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.github/workflows/main.yml
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.github/workflows/main.yml
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@ -9,20 +9,24 @@ jobs:
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runs-on: ubuntu-latest
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steps:
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- uses: actions/checkout@v4
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- uses: DeterminateSystems/nix-installer-action@main
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- uses: DeterminateSystems/magic-nix-cache-action@main
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# - name: Install Nix
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# uses: cachix/install-nix-action@v30
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# with:
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# github_access_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
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# extra_nix_config: |
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# access-tokens = github.com=${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
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# allow-import-from-derivation = true
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# auto-optimise-store = true
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# experimental-features = nix-command flakes
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# substituters = https://cache.nixos.org https://cache.iog.io
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# trusted-public-keys = cache.nixos.org-1:6NCHdD59X431o0gWypbMrAURkbJ16ZPMQFGspcDShjY= hydra.iohk.io:f/Ea+s+dFdN+3Y/G+FDgSq+a5NEWhJGzdjvKNGv0/EQ=
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- name: Install Nix
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uses: cachix/install-nix-action@v30
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with:
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github_access_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
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extra_nix_config: |
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access-tokens = github.com=${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
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allow-import-from-derivation = true
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auto-optimise-store = true
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experimental-features = nix-command flakes
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substituters = https://cache.nixos.org https://cache.iog.io
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trusted-public-keys = cache.nixos.org-1:6NCHdD59X431o0gWypbMrAURkbJ16ZPMQFGspcDShjY= hydra.iohk.io:f/Ea+s+dFdN+3Y/G+FDgSq+a5NEWhJGzdjvKNGv0/EQ=
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- name: Build with cachix
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uses: cachix/cachix-action@v15
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with:
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name: hakyll-nix-template
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authToken: ${{ secrets.CACHIX_AUTH_TOKEN }}
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- run: nix build --accept-flake-config
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1
.gitignore
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.gitignore
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@ -5,5 +5,6 @@ _cache
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_tmp
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dist
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dist-newstyle
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node_modules
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result
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.direnv
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75
README.md
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README.md
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@ -7,77 +7,30 @@ powered by [hakyll](https://jaspervdj.be/hakyll/) and
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This repo is merely the source code, the actual site is hosted at
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[blog.youwen.dev](https://blog.youwen.dev).
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To build locally, install `nix` and enable flakes. Additionally, install the
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`direnv` tool so that the provided binary utilities can be hooked into your
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shell. It is also possible to perform the following steps without `direnv` if
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you know what you are doing.
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Allow the `.envrc`:
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To build locally, install `nix` and enable flakes.
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```sh
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direnv allow
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nix build
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nix run . watch
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```
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Wait for the build to finish. Now, you will have the `rollup` and `hakyll-site`
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binaries in your PATH.
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We need to compile the site source code first, and then inject the bundled CSS
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and JS using `rollup`. This is done automatically by `nix build`, which is used
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for GitHub Pages deployment, but it is inconvenient for local development.
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Here's how to do it locally.
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First, we need to build the site. Run
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This starts a hot reload server at `localhost:8000`.
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```sh
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hakyll-site build
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# sometimes, we need to ignore the cache if things aren't working
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hakyll-site rebuild
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# can also use `watch` for convenient development
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hakyll-site watch
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# starts dev server at localhost:8000
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nix run . build
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```
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This will create `./dist`, containing the static assets. However, the required
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CSS and JS is not in there yet! That is built by `rollup`, since we are using
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`tailwindcss` and `postcss` and some JS minifying tools.
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This builds a local production version.
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First, we need the `node_modules`. We don't provide a `package-lock.json` since
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we don't use `npm` to manage node modules. Therefore, we need to obtain the
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`node_modules` used by the project.
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In the directory, there is a `node_modules` symlink to
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`result/lib/node_modules`. If we build the `nodeDeps` package, the
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`node_modules` will be made available at this path. So, run the following:
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If any updates are made to the JavaScript or CSS, you will need to run
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```sh
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nix build .#nodeDeps
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pnpm install # only the first time
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pnpm build
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```
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This will install the node modules in the Nix store and create the `result`
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symlink. Keep in mind that if this `result` symlink is ever overwritten, you
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need to re-run the above command or else node_modules will not be accessible.
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Finally, run the following to generate the bundled CSS and JS files.
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```
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rollup -c
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```
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You have to re-run this whenever you change the CSS and JS files in `src/`.
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Keep in mind that if `hakyll-site` ever overwrites `dist/out`, you will also
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have to re-run this command.
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<!--```sh-->
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<!--nix build-->
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<!---->
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<!--nix run . watch-->
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<!--```-->
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<!---->
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<!--This starts a hot reload server at `localhost:8000`.-->
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<!---->
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<!--```sh-->
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<!--nix run . build-->
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<!--```-->
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This is because I still haven't figured out how to integrate the `rollup` build
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pipeline with `nix`. Since the CSS and JS are minimal, I just do it manually for
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now.
