From b420072cbad6bed2341e29d912c73e848b577666 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: 28allday <gavin.nugent@hey.com>
Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2026 20:12:44 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Preserve current route priority on reinstall

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 omatether.sh | 8 ++++++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/omatether.sh b/omatether.sh
index 6ca20e5..9b65b4c 100755
--- a/omatether.sh
+++ b/omatether.sh
@@ -169,9 +169,13 @@ cmd_install() {
     || { warn "Package install failed — no internet, or sudo declined."; return 1; }
   ok "usbmuxd + libimobiledevice installed (usbmuxd starts on demand via udev)"
 
-  write_netfile "$METRIC_FALLBACK" || { warn "Could not write $NETFILE."; return 1; }
+  # Preserve the current priority on reinstall; default to fallback.
+  local metric
+  metric=$(current_metric || true)
+  metric=${metric:-$METRIC_FALLBACK}
+  write_netfile "$metric" || { warn "Could not write $NETFILE."; return 1; }
   reload_networkd || { warn "networkd reload failed."; return 1; }
-  ok "networkd profile written: $NETFILE (fallback priority, metric $METRIC_FALLBACK)"
+  ok "networkd profile written: $NETFILE (metric $metric)"
 
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   # Omarchy's generic TUI.float) so our own windowrule can size it smaller.