refined-github · fregante · May 5, 2026 · May 2, 2026 · May 2, 2026 · May 2, 2026
diff --git a/source/features/clear-pr-merge-commit-message.tsx b/source/features/clear-pr-merge-commit-message.tsx
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import features from '../feature-manager.js';
 import getDefaultBranch from '../github-helpers/get-default-branch.js';
 import {userHasPushAccess} from '../github-helpers/get-user-permission.js';
 import {expectToken} from '../github-helpers/github-token.js';
+import {getConversationAuthor} from '../github-helpers/index.js';
 import {getBranches} from '../github-helpers/pr-branches.js';
 import attachElement from '../helpers/attach-element.js';
 import cleanCommitMessage from '../helpers/clean-commit-message.js';
@@ -15,7 +16,8 @@ const isPrAgainstDefaultBranch = async (): Promise<boolean> => getBranches().bas
 
 async function clear(messageField: HTMLTextAreaElement): Promise<void> {
 	const originalMessage = messageField.value;
-	let cleanedMessage = cleanCommitMessage(originalMessage, !await isPrAgainstDefaultBranch());
+	const author = getConversationAuthor();
+	let cleanedMessage = cleanCommitMessage(originalMessage, !await isPrAgainstDefaultBranch(), [author]);
 
 	if (cleanedMessage === originalMessage.trim()) {
 		return;

diff --git a/source/github-helpers/get-comment-author.ts b/source/github-helpers/get-comment-author.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import {$closest, $closestOptional} from 'select-dom';
+
 /**
 Given any element in a comment, returns the comment’s author
 
@@ -37,7 +38,12 @@ export default function getCommentAuthor(anyElementInsideComment: Element): stri
 		.alt // Occasionally ends with `[bot]`
 		.replace(/^@/, ''); // May or may not be present
 
-	if (!name.endsWith('[bot]') && $closestOptional('[href^="https://github.com/apps/"]', avatar)) {
+	const appLink = $closestOptional([
+		'a[href^="/apps/"]',
+		'a[href^="https://github.com/apps/"]',
+	], avatar);
+
+	if (!name.endsWith('[bot]') && appLink) {
 		// Example: https://github.com/webpack/webpack/pull/15926#issuecomment-1170670173
 		return name + '[bot]';
 	}

diff --git a/source/github-helpers/index.ts b/source/github-helpers/index.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import compareVersions from 'tiny-version-compare';
 import type {RequireAtLeastOne} from 'type-fest';
 
 import {is} from '../helpers/css-selectors.js';
+import getCommentAuthor from './get-comment-author.js';
 import {branchSelector} from './selectors.js';
 
 // Re-export for convenience
@@ -210,11 +211,15 @@ export function scrollIntoViewIfNeeded(element: Element): void {
 	(element.scrollIntoViewIfNeeded ?? element.scrollIntoView).call(element);
 }
 
-function getConversationAuthor(): string | undefined {
-	return $optional([
-		'.js-command-palette-pull-body .author', // PR conversation
-		'[data-testid="issue-body-header-author"]', // Issue conversation
-	])?.textContent;
+export function getConversationBody(): Element {
+	return $([
+		'.react-issue-body', // Issues
+		'.js-command-palette-pull-body', // PRs
+	]);
+}
+
+export function getConversationAuthor(): string {
+	return getCommentAuthor(getConversationBody());
 }
 
 export function isOwnConversation(): boolean {

diff --git a/source/helpers/clean-commit-message.test.ts b/source/helpers/clean-commit-message.test.ts
@@ -78,6 +78,70 @@ test('cleanCommitMessage', () => {
 		'Should preserve both co-authored-by and signed-off-by',
 	);
 
+	assert.isEmpty(
+		cleanCommitMessage(
+			`
+		Some stuff happened
+		Co-authored-by: dependabot[bot] <49699333+dependabot[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
+	`,
+			false,
+			['dependabot[bot]'],
+		),
+		'Should drop co-author whose privacy email matches the PR author',
+	);
+
+	assert.equal(
+		cleanCommitMessage(
+			`
+		Some stuff happened
+		Co-authored-by: dependabot[bot] <49699333+dependabot[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
+		${coauthors[2]}
+	`,
+			false,
+			['dependabot[bot]'],
+		),
+		coauthors[2],
+		'Should drop only the matching co-author, and keep others',
+	);
+
+	assert.equal(
+		cleanCommitMessage(
+			`
+		Some stuff happened
+		Co-authored-by: dependabot[bot] <49699333+dependabot[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
+	`,
+			false,
+			['someone-else'],
+		),
+		'Co-authored-by: dependabot[bot] <49699333+dependabot[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>',
+		'Should keep co-author when privacy email username does not match PR author',
+	);
+
+	assert.equal(
+		cleanCommitMessage(
+			`
+		Some stuff happened
+		${coauthors[0]}
+	`,
+			false,
+			['Me'],
+		),
+		coauthors[0],
+		'Should keep co-author when email is not a GitHub privacy email, even if the name matches PR author',
+	);
+
+	assert.isEmpty(
+		cleanCommitMessage(
+			`
+		Some stuff happened
+		Co-authored-by: someuser <someuser@users.noreply.github.com>
+	`,
+			false,
+			['someuser'],
+		),
+		'Should drop co-author with legacy privacy email without numeric prefix prior to July 18, 2017',
+	);
+
 	assert.isEmpty(
 		cleanCommitMessage(`
 		Fixes #1345

diff --git a/source/helpers/clean-commit-message.ts b/source/helpers/clean-commit-message.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,18 @@
-export default function cleanCommitMessage(message: string, closingKeywords = false): string {
+function parseUserFromEmail(author: string): string | undefined {
+	return /<(?:\d+\+)?([^@>]+)@users\.noreply\.github\.com>/i.exec(author)?.[1];
+}
+
+export default function cleanCommitMessage(message: string, closingKeywords = false, excludeUsers: string[] = []): string {
 	const preservedContent = new Set();
 
-	// This method ensures that "Co-authored-by" capitalization doesn't affect deduplication
+	// This method ensures that "Co-authored-by" capitalization doesn't affect deduplication.
+	// Also drops co-authors whose GitHub privacy email username is in `excludeUsers`.
 	for (const [, author] of message.matchAll(/co-authored-by: ([^\n]+)/gi)) {
+		const username = parseUserFromEmail(author);
+		if (username && excludeUsers.includes(username)) {
+			continue;
+		}
+
 		preservedContent.add('Co-authored-by: ' + author);
 	}