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flake.nix
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flake.nix
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{
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description = "gradient ascent";
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description = "hakyll-nix-template";
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nixConfig = {
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allow-import-from-derivation = "true";
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inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "haskellNix/nixpkgs-unstable";
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inputs.flake-utils.url = "github:numtide/flake-utils";
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outputs =
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{
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self,
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nixpkgs,
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flake-utils,
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haskellNix,
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}:
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flake-utils.lib.eachDefaultSystem (
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system:
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outputs = { self, nixpkgs, flake-utils, haskellNix }:
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flake-utils.lib.eachDefaultSystem (system:
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let
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hls = pkgs.haskell-language-server;
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overlays = [
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haskellNix.overlay
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overlays = [ haskellNix.overlay
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(final: prev: {
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hakyllProject = final.haskell-nix.project' {
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src = ./ssg;
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compiler-nix-name = "ghc948";
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modules = [ { doHaddock = false; } ];
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modules = [{ doHaddock = false; }];
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shell.buildInputs = [
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hakyll-site
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hls
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nodejs
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pkgs.nodePackages.rollup
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pkgs.nodePackages.npm
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pkgs.node2nix
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];
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shell.tools = {
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cabal = "latest";
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inherit (haskellNix) config;
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};
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nodejs = pkgs.nodejs;
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nodeDeps = (pkgs.callPackage ./nix { inherit pkgs nodejs system; }).nodeDependencies;
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flake = pkgs.hakyllProject.flake { };
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flake = pkgs.hakyllProject.flake {};
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executable = "ssg:exe:hakyll-site";
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website = pkgs.stdenv.mkDerivation {
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name = "website";
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buildInputs = [
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nodejs
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pkgs.nodePackages.rollup
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];
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buildInputs = [];
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src = pkgs.nix-gitignore.gitignoreSourcePure [
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./.gitignore
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".git"
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# https://github.com/NixOS/nix/issues/318#issuecomment-52986702
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# https://github.com/MaxDaten/brutal-recipes/blob/source/default.nix#L24
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LANG = "en_US.UTF-8";
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LOCALE_ARCHIVE = pkgs.lib.optionalString (
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pkgs.buildPlatform.libc == "glibc"
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) "${pkgs.glibcLocales}/lib/locale/locale-archive";
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LOCALE_ARCHIVE = pkgs.lib.optionalString
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(pkgs.buildPlatform.libc == "glibc")
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"${pkgs.glibcLocales}/lib/locale/locale-archive";
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buildPhase = ''
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# remove the node_modules symlink
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rm -rf node_modules
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${flake.packages.${executable}}/bin/hakyll-site build --verbose
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ln -s ${nodeDeps}/lib/node_modules ./node_modules
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export PATH="${nodeDeps}/bin:$PATH"
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rollup -c
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'';
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installPhase = ''
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'';
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};
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in
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flake
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// {
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in flake // rec {
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apps = {
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default = flake-utils.lib.mkApp {
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drv = hakyll-site;
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};
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packages = {
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inherit hakyll-site website nodeDeps;
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inherit hakyll-site website;
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default = website;
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};
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formatter = pkgs.nixfmt-rfc-style;
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}
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);
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}
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# This file has been generated by node2nix 1.11.1. Do not edit!
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{pkgs ? import <nixpkgs> {
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inherit system;
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}, system ? builtins.currentSystem, nodejs ? pkgs."nodejs_16"}:
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let
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nodeEnv = import ./node-env.nix {
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inherit (pkgs) stdenv lib python2 runCommand writeTextFile writeShellScript;
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inherit pkgs nodejs;
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libtool = if pkgs.stdenv.isDarwin then pkgs.darwin.cctools else null;
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};
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in
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import ./node-package.nix {
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inherit (pkgs) fetchurl nix-gitignore stdenv lib fetchgit;
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inherit nodeEnv;
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}
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# This file originates from node2nix
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{lib, stdenv, nodejs, python2, pkgs, libtool, runCommand, writeTextFile, writeShellScript}:
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let
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# Workaround to cope with utillinux in Nixpkgs 20.09 and util-linux in Nixpkgs master
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utillinux = if pkgs ? utillinux then pkgs.utillinux else pkgs.util-linux;
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python = if nodejs ? python then nodejs.python else python2;
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# Create a tar wrapper that filters all the 'Ignoring unknown extended header keyword' noise
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tarWrapper = runCommand "tarWrapper" {} ''
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mkdir -p $out/bin
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cat > $out/bin/tar <<EOF
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#! ${stdenv.shell} -e
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$(type -p tar) "\$@" --warning=no-unknown-keyword --delay-directory-restore
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EOF
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chmod +x $out/bin/tar
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'';
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# Function that generates a TGZ file from a NPM project
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buildNodeSourceDist =
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{ name, version, src, ... }:
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stdenv.mkDerivation {
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name = "node-tarball-${name}-${version}";
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inherit src;
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buildInputs = [ nodejs ];
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buildPhase = ''
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export HOME=$TMPDIR
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tgzFile=$(npm pack | tail -n 1) # Hooks to the pack command will add output (https://docs.npmjs.com/misc/scripts)
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'';
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installPhase = ''
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mkdir -p $out/tarballs
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mv $tgzFile $out/tarballs
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mkdir -p $out/nix-support
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echo "file source-dist $out/tarballs/$tgzFile" >> $out/nix-support/hydra-build-products
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'';
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};
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# Common shell logic
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installPackage = writeShellScript "install-package" ''
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installPackage() {
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local packageName=$1 src=$2
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local strippedName
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local DIR=$PWD
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cd $TMPDIR
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unpackFile $src
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# Make the base dir in which the target dependency resides first
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mkdir -p "$(dirname "$DIR/$packageName")"
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if [ -f "$src" ]
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then
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# Figure out what directory has been unpacked
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packageDir="$(find . -maxdepth 1 -type d | tail -1)"
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# Restore write permissions to make building work
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find "$packageDir" -type d -exec chmod u+x {} \;
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chmod -R u+w "$packageDir"
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# Move the extracted tarball into the output folder
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mv "$packageDir" "$DIR/$packageName"
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elif [ -d "$src" ]
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then
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# Get a stripped name (without hash) of the source directory.
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# On old nixpkgs it's already set internally.
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if [ -z "$strippedName" ]
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then
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strippedName="$(stripHash $src)"
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fi
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# Restore write permissions to make building work
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chmod -R u+w "$strippedName"
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# Move the extracted directory into the output folder
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mv "$strippedName" "$DIR/$packageName"
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fi
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# Change to the package directory to install dependencies
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cd "$DIR/$packageName"
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}
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'';
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# Bundle the dependencies of the package
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#
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# Only include dependencies if they don't exist. They may also be bundled in the package.
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includeDependencies = {dependencies}:
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lib.optionalString (dependencies != []) (
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''
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mkdir -p node_modules
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cd node_modules
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''
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+ (lib.concatMapStrings (dependency:
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''
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if [ ! -e "${dependency.packageName}" ]; then
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${composePackage dependency}
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fi
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''
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) dependencies)
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+ ''
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cd ..
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''
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);
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# Recursively composes the dependencies of a package
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composePackage = { name, packageName, src, dependencies ? [], ... }@args:
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builtins.addErrorContext "while evaluating node package '${packageName}'" ''
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installPackage "${packageName}" "${src}"
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${includeDependencies { inherit dependencies; }}
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cd ..
