From c8ba63ed19dc1e4ce3db309e887971ac69715ebf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Noah Pederson <noah@packetlost.dev>
Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2026 14:57:21 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Redraw instead of prompting for reload

---
 lua/brokencode/ui.lua |  1 +
 tests/ui_spec.lua     | 13 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+)

diff --git a/lua/brokencode/ui.lua b/lua/brokencode/ui.lua
index 4227616..b53bad6 100644
--- a/lua/brokencode/ui.lua
+++ b/lua/brokencode/ui.lua
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ function M.render(messages, session_id)
   vim.api.nvim_buf_set_lines(M.chat_buf, 0, -1, false, message_lines(M.messages, running))
   vim.bo[M.chat_buf].modifiable = false
   vim.api.nvim_win_set_cursor(M.chat_win, { vim.api.nvim_buf_line_count(M.chat_buf), 0 })
+  vim.cmd("redraw")
 end
 
 function M.set_running(session_id, running)
diff --git a/tests/ui_spec.lua b/tests/ui_spec.lua
index 8ca7698..4d3991e 100644
--- a/tests/ui_spec.lua
+++ b/tests/ui_spec.lua
@@ -13,6 +13,19 @@ local lines = vim.api.nvim_buf_get_lines(ui.chat_buf, 0, -1, false)
 assert(vim.tbl_contains(lines, "first line"), vim.inspect(lines))
 assert(vim.tbl_contains(lines, "second line"), vim.inspect(lines))
 
+local redraws = 0
+local cmd = vim.cmd
+vim.cmd = function(command)
+  if command == "redraw" then
+    redraws = redraws + 1
+    return
+  end
+  cmd(command)
+end
+ui.render({ { type = "user", text = "redrawn" } })
+vim.cmd = cmd
+assert(redraws == 1, "render did not redraw the chat window")
+
 local replacement = vim.api.nvim_create_buf(false, true)
 vim.api.nvim_win_set_buf(ui.chat_win, replacement)
 ui.render({ { type = "user", text = "restored" } })
-- 
2.51.2