From 32127cae185ee7e4180659b70bfcadfc7900ee7d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bob Mottram <bob@freedombone.net>
Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2019 23:38:09 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Check if already a follower

---
 follow.py | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/follow.py b/follow.py
index 1ad8c1f8b..68572292a 100644
--- a/follow.py
+++ b/follow.py
@@ -309,6 +309,15 @@ def storeFollowRequest(baseDir: str, \
             if ':' not in domain:
                 approveHandle=nickname+'@'+domain+':'+str(fromPort)
 
+    followersFilename=accountsDir+'/followers.txt'
+    if os.path.isfile(followersFilename):
+        if approveHandle in open(followersFilename).read():
+            if debug:
+                print('DEBUG: '+ \
+                      nicknameToFollow+'@'+domainToFollow+ \
+                      ' already following '+approveHandle)
+            return True
+
     # add to a file which contains a list of requests
     approveFollowsFilename=accountsDir+'/followrequests.txt'
     if os.path.isfile(approveFollowsFilename):