wip: range authorships backend storage

Co-authored-by: Philip Molares <philip.molares@udo.edu>
Signed-off-by: Philip Molares <philip.molares@udo.edu>
Signed-off-by: Erik Michelson <github@erik.michelson.eu>

backend/src/app.module.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 The HedgeDoc developers (see AUTHORS file)
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 The HedgeDoc developers (see AUTHORS file)
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
  */
@@ -76,7 +76,8 @@ const routes: Routes = [
               detectTsNode() ? 'ts' : 'js'
             }`,
           ],
-          migrationsRun: true,
+          migrationsRun: false,
+          synchronize: true,
         };
       },
     }),

backend/src/authors/author.entity.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2021 The HedgeDoc developers (see AUTHORS file)
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 The HedgeDoc developers (see AUTHORS file)
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
  */
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import {
   PrimaryGeneratedColumn,
 } from 'typeorm';
 
-import { Edit } from '../revisions/edit.entity';
+import { RangeAuthorship } from '../revisions/range-authorship.entity';
 import { Session } from '../sessions/session.entity';
 import { User } from '../users/user.entity';
 
@@ -52,8 +52,8 @@ export class Author {
    * List of edits that this author created
    * All edits must belong to the same note
    */
-  @OneToMany(() => Edit, (edit) => edit.author)
-  edits: Promise<Edit[]>;
+  @OneToMany(() => RangeAuthorship, (edit) => edit.author)
+  edits: Promise<RangeAuthorship[]>;
 
   // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-empty-function
   private constructor() {}

backend/src/authors/authors.module.ts

@@ -1,14 +1,18 @@
 /*
- * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2021 The HedgeDoc developers (see AUTHORS file)
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 The HedgeDoc developers (see AUTHORS file)
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
  */
 import { Module } from '@nestjs/common';
 import { TypeOrmModule } from '@nestjs/typeorm';
 
+import { LoggerModule } from '../logger/logger.module';
 import { Author } from './author.entity';
+import { AuthorsService } from './authors.service';
 
 @Module({
-  imports: [TypeOrmModule.forFeature([Author])],
+  imports: [TypeOrmModule.forFeature([Author]), LoggerModule],
+  providers: [AuthorsService],
+  exports: [AuthorsService],
 })
 export class AuthorsModule {}

backend/src/authors/authors.service.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+/*
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 The HedgeDoc developers (see AUTHORS file)
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
+ */
+import type { ShortRealtimeUser } from '@hedgedoc/commons';
+import { Injectable } from '@nestjs/common';
+import { InjectRepository } from '@nestjs/typeorm';
+import { Repository } from 'typeorm';
+
+import { ConsoleLoggerService } from '../logger/console-logger.service';
+import { Author } from './author.entity';
+
+@Injectable()
+export class AuthorsService {
+  constructor(
+    private readonly logger: ConsoleLoggerService,
+    @InjectRepository(Author) private authorsRepository: Repository<Author>,
+  ) {
+    this.logger.setContext(AuthorsService.name);
+  }
+
+  // /**
+  //  * @async
+  //  * Get or create the author specified by the short realtime user
+  //  * @param {Username} username the username by which the user is specified
+  //  * @param {UserRelationEnum[]} [withRelations=[]] if the returned user object should contain certain relations
+  //  * @return {User} the specified user
+  //  */
+  // async findOrCreateAuthor(
+  //   shortRealtimeUser: ShortRealtimeUser,
+  // ): Promise<Author> {
+  //   const author = await this.authorsRepository.findOne({
+  //     where: { username: username },
+  //     relations: withRelations,
+  //   });
+  //   if (user === null) {
+  //     throw new NotInDBError(`User with username '${username}' not found`);
+  //   }
+  //   return user;
+  // }
+}

backend/src/history/history.service.spec.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 The HedgeDoc developers (see AUTHORS file)
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 The HedgeDoc developers (see AUTHORS file)
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
  */
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ import { NotesModule } from '../notes/notes.module';
 import { Tag } from '../notes/tag.entity';
 import { NoteGroupPermission } from '../permissions/note-group-permission.entity';
 import { NoteUserPermission } from '../permissions/note-user-permission.entity';
-import { Edit } from '../revisions/edit.entity';
+import { RangeAuthorship } from '../revisions/edit.entity';
 import { Revision } from '../revisions/revision.entity';
 import { RevisionsModule } from '../revisions/revisions.module';
 import { RevisionsService } from '../revisions/revisions.service';
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ describe('HistoryService', () => {
       .useValue({})
       .overrideProvider(getRepositoryToken(Identity))
       .useValue({})
-      .overrideProvider(getRepositoryToken(Edit))
+      .overrideProvider(getRepositoryToken(RangeAuthorship))
       .useValue({})
       .overrideProvider(getRepositoryToken(Revision))
       .useValue({})

