From 8b34f5d367c3bebc431c1bcbad51a7e449f15c98 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Viktor Varland <varl@vlv.io>
Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2026 11:51:56 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] feat: allow sync to save the histdb path

---
 README.md               | 38 +++++---------------------------------
 internal/stats/stats.go |  9 ++++++++-
 internal/sync/sync.go   | 20 ++++++++++++++++----
 main.go                 |  2 +-
 4 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 39 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7a342e2..6213a22 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ mkdir histdb
 
 cd shell-history
 go build -o verbatim .
-sudo install verbatim /usr/local/bin/
+
+install verbatim ~/bin
 ```
 
 ## Migrate from log files
@@ -42,37 +43,8 @@ _add_history() {
 }
 add-zsh-hook precmd _add_history
 
-hsup() { verbatim sync "$histdb_dir" }
-
-hs() {
-    local copy_cmd=
-    case "$(uname -s)" in
-        Darwin) copy_cmd="pbcopy" ;;
-        *)
-            case "$XDG_SESSION_TYPE" in
-                x11)     copy_cmd="xsel --clipboard" ;;
-                wayland) copy_cmd="wl-copy --trim-newline" ;;
-                *) echo "Session type not detected."; return ;;
-            esac ;;
-    esac
-
-    local entry="$(
-        verbatim search --compact --reverse --limit 10000 "$@" | \
-        fzf --ansi --disabled --query "${*:-}" \
-            --bind "start:reload:verbatim search --compact --reverse --limit 10000 {q}" \
-            --bind "change:reload:sleep 0.1; verbatim search --compact --reverse --limit 10000 {q} || true" \
-            --bind "ctrl-a:reload:verbatim search --compact --reverse {q}" \
-            --header "ctrl-a: search all"
-    )"
-
-    local entry_cmd="$(<<<$entry sed 's/\x1b\[[0-9;]*m//g' | awk '{ print substr($0, index($0, $5)) }')"
-    entry_cmd="${entry_cmd//\\n/$'\n'}"
-
-    if [[ "$entry" ]]; then
-        eval $copy_cmd <<< "$entry_cmd" >/dev/null
-        echo "Copied to clipboard." >&2
-    fi
-}
+# install hs (interactive search + copy to clipboard)
+install scripts/hs ~/bin
 ```
 
 ## Usage
@@ -80,7 +52,7 @@ hs() {
 ```
 verbatim [--db PATH] add --timestamp T --hostname H --dir D -- COMMAND...
 verbatim [--db PATH] search [--host H] [--dir D] [--after T] [--before T] [--limit N] [QUERY...]
-verbatim [--db PATH] sync DIR
+verbatim [--db PATH] sync [DIR]
 verbatim [--db PATH] import DIR
 verbatim [--db PATH] stats
 ```
diff --git a/internal/stats/stats.go b/internal/stats/stats.go
index 9a3ec79..ba57989 100644
--- a/internal/stats/stats.go
+++ b/internal/stats/stats.go
@@ -8,7 +8,14 @@ import (
 func Run(d *sql.DB) error {
 	var total int
 	d.QueryRow("SELECT COUNT(*) FROM history").Scan(&total)
-	fmt.Printf("Total commands: %d\n\n", total)
+	fmt.Printf("Total commands: %d\n", total)
+
+	var lastSync sql.NullString
+	d.QueryRow(`SELECT value FROM sync_meta WHERE key = 'last_sync_time'`).Scan(&lastSync)
+	if lastSync.Valid {
+		fmt.Printf("Last sync:      %s\n", lastSync.String)
+	}
+	fmt.Println()
 
 	fmt.Println("Commands per host:")
 	rows, err := d.Query("SELECT hostname, COUNT(*) as cnt FROM history GROUP BY hostname ORDER BY cnt DESC")
diff --git a/internal/sync/sync.go b/internal/sync/sync.go
index 0b33218..3952278 100644
--- a/internal/sync/sync.go
+++ b/internal/sync/sync.go
@@ -14,11 +14,20 @@ import (
 )
 
 func Run(d *sql.DB, args []string) error {
-	if len(args) < 1 {
-		fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, "usage: verbatim sync DIR")
-		os.Exit(1)
+	var gitDir string
+	if len(args) > 0 {
+		gitDir = args[0]
+		// Store git_dir for future use
+		d.Exec(`INSERT OR REPLACE INTO sync_meta (key, value) VALUES ('git_dir', ?)`, gitDir)
+	} else {
+		// Try to read stored git_dir
+		err := d.QueryRow(`SELECT value FROM sync_meta WHERE key = 'git_dir'`).Scan(&gitDir)
+		if err != nil {
+			fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, "usage: verbatim sync [DIR]")
+			fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, "  DIR must be provided on first run")
+			os.Exit(1)
+		}
 	}
-	gitDir := args[0]
 
 	if err := export(d, gitDir); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("export: %w", err)
@@ -32,6 +41,9 @@ func Run(d *sql.DB, args []string) error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("import: %w", err)
 	}
 
+	// Record last sync time
+	d.Exec(`INSERT OR REPLACE INTO sync_meta (key, value) VALUES ('last_sync_time', datetime('now'))`)
+
 	fmt.Println("Sync complete.")
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 0ca927b..b1d9ced 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ func usage() {
 commands:
   add       record a command
   search    search history
-  sync      export, git sync, import
+  sync      export, git sync, import (remembers DIR)
   import    one-time import from log files
   stats     show statistics`)
 	os.Exit(1)