From ebffa72a9fdfca14fbdd1c5c22c5f6813adc4c36 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Colin Powell <colin@unbl.ink>
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2026 00:41:03 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] [systemd] Add and enable dotfiles watcher

---
 .../timers.target.wants/update-dotfiles.timer   |  1 +
 .../systemd/user/update-dotfiles.service        | 17 +++++++++++++++++
 .../.config/systemd/user/update-dotfiles.timer  | 11 +++++++++++
 3 files changed, 29 insertions(+)
 create mode 120000 systemd/.config/systemd/user/timers.target.wants/update-dotfiles.timer
 create mode 100644 systemd/.config/systemd/user/update-dotfiles.service
 create mode 100644 systemd/.config/systemd/user/update-dotfiles.timer

diff --git a/systemd/.config/systemd/user/timers.target.wants/update-dotfiles.timer b/systemd/.config/systemd/user/timers.target.wants/update-dotfiles.timer
new file mode 120000
index 0000000..786bf3f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/systemd/.config/systemd/user/timers.target.wants/update-dotfiles.timer
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/home/powellc/.config/systemd/user/update-dotfiles.timer
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/systemd/.config/systemd/user/update-dotfiles.service b/systemd/.config/systemd/user/update-dotfiles.service
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..45ed661
--- /dev/null
+++ b/systemd/.config/systemd/user/update-dotfiles.service
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=Hourly Dotfiles Check
+Wants=network-online.target
+After=network-online.target
+
+[Service]
+Type=oneshot
+
+# Change this to your repo path
+WorkingDirectory=%h/.dotfiles
+
+# Pull latest changes
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/git pull public master --ff-only
+
+# Optional: quieter logs
+Nice=10
+
diff --git a/systemd/.config/systemd/user/update-dotfiles.timer b/systemd/.config/systemd/user/update-dotfiles.timer
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c561d2d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/systemd/.config/systemd/user/update-dotfiles.timer
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=Run dotfiles check hourly
+
+[Timer]
+OnBootSec=5m
+OnUnitActiveSec=1h
+Persistent=true
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=timers.target
+