{ config, lib, options, pkgs, ... }: with lib; let cfg = config.news; hostPlatform = pkgs.stdenv.hostPlatform; entryModule = types.submodule ({ config, ... }: { options = { id = mkOption { internal = true; type = types.str; description = '' A unique entry identifier. By default it is a base16 formatted hash of the entry message. ''; }; time = mkOption { internal = true; type = types.str; example = "2017-07-10T21:55:04+00:00"; description = '' News entry time stamp in ISO-8601 format. Must be in UTC (ending in '+00:00'). ''; }; condition = mkOption { internal = true; default = true; description = "Whether the news entry should be active."; }; message = mkOption { internal = true; type = types.str; description = "The news entry content."; }; }; config = { id = mkDefault (builtins.hashString "sha256" config.message); }; }); in { meta.maintainers = [ maintainers.rycee ]; options = { news = { display = mkOption { type = types.enum [ "silent" "notify" "show" ]; default = "notify"; description = '' How unread and relevant news should be presented when running home-manager build and home-manager switch. The options are silent Do not print anything during build or switch. The home-manager news command still works for viewing the entries. notify The number of unread and relevant news entries will be printed to standard output. The home-manager news command can later be used to view the entries. show A pager showing unread news entries is opened. ''; }; entries = mkOption { internal = true; type = types.listOf entryModule; default = []; description = "News entries."; }; }; }; config = { # Add news entries in chronological order (i.e., latest time # should be at the bottom of the list). The time should be # formatted as given in the output of # # date --iso-8601=second --universal # news.entries = [ { time = "2017-09-01T10:56:28+00:00"; message = '' Hello! This is a news entry and it represents an experimental new feature of Home Manager. The idea is to inform you when something of importance happens in Home Manager or its modules. We will try to not disturb you about the same news more than once so the next time you run home-manager switch or home-manager build it should not notify you about this text again. News items may be conditional and will then only show if the condition holds, for example if they are relevant to your configuration. If you want to see all relevant news then please use the home-manager news command. Since this is an experimental feature any positive or negative feedback would be greatly appreciated. For example, by commenting in https://git.io/v5BJL. ''; } { time = "2017-09-10T22:15:19+00:00"; condition = config.programs.zsh.enable; message = '' Home Manager now offers its own minimal zsh plugin manager under the 'programs.zsh.plugins' option path. By statically sourcing your plugins it achieves no startup overhead. ''; } { time = "2017-09-12T13:11:48+00:00"; condition = ( config.programs.zsh.enable && config.programs.zsh.shellAliases != {} ); message = '' Aliases defined in 'programs.zsh.shellAliases' are now have the highest priority. Such aliases will not be redefined by the code in 'programs.zsh.initExtra' or any external plugins. ''; } { time = "2017-09-12T14:22:18+00:00"; message = '' A new service is available: 'services.blueman-applet'. ''; } { time = "2017-09-13T11:30:22+00:00"; message = '' A new service is available: 'services.compton'. ''; } { time = "2017-09-20T14:47:14+00:00"; message = '' A new service is available: 'services.screen-locker'. ''; } { time = "2017-09-22T12:09:01+00:00"; condition = isString config.programs.git.extraConfig; message = '' The 'programs.git.extraConfig' parameter now accepts attributes instead of strings which allows more flexible configuration. The string parameter type will be deprecated in the future, please change your configuration file accordingly. For example, if your configuration includes programs.git.extraConfig = ''' [core] editor = vim '''; then you can now change it to programs.git.extraConfig = { core = { editor = "vim"; }; }; ''; } { time = "2017-09-27T07:28:54+00:00"; message = '' A new program module is available: 'programs.command-not-found'. Note, this