nixos-generators/nixos-generate

#!/usr/bin/env bash
set -euo pipefail

## Configuration

libexec_dir="${0%/*}"
configuration_path=${NIX_CONFIG:-$libexec_dir/config.nix}
format_dir=$libexec_dir/formats
format_path=
run=

## Functions

showUsage() {
  cat <<USAGE
Usage: $0 [options]

Options:

* --help: shows this help
* -c, --configuration PATH:
    select the nixos configuration to build. Default: $configuration_path
* -f, --format NAME: select one of the pre-determined formats
* --format-path PATH: pass a custom format
* --list: list the available built-in formats
* --run: runs the configuration in a VM
         only works for the "vm" and "vm-no-gui" formats
USAGE
}

listFormats() {
  for format in "$format_dir"/*.nix; do
    basename "$format" ".nix"
  done
}

abort() {
  echo "aborted: $*" >&2
  exit 1
}

## Main ##

while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
  case "$1" in
    -c | --configuration)
      configuration_path=$2
      shift
      ;;
    -f | --format)
      format_path=$format_dir/$2.nix
      shift
      ;;
    --format-path)
      format_path=$2
      shift
      ;;
    --help)
      showUsage
      exit
      ;;
    --list)
      listFormats
      exit
      ;;
    --run)
      run=1
      # default to the VM format
      if [[ -z $format_path ]]; then
        format_path=$format_dir/vm.nix
      fi
      ;;
    *)
      abort "unknown option $1"
      ;;
  esac
  shift
done

if [[ -z $format_path ]]; then
  abort "missing format. use --help for more details"
fi

if [[ ! -e $format_path ]]; then
  abort "format '$format_path' not found"
fi

args=(
  "$libexec_dir/eval-format.nix"
  --arg configuration "$configuration_path"
  --arg formatConfig "$format_path"
)

formatAttr=$(nix-instantiate "${args[@]}" --eval --json -A config.formatAttr | jq -r .)

out=$(nix-build "${args[@]}" --no-out-link -A "config.system.build.$formatAttr")

if [[ -z $run ]]; then
  # show the first file
  find "$out" -type f -print -quit
else
  "$out/bin/run-nixos-vm"
fi