flake.nix: get USER from environment

thiagokokada · Oct 5, 2023 · 6e3a5c5 · 6e3a5c5
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diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
@@ -197,8 +197,9 @@
           homeManager = (mkHomeConfig {
             inherit system;
             hostname = "devShell";
-            homePath = "/tmp";
-            username = "home";
+            homeDirectory = "/tmp/home";
+            # Needs to run with `--impure` flag
+            username = builtins.getEnv "USER";
             extraModules = [{
               home.stateVersion = "23.11";
               # Disable some modules
@@ -232,20 +233,13 @@
         {
           devShells.default = pkgs.mkShell {
             shellHook = ''
-              # Home Manager checks if the USER environment variable matches
-              # username
-              OLD_USER="$USER"
-              export USER=${homeManager.config.home.username}
               export HOME=${homeManager.config.home.homeDirectory}
               mkdir -p "$HOME"
 
               trap "rm -rf $HOME" EXIT
 
               ${homeManager.activationPackage}/activate
 
-              export USER="$OLD_USER"
-              unset OLD_USER
-
               zsh -l && exit 0
             '';
           };

diff --git a/lib/flake.nix b/lib/flake.nix
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ in
     { hostname
     , username ? "thiagoko"
     , homePath ? "/home"
+    , homeDirectory ? "${homePath}/${username}"
     , configPosfix ? "Projects/nix-configs"
     , configuration ? ../home-manager
     , deviceType ? "desktop"
@@ -95,7 +96,6 @@ in
     }:
     let
       pkgs = nixpkgs.legacyPackages.${system};
-      homeDirectory = "${homePath}/${username}";
     in
     {
       homeConfigurations.${hostname} = homeManagerConfiguration {