differs from the NixOS system command-not-found tool in that NIX_AUTO_INSTALL is not supported. ''; } { time = "2017-09-28T12:39:36+00:00"; message = '' A new program module is available: 'programs.rofi'; ''; } { time = "2017-10-02T11:15:03+00:00"; condition = config.services.udiskie.enable; message = '' The udiskie service now defaults to automatically mounting new devices. Previous behavior was to not automatically mount. To restore this previous behavior add services.udiskie.automount = false; to your Home Manager configuration. ''; } { time = "2017-10-04T18:36:07+00:00"; message = '' A new module is available: 'xsession.windowManager.xmonad'. ''; } { time = "2017-10-06T08:21:43+00:00"; message = '' A new service is available: 'services.polybar'. ''; } { time = "2017-10-09T16:38:34+00:00"; message = '' A new module is available: 'fonts.fontconfig'. In particular, the Boolean option fonts.fontconfig.enableProfileFonts was added for those who do not use NixOS and want to install font packages using 'nix-env' or 'home.packages'. If you are using NixOS then you do not need to enable this option. ''; } { time = "2017-10-12T11:21:45+00:00"; condition = config.programs.zsh.enable; message = '' A new option in zsh module is available: 'programs.zsh.sessionVariables'. This option can be used to set zsh specific session variables which will be set only on zsh launch. ''; } { time = "2017-10-15T13:59:47+00:00"; message = '' A new module is available: 'programs.man'. This module is enabled by default and makes sure that manual pages are installed for packages in 'home.packages'. ''; } { time = "2017-10-20T12:15:27+00:00"; condition = with config.systemd.user; services != {} || sockets != {} || targets != {} || timers != {}; message = '' Home Manager's interaction with systemd is now done using 'systemctl' from Nixpkgs, not the 'systemctl' in '$PATH'. If you are using a distribution whose systemd is incompatible with the version in Nixpkgs then you can override this behavior by adding systemd.user.systemctlPath = "/usr/bin/systemctl" to your configuration. Home Manager will then use your chosen version. ''; } { time = "2017-10-23T23:10:29+00:00"; condition = !config.programs.home-manager.enable; message = '' Unfortunately, due to some internal restructuring it is no longer possible to install the home-manager command when having home-manager = import ./home-manager { inherit pkgs; }; in the '~/.config/nixpkgs/config.nix' package override section. Attempting to use the above override will now result in the error "cannot coerce a set to a string". To resolve this please delete the override from the 'config.nix' file and either link the Home Manager overlay $ ln -s ~/.config/nixpkgs/home-manager/overlay.nix \ ~/.config/nixpkgs/overlays/home-manager.nix or add programs.home-manager.enable = true; to your Home Manager configuration. The latter is recommended as the home-manager tool then is updated automatically whenever you do a switch. ''; } { time = "2017-10-23T23:26:17+00:00"; message = '' A new module is available: 'nixpkgs'. Like the identically named NixOS module, this allows you to set Nixpkgs options and define Nixpkgs overlays. Note, the changes you make here will not automatically apply to Nix commands run outside Home Manager. ''; } { time = "2017-10-28T23:39:55+00:00"; message = '' A new module is available: 'xdg'. If enabled, this module allows configuration of the XDG base directory paths. Whether the module is enabled or not, it also offers the option 'xdg.configFile', which acts much like 'home.file' except the target path is relative to the XDG configuration directory. That is, unless `XDG_CONFIG_HOME` is configured otherwise, the assignment xdg.configFile.hello.text = "hello world"; will result in a file '$HOME/.config/hello'. Most modules in Home Manager that previously were hard coded to write configuration to '$HOME/.config' now use this option and will therefore honor the XDG configuration directory. ''; } { time = "2017-10-31T11:46:07+00:00"; message = '' A new window manager module is available: 'xsession.windowManager.i3'. ''; } { time = "2017-11-12T00:18:59+00:00"; message = '' A new