From 6b34c42f41ddb102a58c58bfd06e29338b6b233c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jason Streifling <jason@streifling.com>
Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2026 20:22:59 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Display updates before the process starts

---
 arch_update | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch_update b/arch_update
index 59f0dc6..6975a0a 100755
--- a/arch_update
+++ b/arch_update
@@ -15,6 +15,13 @@ fi
 yay -S --needed --noconfirm curl git neovim pacman-contrib yaycache
 [ ! -e /usr/local/bin/vim ] && sudo ln -s /usr/bin/nvim /usr/local/bin/vim
 
+# Display updates beforehand
+echo -e '\nChecking for updates ...' >&2
+(
+    checkupdates
+    yay -Qua
+) | sort -u
+
 # Backup system
 if which btrfs >/dev/null 2>&1; then
     yay -S --needed --noconfirm snapper