From 7de6c6063119a7cef27c6bd4c88f2c5ac4cbc064 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: mj0x0 <93428389+mj0x0@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2026 15:11:13 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] theme: ensure atomic writes for configuration files (#76)

* fix: ensure atomic writes for configuration files

* requested changes
---
 src/caelestia/utils/theme.py | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/caelestia/utils/theme.py b/src/caelestia/utils/theme.py
index d8e648d..a137a57 100644
--- a/src/caelestia/utils/theme.py
+++ b/src/caelestia/utils/theme.py
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ import json
 import re
 import subprocess
 from pathlib import Path
+import tempfile
+import shutil
 
 from caelestia.utils.colour import get_dynamic_colours
 from caelestia.utils.logging import log_exception
@@ -101,8 +103,11 @@ def gen_sequences(colours: dict[str, str]) -> str:
 
 def write_file(path: Path, content: str) -> None:
     path.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
-    path.write_text(content)
 
+    with tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile("w") as f:
+        f.write(content)
+        f.flush()
+        shutil.move(f.name, path)
 
 @log_exception
 def apply_terms(sequences: str) -> None: