nil/docs/configuration.md

LSP Configuration

There are some tunable options and settings for nil. They are retrieved via LSP and support runtime modification.

All settings are nested under a key "nil". For example, formatting.command means to write "nil": { "formatting": { "command": ["your-command"] } } in JSON, not "nil.formatting.command": ["wrong"].

The place to write LSP configurations differs between clients (i.e. editors and editor plugins). Please refer to their corresponding documentation. There are some examples for common editor/plugins in README.

Reference

Default configuration:

{
  "nil": {
    "formatting": {
      // External formatter command (with arguments).
      // It should accepts file content in stdin and print the formatted code into stdout.
      // Type: [string] | null
      // Example: ["nixpkgs-fmt"]
      "command": null,
    },
    "diagnostics": {
      // Ignored diagnostic kinds.
      // The kind identifier is a snake_cased_string usually shown together
      // with the diagnostic message.
      // Type: [string]
      // Example: ["unused_binding", "unused_with"]
      "ignored": [],
      // Files to exclude from showing diagnostics. Useful for generated files.
      // It accepts an array of paths. Relative paths are joint to the workspace root.
      // Glob patterns are currently not supported.
      // Type: [string]
      // Example: ["Cargo.nix"]
      "excludedFiles": [],
    },
    "nix": {
      // The path to the `nix` binary.
      // Type: string
      // Example: "/run/current-system/sw/bin/nix"
      "binary": "nix",
      // The heap memory limit in MiB for `nix` evaluation.
      // Currently it only applies to flake evaluation when `autoEvalInputs` is
      // enabled, and only works for Linux. Other `nix` invocations may be also
      // applied in the future. `null` means no limit.
      // As a reference, `nix flake show --legacy nixpkgs` usually requires
      // about 2GiB memory.
      //
      // Type: number | null
      // Example: 1024
      "maxMemoryMB": 2560,
      "flake": {
        // Auto-archiving behavior which may use network.
        //
        // - null: Ask every time.
        // - true: Automatically run `nix flake archive` when necessary.
        // - false: Do not archive. Only load inputs that are already on disk.
        // Type: null | boolean
        // Example: true
        "autoArchive": null,
        // Whether to auto-eval flake inputs.
        // The evaluation result is used to improve completion, but may cost
        // lots of time and/or memory.
        //
        // Type: boolean
        // Example: true
        "autoEvalInputs": false,
        // The input name of nixpkgs for NixOS options evaluation.
        //
        // The options hierarchy is used to improve completion, but may cost
        // lots of time and/or memory.
        // If this value is `null` or is not found in the workspace flake's
        // inputs, NixOS options are not evaluated.
        //
        // Type: null | string
        // Example: "nixos"
        "nixpkgsInputName": "nixpkgs",
      },
    },
  },
}