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Manage a user environment using Nix [maintainer=@rycee]
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"$HOME_MANAGER_CONFIG" for flakes #4326

Open musjj opened 1 year ago

musjj commented 1 year ago

Description

I want to set a default directory for my home manager configuration by using $HOME_MANAGER_CONFIG, but it doesn't work because my config is a flake:

$ HOME_MANAGER_CONFIG=/etc/nixos home-manager switch         
error: opening file '/etc/nixos/default.nix': No such file or directory
(use '--show-trace' to show detailed location information)

I have a /etc/nixos/flake.nix that provides homeConfigurations. Is there a way to make home-manager work with this?

musjj commented 1 year ago

It seems that the solution is to use:

FLAKE_CONFIG_URI=/etc/nixos#homeConfigurations.$USER@$HOST home-manager switch

But still, something more user-friendly with auto-detection that mirrors the CLI's API e.g. home-manager switch --flake /etc/nixos would be much better.

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