From cfd302ba0edb8f1cdc66460dd6c6720422177d04 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ruinivist <ruinivist@proton.me>
Date: Sat, 3 Jan 2026 17:19:55 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] add cmd line path args

---
 fstree/fstree.go |  5 ++++-
 main.go          | 35 +++++++++++++++++++++++++----------
 2 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fstree/fstree.go b/fstree/fstree.go
index 6502239..75160d5 100644
--- a/fstree/fstree.go
+++ b/fstree/fstree.go
@@ -278,7 +278,10 @@ func (t *FsTree) renderNode(node *FsNode, depth int, builder *strings.Builder, h
 	}
 
 	line := icon + " " + fileName + "\n"
-	builder.WriteString(line)
+	// the depth 0 is the dummy root node, I don't render that
+	if depth > 0 {
+		builder.WriteString(line)
+	}
 	*currentLine++
 
 	if node.expanded {
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 1e9ccef..619f22d 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ type model struct {
 	terminalWidth  int
 	terminalHeight int
 	tree           *fs.FsTree
+	rootPath       string // path to load the tree from
 	// spinner needs to be state as I need to update the spinner on
 	// each tick in update func
 	spinner  spinner.Model
@@ -47,7 +48,7 @@ type model struct {
 }
 
 // initial model state
-func createModel() model {
+func createModel(rootPath string) model {
 	s := spinner.New()
 	s.Spinner = spinner.Dot
 	s.Style = lipgloss.NewStyle().Foreground(lipgloss.Color("205"))
@@ -57,6 +58,7 @@ func createModel() model {
 		terminalWidth:  0,
 		terminalHeight: 0,
 		tree:           nil,
+		rootPath:       rootPath,
 		spinner:        s,
 		loading:        true,
 		viewport:       viewport.New(0, 0),
@@ -70,18 +72,25 @@ type treeLoadedMsg struct {
 	tree *fs.FsTree
 }
 
-func loadTreeCmd() tea.Msg {
-
-	cwd, err := os.Getwd()
-	if err != nil {
-		fmt.Println("Error getting cwd:", err)
-		os.Exit(1)
+func loadTreeCmd(path string) tea.Cmd {
+	return func() tea.Msg {
+		var targetPath string
+		if path == "" {
+			cwd, err := os.Getwd()
+			if err != nil {
+				fmt.Println("Error getting cwd:", err)
+				os.Exit(1)
+			}
+			targetPath = cwd
+		} else {
+			targetPath = path
+		}
+		return treeLoadedMsg{tree: fs.NewFsTree(targetPath)}
 	}
-	return treeLoadedMsg{tree: fs.NewFsTree(cwd)}
 }
 
 func (m model) Init() tea.Cmd {
-	return tea.Batch(m.spinner.Tick, loadTreeCmd)
+	return tea.Batch(m.spinner.Tick, loadTreeCmd(m.rootPath))
 }
 
 func (m model) Update(msg tea.Msg) (tea.Model, tea.Cmd) {
@@ -161,8 +170,14 @@ func (m model) View() string {
 // =================== bubbletea ui fns ===================
 
 func main() {
+	var rootPath string
+	if len(os.Args) > 1 {
+		rootPath = os.Args[1]
+	}
+	// if rootPath is empty, createModel will use cwd
+
 	p := tea.NewProgram(
-		createModel(),
+		createModel(rootPath),
 		tea.WithAltScreen(), // full screen tui
 		tea.WithMouseAllMotion(),
 	)