If your mother has no leader, you automatically follow her at birth t…

…o bootstrap leadership. Part of #532
jasonrohrer · Feb 6, 2020 · e2c555e · e2c555e
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diff --git a/documentation/changeLog.txt b/documentation/changeLog.txt
@@ -45,6 +45,10 @@ Version 309   ???
 --When issuing an order, the leader sees +FOLLOWER+ markers above the heads of
   nearby followers.
 
+--If your mother has no leader, you automatically follow her at birth to
+  bootstrap leadership.  Part of #532
+
+
 
 
 Version 307   2020-January-30

diff --git a/server/server.cpp b/server/server.cpp
@@ -8580,6 +8580,12 @@ int processLoggedInPlayer( char inAllowReconnect,
         // child inherits mother's leader
         newObject.followingID = parent->followingID;
 
+        if( newObject.followingID == -1 ) {
+            // boostrap the whole thing by having leaderless mothers
+            // get their children as automatic followers.
+            newObject.followingID = parent->id;
+            }
+
 
         newObject.parentChainLength = parent->parentChainLength + 1;