From b35962606dc1f67a9037b96d366325df7e285d75 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Zhongheng Liu <zhongheng@stvnliu.me>
Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2026 20:40:12 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] impl autoexec support for a single script file

---
 src/Config.zig | 11 +++++++++++
 src/main.zig   |  7 ++++++-
 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/Config.zig b/src/Config.zig
index b89bfe3..2a3c023 100644
--- a/src/Config.zig
+++ b/src/Config.zig
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ border_color_focused: RiverColor = utils.parseRgbaComptime("0x89b4fa"),
 /// Color of unfocused windows' borders in 0xRRGGBBAA or 0xRRGGBB form
 border_color_unfocused: RiverColor = utils.parseRgbaComptime("0x1e1e2e"),
 
+/// Autoexec script path
+autoexec_path: ?[]const u8 = null,
+
 /// Number of windows in the primary stack
 /// This is a global default, but each tagmask can have its own value
 primary_count: u8 = 1,
@@ -70,6 +73,7 @@ pub const PrimarySide = enum { left, right };
 pub const AttachMode = enum { top, bottom };
 
 const NodeName = enum {
+    autoexec,
     attach_mode,
     primary_count,
     primary_ratio,
@@ -225,6 +229,13 @@ fn load(config: *Config, reader: *Io.Reader) !void {
                     }
                     // Next, we have to check the specifics for the NodeName
                     switch (name) {
+                        .autoexec => {
+                            const autoexec_path = node.arg(&parser, 0);
+                            if (autoexec_path) |path| {
+                                config.autoexec_path = utils.gpa.dupe(u8, path) catch @panic("Out of memory");
+                            }
+                            logDebugSettingNode(name, autoexec_path.?);
+                        },
                         .primary_count => {
                             const count_str = utils.stripQuotes(node.arg(&parser, 0) orelse "");
                             // Use @max to ensure a minimum of 1
diff --git a/src/main.zig b/src/main.zig
index 6da367a..db012ab 100644
--- a/src/main.zig
+++ b/src/main.zig
@@ -84,7 +84,12 @@ pub fn main() !void {
         .config = config,
     });
     defer context.destroy();
-
+    if (context.config.autoexec_path) |path| {
+        std.log.debug("Path: {s}", .{path});
+        const argv = [_][]const u8{"/bin/sh", "-c", path };
+        var child = std.process.Child.init(&argv, utils.gpa);
+        try child.spawn();
+    }
     try run(wl_display, context);
 }