Automatically add periods as visual buffers

2 files changed, 13 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/bot/exts/moderation/infraction/management.py b/bot/exts/moderation/infraction/management.py
index 88b2f98c6..e6513c32d 100644
--- a/bot/exts/moderation/infraction/management.py
+++ b/bot/exts/moderation/infraction/management.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ from bot.exts.moderation.modlog import ModLog
 from bot.pagination import LinePaginator
 from bot.utils import messages, time
 from bot.utils.checks import in_whitelist_check
+from bot.utils.regex import END_PUNCTUATION_RE
 
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -72,13 +73,17 @@ class ModManagement(commands.Cog):
 
         Use "p" or "permanent" to mark the infraction as permanent. Alternatively, an ISO 8601
         timestamp can be provided for the duration.
+
+        If a previous infraction reason does not end with an ending punctuation mark, this automatically
+        adds a period before the amended reason.
         """
-        await self.infraction_edit(
-            ctx=ctx,
-            infraction=infraction,
-            duration=duration,
-            reason=fr"{infraction['reason']} **\|\|** {reason}",
-        )
+        add_period = not END_PUNCTUATION_RE.match(infraction["reason"])
+
+        new_reason = "".join((
+            infraction["reason"], ". " if add_period else " ", reason,
+        ))
+
+        await self.infraction_edit(ctx, infraction, duration, reason=new_reason)
 
     @infraction_group.command(name='edit')
     async def infraction_edit(
diff --git a/bot/utils/regex.py b/bot/utils/regex.py
index 0d2068f90..cfce52bb3 100644
--- a/bot/utils/regex.py
+++ b/bot/utils/regex.py
@@ -10,3 +10,5 @@ INVITE_RE = re.compile(
     r"([a-zA-Z0-9\-]+)",                              # the invite code itself
     flags=re.IGNORECASE
 )
+
+END_PUNCTUATION_RE = re.compile("^.+?[.?!]$")