GODT-1523: Reduce unnecessary shell executions. Inspired by @kortschak.

internal/frontend/theme/detect_darwin.go

@@ -21,15 +21,34 @@
 package theme
 
 import (
-	"strings"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
 
-	"golang.org/x/sys/execabs"
+	"howett.net/plist"
 )
 
 func detectSystemTheme() Theme {
-	out, err := execabs.Command("defaults", "read", "-g", "AppleInterfaceStyle").Output() //nolint:gosec
-	if err == nil && strings.TrimSpace(string(out)) == "Dark" {
+	home, err := os.UserHomeDir()
+	if err != nil {
+		return Light
+	}
+
+	path := filepath.Join(home, "/Library/Preferences/.GlobalPreferences.plist")
+	prefFile, err := os.Open(path)
+	if err != nil {
+		return Light
+	}
+	defer prefFile.Close()
+
+	var data struct {
+		AppleInterfaceStyle string `plist:AppleInterfaceStyle`
+	}
+
+	dec := plist.NewDecoder(prefFile)
+	err = dec.Decode(&data)
+	if err == nil && data.AppleInterfaceStyle == "Dark" {
 		return Dark
 	}
+
 	return Light
 }