From 37dd67c420b917ce7c8a8e49f6d78c51549c1abc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Ms. Haze" <ms-haze@riseup.net>
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2026 13:17:13 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Added an option to invalidate the cache of post data only

---
 src/cached.rs | 12 ++++++++----
 src/main.rs   | 11 ++++++++---
 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/cached.rs b/src/cached.rs
index 1736171..902b534 100644
--- a/src/cached.rs
+++ b/src/cached.rs
@@ -182,6 +182,7 @@ impl Continuity {
     pub async fn get_cached(
         id: u64,
         invalidate_cache: bool,
+        invalidate_post_cache: bool,
     ) -> Result<Result<Self, Vec<GlowficError>>, Box<dyn Error>> {
         let board = match Board::get_cached(id, invalidate_cache).await? {
             Ok(board) => board,
@@ -192,10 +193,13 @@ impl Continuity {
                 let mut threads = vec![];
                 for p in board_posts {
                     log::info!("Downloading post {} - {}", p.id, &p.subject);
-                    let thread = match Thread::get_cached(p.id, invalidate_cache).await? {
-                        Ok(thread) => thread,
-                        Err(e) => return Ok(Err(e)),
-                    };
+                    let thread =
+                        match Thread::get_cached(p.id, invalidate_cache || invalidate_post_cache)
+                            .await?
+                        {
+                            Ok(thread) => thread,
+                            Err(e) => return Ok(Err(e)),
+                        };
                     threads.push(thread);
                 }
                 threads
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index aa0883c..8d5cc8c 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -54,6 +54,10 @@ struct CliOptions {
     #[clap(long)]
     use_cache: bool,
 
+    /// Don't reuse data for individual posts, but still otherwise use the cache according to use_cache option.
+    #[clap(long)]
+    invalidate_post_cache: bool,
+
     /// Simplify character and user names to improve text-to-speech output.
     #[clap(long)]
     text_to_speech: bool,
@@ -160,6 +164,7 @@ async fn main() {
 
     let CliOptions {
         use_cache,
+        invalidate_post_cache,
         text_to_speech,
         flatten_details,
         jpeg,
@@ -205,7 +210,7 @@ async fn main() {
     match command {
         Command::Post { post_id, .. } => {
             log::info!("Downloading post {post_id}");
-            let thread = Thread::get_cached(post_id, !use_cache)
+            let thread = Thread::get_cached(post_id, !use_cache || invalidate_post_cache)
                 .await
                 .unwrap()
                 .unwrap();
@@ -251,7 +256,7 @@ async fn main() {
             ..
         } => {
             log::info!("Downloading board/continuity {board_id}...");
-            let continuity = Continuity::get_cached(board_id, !use_cache)
+            let continuity = Continuity::get_cached(board_id, !use_cache, invalidate_post_cache)
                 .await
                 .unwrap()
                 .unwrap();
@@ -297,7 +302,7 @@ async fn main() {
             }
 
             log::info!("Downloading board/continuity {board_id}...");
-            let continuity = Continuity::get_cached(board_id, !use_cache)
+            let continuity = Continuity::get_cached(board_id, !use_cache, invalidate_post_cache)
                 .await
                 .unwrap()
                 .unwrap();