{pkgs, options, config, ...}: let to = throw "This is just a dummy keyword"; alias = { name = "Alias"; }; obsolete = { name = "Obsolete name"; }; zipModules = list: with pkgs.lib; zip (n: v: if tail v != [] then zipModules v else head v ) list; rename = fromStatus: from: keyword: to: with pkgs.lib; let setTo = setAttrByPath (splitString "." to); setFrom = setAttrByPath (splitString "." from); toOf = attrByPath (splitString "." to) (abort "bad renaming"); fromOf = attrByPath (splitString "." from) (abort "IE: renaming error"); in [{ options = setFrom (mkOption { description = "${fromStatus.name} of ."; apply = x: toOf config; }); }] ++ [{ options = setTo (mkOption { extraConfigs = map (def: def.value) (fromOf options).definitions; }); }]; in zipModules ([] # usage example: # ++ rename alias "services.xserver.slim.theme" to "services.xserver.displayManager.slim.theme" # ++ rename obsolete "environment.extraPackages" to "environment.systemPackages" ) # do not add renaming after this.