backend/src/media/media.service.spec.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 The HedgeDoc developers (see AUTHORS file)
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 The HedgeDoc developers (see AUTHORS file)
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
  */
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ import { NotesModule } from '../notes/notes.module';
 import { Tag } from '../notes/tag.entity';
 import { NoteGroupPermission } from '../permissions/note-group-permission.entity';
 import { NoteUserPermission } from '../permissions/note-user-permission.entity';
-import { Edit } from '../revisions/edit.entity';
+import { RangeAuthorship } from '../revisions/edit.entity';
 import { Revision } from '../revisions/revision.entity';
 import { Session } from '../sessions/session.entity';
 import { User } from '../users/user.entity';
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ describe('MediaService', () => {
         EventEmitterModule.forRoot(eventModuleConfig),
       ],
     })
-      .overrideProvider(getRepositoryToken(Edit))
+      .overrideProvider(getRepositoryToken(RangeAuthorship))
       .useValue({})
       .overrideProvider(getRepositoryToken(AuthToken))
       .useValue({})

backend/src/notes/alias.service.spec.ts

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ import { LoggerModule } from '../logger/logger.module';
 import { NoteGroupPermission } from '../permissions/note-group-permission.entity';
 import { NoteUserPermission } from '../permissions/note-user-permission.entity';
 import { RealtimeNoteModule } from '../realtime/realtime-note/realtime-note.module';
-import { Edit } from '../revisions/edit.entity';
+import { RangeAuthorship } from '../revisions/edit.entity';
 import { Revision } from '../revisions/revision.entity';
 import { RevisionsModule } from '../revisions/revisions.module';
 import { Session } from '../sessions/session.entity';
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ describe('AliasService', () => {
       .useValue({})
       .overrideProvider(getRepositoryToken(Identity))
       .useValue({})
-      .overrideProvider(getRepositoryToken(Edit))
+      .overrideProvider(getRepositoryToken(RangeAuthorship))
       .useValue({})
       .overrideProvider(getRepositoryToken(Revision))
       .useClass(Repository)

backend/src/notes/note.dto.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 The HedgeDoc developers (see AUTHORS file)
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 The HedgeDoc developers (see AUTHORS file)
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
  */
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import { ApiProperty } from '@nestjs/swagger';
 import { Type } from 'class-transformer';
 import { IsArray, IsString, ValidateNested } from 'class-validator';
 
-import { EditDto } from '../revisions/edit.dto';
+import { RangeAuthorshipDto } from '../revisions/range-authorship.dto';
 import { BaseDto } from '../utils/base.dto.';
 import { NoteMetadataDto } from './note-metadata.dto';
 
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ export class NoteDto extends BaseDto {
    */
   @IsArray()
   @ValidateNested({ each: true })
-  @Type(() => EditDto)
-  @ApiProperty({ isArray: true, type: EditDto })
-  editedByAtPosition: EditDto[];
+  @Type(() => RangeAuthorshipDto)
+  @ApiProperty({ isArray: true, type: RangeAuthorshipDto })
+  editedByAtPosition: RangeAuthorshipDto[];
 }

backend/src/notes/notes.service.spec.ts

@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ import { LoggerModule } from '../logger/logger.module';
 import { NoteGroupPermission } from '../permissions/note-group-permission.entity';
 import { NoteUserPermission } from '../permissions/note-user-permission.entity';
 import { RealtimeNoteModule } from '../realtime/realtime-note/realtime-note.module';
-import { Edit } from '../revisions/edit.entity';
+import { RangeAuthorship } from '../revisions/edit.entity';
 import { Revision } from '../revisions/revision.entity';
 import { RevisionsModule } from '../revisions/revisions.module';
 import { RevisionsService } from '../revisions/revisions.service';
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ describe('NotesService', () => {
       .useValue({})
       .overrideProvider(getRepositoryToken(Identity))
       .useValue({})
-      .overrideProvider(getRepositoryToken(Edit))
+      .overrideProvider(getRepositoryToken(RangeAuthorship))
       .useValue({})
       .overrideProvider(getRepositoryToken(Revision))
       .useClass(Repository)
@@ -248,13 +248,13 @@ describe('NotesService', () => {
           endPos: 1,
           updatedAt: new Date(1549312452000),
           author: Promise.resolve(author),
-        } as Edit,
+        } as RangeAuthorship,
         {
           startPos: 0,
           endPos: 1,
           updatedAt: new Date(1549312452001),
           author: Promise.resolve(author),
-        } as Edit,
+        } as RangeAuthorship,
       ]),
       createdAt: new Date(1549312452000),
       tags: Promise.resolve([

