From 12bd83ca8a0ef80616ff7d32640d920ed5cb840e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: codefiles <11915375+codefiles@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2026 19:34:27 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Refactor skip_boot to use dependency injection (#4200)

---
 archinstall/lib/bootloader/bootloader_menu.py | 12 ++++++++----
 archinstall/lib/global_menu.py                |  8 +++++---
 archinstall/lib/models/bootloader.py          | 10 ++++------
 archinstall/scripts/guided.py                 |  1 +
 4 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/archinstall/lib/bootloader/bootloader_menu.py b/archinstall/lib/bootloader/bootloader_menu.py
index 629b8436..720a0c89 100644
--- a/archinstall/lib/bootloader/bootloader_menu.py
+++ b/archinstall/lib/bootloader/bootloader_menu.py
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ from archinstall.lib.translationhandler import tr
 from archinstall.tui.ui.menu_item import MenuItem, MenuItemGroup
 from archinstall.tui.ui.result import ResultType
 
-from ..args import arch_config_handler
 from ..hardware import SysInfo
 from ..menu.abstract_menu import AbstractSubMenu
 from ..models.bootloader import Bootloader, BootloaderConfiguration
@@ -16,8 +15,10 @@ class BootloaderMenu(AbstractSubMenu[BootloaderConfiguration]):
 	def __init__(
 		self,
 		bootloader_conf: BootloaderConfiguration,
+		skip_boot: bool = False,
 	):
 		self._bootloader_conf = bootloader_conf
+		self._skip_boot = skip_boot
 		menu_options = self._define_menu_options()
 
 		self._item_group = MenuItemGroup(menu_options, sort_items=False, checkmarks=True)
@@ -91,7 +92,7 @@ class BootloaderMenu(AbstractSubMenu[BootloaderConfiguration]):
 		return self._bootloader_conf
 
 	def _select_bootloader(self, preset: Bootloader | None) -> Bootloader | None:
-		bootloader = select_bootloader(preset)
+		bootloader = select_bootloader(preset, self._skip_boot)
 
 		if bootloader:
 			# Update UKI option based on bootloader
@@ -177,13 +178,16 @@ class BootloaderMenu(AbstractSubMenu[BootloaderConfiguration]):
 				raise ValueError('Unhandled result type')
 
 
-def select_bootloader(preset: Bootloader | None) -> Bootloader | None:
+def select_bootloader(
+	preset: Bootloader | None,
+	skip_boot: bool = False,
+) -> Bootloader | None:
 	options = []
 	hidden_options = []
 	default = None
 	header = tr('Select bootloader to install')
 
-	if arch_config_handler.args.skip_boot:
+	if skip_boot:
 		default = Bootloader.NO_BOOTLOADER
 	else:
 		hidden_options += [Bootloader.NO_BOOTLOADER]
diff --git a/archinstall/lib/global_menu.py b/archinstall/lib/global_menu.py
index 732c6e61..bac3b22a 100644
--- a/archinstall/lib/global_menu.py
+++ b/archinstall/lib/global_menu.py
@@ -41,10 +41,12 @@ class GlobalMenu(AbstractMenu[None]):
 		self,
 		arch_config: ArchConfig,
 		mirror_list_handler: MirrorListHandler | None = None,
+		skip_boot: bool = False,
 		title: str | None = None,
 	) -> None:
 		self._arch_config = arch_config
 		self._mirror_list_handler = mirror_list_handler
+		self._skip_boot = skip_boot
 		menu_options = self._get_menu_options()
 
 		self._item_group = MenuItemGroup(
@@ -92,7 +94,7 @@ class GlobalMenu(AbstractMenu[None]):
 			),
 			MenuItem(
 				text=tr('Bootloader'),
-				value=BootloaderConfiguration.get_default(),
+				value=BootloaderConfiguration.get_default(self._skip_boot),
 				action=self._select_bootloader_config,
 				preview_action=self._prev_bootloader_config,
 				key='bootloader_config',
@@ -528,9 +530,9 @@ class GlobalMenu(AbstractMenu[None]):
 		preset: BootloaderConfiguration | None = None,
 	) -> BootloaderConfiguration | None:
 		if preset is None:
-			preset = BootloaderConfiguration.get_default()
+			preset = BootloaderConfiguration.get_default(self._skip_boot)
 
-		bootloader_config = BootloaderMenu(preset).run()
+		bootloader_config = BootloaderMenu(preset, self._skip_boot).run()
 
 		return bootloader_config
 
diff --git a/archinstall/lib/models/bootloader.py b/archinstall/lib/models/bootloader.py
index 4de9d187..0e5d7692 100644
--- a/archinstall/lib/models/bootloader.py
+++ b/archinstall/lib/models/bootloader.py
@@ -31,10 +31,8 @@ class Bootloader(Enum):
 		return self.value
 
 	@classmethod
-	def get_default(cls) -> Self:
-		from ..args import arch_config_handler
-
-		if arch_config_handler.args.skip_boot:
+	def get_default(cls, skip_boot: bool = False) -> Self:
+		if skip_boot:
 			return cls.NO_BOOTLOADER
 		elif SysInfo.has_uefi():
 			return cls.Systemd
@@ -73,8 +71,8 @@ class BootloaderConfiguration:
 		return cls(bootloader=bootloader, uki=uki, removable=removable)
 
 	@classmethod
-	def get_default(cls) -> Self:
-		bootloader = Bootloader.get_default()
+	def get_default(cls, skip_boot: bool = False) -> Self:
+		bootloader = Bootloader.get_default(skip_boot)
 		removable = SysInfo.has_uefi() and bootloader.has_removable_support()
 		uki = SysInfo.has_uefi() and bootloader.has_uki_support()
 		return cls(bootloader=bootloader, uki=uki, removable=removable)
diff --git a/archinstall/scripts/guided.py b/archinstall/scripts/guided.py
index 1815d4e2..b9b73c01 100644
--- a/archinstall/scripts/guided.py
+++ b/archinstall/scripts/guided.py
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ def show_menu(mirror_list_handler: MirrorListHandler) -> None:
 	global_menu = GlobalMenu(
 		arch_config_handler.config,
 		mirror_list_handler,
+		arch_config_handler.args.skip_boot,
 		title=title_text,
 	)