From 2c736697d26a4ae0f575d853fa68ecd11955f868 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Carter Li <zhangsongcui3371@sina.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2026 10:52:04 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] Watch: adds `-w/--watch` as a seconds-based alias for
 `--dynamic-interval`

Closes #2478
---
 doc/help.json   | 10 ++++++++++
 src/fastfetch.c |  6 ++++++
 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/help.json b/doc/help.json
index da6732fbc..511099b3e 100644
--- a/doc/help.json
+++ b/doc/help.json
@@ -83,6 +83,16 @@
                 "type": "num",
                 "default": 0
             }
+        },
+        {
+            "long": "watch",
+            "short": "w",
+            "desc": "Alias of dynamic-interval, but the value is in seconds instead of milliseconds. If no value is provided, it defaults to 1 second",
+            "arg": {
+                "type": "num",
+                "optional": true,
+                "default": 1
+            }
         }
     ],
     "Config": [
diff --git a/src/fastfetch.c b/src/fastfetch.c
index cad134e15..3146cefba 100644
--- a/src/fastfetch.c
+++ b/src/fastfetch.c
@@ -670,6 +670,12 @@ static void parseCommand(FFdata* data, char* key, char* value) {
         }
     } else if (ffStrEqualsIgnCase(key, "--dynamic-interval")) {
         instance.state.dynamicInterval = ffOptionParseUInt32(key, value); // seconds to milliseconds
+    } else if (ffStrEqualsIgnCase(key, "-w") || ffStrEqualsIgnCase(key, "--watch")) {
+        if (value == nullptr) {
+            instance.state.dynamicInterval = 1000; // default to 1 second if no value is provided
+        } else {
+            instance.state.dynamicInterval = ffOptionParseUInt32(key, value) * 1000; // seconds to milliseconds
+        }
     } else {
         return;
     }