1/**
2 Functions for querying information about the filesystem
3 without copying any files to the Nix store.
4*/
5{ lib }:
6
7# Tested in lib/tests/filesystem.sh
8let
9 inherit (builtins)
10 readDir
11 pathExists
12 toString
13 ;
14
15 inherit (lib.filesystem)
16 pathIsDirectory
17 pathIsRegularFile
18 pathType
19 packagesFromDirectoryRecursive
20 ;
21
22 inherit (lib.strings)
23 hasSuffix
24 ;
25in
26
27{
28
29 /**
30 The type of a path. The path needs to exist and be accessible.
31 The result is either "directory" for a directory, "regular" for a regular file, "symlink" for a symlink, or "unknown" for anything else.
32
33 # Inputs
34
35 path
36
37 : The path to query
38
39 # Type
40
41 ```
42 pathType :: Path -> String
43 ```
44
45 # Examples
46 :::{.example}
47 ## `lib.filesystem.pathType` usage example
48
49 ```nix
50 pathType /.
51 => "directory"
52
53 pathType /some/file.nix
54 => "regular"
55 ```
56
57 :::
58 */
59 pathType =
60 builtins.readFileType or
61 # Nix <2.14 compatibility shim
62 (
63 path:
64 if
65 !pathExists path
66 # Fail irrecoverably to mimic the historic behavior of this function and
67 # the new builtins.readFileType
68 then
69 abort "lib.filesystem.pathType: Path ${toString path} does not exist."
70 # The filesystem root is the only path where `dirOf / == /` and
71 # `baseNameOf /` is not valid. We can detect this and directly return
72 # "directory", since we know the filesystem root can't be anything else.
73 else if dirOf path == path then
74 "directory"
75 else
76 (readDir (dirOf path)).${baseNameOf path}
77 );
78
79 /**
80 Whether a path exists and is a directory.
81
82 # Inputs
83
84 `path`
85
86 : 1\. Function argument
87
88 # Type
89
90 ```
91 pathIsDirectory :: Path -> Bool
92 ```
93
94 # Examples
95 :::{.example}
96 ## `lib.filesystem.pathIsDirectory` usage example
97
98 ```nix
99 pathIsDirectory /.
100 => true
101
102 pathIsDirectory /this/does/not/exist
103 => false
104
105 pathIsDirectory /some/file.nix
106 => false
107 ```
108
109 :::
110 */
111 pathIsDirectory = path: pathExists path && pathType path == "directory";
112
113 /**
114 Whether a path exists and is a regular file, meaning not a symlink or any other special file type.
115
116 # Inputs
117
118 `path`
119
120 : 1\. Function argument
121
122 # Type
123
124 ```
125 pathIsRegularFile :: Path -> Bool
126 ```
127
128 # Examples
129 :::{.example}
130 ## `lib.filesystem.pathIsRegularFile` usage example
131
132 ```nix
133 pathIsRegularFile /.
134 => false
135
136 pathIsRegularFile /this/does/not/exist
137 => false
138
139 pathIsRegularFile /some/file.nix
140 => true
141 ```
142
143 :::
144 */
145 pathIsRegularFile = path: pathExists path && pathType path == "regular";
146
147 /**
148 A map of all haskell packages defined in the given path,
149 identified by having a cabal file with the same name as the
150 directory itself.
151
152 # Inputs
153
154 `root`
155
156 : The directory within to search
157
158 # Type
159
160 ```
161 Path -> Map String Path
162 ```
163 */
164 haskellPathsInDir =
165 root:
166 let
167 # Files in the root
168 root-files = builtins.attrNames (builtins.readDir root);
169 # Files with their full paths
170 root-files-with-paths = map (file: {
171 name = file;
172 value = root + "/${file}";
173 }) root-files;
174 # Subdirectories of the root with a cabal file.
175 cabal-subdirs = builtins.filter (
176 { name, value }: builtins.pathExists (value + "/${name}.cabal")
177 ) root-files-with-paths;
178 in
179 builtins.listToAttrs cabal-subdirs;
180 /**
181 Find the first directory containing a file matching 'pattern'
182 upward from a given 'file'.
