trust staged accounts when validating posts

lib/validators/post_validator.rb

@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ class Validators::PostValidator < ActiveModel::Validator
   end
 
   def presence(post)
-
     post.errors.add(:raw, :blank, options) if post.raw.blank?
+
     unless options[:skip_topic]
       post.errors.add(:topic_id, :blank, options) if post.topic_id.blank?
     end
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ class Validators::PostValidator < ActiveModel::Validator
     range = if post.topic.try(:private_message?)
       # private message
       SiteSetting.private_message_post_length
-    elsif ( post.is_first_post? || (post.topic.present? && post.topic.posts_count == 0) )
+    elsif post.is_first_post? || (post.topic.present? && post.topic.posts_count == 0)
       # creating/editing first post
       SiteSetting.first_post_length
     else
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ class Validators::PostValidator < ActiveModel::Validator
   private
 
   def acting_user_is_trusted?(post)
-    post.acting_user.present? && post.acting_user.has_trust_level?(TrustLevel[1])
+    post.acting_user.present? && (post.acting_user.has_trust_level?(TrustLevel[1]) || post.acting_user.staged?)
   end
 
   def add_error_if_count_exceeded(post, not_allowed_translation_key, limit_translation_key, current_count, max_count)

spec/components/validators/post_validator_spec.rb

@@ -2,13 +2,8 @@ require 'spec_helper'
 require_dependency 'validators/post_validator'
 
 describe Validators::PostValidator do
-  let :post do
-    build(:post)
-  end
-
-  let :validator do
-    Validators::PostValidator.new({})
-  end
+  let(:post) { build(:post) }
+  let(:validator) { Validators::PostValidator.new({}) }
 
   context "stripped_length" do
     it "adds an error for short raw" do
@@ -107,4 +102,27 @@ describe Validators::PostValidator do
     end
   end
 
+  context "staged user" do
+
+    it "trust staged users" do
+      post.acting_user = build(:user, staged: true)
+
+      post.expects(:raw_mentions).returns(Array.new(SiteSetting.newuser_max_mentions_per_post + 1))
+      validator.max_mention_validator(post)
+      expect(post.errors.count).to eq(0)
+
+      post.expects(:image_count).never
+      validator.max_images_validator(post)
+      expect(post.errors.count).to eq(0)
+
+      post.expects(:attachment_count).never
+      validator.max_attachments_validator(post)
+      expect(post.errors.count).to eq(0)
+
+      post.expects(:link_count).never
+      validator.max_links_validator(post)
+      expect(post.errors.count).to eq(0)
+    end
+  end
+
 end