Allow reloading config on SIGHUP

Before this commit qutebrowser would just exit when receiving a SIGHUP.
Now it will reload the config using the bare config_source function, just like
the :config-source command does.
Closes #8108.

1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/qutebrowser/misc/crashsignal.py b/qutebrowser/misc/crashsignal.py
index c69dcbe29..79dbe6bcc 100644
--- a/qutebrowser/misc/crashsignal.py
+++ b/qutebrowser/misc/crashsignal.py
@@ -335,6 +335,8 @@ class SignalHandler(QObject):
             signal.SIGINT, self.interrupt)
         self._orig_handlers[signal.SIGTERM] = signal.signal(
             signal.SIGTERM, self.interrupt)
+        self._orig_handlers[signal.SIGHUP] = signal.signal(
+            signal.SIGHUP, self.reload_config)
 
         if utils.is_posix and hasattr(signal, 'set_wakeup_fd'):
             # pylint: disable=import-error,no-member,useless-suppression
@@ -430,6 +432,15 @@ class SignalHandler(QObject):
         print("WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS TO ME? :(")
         sys.exit(128 + signum)
 
+    def reload_config(self, _signum, _frame):
+        """Reload the config."""
+        log.signals.info("SIGHUP received, reloading config.")
+        config_commands = objreg.get('config-commands', from_command=True)
+        try:
+            config_commands.config_source()
+        except cmdutils.CommandError as e:
+            log.signals.error("Error while reloading config:", exc_info=e)
+
 
 def init(q_app: QApplication,
          args: argparse.Namespace,