/**
Functions for querying information about the filesystem
without copying any files to the Nix store.
*/
{ lib }:
# Tested in lib/tests/filesystem.sh
let
inherit (builtins)
readDir
pathExists
toString
;
inherit (lib.attrsets)
mapAttrs'
filterAttrs
inherit (lib.filesystem)
pathType
inherit (lib.strings)
hasSuffix
removeSuffix
in
{
The type of a path. The path needs to exist and be accessible.
The result is either "directory" for a directory, "regular" for a regular file, "symlink" for a symlink, or "unknown" for anything else.
# Inputs
path
: The path to query
# Type
```
pathType :: Path -> String
# Examples
:::{.example}
## `lib.filesystem.pathType` usage example
```nix
pathType /.
=> "directory"
pathType /some/file.nix
=> "regular"
:::
pathType =
builtins.readFileType or
# Nix <2.14 compatibility shim
(path:
if ! pathExists path
# Fail irrecoverably to mimic the historic behavior of this function and
# the new builtins.readFileType
then abort "lib.filesystem.pathType: Path ${toString path} does not exist."
# The filesystem root is the only path where `dirOf / == /` and
# `baseNameOf /` is not valid. We can detect this and directly return
# "directory", since we know the filesystem root can't be anything else.
else if dirOf path == path
then "directory"
else (readDir (dirOf path)).${baseNameOf path}
);
Whether a path exists and is a directory.
`path`
: 1\. Function argument
pathIsDirectory :: Path -> Bool
## `lib.filesystem.pathIsDirectory` usage example
pathIsDirectory /.
=> true
pathIsDirectory /this/does/not/exist
=> false
pathIsDirectory /some/file.nix
pathIsDirectory = path:
pathExists path && pathType path == "directory";
Whether a path exists and is a regular file, meaning not a symlink or any other special file type.
pathIsRegularFile :: Path -> Bool
## `lib.filesystem.pathIsRegularFile` usage example
pathIsRegularFile /.
pathIsRegularFile /this/does/not/exist
pathIsRegularFile /some/file.nix
pathIsRegularFile = path:
pathExists path && pathType path == "regular";
A map of all haskell packages defined in the given path,
identified by having a cabal file with the same name as the
directory itself.
`root`
: The directory within to search
Path -> Map String Path
haskellPathsInDir =
root:
let # Files in the root
root-files = builtins.attrNames (builtins.readDir root);
# Files with their full paths
root-files-with-paths =
map (file:
{ name = file; value = root + "/${file}"; }
) root-files;
# Subdirectories of the root with a cabal file.
cabal-subdirs =
builtins.filter ({ name, value }:
builtins.pathExists (value + "/${name}.cabal")
) root-files-with-paths;
in builtins.listToAttrs cabal-subdirs;
Find the first directory containing a file matching 'pattern'
upward from a given 'file'.
Returns 'null' if no directories contain a file matching 'pattern'.
`pattern`
: The pattern to search for
`file`
: The file to start searching upward from
RegExp -> Path -> Nullable { path : Path; matches : [ MatchResults ]; }
locateDominatingFile =
pattern:
file:
let go = path:
let files = builtins.attrNames (builtins.readDir path);
matches = builtins.filter (match: match != null)
(map (builtins.match pattern) files);
if builtins.length matches != 0
then { inherit path matches; }
else if path == /.
then null
else go (dirOf path);
parent = dirOf file;
isDir =
let base = baseNameOf file;
type = (builtins.readDir parent).${base} or null;
in file == /. || type == "directory";
in go (if isDir then file else parent);
Given a directory, return a flattened list of all files within it recursively.
`dir`
: The path to recursively list
Path -> [ Path ]
listFilesRecursive =
dir:
lib.flatten (lib.mapAttrsToList (name: type:
if type == "directory" then
lib.filesystem.listFilesRecursive (dir + "/${name}")
else
dir + "/${name}"
) (builtins.readDir dir));
Transform a directory tree containing package files suitable for
`callPackage` into a matching nested attribute set of derivations.