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${lib.optionalString (builtins.substring 0 1 packageName == "@") "cd .."}
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'';
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pinpointDependencies = {dependencies, production}:
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let
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pinpointDependenciesFromPackageJSON = writeTextFile {
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name = "pinpointDependencies.js";
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text = ''
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var fs = require('fs');
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var path = require('path');
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function resolveDependencyVersion(location, name) {
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if(location == process.env['NIX_STORE']) {
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return null;
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} else {
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var dependencyPackageJSON = path.join(location, "node_modules", name, "package.json");
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if(fs.existsSync(dependencyPackageJSON)) {
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var dependencyPackageObj = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(dependencyPackageJSON));
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if(dependencyPackageObj.name == name) {
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return dependencyPackageObj.version;
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}
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} else {
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return resolveDependencyVersion(path.resolve(location, ".."), name);
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}
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}
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}
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function replaceDependencies(dependencies) {
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if(typeof dependencies == "object" && dependencies !== null) {
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for(var dependency in dependencies) {
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var resolvedVersion = resolveDependencyVersion(process.cwd(), dependency);
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if(resolvedVersion === null) {
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process.stderr.write("WARNING: cannot pinpoint dependency: "+dependency+", context: "+process.cwd()+"\n");
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} else {
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dependencies[dependency] = resolvedVersion;
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}
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}
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}
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}
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/* Read the package.json configuration */
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var packageObj = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync('./package.json'));
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/* Pinpoint all dependencies */
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replaceDependencies(packageObj.dependencies);
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if(process.argv[2] == "development") {
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replaceDependencies(packageObj.devDependencies);
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}
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else {
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packageObj.devDependencies = {};
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}
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replaceDependencies(packageObj.optionalDependencies);
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replaceDependencies(packageObj.peerDependencies);
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/* Write the fixed package.json file */
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fs.writeFileSync("package.json", JSON.stringify(packageObj, null, 2));
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'';
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};
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in
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''
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node ${pinpointDependenciesFromPackageJSON} ${if production then "production" else "development"}
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${lib.optionalString (dependencies != [])
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''
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if [ -d node_modules ]
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then
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cd node_modules
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${lib.concatMapStrings (dependency: pinpointDependenciesOfPackage dependency) dependencies}
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cd ..
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fi
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''}
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'';
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# Recursively traverses all dependencies of a package and pinpoints all
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# dependencies in the package.json file to the versions that are actually
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# being used.
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pinpointDependenciesOfPackage = { packageName, dependencies ? [], production ? true, ... }@args:
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''
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if [ -d "${packageName}" ]
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then
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cd "${packageName}"
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${pinpointDependencies { inherit dependencies production; }}
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cd ..
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${lib.optionalString (builtins.substring 0 1 packageName == "@") "cd .."}
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fi
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'';
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||||
# Extract the Node.js source code which is used to compile packages with
|
||||
# native bindings
|
||||
nodeSources = runCommand "node-sources" {} ''
|
||||
tar --no-same-owner --no-same-permissions -xf ${nodejs.src}
|
||||
mv node-* $out
|
||||
'';
|
||||
|
||||
# Script that adds _integrity fields to all package.json files to prevent NPM from consulting the cache (that is empty)
|
||||
addIntegrityFieldsScript = writeTextFile {
|
||||
name = "addintegrityfields.js";
|
||||
text = ''
|
||||
var fs = require('fs');
|
||||
var path = require('path');
|
||||
|
||||
function augmentDependencies(baseDir, dependencies) {
|
||||
for(var dependencyName in dependencies) {
|
||||
var dependency = dependencies[dependencyName];
|
||||
|
||||
// Open package.json and augment metadata fields
|
||||
var packageJSONDir = path.join(baseDir, "node_modules", dependencyName);
|
||||
var packageJSONPath = path.join(packageJSONDir, "package.json");
|
||||
|
||||
if(fs.existsSync(packageJSONPath)) { // Only augment packages that exist. Sometimes we may have production installs in which development dependencies can be ignored
|
||||
console.log("Adding metadata fields to: "+packageJSONPath);
|
||||
var packageObj = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(packageJSONPath));
|
||||
|
||||
if(dependency.integrity) {
|
||||
packageObj["_integrity"] = dependency.integrity;
|
||||
} else {
|
||||
packageObj["_integrity"] = "sha1-000000000000000000000000000="; // When no _integrity string has been provided (e.g. by Git dependencies), add a dummy one. It does not seem to harm and it bypasses downloads.
|
||||
}
|
||||
|
||||
if(dependency.resolved) {
|
||||
packageObj["_resolved"] = dependency.resolved; // Adopt the resolved property if one has been provided
|
||||
} else {
|
||||
packageObj["_resolved"] = dependency.version; // Set the resolved version to the version identifier. This prevents NPM from cloning Git repositories.
