provide-module local-kakrc %—
    declare-option str local_kakrc_trusted %exp{%val{config}/local_kakrc_trusted.txt}

    # ensures that the file exists
    define-command -hidden local-kakrc-ensure-file %{
        nop %sh{
            if [ ! -f "$kak_opt_local_kakrc_trusted" ]; then
                mkdir -p "$kak_opt_local_kakrc_trusted"
                touch "$kak_opt_local_kakrc_trusted"
            fi
        }
    }

    define-command local-kakrc-load-if-trusted %{
        # first we check if the .kakrc exists
        evaluate-commands %sh{
            if [ -f .kakrc ]; then
                notify-send "Found it!"
                # check if it's a trusted dir
                if grep -q "$PWD" "$kak_opt_local_kakrc_trusted"; then
                    echo "source .kakrc"
                else
                    echo "info -title 'local-kakrc' 'Local .kakrc found, but directory is untrusted.'"
                fi
            fi
        }
    }

    define-command -params 0..1 local-kakrc-add-trusted %{
        nop %sh{
            if [ "$#" -eq 0 ]; then
                arg="$PWD"
            else
                arg="$(realpath "$1")"
            fi
            echo "local-kakrc-ensure-file">"$kak_command_fifo"
            printf '%s\n' "$arg">"$kak_opt_local_kakrc_trusted"
        }
    }

    define-command -params 0..1 local-kakrc-rm-trusted %{
        evaluate-commands %sh{
            if [ "$#" -eq 0 ]; then
                arg="$PWD"
            else
                arg="$(realpath "$1")"
            fi
            if [ ! -f "$kak_opt_local_kakrc_trusted" ]; then
                echo "fail local_kakrc_trusted not found!"
                exit 1
            fi
            printf '%s\n' "$arg">"$kak_opt_local_kakrc_trusted"
        }
    }

    complete-command local-kakrc-add-trusted shell-script-candidates %{
        fd -td --exclude '.git' --base-directory "$PWD" .
    }
    
    # syntax highlighting
    hook global BufCreate (.*/)?\.kakrc %{
        set-option buffer filetype kak
    }
    # load proj. config
    define-command root-load-kakrc %{
        try %{ source %exp{%opt{root_path}/.kakrc} }
    }
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