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2 Oct 2025
@accelbread:matrix.orgaccelbread *

Some folk put per-system things in lib like lib.x86_64-linux.mkShell. You can do that in flakelight either with nix/lib.nix:

{ genSystems, ... }: ({
  # regular lib stuff
} // genSystems (pkgs: {
  # per-system lib stuff
}))
17:44:38
@accelbread:matrix.orgaccelbread* Some folk put per-system things in lib like lib.x86_64-linux.mkShell. You can do that in flakelight with nix/lib.nix: { genSystems, ... }: ({ # regular lib stuff } // genSystems (pkgs: { # per-system lib stuff })) 17:55:31
@accelbread:matrix.orgaccelbread *

Some folk put per-system things in lib like lib.x86_64-linux.mkShell. You can do that in flakelight with nix/lib.nix:

{ genSystems, ... }: ({
  # regular lib stuff
} // genSystems (pkgs: {
  # per-system lib stuff
}))
17:56:10
3 Oct 2025
@niclas:overby.meNiclas Overby Ⓝ Is it possible to disable the nixDir feature? Or more fine-grained, disable autoloading of specific outputs in nixDir? 08:50:02
@accelbread:matrix.orgaccelbreadyeah, can set it to a non-existing dir iirc. I could add a null option16:01:53
@accelbread:matrix.orgaccelbreadfine-grained, no16:02:15
4 Oct 2025
@niclas:overby.meNiclas Overby ⓃThat would be awesome! :)11:25:04
7 Oct 2025
@accelbread:matrix.orgaccelbreadnixDir can now be set to null: https://github.com/nix-community/flakelight/commit/eda172d7ead89292cb7f9e136a482e97e00873a406:27:30
8 Oct 2025
@niclas:overby.meNiclas Overby Ⓝ

Is there a reason, that the ./. argument is separate from the following attributeset?

Why this:

  outputs = inputs:
    inputs.flakelight ./. {
      inherit inputs;

And not this:

  outputs = inputs:
    inputs.flakelight {
      inherit inputs;
      src = ./.;
11:40:24
@niclas:overby.meNiclas Overby Ⓝ

Some another questions :)

Other than populating the src attribute and detecting the nixDir directory, is ./. used for anything else?

Could it potentially be made optional?

11:42:45
@niclas:overby.meNiclas Overby Ⓝ *

Is there a reason, that the ./. argument is separate from the following attributeset?

Why this:

  outputs = inputs:
    inputs.flakelight ./. {
      inherit inputs;

And not this:

  outputs = inputs:
    inputs.flakelight {
      inherit inputs;
      src = ./.;

I guess the first is a little shorter, but are there any other reason?

11:43:46
@accelbread:matrix.orgaccelbreadRedacted or Malformed Event15:19:14
@accelbread:matrix.orgaccelbreadI had attempted that syntax initially but it led to a bunch of infinite recursions15:23:32
@accelbread:matrix.orgaccelbreadalso I couldn't make the flake root a default value of src15:24:22
@accelbread:matrix.orgaccelbread its used for src, nixDir, default package description pulled from flake description, loading default inputs fron your flake.lock, preparing the file tree for flake checks, the formatting check, enabling editorconfig support 15:31:40
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9 Oct 2025
@niclas:overby.meNiclas Overby ⓃIf it is possible, would you change how lib is exposed?09:01:30
@niclas:overby.meNiclas Overby Ⓝ

Yeah, it only seems to work with nixDir and flakelight.editorconfig disabled:

{
  inputs = flakelight.url = "github:accelbread/flakelight";

  outputs =
    inputs@{
      flakelight,
      self,
      ...
    }:

    flakelight self {
      inherit inputs;

      nixDir = null;
      flakelight.editorconfig = false;

      packages.hello = pkgs: pkgs.hello;
    };
}
11:36:07
@niclas:overby.meNiclas Overby Ⓝ *

Yeah, it only seems to work with nixDir and flakelight.editorconfig disabled:

{
  inputs.flakelight.url = "github:accelbread/flakelight";

  outputs =
    inputs@{
      flakelight,
      self,
      ...
    }:

    flakelight self {
      inherit inputs;

      nixDir = null;
      flakelight.editorconfig = false;

      packages.hello = pkgs: pkgs.hello;
    };
}
12:21:26
10 Oct 2025
@accelbread:matrix.orgaccelbreadyea, too easy to make self depend on itself if you use its path04:09:47
13 Oct 2025
@accelbread:matrix.orgaccelbreadyeah I don't think applying modifications to lib makes sense. If enabled, then the value of lib would be different when resolving imports vs config03:17:22
@accelbread:matrix.orgaccelbreadI think it'd be confusing to have lib be different values during different parts of evaluation03:17:56
@niclas:overby.meNiclas Overby Ⓝ

Fair, but it would be nice if Flakelight has a opinionated way to add helper functions, that will be made available everywhere like with packages.

It does not have to be by modifying lib, but I'm not sure what the alternative could be.

09:25:49
22 Oct 2025
@niclas:overby.meNiclas Overby Ⓝ

I have noticed that devShells evaluates all nixosConfigurations, if you refer to checks from outputs:

# devShell.nix
pkgs: pkgs.mkShell {
  packages = [
    outputs.checks.${pkgs.system}.pre-commit-check.enabledPackages
  ];
}
# checks.nix
{
  checks.pre-commit-check = {
    inputs,
    system,
    ...
  }:
    inputs.git-hooks.lib.${system}.run {
      src = ./.;
      hooks = {
        alejandra.enable = true;
        statix.enable = true;
        ruff-format.enable = true;
      };
    };
}
10:54:30
@niclas:overby.meNiclas Overby Ⓝ *

I have noticed that devShells evaluates all nixosConfigurations, if you refer to checks from outputs:

# devShell.nix
pkgs: pkgs.mkShell {
  packages = [
    outputs.checks.${pkgs.system}.pre-commit-check.enabledPackages
  ];
}
# checks.nix
{
  checks.pre-commit-check = {
    inputs,
    system,
    ...
  }:
    inputs.git-hooks.lib.${system}.run {
      src = ./.;
      hooks = {
        alejandra.enable = true;
        statix.enable = true;
        ruff-format.enable = true;
      };
    };
}
10:54:38
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10:55:30
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@niclas:overby.meNiclas Overby Ⓝ

The offending code is in builtinModules/nixosConfigurations.nix:

      checks = foldl recursiveUpdate { } (mapAttrsToList
        (n: v: {
          # Wrapping the drv is needed as computing its name is expensive
          # If not wrapped, it slows down `nix flake show` significantly
          ${v.config.nixpkgs.system}."nixos-${n}" = v.pkgs.runCommand
            "check-nixos-${n}"
            { } "echo ${v.config.system.build.toplevel} > $out";
        })
11:19:10
@niclas:overby.meNiclas Overby Ⓝ *

The offending code is in builtinModules/nixosConfigurations.nix:

      checks = foldl recursiveUpdate { } (mapAttrsToList
        (n: v: {
          # Wrapping the drv is needed as computing its name is expensive
          # If not wrapped, it slows down `nix flake show` significantly
          ${v.config.nixpkgs.system}."nixos-${n}" = v.pkgs.runCommand
            "check-nixos-${n}"
            { } "echo ${v.config.system.build.toplevel} > $out";
        })
        configs);
11:19:36
@accelbread:matrix.orgaccelbreadhmm, i'll take a look16:13:07

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