From eb1f380710b595b2416145cba81ba407f83666d2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: andrewvious <ohbandrew@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 7 Aug 2024 13:24:35 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] add support for debug env variable

---
 flake.nix     |  1 +
 nix-watch.nix | 25 +++++++++++++++++++------
 2 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index 4cc49c3..fc8c4bc 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
             nil
             nixpkgs-fmt
           ] ++ nix-watch.devTools;
+          NIX_WATCH_DEBUG=true;
         };
         formatter = pkgs.nixpkgs-fmt;
       });
diff --git a/nix-watch.nix b/nix-watch.nix
index fb7d70e..e78363d 100644
--- a/nix-watch.nix
+++ b/nix-watch.nix
@@ -77,6 +77,17 @@ let
             done
             COMMAND=("''${processed_command[@]}")
         }
+        convert_int_to_bool() {
+            local maybe_int="$1"
+
+            if [[ "$maybe_int" == 0 ]]; then
+                ${echo} false
+            elif [[ "$maybe_int" == 1 ]]; then
+                ${echo} true
+            else
+                ${echo} "$maybe_int"
+            fi
+        }
 
         # Initialize variables with default values
         COMMAND=()
@@ -191,8 +202,12 @@ let
         fi
         debug "Command: ''${ANSI_BLUE}''${COMMAND[*]}''${ANSI_RESET}"
 
-        # Resolve the watch directory to its absolute path
+        # Resolve the watch directory to its absolute path and ensure it exists
         WATCH_DIR=$(realpath "$WATCH_DIR")
+        if [ ! -d "$WATCH_DIR" ]; then
+            error "Directory '$WATCH_DIR' does not exist."
+            exit 1
+        fi
         debug "Watching directory: ''${ANSI_BLUE}$WATCH_DIR''${ANSI_RESET}"
 
         if [ "$IGNORE_NOTHING" == true ]; then
@@ -200,11 +215,9 @@ let
         fi
         ignore_patterns="[''${IGNORE_PATTERNS[@]}]"
         debug "The following patterns will be ignored: ''${ANSI_BLUE}$ignore_patterns''${ANSI_RESET}"
-    
-        # Ensure the directory exists
-        if [ ! -d "$WATCH_DIR" ]; then
-            error "Directory '$WATCH_DIR' does not exist."
-            exit 1
+
+        if [[ "$DEBUG" == false && -n "$NIX_WATCH_DEBUG" ]]; then
+            DEBUG=$(convert_int_to_bool $NIX_WATCH_DEBUG)
         fi
 
         # Temporary file to store the PID of the running command

From 25d84d61c369161d8a61d0fe7d3fbd6ae6831730 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: andrewvious <ohbandrew@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 7 Aug 2024 13:30:35 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] rm debug env var from flake.nix

---
 flake.nix | 1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index fc8c4bc..4cc49c3 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@
             nil
             nixpkgs-fmt
           ] ++ nix-watch.devTools;
-          NIX_WATCH_DEBUG=true;
         };
         formatter = pkgs.nixpkgs-fmt;
       });