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home-manager/modules/lib/file-type.nix
Robert Helgesson 7c04351a57
files: allow a wider range of source file names
In particular support source files whose name start with `.` or
contain characters not allowed in the nix store, such as spaces.

Also add some test cases for `home.file`.
2019-01-19 12:44:58 +01:00

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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.
'';
};
};
config = {
target = mkDefault name;
source = mkIf (config.text != null) (
mkDefault (pkgs.writeTextFile {
inherit (config) executable text;
name = stringsExtra.storeFileName name;
})
);
};
}
));
}