feat(config): support watch key in TOML config

README.md

@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@ Example:
 theme = "graphite"   # graphite, midnight, paper, ember
 mode = "auto"        # auto, split, stack
 vcs = "git"          # git, jj
+watch = false
 exclude_untracked = false
 line_numbers = true
 wrap_lines = false

src/core/config.test.ts

@@ -161,6 +161,59 @@ describe("config resolution", () => {
     expect(fallbackResolved.input.options.excludeUntracked).toBe(false);
   });
 
+  test.each([
+    {
+      name: "enables watch from config",
+      config: "watch = true\n",
+      cliOptions: {},
+      expected: true,
+    },
+    {
+      name: "disables watch from config",
+      config: "watch = false\n",
+      cliOptions: {},
+      expected: false,
+    },
+    {
+      name: "defaults watch to false",
+      config: "",
+      cliOptions: {},
+      expected: false,
+    },
+    {
+      name: "lets CLI enable watch over config",
+      config: "watch = false\n",
+      cliOptions: { watch: true },
+      expected: true,
+    },
+    {
+      name: "lets CLI disable watch over config",
+      config: "watch = true\n",
+      cliOptions: { watch: false },
+      expected: false,
+    },
+  ] satisfies Array<{
+    name: string;
+    config: string;
+    cliOptions: Partial<CliInput["options"]>;
+    expected: boolean;
+  }>)("resolves watch: $name", ({ config, cliOptions, expected }) => {
+    const home = createTempDir("hunk-config-home-");
+    mkdirSync(join(home, ".config", "hunk"), { recursive: true });
+    writeFileSync(join(home, ".config", "hunk", "config.toml"), config);
+
+    const resolved = resolveConfiguredCliInput(
+      {
+        kind: "vcs",
+        staged: false,
+        options: cliOptions,
+      },
+      { cwd: createTempDir("hunk-config-cwd-"), env: { HOME: home } },
+    );
+
+    expect(resolved.input.options.watch).toBe(expected);
+  });
+
   test("defaults to git VCS mode and accepts registered VCS modes from config", () => {
     const home = createTempDir("hunk-config-home-");
     mkdirSync(join(home, ".config", "hunk"), { recursive: true });

src/core/config.ts

@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ function readConfigPreferences(source: Record<string, unknown>): CommonOptions {
     mode: normalizeLayoutMode(source.mode),
     vcs: normalizeVcsMode(source.vcs),
     theme: normalizeString(source.theme),
+    watch: normalizeBoolean(source.watch),
     excludeUntracked: normalizeBoolean(source.exclude_untracked),
     lineNumbers: normalizeBoolean(source.line_numbers),
     wrapLines: normalizeBoolean(source.wrap_lines),
@@ -165,7 +166,7 @@ export function resolveConfiguredCliInput(
     ...resolvedOptions,
     agentContext: input.options.agentContext,
     pager: input.options.pager ?? false,
-    watch: input.options.watch ?? false,
+    watch: input.options.watch ?? resolvedOptions.watch ?? false,
     excludeUntracked: resolvedOptions.excludeUntracked ?? false,
     vcs: resolvedOptions.vcs ?? "git",
     mode: resolvedOptions.mode ?? DEFAULT_VIEW_PREFERENCES.mode,