From 278a111f5f95e009f222cd6fcb9c6af0230e6439 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: James Lu <GLolol@overdrivenetworks.com>
Date: Sun, 22 May 2016 18:18:14 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] irclib: expand standard substitutions in realname

---
 src/irclib.py | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/irclib.py b/src/irclib.py
index c199f1135..25bc73715 100644
--- a/src/irclib.py
+++ b/src/irclib.py
@@ -970,7 +970,8 @@ class Irc(IrcCommandDispatcher, log.Firewalled):
             return getattr(network_config, name)() or \
                 getattr(conf.supybot, name)()
         self.nick = get_value('nick')
-        self.user = get_value('user')
+        # Expand variables like $version in realname.
+        self.user = ircutils.standardSubstitute(self, None, get_value('user'))
         self.ident = get_value('ident')
         self.alternateNicks = conf.supybot.nick.alternates()[:]
         self.password = network_config.password()