|
||||
}
|
||||
|
||||
if(dependency.from !== undefined) { // Adopt from property if one has been provided
|
||||
packageObj["_from"] = dependency.from;
|
||||
}
|
||||
|
||||
fs.writeFileSync(packageJSONPath, JSON.stringify(packageObj, null, 2));
|
||||
}
|
||||
|
||||
// Augment transitive dependencies
|
||||
if(dependency.dependencies !== undefined) {
|
||||
augmentDependencies(packageJSONDir, dependency.dependencies);
|
||||
}
|
||||
}
|
||||
}
|
||||
|
||||
if(fs.existsSync("./package-lock.json")) {
|
||||
var packageLock = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync("./package-lock.json"));
|
||||
|
||||
if(![1, 2].includes(packageLock.lockfileVersion)) {
|
||||
process.stderr.write("Sorry, I only understand lock file versions 1 and 2!\n");
|
||||
process.exit(1);
|
||||
}
|
||||
|
||||
if(packageLock.dependencies !== undefined) {
|
||||
augmentDependencies(".", packageLock.dependencies);
|
||||
}
|
||||
}
|
||||
'';
|
||||
};
|
||||
|
||||
# Reconstructs a package-lock file from the node_modules/ folder structure and package.json files with dummy sha1 hashes
|
||||
reconstructPackageLock = writeTextFile {
|
||||
name = "reconstructpackagelock.js";
|
||||
text = ''
|
||||
var fs = require('fs');
|
||||
var path = require('path');
|
||||
|
||||
var packageObj = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync("package.json"));
|
||||
|
||||
var lockObj = {
|
||||
name: packageObj.name,
|
||||
version: packageObj.version,
|
||||
lockfileVersion: 2,
|
||||
requires: true,
|
||||
packages: {
|
||||
"": {
|
||||
name: packageObj.name,
|
||||
version: packageObj.version,
|
||||
license: packageObj.license,
|
||||
bin: packageObj.bin,
|
||||
dependencies: packageObj.dependencies,
|
||||
engines: packageObj.engines,
|
||||
optionalDependencies: packageObj.optionalDependencies
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
dependencies: {}
|
||||
};
|
||||
|
||||
function augmentPackageJSON(filePath, packages, dependencies) {
|
||||
var packageJSON = path.join(filePath, "package.json");
|
||||
if(fs.existsSync(packageJSON)) {
|
||||
var packageObj = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(packageJSON));
|
||||
packages[filePath] = {
|
||||
version: packageObj.version,
|
||||
integrity: "sha1-000000000000000000000000000=",
|
||||
dependencies: packageObj.dependencies,
|
||||
engines: packageObj.engines,
|
||||
optionalDependencies: packageObj.optionalDependencies
|
||||
};
|
||||
dependencies[packageObj.name] = {
|
||||
version: packageObj.version,
|
||||
integrity: "sha1-000000000000000000000000000=",
|
||||
dependencies: {}
|
||||
};
|
||||
processDependencies(path.join(filePath, "node_modules"), packages, dependencies[packageObj.name].dependencies);
|
||||
}
|
||||
}
|
||||
|
||||
function processDependencies(dir, packages, dependencies) {
|
||||
if(fs.existsSync(dir)) {
|
||||
var files = fs.readdirSync(dir);
|
||||
|
||||
files.forEach(function(entry) {
|
||||
var filePath = path.join(dir, entry);
|
||||
var stats = fs.statSync(filePath);
|
||||
|
||||
if(stats.isDirectory()) {
|
||||
if(entry.substr(0, 1) == "@") {
|
||||
// When we encounter a namespace folder, augment all packages belonging to the scope
|
||||
var pkgFiles = fs.readdirSync(filePath);
|
||||
|
||||
pkgFiles.forEach(function(entry) {
|
||||
if(stats.isDirectory()) {
|
||||
var pkgFilePath = path.join(filePath, entry);
|
||||
augmentPackageJSON(pkgFilePath, packages, dependencies);
|
||||
}
|
||||
});
|
||||
} else {
|
||||
augmentPackageJSON(filePath, packages, dependencies);
|
||||
}
|
||||
}
|
||||
});
|
||||
}
|
||||
}
|
||||
|
||||
processDependencies("node_modules", lockObj.packages, lockObj.dependencies);
|
||||
|
||||
fs.writeFileSync("package-lock.json", JSON.stringify(lockObj, null, 2));
|
||||
'';
|
||||
};
|
||||
|
||||
# Script that links bins defined in package.json to the node_modules bin directory
|
||||
# NPM does not do this for top-level packages itself anymore as of v7
|
||||
linkBinsScript = writeTextFile {
|
||||
name = "linkbins.js";
|
||||
text = ''
|
||||
var fs = require('fs');
|
||||
var path = require('path');
|
||||
|
||||
var packageObj = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync("package.json"));
|
||||
|
||||
var nodeModules = Array(packageObj.name.split("/").length).fill("..").join(path.sep);
|
||||
|
||||
if(packageObj.bin !== undefined) {
|
||||
fs.mkdirSync(path.join(nodeModules, ".bin"))
|
||||
|
||||
if(typeof packageObj.bin == "object") {
|
||||
Object.keys(packageObj.bin).forEach(function(exe) {
|
||||
if(fs.existsSync(packageObj.bin[exe])) {
|
||||
console.log("linking bin '" + exe + "'");
|
||||
fs.symlinkSync(
|
||||
path.join("..", packageObj.name, packageObj.bin[exe]),
|
||||
path.join(nodeModules, ".bin", exe)
|
||||
);
|
||||
}
|
||||
else {
|
||||
console.log("skipping non-existent bin '" + exe + "'");
|
||||
}
|
||||
})
|
||||
}
|
||||
else {
|
||||
if(fs.existsSync(packageObj.bin)) {
|
||||
console.log("linking bin '" + packageObj.bin + "'");
|
||||
fs.symlinkSync(
|
||||
path.join("..", packageObj.name, packageObj.bin),
|
||||
path.join(nodeModules, ".bin", packageObj.name.split("/").pop())
|
||||
);
|
||||
}
|
||||
else {
|
||||
console.log("skipping non-existent bin '" + packageObj.bin + "'");
|
||||
}
|
||||
}
|
||||
}
|
||||
else if(packageObj.directories !== undefined && packageObj.directories.bin !== undefined) {
|
||||
fs.mkdirSync(path.join(nodeModules, ".bin"))
|
||||
|
||||
fs.readdirSync(packageObj.directories.bin).forEach(function(exe) {
|
||||
if(fs.existsSync(path.join(packageObj.directories.bin, exe))) {
|
||||
console.log("linking bin '" + exe + "'");
|
||||
fs.symlinkSync(
|
||||
path.join("..", packageObj.name, packageObj.directories.bin, exe),
|
||||
path.join(nodeModules, ".bin", exe)
|
||||
);
|
||||
}
|
||||
else {
|
||||
console.log("skipping non-existent bin '" + exe + "'");
|
||||
}
|
||||
})
|
||||
}
|
||||
'';
|
||||
};
|
||||
|
||||
prepareAndInvokeNPM = {packageName, bypassCache, reconstructLock, npmFlags, production}:
|
||||
let
|
||||
forceOfflineFlag = if bypassCache then "--offline" else "--registry http://www.example.com";
|
||||
in
|
||||
''
|
||||
# Pinpoint the versions of all dependencies to the ones that are actually being used
|
||||
echo "pinpointing versions of dependencies..."