backend/src/notes/notes.service.ts

@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ export class NotesService {
     const newRevision = await this.revisionsService.createRevision(
       newNote,
       noteContent,
+      [], // TODO Use the correct rangeAuthorships
     );
     newNote.revisions = Promise.resolve(
       newRevision === undefined ? [] : [newRevision],
@@ -261,7 +262,7 @@ export class NotesService {
       .createQueryBuilder('user')
       .innerJoin('user.authors', 'author')
       .innerJoin('author.edits', 'edit')
-      .innerJoin('edit.revisions', 'revision')
+      .innerJoin('edit.revision', 'revision')
       .innerJoin('revision.note', 'note')
       .where('note.id = :id', { id: note.id })
       .getMany();
@@ -351,6 +352,7 @@ export class NotesService {
     const newRevision = await this.revisionsService.createRevision(
       note,
       noteContent,
+      [], // TODO Use the correct rangeAuthorships
     );
     if (newRevision !== undefined) {
       revisions.push(newRevision);
@@ -367,12 +369,12 @@ export class NotesService {
    */
   async calculateUpdateUser(note: Note): Promise<User | null> {
     const lastRevision = await this.revisionsService.getLatestRevision(note);
-    const edits = await lastRevision.edits;
-    if (edits.length > 0) {
+    const rangeAuthorships = await lastRevision.rangeAuthorships;
+    if (rangeAuthorships.length > 0) {
       // Sort the last Revisions Edits by their updatedAt Date to get the latest one
       // the user of that Edit is the updateUser
       return await (
-        await edits.sort(
+        await rangeAuthorships.sort(
           (a, b) => b.updatedAt.getTime() - a.updatedAt.getTime(),
         )[0].author
       ).user;

backend/src/permissions/permissions.service.spec.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 The HedgeDoc developers (see AUTHORS file)
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 The HedgeDoc developers (see AUTHORS file)
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
  */
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ import {
 import { Note } from '../notes/note.entity';
 import { NotesModule } from '../notes/notes.module';
 import { Tag } from '../notes/tag.entity';
-import { Edit } from '../revisions/edit.entity';
+import { RangeAuthorship } from '../revisions/edit.entity';
 import { Revision } from '../revisions/revision.entity';
 import { Session } from '../sessions/session.entity';
 import { User } from '../users/user.entity';
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ describe('PermissionsService', () => {
       .useValue({})
       .overrideProvider(getRepositoryToken(Identity))
       .useValue({})
-      .overrideProvider(getRepositoryToken(Edit))
+      .overrideProvider(getRepositoryToken(RangeAuthorship))
       .useValue({})
       .overrideProvider(getRepositoryToken(Revision))
       .useValue({})

backend/src/realtime/realtime-note/realtime-note.service.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 The HedgeDoc developers (see AUTHORS file)
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 The HedgeDoc developers (see AUTHORS file)
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
  */
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ export class RealtimeNoteService implements BeforeApplicationShutdown {
       .createAndSaveRevision(
         realtimeNote.getNote(),
         realtimeNote.getRealtimeDoc().getCurrentContent(),
+        realtimeNote.getRealtimeDoc().getAbsolutePositionAuthorships(),
         realtimeNote.getRealtimeDoc().encodeStateAsUpdate(),
       )
       .catch((reason) => this.logger.error(reason));

backend/src/realtime/realtime-note/realtime-user-status-adapter.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023 The HedgeDoc developers (see AUTHORS file)
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 The HedgeDoc developers (see AUTHORS file)
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
  */
@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@ export class RealtimeUserStatusAdapter {
         ownUser: {
           displayName: this.realtimeUser.displayName,
           styleIndex: this.realtimeUser.styleIndex,
+          username: this.realtimeUser.username,
         },
       },
     });

backend/src/realtime/websocket/websocket.gateway.spec.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023 The HedgeDoc developers (see AUTHORS file)
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 The HedgeDoc developers (see AUTHORS file)
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
  */
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ import { NotePermission } from '../../permissions/note-permission.enum';
 import { NoteUserPermission } from '../../permissions/note-user-permission.entity';
 import { PermissionsModule } from '../../permissions/permissions.module';
 import { PermissionsService } from '../../permissions/permissions.service';
-import { Edit } from '../../revisions/edit.entity';
+import { RangeAuthorship } from '../../revisions/range-authorship.entity';
 import { Revision } from '../../revisions/revision.entity';
 import { Session } from '../../sessions/session.entity';
 import { SessionModule } from '../../sessions/session.module';
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ describe('Websocket gateway', () => {
       .useValue({})
       .overrideProvider(getRepositoryToken(Identity))
       .useValue({})
-      .overrideProvider(getRepositoryToken(Edit))
+      .overrideProvider(getRepositoryToken(RangeAuthorship))
       .useValue({})
       .overrideProvider(getRepositoryToken(Revision))
       .useValue({})

backend/src/revisions/edit.service.ts

@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 The HedgeDoc developers (see AUTHORS file)
- *
- * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
- */
-import { Injectable } from '@nestjs/common';
-
-import { EditDto } from './edit.dto';
-import { Edit } from './edit.entity';
-
-@Injectable()
-export class EditService {
-  async toEditDto(edit: Edit): Promise<EditDto> {
-    const authorUser = await (await edit.author).user;
-
-    return {
-      username: authorUser ? authorUser.username : null,
-      startPos: edit.startPos,
-      endPos: edit.endPos,
-      createdAt: edit.createdAt,
-      updatedAt: edit.updatedAt,
-    };
-  }
-}

backend/src/revisions/range-authorship.dto.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 The HedgeDoc developers (see AUTHORS file)
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 The HedgeDoc developers (see AUTHORS file)
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
  */
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import { IsDate, IsNumber, IsOptional, IsString, Min } from 'class-validator';
 import { UserInfoDto } from '../users/user-info.dto';
 import { BaseDto } from '../utils/base.dto.';
 
