[plasma/kwin] src: Drop defunct option to lock config file

Git commit c0b268c449516a1f969593718d113e766728deb0 by Nicolas Fella.
Committed on 27/07/2026 at 19:01.
Pushed by nicolasfella into branch 'master'.

Drop defunct option to lock config file

It doesn't do anything

M  +1    -13   src/main.cpp
M  +0    -3    src/main.h

https://invent.kde.org/plasma/kwin/-/commit/c0b268c449516a1f969593718d113e766728deb0

diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 9e3471a8aa6..533958f7fed 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -79,7 +79,6 @@ Atoms *atoms;
 
 Application::Application(int &argc, char **argv)
     : QApplication(argc, argv)
-    , m_configLock(false)
     , m_config(KSharedConfig::openConfig(QStringLiteral("kwinrc")))
     , m_kxkbConfig()
     , m_kdeglobals(KSharedConfig::openConfig(QStringLiteral("kdeglobals")))
@@ -91,11 +90,6 @@ Application::Application(int &argc, char **argv)
     qRegisterMetaType<std::chrono::nanoseconds>();
 }
 
-void Application::setConfigLock(bool lock)
-{
-    m_configLock = lock;
-}
-
 void Application::start()
 {
     // Prevent KWin from synchronously autostarting kactivitymanagerd
@@ -107,7 +101,7 @@ void Application::start()
     setQuitOnLastWindowClosed(false);
     setQuitLockEnabled(false);
 
-    if (!m_config->isImmutable() && m_configLock) {
+    if (!m_config->isImmutable()) {
         // TODO: This shouldn't be necessary
         // config->setReadOnly( true );
         m_config->reparseConfiguration();
@@ -165,14 +159,9 @@ void Application::createAboutData()
     KAboutData::setApplicationData(aboutData);
 }
 
-static const QString s_lockOption = QStringLiteral("lock");
-
 void Application::setupCommandLine(QCommandLineParser *parser)
 {
-    QCommandLineOption lockOption(s_lockOption, i18n("Disable configuration options"));
-
     parser->setApplicationDescription(i18n("KDE window manager"));
-    parser->addOption(lockOption);
     KAboutData::applicationData().setupCommandLine(parser);
 }
 
@@ -180,7 +169,6 @@ void Application::processCommandLine(QCommandLineParser *parser)
 {
     KAboutData aboutData = KAboutData::applicationData();
     aboutData.processCommandLine(parser);
-    setConfigLock(parser->isSet(s_lockOption));
 }
 
 void Application::setupMalloc()
diff --git a/src/main.h b/src/main.h
index ae69bf15e21..0ed3cd723b7 100644
--- a/src/main.h
+++ b/src/main.h
@@ -72,8 +72,6 @@ class KWIN_EXPORT Application : public QApplication
 public:
     ~Application() override;
 
-    void setConfigLock(bool lock);
-
     KSharedConfigPtr config() const
     {
         return m_config;
@@ -319,7 +317,6 @@ private:
 #endif
     std::unique_ptr<WorkspaceScene> m_scene;
     bool m_followLocale1 = false;
-    bool m_configLock;
     bool m_initiallyLocked = false;
     bool m_supportsLockScreen = true;
     bool m_supportsGlobalShortcuts = true;