files: add force flag

Enabling this flag for a `home.file` entry causes the target to be
unconditionally overwritten. The option is not visible in
documentation for now and shouldn't be relied on for general use.
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Robert Helgesson 2020-03-17 22:27:29 +01:00
parent 2cd168467e
commit 37694e9f51
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2 changed files with 33 additions and 1 deletions

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@ -43,6 +43,13 @@ in
# overwrite an existing file. # overwrite an existing file.
home.activation.checkLinkTargets = hm.dag.entryBefore ["writeBoundary"] ( home.activation.checkLinkTargets = hm.dag.entryBefore ["writeBoundary"] (
let let
# Paths that should be forcibly overwritten by Home Manager.
# Caveat emptor!
forcedPaths =
concatMapStringsSep " " (p: ''"$HOME/${p}"'')
(mapAttrsToList (n: v: v.target)
(filterAttrs (n: v: v.force) cfg));
check = pkgs.writeText "check" '' check = pkgs.writeText "check" ''
. ${./lib-bash/color-echo.sh} . ${./lib-bash/color-echo.sh}
@ -50,12 +57,25 @@ in
# considered part of a Home Manager generation. # considered part of a Home Manager generation.
homeFilePattern="$(readlink -e "${builtins.storeDir}")/*-home-manager-files/*" homeFilePattern="$(readlink -e "${builtins.storeDir}")/*-home-manager-files/*"
forcedPaths=(${forcedPaths})
newGenFiles="$1" newGenFiles="$1"
shift shift
for sourcePath in "$@" ; do for sourcePath in "$@" ; do
relativePath="''${sourcePath#$newGenFiles/}" relativePath="''${sourcePath#$newGenFiles/}"
targetPath="$HOME/$relativePath" targetPath="$HOME/$relativePath"
if [[ -e "$targetPath" \
forced=""
for forcedPath in "''${forcedPaths[@]}"; do
if [[ $targetPath == $forcedPath* ]]; then
forced="yeah"
break
fi
done
if [[ -n $forced ]]; then
$VERBOSE_ECHO "Skipping collision check for $targetPath"
elif [[ -e "$targetPath" \
&& ! "$(readlink "$targetPath")" == $homeFilePattern ]] ; then && ! "$(readlink "$targetPath")" == $homeFilePattern ]] ; then
if [[ ! -L "$targetPath" && -n "$HOME_MANAGER_BACKUP_EXT" ]] ; then if [[ ! -L "$targetPath" && -n "$HOME_MANAGER_BACKUP_EXT" ]] ; then
backup="$targetPath.$HOME_MANAGER_BACKUP_EXT" backup="$targetPath.$HOME_MANAGER_BACKUP_EXT"

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@ -80,6 +80,18 @@ with lib;
into place. into place.
''; '';
}; };
force = mkOption {
type = types.bool;
default = false;
visible = false;
description = ''
Whether the target path should be unconditionally replaced
by the managed file source. Warning, this will silently
delete the target regardless of whether it is a file or
link.
'';
};
}; };
config = { config = {