-export class EditDto extends BaseDto {
+export class RangeAuthorshipDto extends BaseDto {
   /**
    * Username of the user who authored this section
    * Is `null` if the user is anonymous

backend/src/revisions/range-authorship.entity.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2021 The HedgeDoc developers (see AUTHORS file)
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 The HedgeDoc developers (see AUTHORS file)
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
  */
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import {
   Column,
   CreateDateColumn,
   Entity,
-  ManyToMany,
   ManyToOne,
   PrimaryGeneratedColumn,
   UpdateDateColumn,
@@ -17,18 +16,18 @@ import { Author } from '../authors/author.entity';
 import { Revision } from './revision.entity';
 
 /**
- * The Edit represents a change in the content of a note by a particular {@link Author}
+ * The RangeAuthorship represents a change in the content of a note by a particular {@link Author}
  */
 @Entity()
-export class Edit {
+export class RangeAuthorship {
   @PrimaryGeneratedColumn()
   id: number;
 
   /**
    * Revisions this edit appears in
    */
-  @ManyToMany((_) => Revision, (revision) => revision.edits)
-  revisions: Promise<Revision[]>;
+  @ManyToOne((_) => Revision, (revision) => revision.rangeAuthorships)
+  revision: Promise<Revision>;
 
   /**
    * Author that created the change
@@ -55,9 +54,8 @@ export class Edit {
     author: Author,
     startPos: number,
     endPos: number,
-  ): Omit<Edit, 'id' | 'createdAt' | 'updatedAt'> {
-    const newEdit = new Edit();
-    newEdit.revisions = Promise.resolve([]);
+  ): Omit<RangeAuthorship, 'id' | 'createdAt' | 'updatedAt' | 'revision'> {
+    const newEdit = new RangeAuthorship();
     newEdit.author = Promise.resolve(author);
     newEdit.startPos = startPos;
     newEdit.endPos = endPos;

backend/src/revisions/range-authorship.service.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+/*
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 The HedgeDoc developers (see AUTHORS file)
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
+ */
+import { AbsolutePositionAuthorship } from '@hedgedoc/commons';
+import { Injectable } from '@nestjs/common';
+
+import { Author } from '../authors/author.entity';
+import { RangeAuthorshipDto } from './range-authorship.dto';
+import { RangeAuthorship } from './range-authorship.entity';
+
+@Injectable()
+export class RangeAuthorshipService {
+  createRangeAuthorshipsFromAbsolutePositions(
+    absolutePositions: AbsolutePositionAuthorship[],
+    noteLength: number,
+  ): RangeAuthorship[] {
+    return absolutePositions
+      .sort(([positionA], [positionB]) => {
+        return positionB - positionA;
+      })
+      .reduce<RangeAuthorship[]>((authorships, [startPosition, _]) => {
+        const author = Author.create(1) as Author; // ToDo: use the real author here
+        const endPosition = authorships[0]?.startPos - 1 ?? noteLength;
+        authorships.unshift(
+          RangeAuthorship.create(
+            author,
+            startPosition,
+            endPosition,
+          ) as RangeAuthorship,
+        );
+        return authorships;
+      }, []);
+  }
+
+  async toRangeAuthorshipDto(
+    rangeAuthorship: RangeAuthorship,
+  ): Promise<RangeAuthorshipDto> {
+    const authorUser = await (await rangeAuthorship.author).user;
+
+    return {
+      username: authorUser ? authorUser.username : null,
+      startPos: rangeAuthorship.startPos,
+      endPos: rangeAuthorship.endPos,
+      createdAt: rangeAuthorship.createdAt,
+      updatedAt: rangeAuthorship.updatedAt,
+    };
+  }
+}

backend/src/revisions/revision.dto.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 The HedgeDoc developers (see AUTHORS file)
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 The HedgeDoc developers (see AUTHORS file)
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
  */
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import { ApiProperty } from '@nestjs/swagger';
 import { Type } from 'class-transformer';
 import { IsString, ValidateNested } from 'class-validator';
 
-import { EditDto } from './edit.dto';
+import { RangeAuthorshipDto } from './range-authorship.dto';
 import { RevisionMetadataDto } from './revision-metadata.dto';
 
 export class RevisionDto extends RevisionMetadataDto {
@@ -27,10 +27,10 @@ export class RevisionDto extends RevisionMetadataDto {
   patch: string;
 
