README.md

@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ names and metadata of what you've loaded in a cache file readable only by
 you, to show it at once next time (`cache: false` turns it off). It talks
 only to the services you use it with, and collects no usage data. The one
 call of its own is a daily check for a new release, on GitHub or else
-git.kebcloud.no, which `updateCheck: false` turns off.
+git.kebcloud.no, which `updates.autoCheck: false` turns off.
 
 ## Repositories
 

cmd/lazysecrets/main.go

@@ -225,6 +225,10 @@ Flags:
 	if cfg.LoadDelay != nil {
 		loadDelay = *cfg.LoadDelay
 	}
+	var updateEvery time.Duration // 0: the app's default, a day
+	if cfg.Updates.AutoCheckInterval != nil {
+		updateEvery = *cfg.Updates.AutoCheckInterval
+	}
 	if !set["icons"] {
 		switch {
 		case os.Getenv("LAZYSECRETS_ICONS") != "":
@@ -379,8 +383,9 @@ Flags:
 		ExpiryWarning:  time.Duration(expiryDays) * 24 * time.Hour,
 		HideOnBlur:     config.On(cfg.HideOnBlur),
 		HandlerSetup:   setup,
-		Updater:        updater(cfg.Releases),
+		Updater:        updater(cfg.Updates.UpdateSources),
-		UpdateCheck:    config.On(cfg.UpdateCheck),
+		UpdateCheck:    config.On(cfg.Updates.AutoCheck),
+		UpdateEvery:    updateEvery,
 		Keys:           &keymap,
 		Commands:       cfg.CustomCommands,
 		Version:        versionString(),

cmd/lazysecrets/update.go

@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ func updateCmd(configPath string, args []string) error {
 	current := versionString()
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 5*time.Minute)
 	defer cancel()
-	c := &update.Client{Servers: cfg.Releases}
+	c := &update.Client{Servers: cfg.Updates.UpdateSources}
 	r, err := c.Latest(ctx)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("looking for a newer lazysecrets: %w", err)

docs/config.md

@@ -16,8 +16,10 @@ timeout: 30s           # per backend request
 loadDelay: 150ms       # how long the cursor rests on a row before it loads; 0s loads at once
 sourcesView: grouped   # or flat; ` toggles it
 collapseGroups: true   # start with the Sources pane's groups folded; enter or space unfolds one
-updateCheck: true      # look for a newer release once a day (U and lazysecrets update work either way)
+updates:
-releases:              # where updates come from, tried in order (GitHub, or a Gitea or Forgejo server)
+  autoCheck: true          # look for a newer release at startup (U and lazysecrets update work either way)
+  autoCheckInterval: 24h   # at most this often
+  updateSources:           # where updates come from, tried in order (GitHub, or a Gitea or Forgejo server)
     - https://github.com/karleinarb/lazysecrets
     - https://git.kebcloud.no/keb/lazysecrets
 history: true          # count uses of items for Recent (R)
@@ -136,11 +138,12 @@ are read from disk anyway. Deleting the file is always safe, and
 
 ## Updates
 
-Once a day (`updateCheck`), in the background, lazysecrets asks for the
+At startup, in the background, lazysecrets asks for the latest release
-latest release; within the day it reuses the answer from the state file.
+(`updates.autoCheck`), once a day or every `updates.autoCheckInterval`;
-Releases are published on GitHub and on git.kebcloud.no, and it asks
+until then it reuses the answer from the state file. Releases are
-them in that order, the next when one doesn't answer within 5 seconds;
+published on GitHub and on git.kebcloud.no, and it asks them in that
-`releases` lists others, such as a mirror of your own. Offline, or with
+order, the next when one doesn't answer within 5 seconds;
+`updates.updateSources` lists others, such as a mirror of your own. Offline, or with
 every server down, it says nothing. A newer release shows in the footer, `v0.1.1 ↑ v0.2.0`; `U` (or
 `lazysecrets update --check`) shows its changelog.
 

