From 3bf7626b15156ace1da9206595b0a747ac984b88 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: lucy <l.k@k>
Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2026 10:48:34 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] reload qs on hm activation

---
 modules/system/core/user.nix | 10 +++++++++-
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/modules/system/core/user.nix b/modules/system/core/user.nix
index fc9dd54..6f43809 100644
--- a/modules/system/core/user.nix
+++ b/modules/system/core/user.nix
@@ -15,10 +15,18 @@
     home-manager.useGlobalPkgs = true;
     home-manager.useUserPackages = true;
     home-manager.extraSpecialArgs = { inherit inputs; };
-    home-manager.users.lucy = {
+    home-manager.users.lucy = { config, lib, ... }: {
       home.username = "lucy";
       home.homeDirectory = "/home/lucy";
       home.stateVersion = "25.11";
+      home.activation.reloadQuickshell = lib.hm.dag.entryAfter [ "writeBoundary" ] ''
+        qs=${lib.getExe' config.programs.quickshell.package "qs"}
+        runtime_dir="''${XDG_RUNTIME_DIR:-/run/user/$(id -u)}"
+        if run --silence env XDG_RUNTIME_DIR="$runtime_dir" "$qs" ipc show; then
+          run --silence env XDG_RUNTIME_DIR="$runtime_dir" "$qs" ipc call config reload ||
+            warnEcho "Quickshell is running, but 'qs ipc call config reload' failed"
+        fi
+      '';
     };
     home-manager.sharedModules = with self.homeModules; [
       btop