v0.1.3

v0.1.3 · Build Headers & Reload Command

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✨ New Features

Annotated Build Headers

confb build now automatically prepends an informative header to generated configuration files (for formats that support comments).
Each header includes:

• Build time and confb version
• Output path and format
• Merge rules used
• Source files list with SHA256 checksums

Supported formats: kdl, toml, yaml, ini
Skipped automatically for: json, raw

Example:

// confb build
// version: 0.1.3
// time: 2025-10-07T12:00:00-10:00
// target: niri
// output: ~/.config/niri/config-test.kdl
// merge.rules: maps=deep arrays=append keys=last_wins section_keys=[layout]
// sources[4]:
//   1) ~/.config/niri/config-base.kdl sha256=...
//   2) ~/.config/niri/config-rules.kdl sha256=...
//   3) ~/.config/niri/config-binds.kdl sha256=...
//   4) ~/.config/niri/dms/colors.kdl sha256=...

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Reload Command

New subcommand: confb reload
Allows signaling the running daemon to reload configuration without restarting.

confb reload [--pid-file PATH] [--unit confb.service] [--user] [--method auto|pid|systemd] [--trace]

Behavior

• Sends SIGHUP to the daemon through:
  1. PID file (~/.cache/confb/confb.pid, /run/user/<uid>/confb/confb.pid, /var/run/confb.pid)
  2. Or systemctl kill -s HUP confb.service (system or --user)
• Auto mode falls back between methods (PID → systemd → systemd --user)
• Quiet by default; use --trace for detailed diagnostics
• Prints one clean success line on completion

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🔧 Improvements

• Cleaner CLI output during build operations
• Consistent, quiet reload behavior under systemd or manual runs
• Trace mode now provides clear diagnostic context without noise

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Changelog

• 77f516c: docs: update README with annotated build headers and reload command (@nekwebdev)
• b48bf8b: feat(build): prepend annotated headers to generated configs (@nekwebdev)
• d6a1bed: feat(cli): add robust `confb reload` subcommand with PID and systemd support (@nekwebdev)