program module is available: 'programs.neovim'. ''; } { time = "2017-11-14T19:56:49+00:00"; condition = with config.xsession.windowManager; ( i3.enable && i3.config != null && i3.config.startup != [] ); message = '' A new 'notification' option was added to xsession.windowManager.i3.startup submodule. Startup commands are now executed with the startup-notification support enabled by default. Please, set 'notification' to false where --no-startup-id option is necessary. ''; } { time = "2017-11-17T10:36:10+00:00"; condition = config.xsession.windowManager.i3.enable; message = '' The i3 window manager module has been extended with the following options: i3.config.keycodebindings i3.config.window.commands i3.config.window.hideEdgeBorders i3.config.focus.mouseWarping ''; } { time = "2017-11-26T21:57:23+00:00"; message = '' Two new modules are available: 'services.kbfs' and 'services.keybase' ''; } { time = "2017-12-07T22:23:11+00:00"; message = '' A new module is available: 'services.parcellite' ''; } { time = "2017-12-11T17:23:12+00:00"; condition = config.home.activation ? reloadSystemD; message = '' The Boolean option 'systemd.user.startServices' is now available. When enabled the current naive systemd unit reload logic is replaced by a more sophisticated one that attempts to automatically start, stop, and restart units as necessary. ''; } { time = "2018-02-02T11:15:00+00:00"; message = '' A new program configuration is available: 'programs.mercurial' ''; } { time = "2018-02-03T10:00:00+00:00"; message = '' A new module is available: 'services.stalonetray' ''; } { time = "2018-02-04T22:58:49+00:00"; condition = config.xsession.enable; message = '' A new option 'xsession.pointerCursor' is now available. It allows specifying the pointer cursor theme and size. The settings will be applied in the xsession, Xresources, and GTK configurations. ''; } { time = "2018-02-06T20:23:34+00:00"; message = '' It is now possible to use Home Manager as a NixOS module. This allows you to prepare user environments from the system configuration file, which often is more convenient than using the 'home-manager' tool. It also opens up additional possibilities, for example, to automatically configure user environments in NixOS declarative containers or on systems deployed through NixOps. This feature should be considered experimental for now and some critial limitations apply. For example, it is currently not possible to use 'nixos-rebuild build-vm' when using the Home Manager NixOS module. That said, it should be reasonably robust and stable for simpler use cases. To make Home Manager available in your NixOS system configuration you can add imports = [ "''${builtins.fetchTarball https://github.com/rycee/home-manager/archive/master.tar.gz}/nixos" ]; to your 'configuration.nix' file. This will introduce a new NixOS option called 'home-manager.users' whose type is an attribute set mapping user names to Home Manager configurations. For example, a NixOS configuration may include the lines users.users.eve.isNormalUser = true; home-manager.users.eve = { home.packages = [ pkgs.atool pkgs.httpie ]; programs.bash.enable = true; }; and after a 'nixos-rebuild switch' the user eve's environment should include a basic Bash configuration and the packages atool and httpie. More detailed documentation on the intricacies of this new feature is slowly forthcoming. ''; } { time = "2018-02-09T21:14:42+00:00"; condition = with config.programs.rofi; enable && colors != null; message = '' The new and preferred way to configure the rofi theme is using rasi themes through the 'programs.rofi.theme' option. This option can take as value either the name of a pre-installed theme or the path to a theme file. A rasi theme can be generated from an Xresources config using 'rofi -dump-theme'. The option 'programs.rofi.colors' is still supported but may become deprecated and removed in the future. ''; } { time = "2018-02-19T21:45:26+00:00"; message = '' A new module is available: 'programs.pidgin' ''; } { time = "2018-03-04T06:54:26+00:00"; message = '' A new module is available: 'services.unclutter' ''; } { time = "2018-03-07T21:38:27+00:00"; message = '' A new module