.cfg.example
@@ -27,9 +27,12 @@ autoRejoinChannel=true
 curseKicker=true
 # Symbols used to specify you are calling a bot module.
 botCaller=",.!+?"
-# People who are allowed to private message the bot separate multiple names with |
-allowList=""
-ignoreList="storm_bot"
+# People who are allowed to private message the bot
+# Add multiple names like: allowList=("name1" "name2" "name3")
+allowList=()
+# People who should be ignored (no greetings, keywords, or word tracking)
+# Add multiple names like: ignoreList=("name1" "name2" "name3")
+ignoreList=("storm_bot")
 # Interval in seconds to send PING to server for connection health check (default: 120)
 # Set to 0 to disable proactive ping checks (not recommended)
 pingInterval=120
diff --git a/bot.sh b/bot.sh
index 94b4009..8f5fd92 100755
--- a/bot.sh
+++ b/bot.sh
@@ -70,10 +70,8 @@ for i in "bot.cfg" "functions.sh" ; do
 done
 
 # Variables important to modules need to be exported here.
-export allowList
 export channels
 export input
-export ignoreList
 export nick
 export quitMessage
 export intentionalExit
@@ -111,7 +109,28 @@ rm_input() {
 
 is_ignored() {
     local nick="$1"
-    [[ -n "$ignoreList" && "$nick" =~ ^($ignoreList)$ ]]
+    local ignoreName
+
+    for ignoreName in "${ignoreList[@]}"; do
+        if [[ "$nick" == "$ignoreName" ]]; then
+            return 0
+        fi
+    done
+
+    return 1
+}
+
+is_allowed() {
+    local nick="$1"
+    local allowedName
+
+    for allowedName in "${allowList[@]}"; do
+        if [[ "$nick" == "$allowedName" ]]; then
+            return 0
+        fi
+    done
+
+    return 1
 }
 
 # Function to stop ping monitor process
@@ -266,8 +285,14 @@ while true; do
             originalNick="${result#:}"
             originalNick="${originalNick%%!*}"
             # If the old nick was in the ignore list, update it.
-            if [[ "${originalNick}" =~ ^($ignoreList)$ ]]; then
-                export ignoreList="${ignoreList/${originalNick}/${result#:*:}}"
+            if is_ignored "$originalNick"; then
+                newNick="${result#:*:}"
+                for ignoreIndex in "${!ignoreList[@]}"; do
+                    if [[ "${ignoreList[ignoreIndex]}" == "$originalNick" ]]; then
+                        ignoreList[ignoreIndex]="$newNick"
+                        break
+                    fi
+                done
             fi
         ;;
         # respond to ping requests from the server
@@ -356,7 +381,7 @@ while true; do
             command="${command//# /}"
             will="${command#* }"
             command="${command%% *}"
-            if [[ "$from" =~ ^($allowList)$ ]]; then
+            if is_allowed "$from"; then
                 if command -v "./modules/${command% *}/${command% *}.sh" ; then
                     willSanitized="${will//[$'\001'-$'\037'$'\177']/}"
                     echo "Calling module ./modules/${command% *}/${command% *}/${command% *}.sh \"$who\" \"$from\" $willSanitized" >> "$log"
@@ -425,7 +450,7 @@ while true; do
                     ./modules/say/say.sh "$who" "$from" "$who: $(shuf -n1 "response/error.txt")"
                 fi
             else
-                if ! [[ "$who" =~ ^($ignoreList)$ ]]; then
+                if ! is_ignored "$who"; then
                     set -f
                     ./triggers/keywords/keywords.sh "$who" "$from" "$result"
                     # Only call wordtrack for valid channel messages