   /**
-   * All edit objects which are used in the revision.
+   * All range authorship objects which are used in the revision.
    */
-  @Type(() => EditDto)
+  @Type(() => RangeAuthorshipDto)
   @ValidateNested({ each: true })
-  @ApiProperty({ isArray: true, type: EditDto })
-  edits: EditDto[];
+  @ApiProperty({ isArray: true, type: RangeAuthorshipDto })
+  rangeAuthorships: RangeAuthorshipDto[];
 }

backend/src/revisions/revision.entity.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2021 The HedgeDoc developers (see AUTHORS file)
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 The HedgeDoc developers (see AUTHORS file)
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
  */
@@ -10,12 +10,13 @@ import {
   JoinTable,
   ManyToMany,
   ManyToOne,
+  OneToMany,
   PrimaryGeneratedColumn,
 } from 'typeorm';
 
 import { Note } from '../notes/note.entity';
 import { Tag } from '../notes/tag.entity';
-import { Edit } from './edit.entity';
+import { RangeAuthorship } from './range-authorship.entity';
 
 /**
  * The state of a note at a particular point in time,
@@ -84,9 +85,12 @@ export class Revision {
   /**
    * All edit objects which are used in the revision.
    */
-  @ManyToMany((_) => Edit, (edit) => edit.revisions)
-  @JoinTable()
-  edits: Promise<Edit[]>;
+  @OneToMany(
+    (_) => RangeAuthorship,
+    (rangeAuthorship) => rangeAuthorship.revision,
+    { onDelete: 'CASCADE' },
+  )
+  rangeAuthorships: Promise<RangeAuthorship[]>;
 
   // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-empty-function
   private constructor() {}
@@ -99,6 +103,7 @@ export class Revision {
     title: string,
     description: string,
     tags: Tag[],
+    rangeAuthorships: RangeAuthorship[],
   ): Omit<Revision, 'id' | 'createdAt'> {
     const newRevision = new Revision();
     newRevision.patch = patch;
@@ -108,7 +113,7 @@ export class Revision {
     newRevision.description = description;
     newRevision.tags = Promise.resolve(tags);
     newRevision.note = Promise.resolve(note);
-    newRevision.edits = Promise.resolve([]);
+    newRevision.rangeAuthorships = Promise.resolve(rangeAuthorships);
     newRevision.yjsStateVector = yjsStateVector ?? null;
     return newRevision;
   }

backend/src/revisions/revisions.module.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2021 The HedgeDoc developers (see AUTHORS file)
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 The HedgeDoc developers (see AUTHORS file)
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
  */
@@ -9,19 +9,19 @@ import { TypeOrmModule } from '@nestjs/typeorm';
 
 import { AuthorsModule } from '../authors/authors.module';
 import { LoggerModule } from '../logger/logger.module';
-import { Edit } from './edit.entity';
-import { EditService } from './edit.service';
+import { RangeAuthorship } from './range-authorship.entity';
+import { RangeAuthorshipService } from './range-authorship.service';
 import { Revision } from './revision.entity';
 import { RevisionsService } from './revisions.service';
 
 @Module({
   imports: [
-    TypeOrmModule.forFeature([Revision, Edit]),
+    TypeOrmModule.forFeature([Revision, RangeAuthorship]),
     LoggerModule,
     ConfigModule,
     AuthorsModule,
   ],
-  providers: [RevisionsService, EditService],
-  exports: [RevisionsService, EditService],
+  providers: [RevisionsService, RangeAuthorshipService],
+  exports: [RevisionsService, RangeAuthorshipService],
 })
 export class RevisionsModule {}

backend/src/revisions/revisions.service.spec.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 The HedgeDoc developers (see AUTHORS file)
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 The HedgeDoc developers (see AUTHORS file)
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
  */
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ import { NoteGroupPermission } from '../permissions/note-group-permission.entity
 import { NoteUserPermission } from '../permissions/note-user-permission.entity';
 import { Session } from '../sessions/session.entity';
 import { User } from '../users/user.entity';
-import { Edit } from './edit.entity';
-import { EditService } from './edit.service';
+import { RangeAuthorship } from './edit.entity';
+import { RangeAuthorshipService } from './range-authorship.service';
 import { Revision } from './revision.entity';
 import { RevisionsService } from './revisions.service';
 
