From 0f0b011440eba5ee5c018cb7b9d2618bccd20220 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David Baker <dave@matrix.org>
Date: Thu, 25 Feb 2016 18:12:09 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Send the invier's member event in room invite state so the
 invitee has their display name and avatar.

---
 synapse/handlers/_base.py | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/synapse/handlers/_base.py b/synapse/handlers/_base.py
index 5613bd205..bdade98bf 100644
--- a/synapse/handlers/_base.py
+++ b/synapse/handlers/_base.py
@@ -293,6 +293,12 @@ class BaseHandler(object):
 
         if event.type == EventTypes.Member:
             if event.content["membership"] == Membership.INVITE:
+                def is_inviter_member_event(e):
+                    return (
+                        e.type == EventTypes.Member and
+                        e.sender == event.sender
+                    )
+
                 event.unsigned["invite_room_state"] = [
                     {
                         "type": e.type,
@@ -306,7 +312,7 @@ class BaseHandler(object):
                         EventTypes.CanonicalAlias,
                         EventTypes.RoomAvatar,
                         EventTypes.Name,
-                    )
+                    ) or is_inviter_member_event(e)
                 ]
 
                 invitee = UserID.from_string(event.state_key)