|
||||
source $pinpointDependenciesScriptPath
|
||||
|
||||
# Patch the shebangs of the bundled modules to prevent them from
|
||||
# calling executables outside the Nix store as much as possible
|
||||
patchShebangs .
|
||||
|
||||
# Deploy the Node.js package by running npm install. Since the
|
||||
# dependencies have been provided already by ourselves, it should not
|
||||
# attempt to install them again, which is good, because we want to make
|
||||
# it Nix's responsibility. If it needs to install any dependencies
|
||||
# anyway (e.g. because the dependency parameters are
|
||||
# incomplete/incorrect), it fails.
|
||||
#
|
||||
# The other responsibilities of NPM are kept -- version checks, build
|
||||
# steps, postprocessing etc.
|
||||
|
||||
export HOME=$TMPDIR
|
||||
cd "${packageName}"
|
||||
runHook preRebuild
|
||||
|
||||
${lib.optionalString bypassCache ''
|
||||
${lib.optionalString reconstructLock ''
|
||||
if [ -f package-lock.json ]
|
||||
then
|
||||
echo "WARNING: Reconstruct lock option enabled, but a lock file already exists!"
|
||||
echo "This will most likely result in version mismatches! We will remove the lock file and regenerate it!"
|
||||
rm package-lock.json
|
||||
else
|
||||
echo "No package-lock.json file found, reconstructing..."
|
||||
fi
|
||||
|
||||
node ${reconstructPackageLock}
|
||||
''}
|
||||
|
||||
node ${addIntegrityFieldsScript}
|
||||
''}
|
||||
|
||||
npm ${forceOfflineFlag} --nodedir=${nodeSources} ${npmFlags} ${lib.optionalString production "--production"} rebuild
|
||||
|
||||
runHook postRebuild
|
||||
|
||||
if [ "''${dontNpmInstall-}" != "1" ]
|
||||
then
|
||||
# NPM tries to download packages even when they already exist if npm-shrinkwrap is used.
|
||||
rm -f npm-shrinkwrap.json
|
||||
|
||||
npm ${forceOfflineFlag} --nodedir=${nodeSources} --no-bin-links --ignore-scripts ${npmFlags} ${lib.optionalString production "--production"} install
|
||||
fi
|
||||
|
||||
# Link executables defined in package.json
|
||||
node ${linkBinsScript}
|
||||
'';
|
||||
|
||||
# Builds and composes an NPM package including all its dependencies
|
||||
buildNodePackage =
|
||||
{ name
|
||||
, packageName
|
||||
, version ? null
|
||||
, dependencies ? []
|
||||
, buildInputs ? []
|
||||
, production ? true
|
||||
, npmFlags ? ""
|
||||
, dontNpmInstall ? false
|
||||
, bypassCache ? false
|
||||
, reconstructLock ? false
|
||||
, preRebuild ? ""
|
||||
, dontStrip ? true
|
||||
, unpackPhase ? "true"
|
||||
, buildPhase ? "true"
|
||||
, meta ? {}
|
||||
, ... }@args:
|
||||
|
||||
let
|
||||
extraArgs = removeAttrs args [ "name" "dependencies" "buildInputs" "dontStrip" "dontNpmInstall" "preRebuild" "unpackPhase" "buildPhase" "meta" ];
|
||||
in
|
||||
stdenv.mkDerivation ({
|
||||
name = "${name}${if version == null then "" else "-${version}"}";
|
||||
buildInputs = [ tarWrapper python nodejs ]
|
||||
++ lib.optional (stdenv.isLinux) utillinux
|
||||
++ lib.optional (stdenv.isDarwin) libtool
|
||||
++ buildInputs;
|
||||
|
||||
inherit nodejs;
|
||||
|
||||
inherit dontStrip; # Stripping may fail a build for some package deployments
|
||||
inherit dontNpmInstall preRebuild unpackPhase buildPhase;
|
||||
|
||||
compositionScript = composePackage args;
|
||||
pinpointDependenciesScript = pinpointDependenciesOfPackage args;
|
||||
|
||||
passAsFile = [ "compositionScript" "pinpointDependenciesScript" ];
|
||||
|
||||
installPhase = ''
|
||||
source ${installPackage}
|
||||
|
||||
# Create and enter a root node_modules/ folder
|
||||
mkdir -p $out/lib/node_modules
|
||||
cd $out/lib/node_modules
|
||||
|
||||
# Compose the package and all its dependencies
|
||||
source $compositionScriptPath
|
||||
|
||||
${prepareAndInvokeNPM { inherit packageName bypassCache reconstructLock npmFlags production; }}
|
||||
|
||||
# Create symlink to the deployed executable folder, if applicable
|
||||
if [ -d "$out/lib/node_modules/.bin" ]
|
||||
then
|
||||
ln -s $out/lib/node_modules/.bin $out/bin
|
||||
|
||||
# Fixup all executables
|
||||
ls $out/bin/* | while read i
|
||||
do
|
||||
file="$(readlink -f "$i")"
|
||||
chmod u+rwx "$file"
|
||||
if isScript "$file"
|
||||
then
|
||||
sed -i 's/\r$//' "$file" # convert crlf to lf
|
||||
fi
|
||||
done
|
||||
fi
|
||||
|
||||
# Create symlinks to the deployed manual page folders, if applicable
|
||||
if [ -d "$out/lib/node_modules/${packageName}/man" ]
|
||||
then
|
||||
mkdir -p $out/share
|
||||
for dir in "$out/lib/node_modules/${packageName}/man/"*
|
||||
do
|
||||
mkdir -p $out/share/man/$(basename "$dir")
|
||||
for page in "$dir"/*
|
||||
do
|
||||
ln -s $page $out/share/man/$(basename "$dir")
|
||||
done
|
||||
done
|
||||
fi
|
||||
|
||||
# Run post install hook, if provided
|
||||
runHook postInstall
|
||||
'';
|
||||
|
||||
meta = {
|
||||
# default to Node.js' platforms
|
||||
platforms = nodejs.meta.platforms;
|
||||
} // meta;
|
||||
} // extraArgs);
|
||||
|
||||
# Builds a node environment (a node_modules folder and a set of binaries)
|
||||
buildNodeDependencies =
|
||||
{ name
|
||||
, packageName
|
||||
, version ? null
|
||||
, src
|
||||
, dependencies ? []
|
||||
, buildInputs ? []
|
||||
, production ? true
|
||||
, npmFlags ? ""
|
||||
, dontNpmInstall ? false
|
||||
, bypassCache ? false
|
||||
, reconstructLock ? false
|
||||
, dontStrip ? true
|
||||
, unpackPhase ? "true"
|
||||
, buildPhase ? "true"
|
||||
, ... }@args:
|
||||
|
||||
let
|
||||
extraArgs = removeAttrs args [ "name" "dependencies" "buildInputs" ];
|
||||
in
|
||||
stdenv.mkDerivation ({
|
||||
name = "node-dependencies-${name}${if version == null then "" else "-${version}"}";
|
||||
|
||||
buildInputs = [ tarWrapper python nodejs ]
|
||||
++ lib.optional (stdenv.isLinux) utillinux
|
||||
++ lib.optional (stdenv.isDarwin) libtool
|
||||
++ buildInputs;
|
||||
|
||||
inherit dontStrip; # Stripping may fail a build for some package deployments
|
||||
inherit dontNpmInstall unpackPhase buildPhase;
|
||||
|
||||
includeScript = includeDependencies { inherit dependencies; };
|
||||
pinpointDependenciesScript = pinpointDependenciesOfPackage args;
|
||||
|
||||
passAsFile = [ "includeScript" "pinpointDependenciesScript" ];
|
||||
|
||||
installPhase = ''
|
||||
source ${installPackage}
|
||||
|
||||
mkdir -p $out/${packageName}
|
||||
cd $out/${packageName}
|
||||
|
||||
source $includeScriptPath
|
||||
|
||||
