{ pkgs, config, lib, ... }:
with lib;
let
cfg = config.home.persistence;
persistentStorageNames = (filter (path: cfg.${path}.enable) (attrNames cfg));
getDirPath = v: if isString v then v else v.directory;
getDirMethod = v: v.method or "bindfs";
isBindfs = v: (getDirMethod v) == "bindfs";
isSymlink = v: (getDirMethod v) == "symlink";
inherit (pkgs.callPackage ./lib.nix { })
splitPath
dirListToPath
concatPaths
sanitizeName
;
mount = "${pkgs.util-linux}/bin/mount";
unmountScript = mountPoint: tries: sleep: ''
triesLeft=${toString tries}
if ${mount} | grep -F ${mountPoint}' ' >/dev/null; then
while (( triesLeft > 0 )); do
if fusermount -u ${mountPoint}; then
break
else
(( triesLeft-- ))
if (( triesLeft == 0 )); then
echo "Couldn't perform regular unmount of ${mountPoint}. Attempting lazy unmount."
fusermount -uz ${mountPoint}
else
sleep ${toString sleep}
fi
fi
done
fi
'';
in
{
options = {
home.persistence = mkOption {
default = { };
type = with types; attrsOf (
submodule ({ name, ... }: {
options =
{
persistentStoragePath = mkOption {
type = path;
default = name;
description = ''
The path to persistent storage where the real
files and directories should be stored.
'';
};
enable = mkOption {
type = bool;
default = true;
description = "Whether to enable this persistent storage location.";
};
directories = mkOption {
type = with types; listOf (either str (submodule {
options = {
directory = mkOption {
type = str;
default = null;
description = "The directory path to be linked.";
};
method = mkOption {
type = types.enum [ "bindfs" "symlink" ];
default = "bindfs";
description = ''
The linking method that should be used for this
directory. bindfs is the default and works for most use
cases, however some programs may behave better with
symlinks.
'';
};
};
}));
default = [ ];
example = [
"Downloads"
"Music"
"Pictures"
"Documents"
"Videos"
"VirtualBox VMs"
".gnupg"
".ssh"
".local/share/keyrings"
".local/share/direnv"
{
directory = ".local/share/Steam";
method = "symlink";
}
];
description = ''
A list of directories in your home directory that
you want to link to persistent storage. You may optionally
specify the linking method each directory should use.
'';
};
files = mkOption {
type = with types; listOf str;
default = [ ];
example = [
".screenrc"
];
description = ''
A list of files in your home directory you want to
link to persistent storage.
'';
};
allowOther = mkOption {
type = with types; nullOr bool;
default = null;
example = true;
apply = x:
if x == null then
warn ''
home.persistence."${name}".allowOther not set; assuming 'false'.
See https://github.com/nix-community/impermanence#home-manager for more info.
''
false
else
x;
description = ''
Whether to allow other users, such as
root, access to files through the
bind mounted directories listed in
directories. Requires the NixOS
configuration parameter
programs.fuse.userAllowOther to
be true.
'';
};
removePrefixDirectory = mkOption {
type = types.bool;
default = false;
example = true;
description = ''
Note: This is mainly useful if you have a dotfiles
repo structured for use with GNU Stow; if you don't,
you can likely ignore it.
Whether to remove the first directory when linking
or mounting; e.g. for the path
"screen/.screenrc", the
screen/ is ignored for the path
linked to in your home directory.
'';
};
};
})
);
description = ''
A set of persistent storage location submodules listing the
files and directories to link to their respective persistent
storage location.
Each attribute name should be the path relative to the user's
home directory.
For detailed usage, check the documentation.
'';
example = literalExpression ''
{
"/persistent/home/talyz" = {
directories = [
"Downloads"
"Music"
"Pictures"
"Documents"
"Videos"
"VirtualBox VMs"
".gnupg"
".ssh"
".nixops"
".local/share/keyrings"
".local/share/direnv"
{
directory = ".local/share/Steam";
method = "symlink";
}
];
files = [
".screenrc"
];
allowOther = true;
};
}
'';
};
};
config = {
home.file =
let
link = file:
pkgs.runCommand
"${sanitizeName file}"
{ }
"ln -s '${file}' $out";
mkLinkNameValuePair = persistentStorageName: fileOrDir: {
name =
if cfg.${persistentStorageName}.removePrefixDirectory then
dirListToPath (tail (splitPath [ fileOrDir ]))
else
fileOrDir;
value = { source = link (concatPaths [ cfg.${persistentStorageName}.persistentStoragePath fileOrDir ]); };
};
mkLinksToPersistentStorage = persistentStorageName:
listToAttrs (map
(mkLinkNameValuePair persistentStorageName)
(map getDirPath (cfg.${persistentStorageName}.files ++
(filter isSymlink cfg.${persistentStorageName}.directories)))
);
in
foldl' recursiveUpdate { } (map mkLinksToPersistentStorage persistentStorageNames);
systemd.user.services =
let
mkBindMountService = persistentStorageName: dir:
let
mountDir =
if cfg.${persistentStorageName}.removePrefixDirectory then
dirListToPath (tail (splitPath [ dir ]))
else
dir;
targetDir = escapeShellArg (concatPaths [ cfg.${persistentStorageName}.persistentStoragePath dir ]);
mountPoint = escapeShellArg (concatPaths [ config.home.homeDirectory mountDir ]);
name = "bindMount-${sanitizeName targetDir}";
bindfsOptions = concatStringsSep "," (
optional (!cfg.${persistentStorageName}.allowOther) "no-allow-other"
++ optional (versionAtLeast pkgs.bindfs.version "1.14.9") "fsname=${targetDir}"
);
bindfsOptionFlag = optionalString (bindfsOptions != "") (" -o " + bindfsOptions);
bindfs = "bindfs" + bindfsOptionFlag;
startScript = pkgs.writeShellScript name ''
set -eu
if ! mount | grep -F ${mountPoint}' ' && ! mount | grep -F ${mountPoint}/; then
mkdir -p ${mountPoint}
exec ${bindfs} ${targetDir} ${mountPoint}
else
echo "There is already an active mount at or below ${mountPoint}!" >&2
exit 1
fi
'';
stopScript = pkgs.writeShellScript "unmount-${name}" ''
set -eu
${unmountScript mountPoint 6 5}
'';
in
{
inherit name;
value = {
Unit = {
Description = "Bind mount ${targetDir} at ${mountPoint}";
