From e1f8ee95da1582920415a91df6c0facaf781c1df Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: bartool <bartoolina@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 6 Mar 2026 20:05:24 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix: add win10toast fallback for notifications if plyer fails
 in PyInstaller

---
 git_monitor/notifier.py | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++++++------
 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/git_monitor/notifier.py b/git_monitor/notifier.py
index 3cf7488..69af373 100644
--- a/git_monitor/notifier.py
+++ b/git_monitor/notifier.py
@@ -4,23 +4,42 @@ try:
     from plyer import notification
     PLYER_AVAILABLE = True
 except ImportError:
-    logger.warning("plyer not found. Notifications will be printed to stdout.")
+    logger.warning("plyer not found. Will try win10toast.")
     PLYER_AVAILABLE = False
 
+try:
+    from win10toast import ToastNotifier
+    WIN10TOAST_AVAILABLE = True
+    toaster = ToastNotifier()
+except ImportError:
+    WIN10TOAST_AVAILABLE = False
+
 class Notifier:
     def notify(self, title, message):
         logger.info(f"Notification: {title} - {message}")
+        
+        # Try plyer first
         if PLYER_AVAILABLE:
             try:
                 notification.notify(
                     title=title,
                     message=message,
-                    app_name="Git Monitor",
-                    # timeout=10
+                    app_name="Git Monitor"
                 )
+                return
             except Exception as e:
-                logger.error(f"Error showing notification: {e}")
-        else:
-            print(f"[{title}] {message}")
+                logger.error(f"Plyer notification failed: {e}. Trying fallback...")
+
+        # Fallback to win10toast
+        if WIN10TOAST_AVAILABLE:
+            try:
+                # threaded=True prevents blocking the app
+                toaster.show_toast(title, message, duration=5, threaded=True)
+                return
+            except Exception as e:
+                logger.error(f"win10toast notification failed: {e}")
+
+        # Final fallback to stdout
+        print(f"[{title}] {message}")
 
 notifier = Notifier()