Add constant for LoaderAnimationInterval

Since Loader and renderAppStatus need to agree on it, it helps for it to be a
constant in case we want to change it.

pkg/gui/controllers/helpers/app_status_helper.go

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 
  "github.com/jesseduffield/gocui"
  "github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/gui/status"
+ "github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/utils"
 )
 
 type AppStatusHelper struct {
@@ -77,7 +78,7 @@ func (self *AppStatusHelper) GetStatusString() string {
 
 func (self *AppStatusHelper) renderAppStatus() {
  self.c.OnWorker(func(_ gocui.Task) {
- ticker := time.NewTicker(time.Millisecond * 50)
+ ticker := time.NewTicker(time.Millisecond * utils.LoaderAnimationInterval)
  defer ticker.Stop()
  for range ticker.C {
  appStatus := self.statusMgr().GetStatusString()

pkg/utils/utils.go

@@ -24,12 +24,15 @@ func GetProjectRoot() string {
  return strings.Split(dir, "lazygit")[0] + "lazygit"
 }
 
+// The duration between two frames of the loader animation in milliseconds
+const LoaderAnimationInterval = 50
+
 // Loader dumps a string to be displayed as a loader
 func Loader() string {
  characters := "|/-\\"
  now := time.Now()
- nanos := now.UnixNano()
- index := nanos / 50000000 % int64(len(characters))
+ milliseconds := now.UnixMilli()
+ index := milliseconds / LoaderAnimationInterval % int64(len(characters))
  return characters[index : index+1]
 }