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ describe('RevisionsService', () => {
     const module: TestingModule = await Test.createTestingModule({
       providers: [
         RevisionsService,
-        EditService,
+        RangeAuthorshipService,
         {
           provide: getRepositoryToken(Revision),
           useClass: Repository,
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ describe('RevisionsService', () => {
         EventEmitterModule.forRoot(eventModuleConfig),
       ],
     })
-      .overrideProvider(getRepositoryToken(Edit))
+      .overrideProvider(getRepositoryToken(RangeAuthorship))
       .useValue({})
       .overrideProvider(getRepositoryToken(User))
       .useValue({})
@@ -183,12 +183,14 @@ describe('RevisionsService', () => {
       author.user = Promise.resolve(user);
       const anonAuthor = Author.create(123) as Author;
       const anonAuthor2 = Author.create(123) as Author;
-      const edits = [Edit.create(author, 12, 15) as Edit];
-      edits.push(Edit.create(author, 16, 18) as Edit);
-      edits.push(Edit.create(author, 29, 20) as Edit);
-      edits.push(Edit.create(anonAuthor, 29, 20) as Edit);
-      edits.push(Edit.create(anonAuthor, 29, 20) as Edit);
-      edits.push(Edit.create(anonAuthor2, 29, 20) as Edit);
+      const edits = [RangeAuthorship.create(author, 12, 15) as RangeAuthorship];
+      edits.push(RangeAuthorship.create(author, 16, 18) as RangeAuthorship);
+      edits.push(RangeAuthorship.create(author, 29, 20) as RangeAuthorship);
+      edits.push(RangeAuthorship.create(anonAuthor, 29, 20) as RangeAuthorship);
+      edits.push(RangeAuthorship.create(anonAuthor, 29, 20) as RangeAuthorship);
+      edits.push(
+        RangeAuthorship.create(anonAuthor2, 29, 20) as RangeAuthorship,
+      );
       const revision = Mock.of<Revision>({});
       revision.edits = Promise.resolve(edits);
 
@@ -210,7 +212,7 @@ describe('RevisionsService', () => {
         description: 'mockDescription',
         patch: 'mockPatch',
         edits: Promise.resolve([
-          Mock.of<Edit>({
+          Mock.of<RangeAuthorship>({
             endPos: 93,
             startPos: 34,
             createdAt: new Date('2020-03-04T20:12:00.000Z'),
@@ -259,7 +261,7 @@ describe('RevisionsService', () => {
         description: 'mockDescription',
         patch: 'mockPatch',
         edits: Promise.resolve([
-          Mock.of<Edit>({
+          Mock.of<RangeAuthorship>({
             endPos: 93,
             startPos: 34,
             createdAt: new Date('2020-03-04T22:32:00.000Z'),

backend/src/revisions/revisions.service.ts

@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 /*
- * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 The HedgeDoc developers (see AUTHORS file)
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 The HedgeDoc developers (see AUTHORS file)
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
  */
+import type { AbsolutePositionAuthorship } from '@hedgedoc/commons';
 import { Injectable } from '@nestjs/common';
 import { InjectRepository } from '@nestjs/typeorm';
 import { createPatch } from 'diff';
@@ -12,7 +13,7 @@ import { NotInDBError } from '../errors/errors';
 import { ConsoleLoggerService } from '../logger/console-logger.service';
 import { Note } from '../notes/note.entity';
 import { Tag } from '../notes/tag.entity';
-import { EditService } from './edit.service';
+import { RangeAuthorshipService } from './range-authorship.service';
 import { RevisionMetadataDto } from './revision-metadata.dto';
 import { RevisionDto } from './revision.dto';
 import { Revision } from './revision.entity';
@@ -29,7 +30,7 @@ export class RevisionsService {
     private readonly logger: ConsoleLoggerService,
     @InjectRepository(Revision)
     private revisionRepository: Repository<Revision>,
-    private editService: EditService,
+    private rangeAuthorshipService: RangeAuthorshipService,
   ) {
     this.logger.setContext(RevisionsService.name);
   }
@@ -97,7 +98,9 @@ export class RevisionsService {
   async getRevisionUserInfo(revision: Revision): Promise<RevisionUserInfo> {
     // get a deduplicated list of all authors
     let authors = await Promise.all(
-      (await revision.edits).map(async (edit) => await edit.author),
+      (await revision.rangeAuthorships).map(
+        async (rangeAuthorship) => await rangeAuthorship.author,
+      ),
     );
     authors = [...new Set(authors)]; // remove duplicates with Set
 
@@ -142,9 +145,12 @@ export class RevisionsService {
       authorUsernames: revisionUserInfo.usernames,
       anonymousAuthorCount: revisionUserInfo.anonymousUserCount,
       patch: revision.patch,
-      edits: await Promise.all(
-        (await revision.edits).map(
-          async (edit) => await this.editService.toEditDto(edit),
+      rangeAuthorships: await Promise.all(
+        (await revision.rangeAuthorships).map(
+          async (rangeAuthorship) =>
+            await this.rangeAuthorshipService.toRangeAuthorshipDto(
+              rangeAuthorship,
+            ),
         ),
       ),
     };
@@ -158,12 +164,14 @@ export class RevisionsService {
    * @param note The note for which the revision should be created
    * @param newContent The new note content
    * @param yjsStateVector The yjs state vector that describes the new content
+   * @param absolutePositionAuthorships The absolute positions for authorship marks
    * @return {Revision} the created revision
    * @return {undefined} if the revision couldn't be created because e.g. the content hasn't changed
    */
   async createRevision(
     note: Note,
     newContent: string,
+    absolutePositionAuthorships: AbsolutePositionAuthorship[],
     yjsStateVector?: number[],
   ): Promise<Revision | undefined> {
     const latestRevision =
@@ -186,6 +194,12 @@ export class RevisionsService {
       return entity;
     });
 
