From b46d2da30842786bf53285125782fb215054c606 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: nova <email@nova.gay>
Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2025 23:07:29 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] delta time to reload directory

---
 config.h |  5 +++--
 main.c   | 13 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/config.h b/config.h
index c0ee4b2..5205ba9 100644
--- a/config.h
+++ b/config.h
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
-#define SETTINGS_LINE_NUMBERS 2 /* 0 is disabled, 1 is enabled, 2 is relative */
-#define SETTINGS_UEBERZUG_IMAGE_PREVIEW 1 /* 0 is disabled, 1 is enabled, 2 is with caching */
+#define SETTINGS_LINE_NUMBERS 2			/* 0 is disabled, 1 is enabled, 2 is relative */
+#define SETTINGS_UEBERZUG_IMAGE_PREVIEW 1	/* 0 is disabled, 1 is enabled, 2 is with caching */
+#define SETTINGS_RELOAD_DIR_DELTA 10		/* 0 is disabled, time in seconds of how often the directory should be reload */
 
 /* {{{ */
 #ifndef CONFIG_GUARD
diff --git a/main.c b/main.c
index 083a8fc..3bb6da7 100644
--- a/main.c
+++ b/main.c
@@ -60,6 +60,11 @@ int main(){
 
 	char threading = 0;
 	terminal_width_empty_line = malloc(terminal_width);
+	#if SETTINGS_RELOAD_DIR_DELTA != 0
+	time_t t;
+	time_t dt;
+	time(&t);
+	#endif
 
 	pthread_create(&thread_t, NULL, thread_top, &status); /*top bar*/
 	pthread_create(&thread_l, NULL, thread_lft, &status); /*parent_content slash win_l*/
@@ -92,6 +97,14 @@ int main(){
 
 		render_pass();
 
+		#if SETTINGS_RELOAD_DIR_DELTA != 0
+		time(&dt);
+		if (dt - t >= SETTINGS_RELOAD_DIR_DELTA) {
+			time(&t);
+			status |= (STATUS_RUN_BACKEND | STATUS_RELOAD_DIRECTORY);
+		}
+		#endif
+
 	}
 	threading_free();
 	free(start_path);