refresh-mode doesn't work

[c02y]

set refresh-mode auto

or

set refresh-mode = periodic
set refresh-interval = 5

in ~/.tigrc, neither of them works,

Simple test, I'm in status view in tig, touch abc in the repo outisde of tig, the status view never gets updated, I have to maunally refresh to tig. I didn't test other cases.

[c02y]

After installing the lastest tig from repo,

set refresh-mode = periodic
set refresh-interval = 5

works as expected, but set refresh-mode auto still doesn't work, but what I really like to use it set refresh-mode auto.

Could this bug be fixed too?

[koutcher]

The hierarchy of modes is:
manual = tig doesn't do anything
auto = tig reflects the changes it gets to know by some other actions
periodic = tig checks regularly for changes

In the use case you describe, in auto mode, if you just perform touch abc and do nothing in tig you can't expect it to discover the change.

[c02y]

Oh, I guess set refresh-mode = periodic is better then.

[patrickelectric]

Is it possible to update tig with a shortcut ?

[koutcher]

With the default bindings, you can press F5 or R to force a refresh.