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home-manager/modules/lib/file-type.nix
Robert Helgesson 57f3b72d3a files: add force flag
Enabling this flag for a `home.file` entry causes the target to be
unconditionally overwritten. The option is not visible in
documentation for now and shouldn't be relied on for general use.

(cherry picked from commit 37694e9f51)
2020-04-09 11:29:54 +02:00

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Nix

{ homeDirectory, lib, pkgs }:
with lib;
let
stringsExtra = import ./strings.nix { inherit lib; };
in
{
# Constructs a type suitable for a `home.file` like option. The
# target path may be either absolute or relative, in which case it
# is relative the `basePath` argument (which itself must be an
# absolute path).
#
# Arguments:
# - basePathDesc docbook compatible description of the base path
# - basePath the file base path
fileType = basePathDesc: basePath: types.loaOf (types.submodule (
{ name, config, ... }: {
options = {
target = mkOption {
type = types.str;
apply = p:
let
absPath = if hasPrefix "/" p then p else "${basePath}/${p}";
in
removePrefix (homeDirectory + "/") absPath;
description = ''
Path to target file relative to ${basePathDesc}.
'';
};
text = mkOption {
default = null;
type = types.nullOr types.lines;
description = "Text of the file.";
};
source = mkOption {
type = types.path;
description = ''
Path of the source file. The file name must not start
with a period since Nix will not allow such names in
the Nix store.
</para><para>
This may refer to a directory.
'';
};
executable = mkOption {
type = types.nullOr types.bool;
default = null;
description = ''
Set the execute bit. If <literal>null</literal>, defaults to the mode
of the <varname>source</varname> file or to <literal>false</literal>
for files created through the <varname>text</varname> option.
'';
};
recursive = mkOption {
type = types.bool;
default = false;
description = ''
If the file source is a directory, then this option
determines whether the directory should be recursively
linked to the target location. This option has no effect
if the source is a file.
</para><para>
If <literal>false</literal> (the default) then the target
will be a symbolic link to the source directory. If
<literal>true</literal> then the target will be a
directory structure matching the source's but whose leafs
are symbolic links to the files of the source directory.
'';
};
onChange = mkOption {
type = types.lines;
default = "";
description = ''
Shell commands to run when file has changed between
generations. The script will be run
<emphasis>after</emphasis> the new files have been linked
into place.
'';
};
force = mkOption {
type = types.bool;
default = false;
visible = false;
description = ''
Whether the target path should be unconditionally replaced
by the managed file source. Warning, this will silently
delete the target regardless of whether it is a file or
link.
'';
};
};
config = {
target = mkDefault name;
source = mkIf (config.text != null) (
mkDefault (pkgs.writeTextFile {
inherit (config) executable text;
name = stringsExtra.storeFileName name;
})
);
};
}
));
}