+    const rangeAuthorships =
+      this.rangeAuthorshipService.createRangeAuthorshipsFromAbsolutePositions(
+        absolutePositionAuthorships,
+        newContent.length,
+      );
+
     return Revision.create(
       newContent,
       patch,
@@ -194,6 +208,7 @@ export class RevisionsService {
       title,
       description,
       tagEntities,
+      rangeAuthorships,
     ) as Revision;
   }
 
@@ -203,16 +218,19 @@ export class RevisionsService {
    * @async
    * @param note The note for which the revision should be created
    * @param newContent The new note content
+   * @param absolutePositionAuthorships The absolute positions for authorship marks
    * @param yjsStateVector The yjs state vector that describes the new content
    */
   async createAndSaveRevision(
     note: Note,
     newContent: string,
+    absolutePositionAuthorships: AbsolutePositionAuthorship[],
     yjsStateVector?: number[],
   ): Promise<void> {
     const revision = await this.createRevision(
       note,
       newContent,
+      absolutePositionAuthorships,
       yjsStateVector,
     );
     if (revision) {

backend/src/seed.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2021 The HedgeDoc developers (see AUTHORS file)
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 The HedgeDoc developers (see AUTHORS file)
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
  */
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import { Note } from './notes/note.entity';
 import { Tag } from './notes/tag.entity';
 import { NoteGroupPermission } from './permissions/note-group-permission.entity';
 import { NoteUserPermission } from './permissions/note-user-permission.entity';
-import { Edit } from './revisions/edit.entity';
+import { RangeAuthorship } from './revisions/range-authorship.entity';
 import { Revision } from './revisions/revision.entity';
 import { Session } from './sessions/session.entity';
 import { User } from './users/user.entity';
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ const dataSource = new DataSource({
     User,
     Note,
     Revision,
-    Edit,
+    RangeAuthorship,
     NoteGroupPermission,
     NoteUserPermission,
     Group,
@@ -81,9 +81,14 @@ dataSource
         'Test note',
         '',
         [],
+        [],
       ) as Revision;
-      const edit = Edit.create(author, 1, 42) as Edit;
-      revision.edits = Promise.resolve([edit]);
+      const rangeAuthorship = RangeAuthorship.create(
+        author,
+        1,
+        42,
+      ) as RangeAuthorship;
+      revision.rangeAuthorships = Promise.resolve([rangeAuthorship]);
       notes[i].revisions = Promise.all([revision]);
       notes[i].userPermissions = Promise.resolve([]);
       notes[i].groupPermissions = Promise.resolve([]);
@@ -92,7 +97,7 @@ dataSource
         notes[i],
         user,
         revision,
-        edit,
+        rangeAuthorship,
         author,
         identity,
       ]);

commons/src/message-transporters/message.ts

@@ -1,9 +1,13 @@
 /*
- * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023 The HedgeDoc developers (see AUTHORS file)
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 The HedgeDoc developers (see AUTHORS file)
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
  */
-import { RealtimeUser, RemoteCursor } from './realtime-user.js'
+import {
+  RealtimeUser,
+  RemoteCursor,
+  ShortRealtimeUser
+} from './realtime-user.js'
 
 export enum MessageType {
   NOTE_CONTENT_STATE_REQUEST = 'NOTE_CONTENT_STATE_REQUEST',
@@ -33,10 +37,7 @@ export interface MessagePayloads {
   [MessageType.NOTE_CONTENT_UPDATE]: number[]
   [MessageType.REALTIME_USER_STATE_SET]: {
     users: RealtimeUser[]
-    ownUser: {
-      displayName: string
-      styleIndex: number
-    }
+    ownUser: ShortRealtimeUser
   }
   [MessageType.REALTIME_USER_SINGLE_UPDATE]: RemoteCursor
 

commons/src/message-transporters/realtime-user.ts

@@ -1,14 +1,11 @@
 /*
- * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023 The HedgeDoc developers (see AUTHORS file)
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 The HedgeDoc developers (see AUTHORS file)
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
  */
 
-export interface RealtimeUser {
-  displayName: string
-  username: string | null
+export interface RealtimeUser extends ShortRealtimeUser {
   active: boolean
-  styleIndex: number
   cursor: RemoteCursor | null
 }
 
