Error when importing standalone home.nix file into configuration.nix

[resignationinfinite]

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• [X] My Nixpkgs and Home Manager versions are in sync

Is there an existing issue for this?

• [X] I have searched the existing issues

Issue description

I am trying to import my previous standalone home.nix into my NixOS configuration.nix like so:

home-manager.users.user.imports = [ /home/user/.dotfiles/nix/home.nix ];

Rebuilds then fail with: "error: The option `home' does not exist."

The first few lines of my home.nix are:

{ config, pkgs, ... }:

{
  # Home Manager needs a bit of information about you and the paths it should
  # manage.
  home.username = "USERNAME";
  home.homeDirectory = "/home/USERNAME";

...
}

Maintainer CC

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System information

- system: `"x86_64-linux"`
 - host os: `Linux 6.6.18, NixOS, 24.05 (Uakari), 24.05pre590113.1536926ef562`
 - multi-user?: `yes`
 - sandbox: `yes`
 - version: `nix-env (Nix) 2.18.1`
 - channels(root): `"home-manager, nixos, nixpkgs"`
 - nixpkgs: `/nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos`

[rycee]

Did you add

imports = [ <home-manager/nixos> ];

See the NixOS Module installation instructions.

[resignationinfinite]

Yes. It works fine if I manually paste in the contents of home.nix into configuration.nix, but adding the file as an import fails. I want to use the same home.nix on non-NixOS machine hence trying to get it to work this way.

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