From cbedb6a1acd5856f4eaf69329ecbb23edfc526fa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Gerhard Schlager <mail@gerhard-schlager.at>
Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2019 17:50:10 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] FEATURE: Hidden site setting to always include topic excerpt

---
 app/serializers/listable_topic_serializer.rb | 2 +-
 config/site_settings.yml                     | 4 ++++
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/app/serializers/listable_topic_serializer.rb b/app/serializers/listable_topic_serializer.rb
index 40b29f6383..c7938f5d63 100644
--- a/app/serializers/listable_topic_serializer.rb
+++ b/app/serializers/listable_topic_serializer.rb
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ class ListableTopicSerializer < BasicTopicSerializer
   alias :include_new_posts? :has_user_data
 
   def include_excerpt?
-    pinned
+    pinned || SiteSetting.always_include_topic_excerpts
   end
 
   def pinned
diff --git a/config/site_settings.yml b/config/site_settings.yml
index 7b13e73b02..1e3aaabb79 100644
--- a/config/site_settings.yml
+++ b/config/site_settings.yml
@@ -1768,6 +1768,10 @@ uncategorized:
     list_type: "compact"
     client: true
 
+  always_include_topic_excerpts:
+    default: false
+    hidden: true
+
 user_preferences:
   default_email_digest_frequency:
     enum: "DigestEmailSiteSetting"