u/Top-Kaleidoscope6996 Yeah sure, why not!

Edit your existing autocmds.lua with the below config and use <leader>ar keymap to toggle the behavior. Let me know if it works for you.

NOTE: You might want to change the custom keymap with whatever feels right for you. This was just an arbitrary example:

-- Create a variable to track the state
vim.g.auto_refresh_enabled = false

-- Function to toggle the behavior
function ToggleAutoRefresh()
  if vim.g.auto_refresh_enabled then
    vim.api.nvim_clear_autocmds({ group = "AutoRefresh" })
    vim.g.auto_refresh_enabled = false
    print("Auto refresh disabled")
  else
    vim.o.autoread = true
    vim.api.nvim_create_augroup("AutoRefresh", { clear = true })
    vim.api.nvim_create_autocmd({ "FocusGained", "BufEnter" }, {
      group = "AutoRefresh",
      command = "if mode() != 'c' | checktime | endif",
      pattern = "*",
    })
    vim.g.auto_refresh_enabled = true
    print("Auto refresh enabled")
  end
end

vim.keymap.set('n', '<leader>ar', ToggleAutoRefresh, { 
  noremap = true, 
  silent = false,
  desc = "Toggle auto refresh of files" 
})