is available: 'programs.fzf'. ''; } { time = "2018-03-25T06:49:57+00:00"; condition = with config.programs.ssh; enable && matchBlocks != {}; message = '' Options set through the 'programs.ssh' module are now placed at the end of the SSH configuration file. This was done to make it possible to override global options such as 'ForwardAgent' or 'Compression' inside a host match block. If you truly need to override an SSH option across all match blocks then the new option programs.ssh.extraOptionOverrides can be used. ''; } { time = "2018-04-19T07:42:01+00:00"; message = '' A new module is available: 'programs.autorandr'. ''; } { time = "2018-04-19T15:44:55+00:00"; condition = config.programs.git.enable; message = '' A new option 'programs.git.includes' is available. Additional Git configuration files may be included via programs.git.includes = [ { path = "~/path/to/config.inc"; } ]; or conditionally via programs.git.includes = [ { path = "~/path/to/config.inc"; condition = "gitdir:~/src/"; } ]; and the corresponding '[include]' or '[includeIf]' sections will be appended to the main Git configuration file. ''; } { time = "2018-05-01T20:49:31+00:00"; message = '' A new module is available: 'services.mbsync'. ''; } { time = "2018-05-03T12:34:47+00:00"; message = '' A new module is available: 'services.flameshot'. ''; } { time = "2018-05-18T18:34:15+00:00"; message = '' A new module is available: 'qt' At the moment this module allows you to set up Qt to use the GTK+ theme, and not much else. ''; } { time = "2018-06-05T01:36:45+00:00"; message = '' A new module is available: 'services.kdeconnect'. ''; } { time = "2018-06-09T09:11:59+00:00"; message = '' A new module is available: `programs.newsboat`. ''; } { time = "2018-07-01T14:33:15+00:00"; message = '' A new module is available: 'accounts.email'. As the name suggests, this new module offers a number of options for configuring email accounts. This, for example, includes the email address and owner's real name but also server settings for IMAP and SMTP. The intent is to have a central location for account specific configuration that other modules can use. Note, this module is still somewhat experimental and its structure should not be seen as final. Feedback is greatly appreciated, both positive and negative. ''; } { time = "2018-07-01T16:07:04+00:00"; message = '' A new module is available: 'programs.mbsync'. ''; } { time = "2018-07-01T16:12:20+00:00"; message = '' A new module is available: 'programs.notmuch'. ''; } { time = "2018-07-07T15:48:56+00:00"; message = '' A new module is available: 'xsession.windowManager.awesome'. ''; } { time = "2018-07-18T20:14:11+00:00"; message = '' A new module is available: 'services.mpd'. ''; } { time = "2018-07-31T13:33:39+00:00"; message = '' A new module is available: 'services.status-notifier-watcher'. ''; } { time = "2018-07-31T13:47:06+00:00"; message = '' A new module is available: 'programs.direnv'. ''; } { time = "2018-08-17T20:30:14+00:00"; message = '' A new module is available: 'programs.fish'. ''; } { time = "2018-08-18T19:03:42+00:00"; condition = config.services.gpg-agent.enable; message = '' A new option is available: 'services.gpg-agent.extraConfig'. Extra lines may be appended to $HOME/.gnupg/gpg-agent.conf using this option. ''; } { time = "2018-08-19T20:46:09+00:00"; condition = hostPlatform.isLinux; message = '' A new modules is available: 'programs.chromium'. ''; } { time = "2018-08-20T20:27:26+00:00"; message = '' A new module is available: 'programs.msmtp'. ''; } { time = "2018-08-21T20:13:50+00:00"; message = '' A new module is available: 'services.pasystray'. ''; } { time = "2018-08-29T20:27:04+00:00"; message = '' A new module is available: 'programs.offlineimap'. ''; } { time = "2018-09-18T21:25:14+00:00"; message = '' A new module is available: 'programs.taskwarrior'. ''; } { time = "2018-09-18T21:43:54+00:00"; message = '' A new module is available: 'programs.zathura'. ''; } { time = "2018-09-20T19:26:40+00:00"; message = '' A new module is available: 'programs.noti'. ''; } { time = "2018-09-20T22:10:45+00:00"; message = '' A new module is available: 'programs.go'. ''; } { time = "2018-09-27T17:48:08+00:00"; message = '' A new module is available: 'programs.obs-studio'. ''; } { time = "2018-09-28T21:38:48+00:00"; message = '' A new module is available: 'programs.alot'. ''; } { time = "2018-10-20T09:30:57+00:00"; message = '' A new module is available: 'programs.urxvt'. ''; } { time = "2018-11-13T23:08:03+00:00"; message = '' A new module is available: 'programs.tmux'. ''; } { time = "2018-11-18T18:55:15+00:00"; message = '' A new module is available: 'programs.astroid'. ''; } { time = "2018-11-18T21:41:51+00:00"; message = '' A new module is available: 'programs.afew'. ''; } { time = "2018-11-19T00:40:34+00:00"; message = '' A new nix-darwin module is available. Use it the same way the NixOS module is used. A major limitation is that Home Manager services don't work, as they depend explicitly on Linux and systemd user services. However, 'home.file' and 'home.packages' do work. Everything else is untested at this time. ''; } { time = "2018-11-24T16:22:19+00:00"; message = '' A new option 'home.stateVersion' is available. Its function is much like the 'system.stateVersion' option in NixOS. Briefly, the state version indicates a stable set of option defaults. In the future, whenever Home Manager changes an option default in a way that may cause program breakage it will do so only for the unstable state version, currently 19.03. Once 19.03 becomes the stable version only backwards compatible changes will be made and 19.09 becomes the unstable state version. The default value for this option is 18.09 but it may still be a good idea to explicitly add home.stateVersion = "18.09"; to your Home Manager configuration. ''; } { time = "2018-11-25T22:10:15+00:00"; message = '' A new module is available: 'services.nextcloud-client'. ''; } { time = "2018-11-25T22:55:12+00:00"; message = '' A new module is available: 'programs.vscode'. ''; } { time = "2018-12-04T21:54:38+00:00"; condition = config.programs.beets.settings != {}; message = '' A new option 'programs.beets.enable' has been added. Starting with state version 19.03 this option defaults to false. For earlier versions it defaults to true if 'programs.beets.settings' is non-empty. It is recommended to explicitly add programs.beets.enable = true; to your configuration. ''; } { time = "2018-12-12T21:02:05+00:00"; message = '' A new module is available: 'programs.jq'. ''; } { time = "2018-12-24T16:26:16+00:00"; message = '' A new module is available: 'dconf'. Note, on NixOS you may need to add services.dbus.packages = with pkgs; [ gnome3.dconf ]; to the system configuration for this module to work as expected. In particular if you get the error message The name ca.desrt.dconf was not provided by any .service files when activating your Home Manager configuration. ''; } { time = "2018-12-28T12:32:30+00:00"; message = '' A new module is available: 'programs.opam'. ''; } { time = "2019-01-18T00:21:56+00:00"; message = '' A new module is available: 'programs.matplotlib'. ''; } { time = "2019-01-26T13:20:37+00:00"; condition = hostPlatform.isLinux; message = '' A new module is available: 'services.xembed-sni-proxy'. ''; } { time = "2019-01-28T23:36:10+00:00"; message = '' A new module is available: 'programs.irssi'. ''; } { time = "2019-02-09T14:09:58+00:00"; condition = hostPlatform.isLinux; message = '' A new module is available: 'services.emacs'. This module provides a user service that runs the Emacs configured in programs.emacs as an Emacs daemon. ''; } { time = "2019-02-16T20:33:56+00:00"; condition = hostPlatform.isLinux; message = '' When using Home Manager as a NixOS submodule it is now possible to install packages using the NixOS users.users..packages option. This is enabled by adding home-manager.useUserPackages = true; to your NixOS system configuration. This mode of operation is necessary if you want to use 'nixos-rebuild build-vm'. ''; } { time = "2019-02-17T21:11:24+00:00"; message = '' A new module is available: 'programs.keychain'. ''; } { time = "2019-02-24T00:32:23+00:00"; condition = hostPlatform.isLinux; message = '' A new service is available: 'services.mpdris2'. ''; } { time = "2019-03-19T22:56:20+00:00"; message = '' A new module is available: 