From 9744bfa292f737e49c48feedb2f3cc85b1f499fa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Erik Demaine <edemaine@mit.edu>
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2023 11:45:09 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Use <wbr> instead of zero-width spaces to break URLs

---
 CHANGELOG.md       | 4 ++++
 lib/formats.coffee | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 999e35e..d49d8c5 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ To see every change with descriptions aimed at developers, see
 As a continuously updated web app, Coauthor uses dates
 instead of version numbers.
 
+## 2023-12-14
+
+* Copy/pasting a URL from a message no longer adds extraneous zero-width spaces
+
 ## 2023-12-05
 
 * Remove small (100ms) race where Stop Editing could lose your changes
diff --git a/lib/formats.coffee b/lib/formats.coffee
index 28a465e..280c629 100644
--- a/lib/formats.coffee
+++ b/lib/formats.coffee
@@ -782,7 +782,7 @@ postprocessLinks = (text) ->
       match
     else
       match.replace /\/+/g, (slash) ->
-        "#{slash}&#8203;"  ## Add zero-width space after every slash group
+        "#{slash}<wbr>"  ## Allow linebreak after every slash group
 
 @allUsernames = ->
   Meteor.users.find {}, fields: username: 1