From 980529029f1e25782cea2e6c915983a5250d2ca6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: CJ van den Berg <cj@vdbonline.com>
Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2025 18:51:55 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] feat(flicker): avoid triggering initial render from
 branch widget

---
 src/tui/status/branch.zig | 3 ++-
 src/tui/tui.zig           | 7 +++++++
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/tui/status/branch.zig b/src/tui/status/branch.zig
index 706c7b5..ce368ef 100644
--- a/src/tui/status/branch.zig
+++ b/src/tui/status/branch.zig
@@ -93,7 +93,8 @@ fn process_git(self: *Self, m: tp.message) MessageFilter.Error!bool {
 }
 
 fn process_status(self: *Self, m: tp.message) MessageFilter.Error!bool {
-    defer Widget.need_render();
+    defer if (tui.frames_rendered() > 0)
+        Widget.need_render();
 
     var value: []const u8 = undefined;
     var ahead: []const u8 = undefined;
diff --git a/src/tui/tui.zig b/src/tui/tui.zig
index 607c037..7998654 100644
--- a/src/tui/tui.zig
+++ b/src/tui/tui.zig
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ fontface_: []const u8 = "",
 fontfaces_: std.ArrayListUnmanaged([]const u8) = .{},
 enable_mouse_idle_timer: bool = false,
 query_cache_: *syntax.QueryCache,
+frames_rendered_: usize = 0,
 
 const keepalive = std.time.us_per_day * 365; // one year
 const idle_frames = 0;
@@ -449,6 +450,7 @@ fn receive_safe(self: *Self, from: tp.pid_ref, m: tp.message) !void {
 }
 
 fn render(self: *Self) void {
+    defer self.frames_rendered_ += 1;
     const current_time = std.time.microTimestamp();
     if (current_time < self.frame_last_time) { // clock moved backwards
         self.frame_last_time = current_time;
@@ -1184,6 +1186,11 @@ pub fn need_render() void {
     }
 }
 
+pub fn frames_rendered() usize {
+    const self = current();
+    return self.frames_rendered_;
+}
+
 pub fn resize() void {
     mainview_widget().resize(screen());
     refresh_hover();

From c507fb905d9d1e4e7871f7b907157b7f071e3b3e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: CJ van den Berg <cj@vdbonline.com>
Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2025 18:52:44 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] fix(flicker): home screen should not load if we have a
 file to open

---
 src/main.zig | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/main.zig b/src/main.zig
index 6a6e16a..21a9677 100644
--- a/src/main.zig
+++ b/src/main.zig
@@ -291,7 +291,8 @@ pub fn main() anyerror!void {
 
     for (links.items) |link| {
         try file_link.navigate(tui_proc.ref(), &link);
-    } else {
+    }
+    if (links.items.len == 0) {
         if (!have_project)
             try tui_proc.send(.{ "cmd", "open_project_cwd" });
         try tui_proc.send(.{ "cmd", "show_home" });