'programs.bat'. ''; } { time = "2019-03-19T23:07:34+00:00"; message = '' A new module is available: 'programs.lsd'. ''; } { time = "2019-04-09T20:10:22+00:00"; condition = hostPlatform.isLinux; message = '' A new module is available: 'services.xcape'. ''; } { time = "2019-04-11T22:50:10+00:00"; condition = hostPlatform.isLinux; message = '' The type used for the systemd unit options under systemd.user.services, 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 due to this change. In particular, if you get an error saying that a "unique option" is "defined multiple times" then you need to use 'lib.mkForce'. For example, systemd.user.services.foo.Service.ExecStart = "/foo/bar"; becomes 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. Apologies for potentially breaking your configuration! ''; } { time = "2019-04-14T15:35:16+00:00"; message = '' A new module is available: 'programs.skim'. ''; } { time = "2019-04-22T12:43:20+00:00"; message = '' A new module is available: 'programs.alacritty'. ''; } { time = "2019-04-26T22:53:48+00:00"; condition = config.programs.vscode.enable; message = '' A new module is available: 'programs.vscode.haskell'. Enable to add Haskell IDE Engine and syntax highlighting support to your VSCode. ''; } { time = "2019-05-04T23:56:39+00:00"; condition = hostPlatform.isLinux; message = '' A new module is available: 'services.rsibreak'. ''; } { time = "2019-05-07T20:49:29+00:00"; message = '' A new module is available: 'programs.mpv'. ''; } { time = "2019-05-30T17:49:29+00:00"; condition = hostPlatform.isLinux; message = '' A new module is available: 'services.xsuspender'. ''; } { time = "2019-06-03T21:47:10+00:00"; message = '' A new module is available: 'programs.gpg'. ''; } { time = "2019-06-09T12:19:18+00:00"; message = '' Collisions between unmanaged and managed files can now be automatically resolved by moving the target file to a new path instead of failing the switch operation. To enable this, use the new '-b' command line argument. For example, home-manager -b bck switch where 'bck' is the suffix to give the moved file. In this case a colliding file 'foo.conf' will be moved to 'foo.conf.bck'. ''; } { time = "2019-06-19T17:49:29+00:00"; condition = hostPlatform.isLinux; message = '' A new module is available: `services.getmail`. ''; } { time = "2019-07-02T09:27:56+00:00"; message = '' A new module is available: 'programs.broot'. ''; } { time = "2019-07-17T19:30:29+00:00"; condition = hostPlatform.isLinux; message = '' A new module is available: 'services.taskwarrior-sync'. ''; } { time = "2019-07-17T20:05:29+00:00"; message = '' A new module is available: 'programs.kakoune'. ''; } { time = "2019-08-08T11:49:35+00:00"; condition = hostPlatform.isLinux; message = '' A new module is available: 'services.hound'. ''; } { time = "2019-08-17T12:24:58+00:00"; condition = hostPlatform.isLinux; message = '' A new module is available: 'services.muchsync'. ''; } { time = "2019-08-18T14:22:41+00:00"; condition = hostPlatform.isLinux; message = '' A new module is available: 'services.dwm-status'. ''; } { time = "2019-08-28T10:18:07+00:00"; condition = config.programs.vim.enable; message = '' The 'programs.vim.plugins' option now accepts packages. Specifying them as strings is deprecated. ''; } { time = "2019-09-17T19:33:49+00:00"; condition = hostPlatform.isLinux; message = '' A new module is available: 'services.sxhkd'. ''; } { time = "2019-09-26T21:05:24+00:00"; message = '' A new module is available: 'programs.starship'. ''; } { time = "2019-09-26T21:47:13+00:00"; message = '' A new module is available: 'programs.rtorrent'. ''; } { time = "2019-11-04T20:56:29+00:00"; message = '' A new module is available: 'programs.pazi'. ''; } { time = "2019-11-05T21:54:04+00:00"; condition = config.programs.zsh.enable; message = '' The 'programs.zsh.history.path' option behavior and the default value has changed for state version 20.03 and above. Specifically, '$HOME' will no longer be prepended to the option value, which allows specifying absolute paths (e.g. using the xdg module). Also, the default value is fixed to '$HOME/.zsh_history' and 'dotDir' path is not prepended to it anymore. ''; } ]; }; }