I'd like to manage files in my home directory during system activation. Sort of like nix-home[1] but during activation so NixOps can also deploy things such as my shell configuration. I have an idea, and I'm wondering how terrible it is.
Based on the way etc activation works, I would build a directory in the nix store and fill it with symlinks to other parts of the store: /nix/store/xxx-home-pjones/.zshrc -> /nix/store/xxx-zshrc/zshrc Then, set up a UnionFS mount so that /nix/store/xxx-home-pjones gets overlaid on top of /home/pjones. This means I don't have to search through /home looking for links to an old generation to deactivate it, and rolling back just mounts a previous generation on top of /home. So, how bad is this idea? Thanks! [1]: https://github.com/sheenobu/nix-home -- Peter Jones, Founder, Devalot.com Defending the honor of good code _______________________________________________ nix-dev mailing list nix-dev@lists.science.uu.nl https://mailman.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/nix-dev
