From b758859c3c85f6a93dc4d1db627628308731b4a8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Levi Neely <lneely@pascom.net>
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2026 16:13:31 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Support default= in .kateworkspace to set initial subrepo

---
 gitplusplus.cpp | 42 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 37 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/gitplusplus.cpp b/gitplusplus.cpp
index e29039b..7975778 100644
--- a/gitplusplus.cpp
+++ b/gitplusplus.cpp
@@ -2444,11 +2444,43 @@ void GitPlusPlusView::detectWorkspace()
         QString name = QFileInfo(repoPath).fileName();
         m_repoCombo->addItem(name, repoPath);
     }
-    // Select current m_gitDir in combo
-    for (int i = 0; i < m_repoCombo->count(); ++i) {
-        if (m_repoCombo->itemData(i).toString() == m_gitDir) {
-            m_repoCombo->setCurrentIndex(i);
-            break;
+    // Select workspace default repo, or fall back to current m_gitDir
+    int selectedIdx = -1;
+    QString wsFilePath = m_workspaceDir + QStringLiteral("/.kateworkspace");
+    if (QFileInfo::exists(wsFilePath)) {
+        QSettings ws(wsFilePath, QSettings::IniFormat);
+        ws.beginGroup(QStringLiteral("workspace"));
+        QString defaultRepo = ws.value(QStringLiteral("default")).toString();
+        ws.endGroup();
+        if (!defaultRepo.isEmpty()) {
+            for (int i = 0; i < m_repoCombo->count(); ++i) {
+                if (m_repoCombo->itemText(i) == defaultRepo) {
+                    selectedIdx = i;
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    if (selectedIdx < 0) {
+        // No default configured — use current m_gitDir
+        for (int i = 0; i < m_repoCombo->count(); ++i) {
+            if (m_repoCombo->itemData(i).toString() == m_gitDir) {
+                selectedIdx = i;
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    if (selectedIdx >= 0) {
+        m_repoCombo->setCurrentIndex(selectedIdx);
+        QString newGitDir = m_repoCombo->itemData(selectedIdx).toString();
+        if (newGitDir != m_gitDir) {
+            m_gitDir = newGitDir;
+            // Open .kateproject to trigger Kate's project switch
+            QString kateProjectFile = m_gitDir + QStringLiteral("/.kateproject");
+            if (QFileInfo::exists(kateProjectFile))
+                m_mainWindow->openUrl(QUrl::fromLocalFile(kateProjectFile));
+        } else {
+            m_gitDir = newGitDir;
         }
     }
     m_repoCombo->blockSignals(false);