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Author SHA1 Message Date
Jade Lovelace 276add2cd7 repl: fix repl-overlays in pure eval mode
The reason this gets hit is because of the debugger in flakes. Otherwise
you never have a repl in pure mode anyway.

We evaluate the repl-overlay file in impure mode but this doesn't do
what one would initially expect.

Fixes: https://git.lix.systems/lix-project/lix/issues/777
Change-Id: I19b8ed2f5e9ce500b633b13301b42df69ab7deb3
2025-06-25 14:15:37 +00:00
Rebecca Turner 727b43478c Add repl-overlays
Adds a `repl-overlays` option, which specifies files that can overlay
and modify the top-level bindings in `nix repl`. For example, with the
following contents in `~/.config/nix/repl.nix`:

    info: final: prev: let
      optionalAttrs = predicate: attrs:
        if predicate
        then attrs
        else {};
    in
      optionalAttrs (prev ? legacyPackages && prev.legacyPackages ? ${info.currentSystem})
      {
        pkgs = prev.legacyPackages.${info.currentSystem};
      }

We can run `nix repl` and use `pkgs` to refer to `legacyPackages.${currentSystem}`:

    $ nix repl --repl-overlays ~/.config/nix/repl.nix nixpkgs
    Lix 2.90.0
    Type :? for help.
    Loading installable 'flake:nixpkgs#'...
    Added 5 variables.
    Loading 'repl-overlays'...
    Added 6 variables.
    nix-repl> pkgs.bash
    «derivation /nix/store/g08b5vkwwh0j8ic9rkmd8mpj878rk62z-bash-5.2p26.drv»

Change-Id: Ic12e0f2f210b2f46e920c33088dfe1083f42391a
2024-04-08 17:11:47 -07:00