add option to turn off automatic directory reloading

3 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/config/general/app.rs b/src/config/general/app.rs
index a55ccbe..a7602d4 100644
--- a/src/config/general/app.rs
+++ b/src/config/general/app.rs
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ use crate::error::JoshutoResult;
 pub struct AppConfig {
     pub use_trash: bool,
     pub xdg_open: bool,
+    pub watch_files: bool,
     pub _display_options: DisplayOption,
     pub _preview_options: PreviewOption,
     pub _tab_options: TabOption,
diff --git a/src/config/general/app_crude.rs b/src/config/general/app_crude.rs
index d24eff9..20add72 100644
--- a/src/config/general/app_crude.rs
+++ b/src/config/general/app_crude.rs
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ pub struct AppConfigCrude {
     pub use_trash: bool,
     #[serde(default)]
     pub xdg_open: bool,
+    #[serde(default = "default_true")]
+    pub watch_files: bool,
     #[serde(default, rename = "display")]
     pub display_options: DisplayOptionCrude,
     #[serde(default, rename = "preview")]
@@ -37,6 +39,7 @@ impl From<AppConfigCrude> for AppConfig {
         Self {
             use_trash: crude.use_trash,
             xdg_open: crude.xdg_open,
+            watch_files: crude.watch_files,
             _display_options: DisplayOption::from(crude.display_options),
             _preview_options: PreviewOption::from(crude.preview_options),
             _tab_options: TabOption::from(crude.tab_options),
diff --git a/src/run.rs b/src/run.rs
index 63fa7d0..2430e3b 100644
--- a/src/run.rs
+++ b/src/run.rs
@@ -109,7 +109,9 @@ pub fn run(
         }
 
         // update the file system supervisor that watches for changes in the FS
-        context.update_watcher();
+        if context.config_ref().watch_files {
+            context.update_watcher();
+        }
     } // end of main loop
     Ok(())
 }