From b7a2352c6f9ea8e23210ad3bf9c7ec0626d73fc3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Raymond Hill <rhill@raymondhill.net>
Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2021 07:57:23 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Do not suggest network filters with wildcarded hostname in
 picker

Related issue:
- https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBlock-issues/issues/1494
---
 src/js/scriptlets/epicker.js | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/js/scriptlets/epicker.js b/src/js/scriptlets/epicker.js
index 4f84121a1..f6cd150e1 100644
--- a/src/js/scriptlets/epicker.js
+++ b/src/js/scriptlets/epicker.js
@@ -176,7 +176,11 @@ const mergeStrings = function(urls) {
     merged = merged.replace(/^\*+$/, '')
                    .replace(/\*{2,}/g, '*')
                    .replace(/([^*]{1,3}\*)(?:[^*]{1,3}\*)+/g, '$1');
-    return merged;
+
+    // https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBlock-issues/issues/1494
+    let pos = merged.indexOf('/');
+    if ( pos === -1 ) { pos = merged.length; }
+    return merged.slice(0, pos).includes('*') ? urls[0] : merged;
 };
 
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