From 386fa371d708f8e91a83762dfc7a58971681e091 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Pascal Kuthe <pascalkuthe@pm.me>
Date: Fri, 5 Apr 2024 03:25:41 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] gracefully handle lack of tokio runtime

---
 helix-event/src/debounce.rs | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/helix-event/src/debounce.rs b/helix-event/src/debounce.rs
index 30b6f671be71..5971f72b30cf 100644
--- a/helix-event/src/debounce.rs
+++ b/helix-event/src/debounce.rs
@@ -28,7 +28,10 @@ pub trait AsyncHook: Sync + Send + 'static + Sized {
         // so it should only be reached in case of total CPU overload.
         // However, a bounded channel is much more efficient so it's nice to use here
         let (tx, rx) = mpsc::channel(128);
-        tokio::spawn(run(self, rx));
+        // only spawn worker if we are inside runtime to avoid having to spawn a runtime for unrelated unit tests
+        if tokio::runtime::Handle::try_current().is_ok() {
+            tokio::spawn(run(self, rx));
+        }
         tx
     }
 }