From 833b5fbcfaec3ae649bc95987aae3d54b8a5650d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: DecDuck <declanahofmeyr@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2026 15:10:48 +1100
Subject: [PATCH] Auto-run torrential in development (#313)

* Auto-run torrential in development

* fix: lint
---
 .../internal/services/services/torrential.ts   | 18 +++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/server/internal/services/services/torrential.ts b/server/internal/services/services/torrential.ts
index 023ea99..9154336 100644
--- a/server/internal/services/services/torrential.ts
+++ b/server/internal/services/services/torrential.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,23 @@ export const TORRENTIAL_SERVICE = new Service(
   "torrential",
   () => {
     const localDir = fs.readdirSync(".");
-    if ("torrential" in localDir) return spawn("./torrential", [], {});
+    if ("torrential" in localDir) {
+      const stat = fs.statSync("./torrential");
+      if (stat.isDirectory()) {
+        // in dev and we have the submodule
+        logger.info(
+          "torrential detected in development mode - building from source",
+        );
+        return spawn(
+          "cargo run --manifest-path ./torrential/Cargo.toml",
+          [],
+          {},
+        );
+      } else {
+        // binary
+        return spawn("./torrential", [], {});
+      }
+    }
 
     const envPath = process.env.TORRENTIAL_PATH;
     if (envPath) return spawn(envPath, [], {});