@@ -16,3 +13,9 @@ export interface RemoteCursor {
   from: number
   to?: number
 }
+
+export interface ShortRealtimeUser {
+  displayName: string
+  styleIndex: number
+  username: string | null
+}

commons/src/y-doc-sync/index.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023 The HedgeDoc developers (see AUTHORS file)
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 The HedgeDoc developers (see AUTHORS file)
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
  */
@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@ export * from './y-doc-sync-client-adapter.js'
 export * from './y-doc-sync-server-adapter.js'
 export * from './y-doc-sync-adapter.js'
 export * from './realtime-doc.js'
+export * from './position-authorship.js'

commons/src/y-doc-sync/position-authorship.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+/*
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 The HedgeDoc developers (see AUTHORS file)
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
+ */
+import { ShortRealtimeUser } from '../message-transporters/index.js'
+import { AbsolutePosition, RelativePosition } from 'yjs'
+
+export type RelativePositionAuthorship = [RelativePosition, ShortRealtimeUser]
+export type OptionalAbsolutePositionAuthorship = [
+  AbsolutePosition | null,
+  ShortRealtimeUser
+]
+export type AbsolutePositionAuthorship = [number, ShortRealtimeUser]

commons/src/y-doc-sync/realtime-doc.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023 The HedgeDoc developers (see AUTHORS file)
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 The HedgeDoc developers (see AUTHORS file)
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
  */
@@ -10,10 +10,21 @@ import {
   Doc,
   encodeStateAsUpdate,
   encodeStateVector,
-  Text as YText
+  Text as YText,
+  Array as YArray,
+  createAbsolutePositionFromRelativePosition,
+  createRelativePositionFromTypeIndex,
+  AbsolutePosition
 } from 'yjs'
+import {
+  AbsolutePositionAuthorship,
+  OptionalAbsolutePositionAuthorship,
+  RelativePositionAuthorship
+} from './position-authorship.js'
+import { RealtimeUser } from '../message-transporters/index.js'
 
 const MARKDOWN_CONTENT_CHANNEL_NAME = 'markdownContent'
+const RELATIVE_POSITION_AUTHORSHIPS_CHANNEL_NAME = 'relativePositionAuthorships'
 
 export interface RealtimeDocEvents extends EventMap {
   update: (update: number[], origin: unknown) => void
@@ -36,15 +47,35 @@ export class RealtimeDoc extends EventEmitter2<RealtimeDocEvents> {
    *
    * @param initialTextContent the initial text content of the {@link Doc YDoc}
    * @param initialYjsState the initial yjs state. If provided this will be used instead of the text content
+   * @param initialAbsolutePositionAuthorships the initial realtime range authorships
    */
-  constructor(initialTextContent?: string, initialYjsState?: number[]) {
+  constructor(
+    initialTextContent?: string,
+    initialYjsState?: number[],
+    initialAbsolutePositionAuthorships?: AbsolutePositionAuthorship[]
+  ) {
     super()
     if (initialYjsState) {
       this.applyUpdate(initialYjsState, this)
-    } else if (initialTextContent) {
+    } else {
+      if (initialTextContent) {
         this.getMarkdownContentChannel().insert(0, initialTextContent)
       }
 
+      if (initialAbsolutePositionAuthorships) {
+        this.getRelativePositionAuthorshipsChannel().insert(
+          0,
+          initialAbsolutePositionAuthorships.map(([index, user]) => [
+            createRelativePositionFromTypeIndex(
+              this.getMarkdownContentChannel(),
+              index
+            ),
+            user
+          ])
+        )
+      }
+    }
+
     this.docUpdateListener = (update, origin) => {
       this.emit('update', Array.from(update), origin)
     }
@@ -60,6 +91,15 @@ export class RealtimeDoc extends EventEmitter2<RealtimeDocEvents> {
     return this.doc.getText(MARKDOWN_CONTENT_CHANNEL_NAME)
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Extracts the {@link YMap map channel} that contains the realtime range authorships.
+   *
+   * @return The realtime range authorships channel
+   */
+  public getRelativePositionAuthorshipsChannel(): YArray<RelativePositionAuthorship> {
+    return this.doc.getArray(RELATIVE_POSITION_AUTHORSHIPS_CHANNEL_NAME)
+  }
+
   /**
    * Gets the current content of the note as it's currently edited in realtime.
    *
@@ -72,6 +112,25 @@ export class RealtimeDoc extends EventEmitter2<RealtimeDocEvents> {
     return this.getMarkdownContentChannel().toString()
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Gets the current authorship positions for the realtime.
+   *
+   * Please be aware that the return of this method may be very quickly outdated.
+   *
+   * @return An array of .
+   */
+  public getAbsolutePositionAuthorships(): AbsolutePositionAuthorship[] {
+    return this.getRelativePositionAuthorshipsChannel()
+      .map<OptionalAbsolutePositionAuthorship>(([relativePosition, user]) => [
+        createAbsolutePositionFromRelativePosition(relativePosition, this.doc),
+        user
+      ])
+      .filter(
+        <T, S>(value: [T | null, S]): value is [T, S] => value[0] !== null
+      )
+      .map(([absolutePosition, user]) => [absolutePosition.index, user])
+  }
+
   /**
    * Encodes the current state of the doc as update so it can be applied to other y-docs.
    *