| 25 Sep 2025 | 
 Niclas Overby Ⓝ |  *  The idea is to have something that is easy to read for non-Nix native developers. 
Compare this: 
nixDirAliases = {
  nixosModules = [ "nixos/modules/*" ]
};
 
To this: 
nixDirAliases = {
  nixosModules = lib.pipe ./nixos/modules [ builtins.readDir lib.attrNames (map (d: "nixos/modules/${d}"))] 
};
 
For how easy it is to read for someone, who has never programmed a ml-like language. 
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| 29 Sep 2025 | 
 Niclas Overby Ⓝ | Redacted or Malformed Event | 13:05:08 | 
 Niclas Overby Ⓝ | Redacted or Malformed Event | 13:05:11 | 
 Niclas Overby Ⓝ |  *  Is withOverlays not applied in nixosConfigurations? 
I have added the function lib.noverby.add to withOverlay, but the function cannot be accessed? 
nixosConfigurations/gravitas.nix: 
  | 13:05:47 | 
 Niclas Overby Ⓝ |  *  Is withOverlays not applied in nixosConfigurations? 
I have added the function lib.noverby.add to withOverlay, but the function cannot be accessed? 
devices/gravitas.nix: (nixosConfigrations has an alias to devices) 
  | 13:06:28 | 
 Niclas Overby Ⓝ | Redacted or Malformed Event | 13:06:53 | 
 Niclas Overby Ⓝ | Redacted or Malformed Event | 13:08:33 | 
 Niclas Overby Ⓝ |  * I can access lib.noverby.add in nixosModules  | 13:08:41 | 
 Niclas Overby Ⓝ |   Is it possible to add functions to ModuleArgs.lib? 
I need it to create helper functions for setting up nixosConfigrations. It seems like it cannot be added using withOverlays, is there another approach? 
  | 13:39:48 | 
 accelbread | that lib is nixpkgs' so needs withOverlays | 15:33:48 | 
 accelbread | you could add a new moduleArg for your helpers | 15:34:33 | 
 accelbread |  flakelight puts its helpers in the flakelight module arg and adds it to lib with withOverlays  | 15:35:43 | 
 Niclas Overby Ⓝ | It does not seem to work: | 15:43:14 | 
 Niclas Overby Ⓝ |   Download image.png | 15:43:15 | 
 Niclas Overby Ⓝ |   Download image.png | 15:43:32 | 
 Niclas Overby Ⓝ |   withOverlays/lib.nix 
# Overlay Flake lib as lib.noverby
(final: prev: {lib = prev.lib.extend (_: _: {noverby = prev.outputs.lib;});})
 
  | 15:44:40 | 
 Niclas Overby Ⓝ |  *  withOverlays/lib.nix 
# Overlay Flake lib as lib.noverby
(final: prev: {lib = prev.lib.extend (_: _: {noverby = prev.outputs.lib;});})
 
  | 15:44:46 | 
 Niclas Overby Ⓝ |   It does work, if I try to access it in pkgs: 
{
  pkgs,
  ...
}: {
  # Nix
  nix = {
    settings = {
      max-jobs = pkgs.lib.noverby.add 2 2;
 
  | 15:48:59 | 
 Niclas Overby Ⓝ |  *  It does work, if I try to access it in pkgs: (That is only possible in a nixosModule) 
{
  pkgs,
  ...
}: {
  # Nix
  nix = {
    settings = {
      max-jobs = pkgs.lib.noverby.add 2 2;
 
  | 15:51:50 | 
 Niclas Overby Ⓝ |  *  It does work, if I try to access it in pkgs: (That is possible in a nixosModule, and not in nixosConfigurations) 
{
  pkgs,
  ...
}: {
  # Nix
  nix = {
    settings = {
      max-jobs = pkgs.lib.noverby.add 2 2;
 
  | 15:52:12 | 
 Niclas Overby Ⓝ |  Other than this toy example, the thing I'm trying to do is to add helper functions like mkBaseSystem, mkTestSystem, 'mkCalibSystem', that can be used to generate nixosConfigrations.  | 15:57:16 | 
 Niclas Overby Ⓝ |  * Other than this toy example, the thing I'm trying to do is to add helper functions like mkBaseSystem, mkTestSystem, mkCalibSystem, that can be used to generate nixosConfigrations.  | 15:57:30 | 
 accelbread | right, the overlays applies for lib in pkgs; the one for module args is set by the module system. not sure if tge module system allows modifying it | 16:08:13 | 
 accelbread |  but _module.args.noverby would allow you to get { noverby, ... } from modules  | 16:09:49 | 
 accelbread | ill check if itd be possible to modify the module lib (though might be an infinite recursion thing) | 16:10:36 | 
 accelbread |  especially since lib is specialArgs not args  | 16:11:09 | 
 accelbread |  ah right, i'd been using self.lib in the past iirc  | 16:12:35 | 
 Niclas Overby Ⓝ |  * Other than this toy example, the thing I'm trying to do is to add helper functions like mkBaseSystem, mkTestSystem, mkCalibSystem, that can be used to generate nixosConfigurations.  | 16:28:31 | 
| 30 Sep 2025 | 
 Niclas Overby Ⓝ |  How does that work?  | 05:30:35 | 
 accelbread |  you can set a flakes lib output, and then access it though inputs.self  | 05:35:43 |