Merge pull request #931 from sandr01d/clear-history-on-start

feat: allow clearing the history on startup

Author: xrelkd

README.md

@@ -177,6 +177,9 @@ daemonize = true
 # Maximum number of clips in history.
 max_history = 50
 
+# Clears the history on startup when set to true
+clear_history_on_start = false
+
 # File path for clip history.
 # If this value is omitted, `clipcatd` will persist history in `$XDG_CACHE_HOME/clipcat/clipcatd-history`.
 history_file_path = "/home/<username>/.cache/clipcat/clipcatd-history"

clipcatd/src/config/mod.rs

@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ pub struct Config {
     #[serde(default = "Config::default_max_history")]
     pub max_history: usize,
 
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub clear_history_on_start: bool,
+
     #[serde(default = "Config::default_synchronize_selection_with_clipboard")]
     pub synchronize_selection_with_clipboard: bool,
 
@@ -67,6 +70,7 @@ impl Default for Config {
             pid_file: Self::default_pid_file_path(),
             primary_threshold_ms: Self::default_primary_threshold_ms(),
             max_history: Self::default_max_history(),
+            clear_history_on_start: false,
             history_file_path: Self::default_history_file_path(),
             synchronize_selection_with_clipboard:
                 Self::default_synchronize_selection_with_clipboard(),
@@ -208,6 +212,7 @@ impl From<Config> for clipcat_server::Config {
             grpc,
             primary_threshold_ms,
             max_history,
+            clear_history_on_start,
             synchronize_selection_with_clipboard,
             history_file_path,
             watcher,
@@ -244,6 +249,7 @@ impl From<Config> for clipcat_server::Config {
             grpc_access_token,
             primary_threshold,
             max_history,
+            clear_history_on_start,
             synchronize_selection_with_clipboard,
             history_file_path,
             watcher,

crates/server/src/config.rs

@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ pub struct Config {
 
     pub max_history: usize,
 
+    pub clear_history_on_start: bool,
+
     pub synchronize_selection_with_clipboard: bool,
 
     pub history_file_path: PathBuf,

crates/server/src/lib.rs

@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ pub async fn serve_with_shutdown(
         grpc_access_token,
         primary_threshold,
         max_history,
+        clear_history_on_start,
         history_file_path,
         synchronize_selection_with_clipboard,
         watcher: watcher_opts,
@@ -92,18 +93,27 @@ pub async fn serve_with_shutdown(
             .await
             .context(error::CreateHistoryManagerSnafu)?;
 
-        tracing::info!("Load history from `{path}`", path = history_manager.path().display());
-        let history_clips = history_manager
-            .load()
-            .await
-            .map_err(|err| {
-                tracing::error!(
-                    "Could not load history, data might be corrupted, please remove `{path}`, \
-                     error: {err}",
-                    path = history_manager.path().display()
-                );
-            })
-            .unwrap_or_default();
+        let history_clips = if clear_history_on_start {
+            tracing::info!("Clearing history at `{path}`", path = history_manager.path().display());
+            if let Err(err) = history_manager.clear().await {
+                tracing::error!("Failed to clear clipboard history, error: {err}");
+            }
+            Vec::new()
+        } else {
+            tracing::info!("Load history from `{path}`", path = history_manager.path().display());
+            history_manager
+                .load()
+                .await
+                .map_err(|err| {
+                    tracing::error!(
+                        "Could not load history, data might be corrupted, please remove `{path}`, \
+                         error: {err}",
+                        path = history_manager.path().display()
+                    );
+                })
+                .unwrap_or_default()
+        };
+
         let clip_count = history_clips.len();
         if clip_count > 0 {
             tracing::info!("{clip_count} clip(s) loaded");