For a directory tree like this:
my-packages
├── a.nix
├── b.nix
├── c
│ ├── my-extra-feature.patch
│ ├── package.nix
│ └── support-definitions.nix
└── my-namespace
├── d.nix
├── e.nix
└── f
└── package.nix
`packagesFromDirectoryRecursive` will produce an attribute set like this:
# packagesFromDirectoryRecursive {
# callPackage = pkgs.callPackage;
# directory = ./my-packages;
# }
a = pkgs.callPackage ./my-packages/a.nix { };
b = pkgs.callPackage ./my-packages/b.nix { };
c = pkgs.callPackage ./my-packages/c/package.nix { };
my-namespace = {
d = pkgs.callPackage ./my-packages/my-namespace/d.nix { };
e = pkgs.callPackage ./my-packages/my-namespace/e.nix { };
f = pkgs.callPackage ./my-packages/my-namespace/f/package.nix { };
};
}
In particular:
- If the input directory contains a `package.nix` file, then
`callPackage <directory>/package.nix { }` is returned.
- Otherwise, the input directory's contents are listed and transformed into
an attribute set.
- If a file name has the `.nix` extension, it is turned into attribute
where:
- The attribute name is the file name without the `.nix` extension
- The attribute value is `callPackage <file path> { }`
- Other files are ignored.
- Directories are turned into an attribute where:
- The attribute name is the name of the directory
- The attribute value is the result of calling
`packagesFromDirectoryRecursive { ... }` on the directory.
As a result, directories with no `.nix` files (including empty
directories) will be transformed into empty attribute sets.
packagesFromDirectoryRecursive :: {
callPackage :: Path -> {} -> a,
directory :: Path,
...
} -> AttrSet
`callPackage`
: The function used to convert a Nix file's path into a leaf of the attribute set.
It is typically the `callPackage` function, taken from either `pkgs` or a new scope corresponding to the `directory`.
`directory`
: The directory to read package files from.
## Basic use of `lib.packagesFromDirectoryRecursive`
packagesFromDirectoryRecursive {
inherit (pkgs) callPackage;
directory = ./my-packages;
=> { ... }
In this case, `callPackage` will only search `pkgs` for a file's input parameters.
In other words, a file cannot refer to another file in the directory in its input parameters.
::::{.example}
## Create a scope for the nix files found in a directory
lib.makeScope pkgs.newScope (
self: packagesFromDirectoryRecursive {
inherit (self) callPackage;
)
For example, take the following directory structure:
├── a.nix → { b }: assert b ? b1; ...
└── b
├── b1.nix → { a }: ...
└── b2.nix
Here, `b1.nix` can specify `{ a }` as a parameter, which `callPackage` will resolve as expected.
Likewise, `a.nix` receive an attrset corresponding to the contents of the `b` directory.
:::{.note}
`a.nix` cannot directly take as inputs packages defined in a child directory, such as `b1`.
:::{.warning}
As of now, `lib.packagesFromDirectoryRecursive` cannot create nested scopes for sub-directories.
In particular, files under `b/` can only require (as inputs) other files under `my-packages`,
but not to those in the same directory, nor those in a parent directory; e.g, `b2.nix` cannot directly
require `b1`.
::::
packagesFromDirectoryRecursive =
callPackage,
directory,
}:
# Determine if a directory entry from `readDir` indicates a package or
# directory of packages.
directoryEntryIsPackage = basename: type:
type == "directory" || hasSuffix ".nix" basename;
# List directory entries that indicate packages in the given `path`.
packageDirectoryEntries = path:
filterAttrs directoryEntryIsPackage (readDir path);
# Transform a directory entry (a `basename` and `type` pair) into a
# package.
directoryEntryToAttrPair = subdirectory: basename: type:
path = subdirectory + "/${basename}";
if type == "regular"
then
name = removeSuffix ".nix" basename;
value = callPackage path { };
if type == "directory"
name = basename;
value = packagesFromDirectory path;
throw
''
lib.filesystem.packagesFromDirectoryRecursive: Unsupported file type ${type} at path ${toString subdirectory}
'';
# Transform a directory into a package (if there's a `package.nix`) or
# set of packages (otherwise).
packagesFromDirectory = path:
defaultPackagePath = path + "/package.nix";
if pathExists defaultPackagePath
then callPackage defaultPackagePath { }
else mapAttrs'
(directoryEntryToAttrPair path)
(packageDirectoryEntries path);
packagesFromDirectory directory;