Appendix C. nix-darwin Configuration Options

On activation move existing files by appending the given file extension rather than exiting with an error.

Type: null or string

Default: null

Example: "backup"

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Extra specialArgs passed to Home Manager. This option can be used to pass additional arguments to all modules.

Type: attribute set

Default: { }

Example: { inherit emacs-overlay; }

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Extra modules added to all users.

Type: list of raw value

Default: [ ]

Example: [ { home.packages = [ nixpkgs-fmt ]; } ]

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Whether to enable using the system configuration’s pkgs argument in Home Manager. This disables the Home Manager options nixpkgs.*.

Type: boolean

Default: false

Example: true

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Whether to enable installation of user packages through the users.users.<name>.packages option.

Type: boolean

Default: false

Example: true

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Per-user Home Manager configuration.

Type: attribute set of (Home Manager module)

Default: { }

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Whether to enable verbose output on activation.

Type: boolean

Default: false

Example: true

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