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home-manager/modules/files/check-link-targets.sh
x71c9 7500458e85 files: improve collision error message formatting for readability
Render each bullet as a single line at runtime while keeping ~80-column source formatting. Prevents truncation of the colliding path in service logs, reducing the need to inspect journal output.
2025-10-01 11:43:30 -05:00

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# -*- mode: sh; sh-shell: bash -*-
@initHomeManagerLib@
# A symbolic link whose target path matches this pattern will be
# considered part of a Home Manager generation.
homeFilePattern="$(readlink -e @storeDir@)/*-home-manager-files/*"
forcedPaths=(@forcedPaths@)
newGenFiles="$1"
shift
for sourcePath in "$@" ; do
relativePath="${sourcePath#$newGenFiles/}"
targetPath="$HOME/$relativePath"
forced=""
for forcedPath in "${forcedPaths[@]}"; do
if [[ $targetPath == $forcedPath* ]]; then
forced="yeah"
break
fi
done
if [[ -n $forced ]]; then
verboseEcho "Skipping collision check for $targetPath"
elif [[ -e "$targetPath" \
&& ! "$(readlink "$targetPath")" == $homeFilePattern ]] ; then
# The target file already exists and it isn't a symlink owned by Home Manager.
if cmp -s "$sourcePath" "$targetPath"; then
# First compare the files' content. If they're equal, we're fine.
warnEcho "Existing file '$targetPath' is in the way of '$sourcePath', will be skipped since they are the same"
elif [[ ! -L "$targetPath" && -n "$HOME_MANAGER_BACKUP_EXT" ]] ; then
# Next, try to move the file to a backup location if configured and possible
backup="$targetPath.$HOME_MANAGER_BACKUP_EXT"
if [[ -e "$backup" ]]; then
collisionErrors+=("Existing file '$backup' would be clobbered by backing up '$targetPath'")
else
warnEcho "Existing file '$targetPath' is in the way of '$sourcePath', will be moved to '$backup'"
fi
else
# Fail if nothing else works
collisionErrors+=("Existing file '$targetPath' would be clobbered")
fi
fi
done
if [[ ${#collisionErrors[@]} -gt 0 ]] ; then
errorEcho "Please do one of the following:
- Move or remove the files below and try again.
- In standalone mode, use 'home-manager switch -b backup' to back up"\
" files automatically.
- When used as a NixOS or nix-darwin module, set"\
" 'home-manager.backupFileExtension'"\
" to, for example, 'backup' and rebuild."
for error in "${collisionErrors[@]}" ; do
errorEcho "$error"
done
exit 1
fi