chocolatey / chocolatey/choco

Lets GetChocolatey should have a way to refresh the configuration file when it changes.

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Description

## Is Your Feature Request Related To A Problem? Please describe.

In Chocolatey GUI we use chocolatey.lib to instantiate a `Lets.GetChocolatey` object. This object then is long lived while Chocolatey GUI is running. This means any changes to the configuration made while Chocolatey GUI is running do not reflect in Chocolatey itself.

## Describe The Solution. Why is it needed?

It would be good to have a way to either tell the object to refresh it's configuration information, or for it to do it itself and possibly report back to the process that's holding the object.

## Additional Context.

Chocolatey Agent also has similar needs.

## Related Issues

- https://github.com/chocolatey/ChocolateyGUI/pull/955
- https://github.com/chocolatey/ChocolateyGUI/issues/494

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Research direction

Start with the long-lived Lets.GetChocolatey object described in the issue and trace how its configuration is loaded and consumed by Chocolatey GUI and Chocolatey Agent. Decide the refresh or notification behavior and document what callers can observe when configuration changes; the work is done when those processes can use updated configuration without recreating the object.

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Assessment

Tech stack
csharp
Domain
backend
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
30/100

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