depot/.github/workflows/check-nixf-tidy.yml

name: Check changed Nix files with nixf-tidy (experimental)

on:
  pull_request_target:
    types: [opened, synchronize, reopened, edited]
permissions:
  contents: read

jobs:
  nixos:
    name: exp-nixf-tidy-check
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    if: "!contains(github.event.pull_request.title, '[skip treewide]')"
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
        with:
          # pull_request_target checks out the base branch by default
          ref: refs/pull/${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}/merge
          # Fetches the merge commit and its parents
          fetch-depth: 2
      - name: Checking out base branch
        run: |
          base=$(mktemp -d)
          baseRev=$(git rev-parse HEAD^1)
          git worktree add "$base" "$baseRev"
          echo "baseRev=$baseRev" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
          echo "base=$base" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
      - name: Get Nixpkgs revision for nixf
        run: |
          # pin to a commit from nixpkgs-unstable to avoid e.g. building nixf
          # from staging
          # This should not be a URL, because it would allow PRs to run arbitrary code in CI!
          rev=$(jq -r .rev ci/pinned-nixpkgs.json)
          echo "url=https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/archive/$rev.tar.gz" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
      - uses: cachix/install-nix-action@08dcb3a5e62fa31e2da3d490afc4176ef55ecd72 # v30
        with:
          # explicitly enable sandbox
          extra_nix_config: sandbox = true
          nix_path: nixpkgs=${{ env.url }}
      - name: Install nixf and jq
        # provided jq is incompatible with our expression
        run: "nix-env -f '<nixpkgs>' -iAP nixf jq"
      - name: Check that Nix files pass nixf-tidy
        run: |
          # Filtering error messages we don't like
          nixf_wrapper(){
            nixf-tidy --variable-lookup < "$1" | jq -r '
              [
                "sema-escaping-with"
              ]
              as $ignored_errors|[.[]|select(.sname as $s|$ignored_errors|index($s)|not)]
            '
          }

          failedFiles=()

          # Don't report errors to file overview
          # to avoid duplicates when editing title and description
          if [[ "${{ github.event.action }}" == 'edited' ]] && [[ -z "${{ github.event.edited.changes.base }}" ]]; then
            DONT_REPORT_ERROR=1
          else
            DONT_REPORT_ERROR=
          fi
          # TODO: Make this more parallel

          # Loop through all Nix files touched by the PR
          while readarray -d '' -n 2 entry && (( ${#entry[@]} != 0 )); do
            type=${entry[0]}
            file=${entry[1]}
            case $type in
              A*)
                source=""
                dest=$file
                ;;
              M*)
                source=$file
                dest=$file
                ;;
              C*|R*)
                source=$file
                read -r -d '' dest
                ;;
              *)
                echo "Ignoring file $file with type $type"
                continue
            esac

            if [[ -n "$source" ]] && [[ "$(nixf_wrapper ${{ env.base }}/"$source")" != '[]' ]] 2>/dev/null; then
              echo "Ignoring file $file because it doesn't pass nixf-tidy in the base commit"
              echo # insert blank line
            else
              nixf_report="$(nixf_wrapper "$dest")"
              if [[ "$nixf_report" != '[]' ]]; then
                echo "$dest doesn't pass nixf-tidy. Reported by nixf-tidy:"
                errors=$(echo "$nixf_report" | jq -r --arg dest "$dest" '
                  def getLCur: "line=" + (.line+1|tostring) + ",col=" + (.column|tostring);
                  def getRCur: "endLine=" + (.line+1|tostring) + ",endColumn=" + (.column|tostring);
                  def getRange: "file=\($dest)," + (.lCur|getLCur) + "," + (.rCur|getRCur);
                  def getBody: . as $top|(.range|getRange) + ",title="+ .sname + "::" +
                    (.message|sub("{}" ; ($top.args.[]|tostring)));
                  def getNote: "\n::notice " + (.|getBody);
                  def getMessage: "::error " + (.|getBody) + (if (.notes|length)>0 then
                    ([.notes.[]|getNote]|add) else "" end);
                  .[]|getMessage
                ')
                if [[ -z "$DONT_REPORT_ERROR" ]]; then
                  echo "$errors"
                else
                  # just print in plain text
                  echo "$errors" | sed 's/^:://'
                  echo # add one empty line
                fi
                failedFiles+=("$dest")
              fi
            fi
          done < <(git diff -z --name-status ${{ env.baseRev }} -- '*.nix')

          if [[ -n "$DONT_REPORT_ERROR" ]]; then
            echo "Edited the PR but didn't change the base branch, only the description/title."
            echo "Not reporting errors again to avoid duplication."
            echo # add one empty line
          fi

          if (( "${#failedFiles[@]}" > 0 )); then
            echo "Some new/changed Nix files don't pass nixf-tidy."
            echo "See ${{ github.event.pull_request.html_url }}/files for reported errors."
            echo "If you believe this is a false positive, ping @Aleksanaa and @inclyc in this PR."
            exit 1
          fi