# Create fake package.json to make the npm commands work properly
|
||||
cp ${src}/package.json .
|
||||
chmod 644 package.json
|
||||
${lib.optionalString bypassCache ''
|
||||
if [ -f ${src}/package-lock.json ]
|
||||
then
|
||||
cp ${src}/package-lock.json .
|
||||
chmod 644 package-lock.json
|
||||
fi
|
||||
''}
|
||||
|
||||
# Go to the parent folder to make sure that all packages are pinpointed
|
||||
cd ..
|
||||
${lib.optionalString (builtins.substring 0 1 packageName == "@") "cd .."}
|
||||
|
||||
${prepareAndInvokeNPM { inherit packageName bypassCache reconstructLock npmFlags production; }}
|
||||
|
||||
# Expose the executables that were installed
|
||||
cd ..
|
||||
${lib.optionalString (builtins.substring 0 1 packageName == "@") "cd .."}
|
||||
|
||||
mv ${packageName} lib
|
||||
ln -s $out/lib/node_modules/.bin $out/bin
|
||||
'';
|
||||
} // extraArgs);
|
||||
|
||||
# Builds a development shell
|
||||
buildNodeShell =
|
||||
{ name
|
||||
, packageName
|
||||
, version ? null
|
||||
, src
|
||||
, dependencies ? []
|
||||
, buildInputs ? []
|
||||
, production ? true
|
||||
, npmFlags ? ""
|
||||
, dontNpmInstall ? false
|
||||
, bypassCache ? false
|
||||
, reconstructLock ? false
|
||||
, dontStrip ? true
|
||||
, unpackPhase ? "true"
|
||||
, buildPhase ? "true"
|
||||
, ... }@args:
|
||||
|
||||
let
|
||||
nodeDependencies = buildNodeDependencies args;
|
||||
extraArgs = removeAttrs args [ "name" "dependencies" "buildInputs" "dontStrip" "dontNpmInstall" "unpackPhase" "buildPhase" ];
|
||||
in
|
||||
stdenv.mkDerivation ({
|
||||
name = "node-shell-${name}${if version == null then "" else "-${version}"}";
|
||||
|
||||
buildInputs = [ python nodejs ] ++ lib.optional (stdenv.isLinux) utillinux ++ buildInputs;
|
||||
buildCommand = ''
|
||||
mkdir -p $out/bin
|
||||
cat > $out/bin/shell <<EOF
|
||||
#! ${stdenv.shell} -e
|
||||
$shellHook
|
||||
exec ${stdenv.shell}
|
||||
EOF
|
||||
chmod +x $out/bin/shell
|
||||
'';
|
||||
|
||||
# Provide the dependencies in a development shell through the NODE_PATH environment variable
|
||||
inherit nodeDependencies;
|
||||
shellHook = lib.optionalString (dependencies != []) ''
|
||||
export NODE_PATH=${nodeDependencies}/lib/node_modules
|
||||
export PATH="${nodeDependencies}/bin:$PATH"
|
||||
'';
|
||||
} // extraArgs);
|
||||
in
|
||||
{
|
||||
buildNodeSourceDist = lib.makeOverridable buildNodeSourceDist;
|
||||
buildNodePackage = lib.makeOverridable buildNodePackage;
|
||||
buildNodeDependencies = lib.makeOverridable buildNodeDependencies;
|
||||
buildNodeShell = lib.makeOverridable buildNodeShell;
|
||||
}
|
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nix/node-package.nix
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nix/node-package.nix
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|
@ -1 +0,0 @@
|
|||
result/lib/node_modules/
|
|
@ -16,7 +16,9 @@
|
|||
"@tailwindcss/typography": "^0.5.13",
|
||||
"autoprefixer": "^10.4.19",
|
||||
"postcss": "^8.4.38",
|
||||
"postcss-cli": "^11.0.0",
|
||||
"postcss-minify": "^1.1.0",
|
||||
"rollup": "^4.18.0",
|
||||
"rollup-plugin-postcss": "^4.0.2",
|
||||
"tailwindcss": "^3.4.3"
|
||||
}
|
||||
|
|
2248
pnpm-lock.yaml
Normal file
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pnpm-lock.yaml
Normal file
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|
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import postcss from "rollup-plugin-postcss"
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import tailwindcss from "tailwindcss"
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import postcssMinify from "postcss-minify"
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import terser from "@rollup/plugin-terser"
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import autoprefixer from "autoprefixer";
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import postcss from "rollup-plugin-postcss";
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import tailwindcss from "tailwindcss";
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import postcssMinify from "postcss-minify";
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import terser from "@rollup/plugin-terser";
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export default {
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input: "src/js/main.js",
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output: {
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file: "dist/out/bundle.js",
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file: "src/out/bundle.js",
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},
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plugins: [
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terser(),
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],
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}
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};
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}
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---
|
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author: "Youwen Wu"
|
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authorTwitter: "@youwen"
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desc: "and the future of operating systems"
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image: "./images/gradient-ascent.jpg"
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keywords: "nix, nixos, functional programming, linux, unix"
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lang: "en"
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title: "a retrospective on NixOS"
|
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updated: "2024-05-25T12:00:00Z"
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---
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|
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Many people more knowledgeable than me have already written at length about the
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virtues of NixOS and _declarative configuration_ and _immutability_ and such. I
|
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doubt what I have to say is particularly novel to those already familiar with
|
||||
Nix, but I'd like to discuss precisely what brings people to NixOS in the first
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place.
