From cf6d89bcf906ba72560847cb804646b9cd8d99b4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: danix <danix@danix.xyz>
Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2023 10:45:52 +0200
Subject: sync operations now check for last sync before running again. It's
 possible to set a delay between sync operations.

---
 SOURCE/CORE/core-list.sh |  2 ++
 SOURCE/CORE/git.sh       | 18 +++++++++++++++---
 SOURCE/head.sh           |  2 ++
 3 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

(limited to 'SOURCE')

diff --git a/SOURCE/CORE/core-list.sh b/SOURCE/CORE/core-list.sh
index 17349cd..6ab2896 100644
--- a/SOURCE/CORE/core-list.sh
+++ b/SOURCE/CORE/core-list.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 listnotes() {
+	# attempt syncing before listing all notes
+	gitsync
 	# [ $PLAIN == true ] && echo "output is plain text" || echo "output is colored"
 	if [[ $(ls -A "$NOTESDIR") ]]; then
 		if [ $PLAIN == false ]; then
diff --git a/SOURCE/CORE/git.sh b/SOURCE/CORE/git.sh
index d37fe72..8edfc1f 100644
--- a/SOURCE/CORE/git.sh
+++ b/SOURCE/CORE/git.sh
@@ -13,9 +13,21 @@ is_git_repo() {
 
 # sync local repository to remote
 gitsync() {
-    echo "Syncing notes with git on remote \"$GITREMOTE\""
-    cd $BASEDIR
-    $GIT pull
+    NOWSYNC=$(date +%s)
+    # LASTSYNC is the last time we synced to the remote, or 0 if it's the first time.
+    LASTSYNC=$($JQ -r '.git["lastpull"] // 0' "$DB")
+    [ $PLAIN == false ] && echo "Syncing notes with git on remote \"$GITREMOTE\""
+    SYNCDIFF=$(( ${NOWSYNC} - ${LASTSYNC} ))
+    if (( $SYNCDIFF > $GITSYNCDELAY )); then
+        #more than our delay time has passed. We can sync again.
+        $JQ --arg n "$NOWSYNC" '.git["lastpull"] = $n' "$DB" > $TMPDB
+        mv $TMPDB $DB
+        cd $BASEDIR
+        $GIT pull
+    else
+        # Last synced less than $GITSYNCDELAY seconds ago. We shall wait
+        [ $PLAIN == false ] && echo "Last synced less than $GITSYNCDELAY seconds ago. We shall wait"
+    fi
 }
 
 # check for USEGIT and subsequent variables
diff --git a/SOURCE/head.sh b/SOURCE/head.sh
index 7b684f1..890d711 100644
--- a/SOURCE/head.sh
+++ b/SOURCE/head.sh
@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@ NOTESDIR=${BASEDIR}/notes
 USEGIT=true
 # Address of your remote repository
 GITREMOTE=${GITREMOTE:-""}
+# How long should we wait (in seconds) between sync on the git remote. Default 3600 (1 hour)
+GITSYNCDELAY=${GITSYNCDELAY:-3600}
 
 } # end set_defaults, do not change this line.
 
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