internal/config/config.go

@@ -38,14 +38,8 @@ type Config struct {
 	SourcesView string `yaml:"sourcesView"`
 	// History counts uses of items for the Recent list; defaults to true.
 	History *bool `yaml:"history"`
-	// UpdateCheck looks for a newer release once a day, in the
+	// Updates sets how lazysecrets looks for newer releases.
-	// background; defaults to true. U and lazysecrets update work either
+	Updates Updates `yaml:"updates"`
-	// way.
-	UpdateCheck *bool `yaml:"updateCheck"`
-	// Releases are the repositories updates come from, tried in order:
-	// on GitHub, or a Gitea or Forgejo server. Defaults to GitHub, then
-	// git.kebcloud.no (update.DefaultServers).
-	Releases []string `yaml:"releases"`
 	// Cache keeps what was loaded (never values) between runs, so lists
 	// show at once and refresh in the background; defaults to true.
 	Cache *bool `yaml:"cache"`
@@ -68,6 +62,19 @@ type Config struct {
 	Theme map[string][]string `yaml:"theme"`
 }
 
+type Updates struct {
+	// AutoCheck looks for a newer release in the background at startup,
+	// at most once per AutoCheckInterval; defaults to true. U and
+	// lazysecrets update work either way.
+	AutoCheck *bool `yaml:"autoCheck"`
+	// AutoCheckInterval defaults to 24h.
+	AutoCheckInterval *time.Duration `yaml:"autoCheckInterval"`
+	// UpdateSources are the repositories updates come from, tried in
+	// order: on GitHub, or a Gitea or Forgejo server. Defaults to GitHub,
+	// then git.kebcloud.no (update.DefaultServers).
+	UpdateSources []string `yaml:"updateSources"`
+}
+
 type LinkHandler struct {
 	// Terminal to open links in, overriding the one handler install
 	// detected: kitty, ghostty, wezterm, iterm2, terminal, alacritty,
@@ -236,9 +243,12 @@ func (c Config) validate(path string) error {
 	if d := c.LoadDelay; d != nil && (*d < 0 || *d > 5*time.Second) {
 		return fmt.Errorf("%s: loadDelay: %s is not between 0s and 5s", path, *d)
 	}
-	for i, r := range c.Releases {
+	if d := c.Updates.AutoCheckInterval; d != nil && *d <= 0 {
+		return fmt.Errorf("%s: updates.autoCheckInterval: %s is not positive (autoCheck: false turns it off)", path, *d)
+	}
+	for i, r := range c.Updates.UpdateSources {
 		if _, err := update.API(r); err != nil || !strings.HasPrefix(r, "https://") {
-			return fmt.Errorf("%s: releases[%d]: %q is not an https:// repository address, like %s", path, i, r, update.GitHubRepo)
+			return fmt.Errorf("%s: updates.updateSources[%d]: %q is not an https:// repository address, like %s", path, i, r, update.GitHubRepo)
 		}
 	}
 	if k := c.Share.Key; k != "" {

internal/config/config_test.go

@@ -70,8 +70,9 @@ func TestLoadRejectsMistakes(t *testing.T) {
 		"old layout": "azure:\n  vaults: [https://kv.vault.azure.net/]\n",
 		"duration":   "timeout: soon\n",
 		"view":       "sourcesView: tree\n",
-		"releases":   "releases: [git.example.com/team/lazysecrets]\n",
+		"sources":    "updates:\n  updateSources: [git.example.com/team/lazysecrets]\n",
-		"http":       "releases: [http://git.example.com/team/lazysecrets]\n",
+		"http":       "updates:\n  updateSources: [http://git.example.com/team/lazysecrets]\n",
+		"interval":   "updates:\n  autoCheckInterval: 0s\n",
 		"share key":  "share:\n  key: https://kv.vault.azure.net/\n",
 		"workspace":  "share:\n  key: \"{{secrets/team/env-share}}\"\n",
 		"short keys": "share:\n  keyRules:\n    minLength: 8\n",
@@ -119,10 +120,10 @@ theme:
 	}
 }
 
