From 07c802b93a241d566161d3077b3254df4067fa1e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jonas Maier <>
Date: Thu, 5 Mar 2026 17:37:52 +0100
Subject: lots of shenanigans to have proper execve reload

---
 src/main.rs        | 38 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 src/run/builtin.rs | 10 +++++++---
 src/run/mod.rs     |  5 +++++
 3 files changed, 49 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

(limited to 'src')

diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 81cc5d3..6687937 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -248,6 +248,35 @@ fn event_loop() {
     se.raw.disable();
 }
 
+#[cfg(debug_assertions)]
+fn reload_shell() {
+    use std::{env, ffi::CString, ptr};
+
+    // path to this executable
+    let exe = env::current_exe().unwrap();
+    let exe_c = CString::new(exe.as_os_str().as_bytes()).unwrap();
+
+    // argv
+    let args: Vec<CString> = env::args().map(|a| CString::new(a).unwrap()).collect();
+
+    let mut argv: Vec<*const libc::c_char> = args.iter().map(|a| a.as_ptr()).collect();
+    argv.push(ptr::null());
+
+    // environment
+    let env: Vec<CString> = env::vars()
+        .map(|(k, v)| CString::new(format!("{}={}", k, v)).unwrap())
+        .collect();
+
+    let mut envp: Vec<*const libc::c_char> = env.iter().map(|e| e.as_ptr()).collect();
+    envp.push(ptr::null());
+
+    unsafe {
+        libc::execve(exe_c.as_ptr(), argv.as_ptr(), envp.as_ptr());
+    }
+
+    eprintln!("exec failed");
+}
+
 fn main() {
     if !io::stdin().is_terminal() {
         println!("need to run in a tty");
@@ -261,7 +290,14 @@ fn main() {
         let res = std::panic::catch_unwind(event_loop);
         match res {
             Ok(_) => break,
-            Err(_) => continue,
+            Err(_) =>
+            {
+                #[cfg(debug_assertions)]
+                if run::RELOAD.load(std::sync::atomic::Ordering::SeqCst) {
+                    reload_shell();
+                    println!("failed to reload shell");
+                }
+            }
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/run/builtin.rs b/src/run/builtin.rs
index 0f90e51..da6f4f2 100644
--- a/src/run/builtin.rs
+++ b/src/run/builtin.rs
@@ -43,9 +43,13 @@ impl Builtin for re {
         session.raw.disable();
         match Command::new("cargo").arg("build").status() {
             Ok(status) if status.success() => {
-                let _ = Command::new("cargo").arg("run").status();
-                session.raw.disable();
-                std::process::exit(0);
+                // build of new shell succeeded
+
+                // unwind the entire stack intentionally to free resources
+                // the catch handler will check the boolean and execve into 
+                // the new executable
+                super::RELOAD.store(true, std::sync::atomic::Ordering::SeqCst);
+                std::panic::resume_unwind(Box::new(42));
             }
             _ => (),
         }
diff --git a/src/run/mod.rs b/src/run/mod.rs
index 6484e30..0000547 100644
--- a/src/run/mod.rs
+++ b/src/run/mod.rs
@@ -2,12 +2,17 @@ use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::fs;
 use std::os::unix::fs::PermissionsExt;
 use std::path::PathBuf;
+#[cfg(debug_assertions)]
+use std::sync::atomic::AtomicBool;
 
 use crate::parse::Ast;
 use crate::*;
 
 mod builtin;
 
+#[cfg(debug_assertions)]
+pub static RELOAD: AtomicBool = AtomicBool::new(false);
+
 pub fn run(se: &mut Session, cmd: Vec<u8>) {
     let parsed = parse::do_parse(&cmd);
 
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