home-manager/docs/release-notes/rl-1903.md

# Release 19.03 {#sec-release-19.03}

The 19.03 release branch became the stable branch in April, 2019.

## Highlights {#sec-release-19.03-highlights}

This release has the following notable changes:

-   The [home.file._name_.source](#opt-home.file._name_.source) option now allows source
    files to be hidden, that is, having a name starting with the `.`
    character. It also allows the source file name to contain characters
    not typically allowed for Nix store paths. For example, your
    configuration can now contain things such as

    ``` nix
    home.file."my file".source = ./. + "/file with spaces!";
    ```

-   The type used for the systemd unit options under
    [systemd.user.sockets](#opt-systemd.user.sockets),
    etc. has been changed to offer more robust merging of
    configurations. If you don't override values within systemd units
    then you are not affected by this change. Unfortunately, if you do
    override unit values you may encounter errors.

    In particular, if you get an error saying that a "unique option" is
    "defined multiple times" then you need to use the
    [`mkForce`](https://nixos.org/nixos/manual/#sec-option-definitions-setting-priorities)
    function. For example,

    ``` nix
    systemd.user.services.foo.Service.ExecStart = "/foo/bar";
    ```

    becomes

    ``` nix
    systemd.user.services.foo.Service.ExecStart = lib.mkForce "/foo/bar";
    ```

    We had to make this change because the old merging was causing too
    many confusing situations for people.

## State Version Changes {#sec-release-19.03-state-version-changes}

The state version in this release includes the changes below. These
changes are only active if the [home.stateVersion](#opt-home.stateVersion) option is
set to "19.03" or later.

-   There is now an option [programs.beets.enable](#opt-programs.beets.enable) that
    defaults to `false`. Before the module would be active if the
    [programs.beets.settings](#opt-programs.beets.settings) option was non-empty.