From 6ade7aed9046f168111230ec68be4257bf12a263 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Albert Peschar <albert@peschar.net>
Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2024 00:09:58 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] darwin: fonts: speed up font installation

* Skip font installation if the derivation hasn't changed.
* Use `rsync` instead of `install` to copy font files, to avoid useless
  copying of pre-existent identical files.
---
 modules/targets/darwin/fonts.nix | 21 +++++++++------------
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/modules/targets/darwin/fonts.nix b/modules/targets/darwin/fonts.nix
index 78723c43d..988c5edc9 100644
--- a/modules/targets/darwin/fonts.nix
+++ b/modules/targets/darwin/fonts.nix
@@ -10,20 +10,17 @@ let
     pathsToLink = "/share/fonts";
   };
   fonts = "${fontsEnv}/share/fonts";
+  installDir = "${homeDir}/Library/Fonts/HomeManager";
 in {
   # macOS won't recognize symlinked fonts
   config = mkIf pkgs.stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin {
-    home.activation.copyFonts = hm.dag.entryAfter [ "writeBoundary" ] ''
-      copyFonts() {
-        rm -rf ${homeDir}/Library/Fonts/HomeManager || :
-
-        local f
-        find -L "${fonts}" -type f -printf '%P\0' | while IFS= read -rd "" f; do
-          run install $VERBOSE_ARG -Dm644 -T \
-            "${fonts}/$f" "${homeDir}/Library/Fonts/HomeManager/$f"
-        done
-      }
-      copyFonts
-    '';
+    home.file."Library/Fonts/.home-manager-fonts-version" = {
+      text = "${fontsEnv}";
+      onChange = ''
+        run mkdir -p ${escapeShellArg installDir}
+        run ${pkgs.rsync}/bin/rsync $VERBOSE_ARG -acL --chmod=u+w --delete \
+          ${escapeShellArgs [ "${fonts}/" installDir ]}
+      '';
+    };
   };
 }