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|
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Many people will introduce NixOS by first introducing the Nix package manager,
|
||||
and immediately jumping into terms like _derivation_ and _immutability_ and
|
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_reproducibility_ and whatnot. And while these are important concepts for
|
||||
understanding the system at large, it's not very convincing for people looking
|
||||
to try out the system. After all, most people don't (or at least shouldn't!)
|
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choose their tools based on hype or purported benefits, but based the problems
|
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that they help them solve.
|
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|
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Instead of immediately evangelizing about the virtues of Nix and NixOS, I'll
|
||||
first motivate the reasons for why I chose a tool with exactly its properties
|
||||
(but not to worry, the evangelizing will come later).
|
||||
|
||||
Essentially: allow me to introduce you to the
|
||||
origins of the [NixOS God
|
||||
Complex](https://www.reddit.com/r/NixOS/comments/kauf1m/dealing_with_post_nixflake_god_complex/).
|
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|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
My goals for my system are as follows:
|
||||
|
||||
- Allow my computing environment to exist on different computers at the same
|
||||
time (essentially, sync up configurations between machines)
|
||||
- Precisely control the software and services on my machine. I should be able
|
||||
to obtain binaries of most things to save time, but be able to step into the
|
||||
source and apply patches or configuration as desired
|
||||
- For the OS to be absolutely unbreakable
|
||||
- Never configure the system twice; once I solve a problem, I should have a
|
||||
reproducible solution that solves it permanently
|
||||
- Be able to backup my system configuration and quickly redeploy it whenever
|
||||
needed
|
||||
- Avoid janky solutions to these problems that introduce tech debt. I don't
|
||||
want to have to rely on disk images or backups, I want to be able to create
|
||||
fresh installations quickly
|
||||
|
||||
Essentially, I want to synchronize the configuration of my entire system across
|
||||
multiple machines while maintaining a stable and usable system I'm not worried
|
||||
will inadvertently fall apart with a routine system update. When I tweak and
|
||||
mess with some settings on my desktop, I should be able to push to a `git`
|
||||
repository and pull it down on my laptop and have the tweaks carried over. This
|
||||
even includes system-level configuration like the applications installed,
|
||||
system daemons, and other core system services.
|
||||
|
||||
I want a source and binary based distribution simultaneously. And I want a
|
||||
self-documenting reproducible system where every tiny tweak is
|
||||
deterministically applied. And I want to be able to install my configurations
|
||||
onto a new computer, from scratch, in an installer, effectively creating my own
|
||||
custom Linux distribution.
|
||||
|
||||
Oh, and I also want to solve the "works on my machine" problem, and never have
|
||||
trouble using software someone else packaged and claims works on their end, but
|
||||
fails on my computer.
|
||||
|
||||
All or even just a few of these goals seem unattainable to the typical Linux
|
||||
user (not to mention those still on Windows and macOS $\dots$ _oh, the
|
||||
horror!_). But I was in fact able to achieve all of them.
|
||||
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
To begin, let's examine how one might try to approach these problems with the
|
||||
common solutions.
|
||||
|
||||
Let's talk about sharing configuration among multiple computers first, which
|
||||
can be thought of as some form of "settings sync".
|
||||
|
||||
Most people have encountered solutions to sychronizing configuration in two
|
||||
ways: either the entire service is ran in the cloud, so it's really the _same_
|
||||
environment accessed from multiple places (eg. Google Docs), or it's some often
|
||||
half baked opaque solution involving you making an account and sending all your
|
||||
settings to a sync server (eg. Mozilla Firefox).
|
||||
|
||||
The more technically minded may instead opt to create a "dotfiles" repository,
|
||||
holding their vast collection of meticulously crafted configuration files.
|
||||
These repos often come with a janky `install.sh` script that does its best to
|
||||
install all the files into the correct place. This usually works the first
|
||||
time, but trying to keep the installed dotfiles in sync with a central
|
||||
repository is a whole other problem.
|
||||
|
||||
There are also dotfile manager like `chezmoi` or GNU Stow. I have not tried
|
||||
these so I make no judgements on their utility for their intended purpose.
|
||||
These dotfile management solutions may work well for managing configuration
|
||||
files, but they both have the same issue: you also need to install the software
|
||||
you're configuring!
|
||||
|
||||
The software and the configuration are fundamentally tied together; these are
|
||||
not concerns to be separated. If the software is installed, it almost always
|
||||
needs to be configured anyways. If the configuration exists, the software
|
||||
should be installed. So a sane solution needs to both put the configuration in
|
||||
the right place, _and_ set up the system's programs along with all their
|
||||
dependencies!
|
||||
|
||||
So, the most obsessive *nix hackers reach for tools like
|
||||
[Ansible](https://www.ansible.com/), that promise automatic configuration of
|
||||
entire systems. Though Ansible was initially designed to deploy cloud servers
|
||||
quickly through the Infrastructure-as-Code approach, some people opt to use it
|
||||
for deploying and managing their systems quickly as well. I have not personally
|
||||
tried it beyond playing with a few examples The consensus seems to be that it
|
||||
seems to work fine for simple use cases but gets quite unwieldy for more
|
||||
complex purposes (especially for personal systems, which aren't expected to be
|
||||
as ephemeral as servers).
