master ← fix/escape-periods-in-username
merged 04:15AM - 03 Jun 21 UTC
If we don't escape periods, they are interpreted as wildcards and it becomes imp…ossible to visit profiles of other users whose usernames match. E.g., if your username was `a.c` and attempted to visit `abc`'s profile, you would be incorrectly redirected to your own profile.
Meta topic: https://meta.discourse.org/t/problem-with-periods-in-usernames/192195?u=osama.