From 811a86eb880a221c7db71b8746665fda1ddc2c38 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: v8vito <alber.wilson@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2025 14:56:19 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Add autosave feature

---
 src/helpers.ts                     | 4 ++++
 src/persistence/remote-db/index.ts | 2 ++
 src/utils/index.ts                 | 5 +++--
 3 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/helpers.ts b/src/helpers.ts
index dc0e965..fb00ff2 100644
--- a/src/helpers.ts
+++ b/src/helpers.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import { getReactionGroup } from './reactions/resource';
 import { RemoteDb } from './persistence/remote-db';
 import { v4 as uuidv4 } from 'uuid';
 import { Deserializer } from './persistence/serialization/deserializer';
+import { saveNotesToFile } from './persistence/local-db';
 
 export const saveNoteComment = (
   thread: vscode.CommentThread,
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@ export const saveNoteComment = (
     thread.contextValue = uuidv4();
     noteMap.set(thread.contextValue, thread);
   }
+  saveNotesToFile(noteMap);
   if (remoteDb) {
     remoteDb.pushNoteComment(thread, firstComment);
   }
@@ -148,6 +150,8 @@ export const syncNoteMapWithRemote = (
       remoteDb && remoteDb.pushNoteComment(localThread, true);
     }
   });
+
+  saveNotesToFile(noteMap);
 };
 
 export const getSetting = (settingName: string, defaultValue?: any) => {
diff --git a/src/persistence/remote-db/index.ts b/src/persistence/remote-db/index.ts
index ed86c22..c494644 100644
--- a/src/persistence/remote-db/index.ts
+++ b/src/persistence/remote-db/index.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import * as rethinkdb from 'rethinkdb';
 import { Serializer } from '../serialization/serializer';
 import { Deserializer } from '../serialization/deserializer';
 import { readFileSync } from 'fs';
+import { saveNotesToFile } from '../local-db';
 
 export class RemoteDb {
   private host: string;
@@ -134,6 +135,7 @@ export class RemoteDb {
             newThread.contextValue ? newThread.contextValue : '',
             newThread,
           );
+          saveNotesToFile(this.noteMap);
           vscode.window.showInformationMessage('Note received from remote DB.');
         });
       });
diff --git a/src/utils/index.ts b/src/utils/index.ts
index 5dbfae3..be47990 100644
--- a/src/utils/index.ts
+++ b/src/utils/index.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 import * as vscode from 'vscode';
 import * as path from 'path';
 import { platform } from 'os';
-import { getSetting } from '../helpers';
 
 export const isWindows = () => {
   return platform() === 'win32';
@@ -26,7 +25,9 @@ export const getWorkspacePath = () => {
 };
 
 export const getLocalDbFilePath = () => {
-  const localDbFilePath = getSetting('localDatabase');
+  const localDbFilePath = vscode.workspace
+    .getConfiguration('security-notes')
+    .get<string>('localDatabase', '.security-notes.json');
   if (path.isAbsolute(localDbFilePath)) {
     return localDbFilePath;
   } else {