183 Returns 'null' if no directories contain a file matching 'pattern'.
184
185 # Inputs
186
187 `pattern`
188
189 : The pattern to search for
190
191 `file`
192
193 : The file to start searching upward from
194
195 # Type
196
197 ```
198 RegExp -> Path -> Nullable { path : Path; matches : [ MatchResults ]; }
199 ```
200 */
201 locateDominatingFile =
202 pattern: file:
203 let
204 go =
205 path:
206 let
207 files = builtins.attrNames (builtins.readDir path);
208 matches = builtins.filter (match: match != null) (map (builtins.match pattern) files);
209 in
210 if builtins.length matches != 0 then
211 { inherit path matches; }
212 else if path == /. then
213 null
214 else
215 go (dirOf path);
216 parent = dirOf file;
217 isDir =
218 let
219 base = baseNameOf file;
220 type = (builtins.readDir parent).${base} or null;
221 in
222 file == /. || type == "directory";
223 in
224 go (if isDir then file else parent);
225
226 /**
227 Given a directory, return a flattened list of all files within it recursively.
228
229 # Inputs
230
231 `dir`
232
233 : The path to recursively list
234
235 # Type
236
237 ```
238 Path -> [ Path ]
239 ```
240 */
241 listFilesRecursive =
242 dir:
243 lib.flatten (
244 lib.mapAttrsToList (
245 name: type:
246 if type == "directory" then
247 lib.filesystem.listFilesRecursive (dir + "/${name}")
248 else
249 dir + "/${name}"
250 ) (builtins.readDir dir)
251 );
252
253 /**
254 Transform a directory tree containing package files suitable for
255 `callPackage` into a matching nested attribute set of derivations.
256
257 For a directory tree like this:
258
259 ```
260 my-packages
261 ├── a.nix
262 ├── b.nix
263 ├── c
264 │ ├── my-extra-feature.patch
265 │ ├── package.nix
266 │ └── support-definitions.nix
267 └── my-namespace
268 ├── d.nix
269 ├── e.nix
270 └── f
271 └── package.nix
272 ```
273
274 `packagesFromDirectoryRecursive` will produce an attribute set like this:
275
276 ```nix
277 # packagesFromDirectoryRecursive {
278 # callPackage = pkgs.callPackage;
279 # directory = ./my-packages;
280 # }
281 {
282 a = pkgs.callPackage ./my-packages/a.nix { };
283 b = pkgs.callPackage ./my-packages/b.nix { };
284 c = pkgs.callPackage ./my-packages/c/package.nix { };
285 my-namespace = {
286 d = pkgs.callPackage ./my-packages/my-namespace/d.nix { };
287 e = pkgs.callPackage ./my-packages/my-namespace/e.nix { };
288 f = pkgs.callPackage ./my-packages/my-namespace/f/package.nix { };
289 };
290 }
291 ```
292
293 In particular:
294 - If the input directory contains a `package.nix` file, then
295 `callPackage <directory>/package.nix { }` is returned.
296 - Otherwise, the input directory's contents are listed and transformed into
297 an attribute set.
298 - If a regular file's name has the `.nix` extension, it is turned into attribute
299 where:
300 - The attribute name is the file name without the `.nix` extension
301 - The attribute value is `callPackage <file path> { }`
302 - Directories are turned into an attribute where:
303 - The attribute name is the name of the directory
304 - The attribute value is the result of calling
305 `packagesFromDirectoryRecursive { ... }` on the directory.
306
307 As a result, directories with no `.nix` files (including empty
308 directories) will be transformed into empty attribute sets.
309 - Other files are ignored, including symbolic links to directories and to regular `.nix`
310 files; this is because nixlang code cannot distinguish the type of a link's target.
311
312 # Type
313
314 ```
315 packagesFromDirectoryRecursive :: {
316 callPackage :: Path -> {} -> a,
317 newScope? :: AttrSet -> scope,
318 directory :: Path,
319 } -> AttrSet
320 ```
321
322 # Inputs
323
324 `callPackage`
325 : The function used to convert a Nix file's path into a leaf of the attribute set.
