Avoid blocking forever on startup if config files do not exist

Julia , Antonio Scandurra , and Max Brunsfeld created 2 years ago

The files will still get created if the user opens their settings and
saves, otherwise everything will transparently work

Co-Authored-By: Antonio Scandurra <[e-mail]>
Co-Authored-By: Max Brunsfeld <[e-mail]>

Change summary

crates/settings/src/settings_file.rs | 13 ++++++++++---
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

Detailed changes

crates/settings/src/settings_file.rs

@@ -66,15 +66,22 @@ pub fn watch_config_file(
         .spawn(async move {
             let events = fs.watch(&path, Duration::from_millis(100)).await;
             futures::pin_mut!(events);
+
+            let contents = fs.load(&path).await.unwrap_or_default();
+            if tx.unbounded_send(contents).is_err() {
+                return;
+            }
+
             loop {
+                if events.next().await.is_none() {
+                    break;
+                }
+
                 if let Ok(contents) = fs.load(&path).await {
                     if !tx.unbounded_send(contents).is_ok() {
                         break;
                     }
                 }
-                if events.next().await.is_none() {
-                    break;
-                }
             }
         })
         .detach();