From 086369252fb08fd2c743c96981b6ba0c9f121e39 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: jc <46619361+juancwu@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 17 Nov 2024 13:25:01 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] (bash) update terminal theme logic

copy theme file instead of creating a symlink
forces alacritty to reload in some linux distros such as ubuntu and
fedora
for some reason removing/creating a new symlink does not trigger the
live reload of alacritty
---
 bash/.bashrc.arch | 37 +++++++++++++++++++------------------
 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)

diff --git a/bash/.bashrc.arch b/bash/.bashrc.arch
index a408d6b..387486a 100644
--- a/bash/.bashrc.arch
+++ b/bash/.bashrc.arch
@@ -295,25 +295,26 @@ export TERM_COLOR_MODE
 
 # set the terminal color theme
 USE_TERM=alacritty
-if [ $TERM_COLOR_MODE == "light" ]; then
-    if [ $USE_TERM == "kitty" ]; then
-        kitten @ set-colors --all "$HOME/.config/kitty/light.conf"
-    fi
-    if [ $USE_TERM == "alacritty" ]; then
-        theme_link="$HOME/.config/alacritty/theme.toml"
-        rm -rf "$theme_link"
-        ln -s "$HOME/ghq/alacritty/alacritty-theme/themes/catppuccin_latte.toml" "$theme_link"
-    fi
-else
-    if [ $USE_TERM == "kitty" ]; then
-        kitten @ set-colors --all "$HOME/.config/kitty/dark.conf"
-    fi
-    if [ $USE_TERM == "alacritty" ]; then
-        theme_link="$HOME/.config/alacritty/theme.toml"
-        rm -r "$theme_link"
-        ln -s "$HOME/ghq/alacritty/alacritty-theme/themes/catppuccin_mocha.toml" "$theme_link"
-    fi
+theme_link="$HOME/.config/alacritty/theme.toml"
+use_theme="$HOME/ghq/alacritty/alacritty-theme/themes/catppuccin_latte.toml"
+if [ $TERM_COLOR_MODE == "dark" ]; then
+    # if [ $USE_TERM == "kitty" ]; then
+    #     kitten @ set-colors --all "$HOME/.config/kitty/light.conf"
+    # fi
+    # if [ $USE_TERM == "alacritty" ]; then
+    #     cp "$HOME/ghq/alacritty/alacritty-theme/themes/catppuccin_latte.toml" "$theme_link"
+    # fi
+    use_theme="$HOME/ghq/alacritty/alacritty-theme/themes/catppuccin_mocha.toml"
+# else
+#     if [ $USE_TERM == "kitty" ]; then
+#         kitten @ set-colors --all "$HOME/.config/kitty/dark.conf"
+#     fi
+#     if [ $USE_TERM == "alacritty" ]; then
+#         cp "$HOME/ghq/alacritty/alacritty-theme/themes/catppuccin_mocha.toml" "$theme_link"
+#     fi
 fi
+rm -f "$theme_link"
+cp "$use_theme" "$theme_link"
 
 # setup kitty, it will export TERM_COLOR_MODE (can be light or dark)
 # source ~/.config/kitty/setup.sh