326 It is typically the `callPackage` function, taken from either `pkgs` or a new scope corresponding to the `directory`.
327
328 `newScope`
329 : If present, this function is used when recursing into a directory, to generate a new scope.
330 The arguments are updated with the scope's `callPackage` and `newScope` functions, so packages can require
331 anything in their scope, or in an ancestor of their scope.
332
333 `directory`
334 : The directory to read package files from.
335
336 # Examples
337 :::{.example}
338 ## Basic use of `lib.packagesFromDirectoryRecursive`
339
340 ```nix
341 packagesFromDirectoryRecursive {
342 inherit (pkgs) callPackage;
343 directory = ./my-packages;
344 }
345 => { ... }
346 ```
347
348 In this case, `callPackage` will only search `pkgs` for a file's input parameters.
349 In other words, a file cannot refer to another file in the directory in its input parameters.
350 :::
351
352 ::::{.example}
353 ## Create a scope for the nix files found in a directory
354 ```nix
355 packagesFromDirectoryRecursive {
356 inherit (pkgs) callPackage newScope;
357 directory = ./my-packages;
358 }
359 => { ... }
360 ```
361
362 For example, take the following directory structure:
363 ```
364 my-packages
365 ├── a.nix → { b }: assert b ? b1; ...
366 └── b
367 ├── b1.nix → { a }: ...
368 └── b2.nix
369 ```
370
371 Here, `b1.nix` can specify `{ a }` as a parameter, which `callPackage` will resolve as expected.
372 Likewise, `a.nix` receive an attrset corresponding to the contents of the `b` directory.
373
374 :::{.note}
375 `a.nix` cannot directly take as inputs packages defined in a child directory, such as `b1`.
376 :::
377 ::::
378 */
379 packagesFromDirectoryRecursive =
380 let
381 inherit (lib)
382 concatMapAttrs
383 id
384 makeScope
385 recurseIntoAttrs
386 removeSuffix
387 ;
388 inherit (lib.path) append;
389
390 # Generate an attrset corresponding to a given directory.
391 # This function is outside `packagesFromDirectoryRecursive`'s lambda expression,
392 # to prevent accidentally using its parameters.
393 processDir =
394 { callPackage, directory, ... }@args:
395 concatMapAttrs (
396 name: type:
397 # for each directory entry
398 let
399 path = append directory name;
400 in
401 if type == "directory" then
402 {
403 # recurse into directories
404 "${name}" = packagesFromDirectoryRecursive (
405 args
406 // {
407 directory = path;
408 }
409 );
410 }
411 else if type == "regular" && hasSuffix ".nix" name then
412 {
413 # call .nix files
414 "${removeSuffix ".nix" name}" = callPackage path { };
415 }
416 else if type == "regular" then
417 {
418 # ignore non-nix files
419 }
420 else
421 throw ''
422 lib.filesystem.packagesFromDirectoryRecursive: Unsupported file type ${type} at path ${toString path}
423 ''
424 ) (builtins.readDir directory);
425 in
426 {
427 callPackage,
428 newScope ? throw "lib.packagesFromDirectoryRecursive: newScope wasn't passed in args",
429 directory,
430 }@args:
431 let
432 defaultPath = append directory "package.nix";
433 in
434 if pathExists defaultPath then
435 # if `${directory}/package.nix` exists, call it directly
436 callPackage defaultPath { }
437 else if args ? newScope then
438 # Create a new scope and mark it `recurseForDerivations`.
439 # This lets the packages refer to each other.
440 # See:
441 # [lib.makeScope](https://nixos.org/manual/nixpkgs/unstable/#function-library-lib.customisation.makeScope) and
442 # [lib.recurseIntoAttrs](https://nixos.org/manual/nixpkgs/unstable/#function-library-lib.customisation.makeScope)
443 recurseIntoAttrs (
444 makeScope newScope (
445 self:
446 # generate the attrset representing the directory, using the new scope's `callPackage` and `newScope`
447 processDir (
448 args
449 // {
450 inherit (self) callPackage newScope;
451 }
452 )
453 )
454 )
455 else
456 processDir args;
457}