|
||||
|
||||
A system like Ansible combined with a system to manage configuration files
|
||||
might be able to achieve a few of our goals. We can keep configuration in sync
|
||||
between computers and we can quickly redeploy our system. But anyone who has
|
||||
tried this will tell you that it's incredibly uncomfortable to use; our
|
||||
existing operating systems are simply not designed to be managed in this
|
||||
manner. Inevitably you will experience desynchronization between the
|
||||
configuration and the actual state of the machine.
|
||||
|
||||
Also, this does not solve some of our other problems. We'll still need tools
|
||||
like Docker to reproducibly build software and figure out a way to keep our
|
||||
system stable.
|
||||
|
||||
If you agree with the premises I've laid out up to this point, that none of
|
||||
these solutions provide a satisfying solution to our computing woes, you might
|
||||
come to the conclusion that I've made. We need a solution that does _all of
|
||||
it_. A unified tool for reliably deploying software and managing your system
|
||||
configuration. And it must necessarily be declarative and reproducible, because
|
||||
that is the only sane way to manage a system. Imagine working on a programming
|
||||
project where recompiling with the same source code would non-deterministically
|
||||
produce different results based on the environment! We should be able to write
|
||||
files that declaratively and precisely specify the state of whole system, and
|
||||
then be able to revert these files or tweak them with deterministic results
|
||||
that don't leave behind any broken programs or files.
|
||||
|
||||
Well, [Nix](https://nixos.org/) is the _purely functional_ package manager
|
||||
(i.e. declarative, reproducible), and NixOS is a Linux distribution that is
|
||||
managed entirely by Nix. Essentially, Nix provides a solution to the problem of
|
||||
_software deployment_, and in fact was purpose built to do so in Eelco
|
||||
Dolstra's seminal [PhD
|
||||
thesis](https://edolstra.github.io/pubs/phd-thesis.pdf). It effectively solves
|
||||
the problem of "works on my machine" by _forcing_ the user to actually specify
|
||||
all required dependencies. This makes it a little harder to write the initial
|
||||
build configurations due to the strictness imposed. But the reward is that if a
|
||||
piece of software builds on one machine, it's guaranteed to build on another.
|
||||
|
||||
NixOS is a system that takes the power of Nix and applies it to declaratively
|
||||
configure an _entire Linux system_. All of the installed software and activated
|
||||
services can be specified precisely using the Nix expression language, a purely
|
||||
functional DSL used by Nix. And alongside the software, it also configures it,
|
||||
effectively acting as a dotfile manager. Indeed, many core NixOS services and a
|
||||
wide range of programs can be set up through _NixOS modules_, where the program
|
||||
is installed and configured in the same place. (and many programs like `fzf`,
|
||||
`btop`, etc have similar corresponding `home-manager` modules).
|
||||
|
||||
NixOS is also _immutable_, which means that the system cannot be modified after
|
||||
it is built from the Nix files that declare it. How do you make changes to the
|
||||
system then? Obviously, we just create a new system where the changed programs
|
||||
and files are included, and the old ones are removed. But they are not deleted
|
||||
from the hard drive, they still exist in the _Nix store_. So, the system can
|
||||
provide precise atomic rollbacks between each "generation" of itself. Broke
|
||||
your GRUB configuration so your system won't boot? Messed up your kernel
|
||||
settings? Just select an older working generation from the boot menu and you
|
||||
instantly have a working system again. You never worry about breaking things
|
||||
during either routine or massive system updates.
|
||||
|
||||
And because the system is fully declarative, and modifying the system is done
|
||||
only through modifying its Nix configuration files, you can version and sync
|
||||
them up with Git. This solves the problem of keeping system environments in
|
||||
sync; now, you truly only have to keep one repository of all your configuration
|
||||
in sync, and all the software installation and deployment is handled for you by
|
||||
a system designed precisely for that purpose.
|
||||
|
||||
This makes it possible for me to share common configuration between a multitude
|
||||
of entirely distinct machines, including an `x86_64` desktop, an `x86_64`
|
||||
laptop, an Apple Silicon Macbook running NixOS `aarch64` using [Asahi
|
||||
Linux](https://asahilinux.org/), and the same Macbook running macOS with
|
||||
`nix-darwin`, sharing `home-manager` configuration with NixOS. Specific
|
||||
configuration necessary to adjust hardware-specific details between each
|
||||
machines are isolated to the [hosts](./hosts) directory.
|
||||
|
||||
This works exceptionally well, evidenced by the fact that I have (almost) the
|
||||
exact same environment across three separate machines, spanning two entirely
|
||||
distinct CPU architectures.
|
||||
|
||||
In essence, the primary failure of deployment scripts, Ansible and the like is
|
||||
that they are _imperative_ - they must specify precisely _how_ to set up the
|
||||
system, down to minute details, whereas in a _declarative_ approach, the user
|
||||
can simply specify what the system _should look like_, and abstractions take
|
||||
care of the _how_. This is what NixOS does, and it gives you remote syncing,
|
||||
versioning (via `git`), and rollbacks _for free_.
|
|
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|
|||
<h1 class="text-4xl md:text-5xl font-serif font-medium">
|
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|
||||
href="/"
|
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class="dark:hover:text-muted-dark hover:text-muted-light transition-all duration-500 text-nowrap tracking-wide"
|
||||
><em>Gradient Ascent.</em></a
|
||||
class="dark:hover:text-muted-dark hover:text-muted-light transition-all duration-500 text-nowrap tracking-wide hover:tracking-wider"
|
||||
>Gradient Ascent</a
|
||||
>
|
||||
</h1>
|
||||
<div
|
||||
|
@ -124,7 +124,7 @@
|
|||
></div>
|
||||
</div>
|
||||
<p class="mt-8 mb-3 px-1 italic font-light">
|
||||
a web-log about computers, math, hacks, and all the rest.
|
||||
a web-log about computers, math, hacks, games, and life.
|
||||
</p>
|
||||
<a class="text-sm external-link" href="https://youwen.dev"
|
||||
><em>by </em>Youwen Wu</a
|
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