From 0a155905ee349970d731aaa17fef9321f671ca9f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: CarlWachter <carlwachter@web.de>
Date: Mon, 2 Sep 2024 09:28:24 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix: force transition no longer restarts same state

---
 src/statemachine.cpp | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/statemachine.cpp b/src/statemachine.cpp
index 4116f45..6df4e93 100644
--- a/src/statemachine.cpp
+++ b/src/statemachine.cpp
@@ -72,7 +72,8 @@ namespace sta
 			transition.event = EventFlags::NORMAL;
 			transition.lockout = lockout;
 
-			if (force){
+			// Force the transition if requested, but only if the requested state is different from the current one.
+			if (force && transition.to != currentState_){
 				// Perform the transition and notify the threads. The event flags are set
 				// here in order to allow threads to react immediately.
 				currentState_ = transition.to;