-func TestReleases(t *testing.T) {
+func TestUpdates(t *testing.T) {
-	c, err := Load(write(t, "releases: [https://git.example.com/team/lazysecrets]\n"))
+	c, err := Load(write(t, "updates:\n  autoCheck: false\n  autoCheckInterval: 168h\n  updateSources: [https://git.example.com/team/lazysecrets]\n"))
-	if err != nil || len(c.Releases) != 1 {
+	if err != nil || On(c.Updates.AutoCheck) || *c.Updates.AutoCheckInterval != 7*24*time.Hour || len(c.Updates.UpdateSources) != 1 {
-		t.Errorf("releases = %v, %v", c.Releases, err)
+		t.Errorf("updates = %+v, %v", c.Updates, err)
 	}
 }
 

internal/ui/app/app.go

@@ -117,9 +117,11 @@ type Options struct {
 	// Keys, if set, replaces the default keymap (keys.Map.Apply).
 	Keys *keys.Map
 	// Updater, if set, finds and installs newer releases (U); with
-	// UpdateCheck, lazysecrets also looks once a day on its own.
+	// UpdateCheck, lazysecrets also looks on its own at startup, at most
+	// once per UpdateEvery (0 for a day).
 	Updater     *Updater
 	UpdateCheck bool
+	UpdateEvery time.Duration
 	// HandlerSetup, if set, offers to set up the link handler at startup.
 	HandlerSetup *HandlerSetup
 	// NoHistory stops counting uses of items for the Recent list.
@@ -236,6 +238,7 @@ type Model struct {
 
 	updater      *Updater
 	updateCheck  bool
+	updateEvery  time.Duration
 	fetchOnStart bool            // look for a newer release in Init
 	newer        *update.Release // a newer release to offer
 	updated      string          // the release installed, waiting for a restart
@@ -427,7 +430,10 @@ func New(providers []provider.Provider, opts Options) Model {
 	m.revealTimeout, m.hideOnBlur = opts.RevealTimeout, opts.HideOnBlur
 	m.expiryWarning = opts.ExpiryWarning
 	m.handlerSetup = opts.HandlerSetup
-	m.updater, m.updateCheck = opts.Updater, opts.UpdateCheck
+	m.updater, m.updateCheck, m.updateEvery = opts.Updater, opts.UpdateCheck, opts.UpdateEvery
+	if m.updateEvery == 0 {
+		m.updateEvery = updateEvery
+	}
 	m.startUpdateCheck()
 	m.askHandler = opts.HandlerSetup != nil && !m.store.Flag(flagNoHandlerPrompt)
 	m.settle = opts.LoadDelay

internal/ui/app/update.go

@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ type Updater struct {
 }
 
 // updateEvery is how often lazysecrets looks for a newer release on its
-// own; within that, the last answer (in the state file) is used.
+// own unless the config says otherwise; within that, the last answer (in
+// the state file) is used.
 const updateEvery = 24 * time.Hour
 
 type updateMsg struct {
@@ -35,14 +36,14 @@ type installedMsg struct {
 }
 
 // startUpdateCheck sets up the startup look for a newer release: the
-// state file's answer when it looked less than a day ago, else a quiet
+// state file's answer when it looked within updateEvery, else a quiet
 // look at the server (fetchOnStart, for Init).
 func (m *Model) startUpdateCheck() {
 	if m.updater == nil || !m.updateCheck {
 		return
 	}
 	last := m.store.UpdateCheck()
-	if m.now().Sub(last.At) < updateEvery {
+	if m.now().Sub(last.At) < m.updateEvery {
 		m.offer(update.Release{Tag: last.Tag, Body: last.Notes, URL: last.URL})
 		return
 	}

internal/ui/app/update_test.go

@@ -83,6 +83,12 @@ func TestUpdate(t *testing.T) {
 	if f2.asked != 1 {
 		t.Errorf("asked %d times a day later", f2.asked)
 	}
+	// With autoCheckInterval: 1h, two hours on is long enough.
+	mem.SetUpdateCheck(store.UpdateCheck{At: time.Now().Add(-2 * time.Hour), Tag: "v0.2.0"})
+	newDriverOpts(t, Options{Version: "0.1.1", Updater: f2.updater(), UpdateCheck: true, UpdateEvery: time.Hour, Store: mem})
+	if f2.asked != 2 {
+		t.Errorf("asked %d times, want a look after the hour", f2.asked)
+	}
 }
 
 func TestUpdateAsked(t *testing.T) {