fix: save settings less often (#6620)

Reviewed-by: James Upjohn <jupjohn@jammeh.co.nz>

src/controllers/commands/builtin/chatterino/Debugging.cpp

@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 #include "Application.hpp"
 #include "common/Channel.hpp"
 #include "common/Env.hpp"
-#include "common/Literals.hpp"
 #include "controllers/commands/CommandContext.hpp"
 #include "controllers/notifications/NotificationController.hpp"
 #include "messages/Image.hpp"
@@ -13,6 +12,7 @@
 #include "providers/twitch/eventsub/Controller.hpp"
 #include "providers/twitch/TwitchChannel.hpp"
 #include "providers/twitch/TwitchIrcServer.hpp"
+#include "singletons/Settings.hpp"
 #include "singletons/Theme.hpp"
 #include "singletons/Toasts.hpp"
 #include "singletons/Updates.hpp"
@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@
 #include <QLoggingCategory>
 #include <QString>
 
-namespace chatterino::commands {
+using namespace Qt::StringLiterals;
 
-using namespace literals;
+namespace chatterino::commands {
 
 QString setLoggingRules(const CommandContext &ctx)
 {
@@ -202,6 +202,23 @@ QString debugTest(const CommandContext &ctx)
         getApp()->getUpdates().checkForUpdates();
         ctx.channel->addSystemMessage(QString("checking for updates"));
     }
+    else if (command == "save-settings")
+    {
+        ctx.channel->addSystemMessage(u"requesting settings save"_s);
+        auto res = getSettings()->requestSave();
+        switch (res)
+        {
+            case pajlada::Settings::SettingManager::SaveResult::Failed:
+                ctx.channel->addSystemMessage(u"setting save failed"_s);
+                break;
+            case pajlada::Settings::SettingManager::SaveResult::Success:
+                ctx.channel->addSystemMessage(u"setting save success"_s);
+                break;
+            case pajlada::Settings::SettingManager::SaveResult::Skipped:
+                ctx.channel->addSystemMessage(u"setting save skipped"_s);
+                break;
+        }
+    }
     else
     {
         ctx.channel->addSystemMessage(

src/controllers/hotkeys/HotkeyController.cpp

@@ -236,7 +236,8 @@ void HotkeyController::loadHotkeys()
     auto numCombinedDefaults = set.size();
 
     pajlada::Settings::Setting<std::vector<QString>>::set(
-        "/hotkeys/addedDefaults", std::vector<QString>(set.begin(), set.end()));
+        "/hotkeys/addedDefaults", std::vector<QString>(set.begin(), set.end()),
+        pajlada::Settings::SettingOption::CompareBeforeSet);
 
     qCDebug(chatterinoHotkeys) << "Loading hotkeys...";
     for (const auto &key : keys)

src/singletons/Settings.cpp

@@ -157,8 +157,12 @@ Settings::Settings(const Args &args, const QString &settingsDirectory)
 
     settingsInstance->setBackupEnabled(true);
     settingsInstance->setBackupSlots(9);
-    settingsInstance->saveMethod =
-        pajlada::Settings::SettingManager::SaveMethod::SaveManually;
+    settingsInstance->saveMethod = static_cast<
+        pajlada::Settings::SettingManager::SaveMethod>(
+        static_cast<uint64_t>(
+            pajlada::Settings::SettingManager::SaveMethod::SaveManually) |
+        static_cast<uint64_t>(
+            pajlada::Settings::SettingManager::SaveMethod::OnlySaveIfChanged));
 
     initializeSignalVector(this->signalHolder, this->highlightedMessagesSetting,
                            this->highlightedMessages);
@@ -198,14 +202,14 @@ Settings::~Settings()
     Settings::instance_ = this->prevInstance_;
 }
 
-void Settings::requestSave() const
+pajlada::Settings::SettingManager::SaveResult Settings::requestSave() const
 {
     if (this->disableSaving)
     {
-        return;
+        return pajlada::Settings::SettingManager::SaveResult::Skipped;
     }
 
-    pajlada::Settings::SettingManager::gSave();
+    return pajlada::Settings::SettingManager::gSave();
 }
 
 void Settings::saveSnapshot()

src/singletons/Settings.hpp

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 
 #include <pajlada/settings/setting.hpp>
 #include <pajlada/settings/settinglistener.hpp>
+#include <pajlada/settings/settingmanager.hpp>
 #include <pajlada/signals/signalholder.hpp>
 
 #include <optional>
@@ -130,7 +131,9 @@ public:
     /// Request the settings to be saved to file
     ///
     /// Depending on the launch options, a save might end up not happening
-    void requestSave() const;
+    ///
+    /// Returns the result from the save, or Skipped if disableSave has been called
+    pajlada::Settings::SettingManager::SaveResult requestSave() const;
 
     void saveSnapshot();
     void restoreSnapshot();