Utilities for working with user configurations in Nix.
The command delegates to nix-env, so it supports any parameter that nix-env does.
Running nix-home by itself builds and symlinks the files defined in $HOME/default.nix
NOTE: nix-home --dry-run will still attempt to link. This is a bug! #15
nix-build-home builds $HOME/default.nix via nix-build and prints out the derivation. Useful for testing your config without linking to your home directory. Does NOT generate a ./result symlink.
The package for installing nix-home is on the wiki here. Include it in your configuration.nix file via:
environment.systemPackages = [
((pkgs.callPackage path/to/nixhome/package.nix) { })
]
nix-home, when invoked, builds ~/default.nix, which must define a derivation.
nix-home calls nix-env to build a profile from the derivation. The derivation is an overlay that gets linked into your home directory.
There is a helper function in nixhome called mkHome, for making the derivation:
with import <nixpkgs> {};
with import <nixhome> { inherit stdenv; inherit pkgs; };
mkHome {
user = "username";
files = {
".screenrc" = ./path-to-file;
".vimrc" = "${somePkg}/path-to-file";
".bashrc".content = ''
... bashrc conents
'';
};
}
Generations are supported via standard nix-env parameters:
* nix-home --list-generations
* nix-home --rollback
* nix-home --switch-generation 1
* nix-home --delete-generations 1 2 3