riot-web/src/shouldHideEvent.js

/*
 Copyright 2017 Michael Telatynski <7t3chguy@gmail.com>

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function _isLeaveOrJoin(ev) {
    const isMemberEvent = ev.getType() === 'm.room.member' && ev.getStateKey() !== undefined;
    if (!isMemberEvent) {
        return false; // bail early: all the checks below concern member events only
    }

    // TODO: These checks are done to make sure we're dealing with membership transitions not avatar changes / dupe joins
    //       These checks are also being done in TextForEvent and should really reside in the JS SDK as a helper function
    const membership = ev.getContent().membership;
    const prevMembership = ev.getPrevContent().membership;
    if (membership === prevMembership && membership === 'join') {
        // join -> join : This happens when display names change / avatars are set / genuine dupe joins with no changes.
        //                Find out which we're dealing with.
        if (ev.getPrevContent().displayname !== ev.getContent().displayname) {
            return false; // display name changed
        }
        if (ev.getPrevContent().avatar_url !== ev.getContent().avatar_url) {
            return false; // avatar url changed
        }
        // dupe join event, fall through to hide rules
    }


    // this only applies to joins/invited joins/leaves not invites/kicks/bans
    const isJoin = membership === 'join' && prevMembership !== 'ban';
    const isLeave = membership === 'leave' && ev.getStateKey() === ev.getSender();
    return isJoin || isLeave;
}

export default function(ev, syncedSettings) {
    // Hide redacted events
    if (syncedSettings['hideRedactions'] && ev.isRedacted()) return true;
    if (syncedSettings['hideJoinLeaves'] && _isLeaveOrJoin(ev)) return true;
    return false;
}