# Don't restart the unit, it could corrupt data and
# crash programs currently reading from the mount.
X-RestartIfChanged = false;
# Don't add an implicit After=basic.target.
DefaultDependencies = false;
Before = [
"bluetooth.target"
"basic.target"
"default.target"
"paths.target"
"sockets.target"
"timers.target"
];
};
Install.WantedBy = [ "paths.target" ];
Service = {
Type = "forking";
ExecStart = "${startScript}";
ExecStop = "${stopScript}";
Environment = "PATH=${makeBinPath [ pkgs.coreutils pkgs.util-linux pkgs.gnugrep pkgs.bindfs ]}:/run/wrappers/bin";
};
};
};
mkBindMountServicesForPath = persistentStorageName:
listToAttrs (map
(mkBindMountService persistentStorageName)
(map getDirPath (filter isBindfs cfg.${persistentStorageName}.directories))
);
in
builtins.foldl'
recursiveUpdate
{ }
(map mkBindMountServicesForPath persistentStorageNames);
home.activation =
let
dag = config.lib.dag;
mount = "${pkgs.util-linux}/bin/mount";
# The name of the activation script entry responsible for
# reloading systemd user services. The name was initially
# `reloadSystemD` but has been changed to `reloadSystemd`.
reloadSystemd =
if config.home.activation ? reloadSystemD then
"reloadSystemD"
else
"reloadSystemd";
mkBindMount = persistentStorageName: dir:
let
mountDir =
if cfg.${persistentStorageName}.removePrefixDirectory then
dirListToPath (tail (splitPath [ dir ]))
else
dir;
targetDir = escapeShellArg (concatPaths [ cfg.${persistentStorageName}.persistentStoragePath dir ]);
mountPoint = escapeShellArg (concatPaths [ config.home.homeDirectory mountDir ]);
bindfsOptions = concatStringsSep "," (
optional (!cfg.${persistentStorageName}.allowOther) "no-allow-other"
++ optional (versionAtLeast pkgs.bindfs.version "1.14.9") "fsname=${targetDir}"
);
bindfsOptionFlag = optionalString (bindfsOptions != "") (" -o " + bindfsOptions);
bindfs = "${pkgs.bindfs}/bin/bindfs" + bindfsOptionFlag;
systemctl = "XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=\${XDG_RUNTIME_DIR:-/run/user/$(id -u)} ${config.systemd.user.systemctlPath}";
in
''
mkdir -p ${targetDir}
mkdir -p ${mountPoint}
if ${mount} | grep -F ${mountPoint}' ' >/dev/null; then
if ! ${mount} | grep -F ${mountPoint}' ' | grep -F bindfs; then
if ! ${mount} | grep -F ${mountPoint}' ' | grep -F ${targetDir}' ' >/dev/null; then
# The target directory changed, so we need to remount
echo "remounting ${mountPoint}"
${systemctl} --user stop bindMount-${sanitizeName targetDir}
${bindfs} ${targetDir} ${mountPoint}
mountedPaths[${mountPoint}]=1
fi
fi
elif ${mount} | grep -F ${mountPoint}/ >/dev/null; then
echo "Something is mounted below ${mountPoint}, not creating bind mount to ${targetDir}" >&2
else
${bindfs} ${targetDir} ${mountPoint}
mountedPaths[${mountPoint}]=1
fi
'';
mkBindMountsForPath = persistentStorageName:
concatMapStrings
(mkBindMount persistentStorageName)
(map getDirPath (filter isBindfs cfg.${persistentStorageName}.directories));
mkUnmount = persistentStorageName: dir:
let
mountDir =
if cfg.${persistentStorageName}.removePrefixDirectory then
dirListToPath (tail (splitPath [ dir ]))
else
dir;
mountPoint = escapeShellArg (concatPaths [ config.home.homeDirectory mountDir ]);
in
''
if [[ -n ''${mountedPaths[${mountPoint}]+x} ]]; then
${unmountScript mountPoint 3 1}
fi
'';
mkUnmountsForPath = persistentStorageName:
concatMapStrings
(mkUnmount persistentStorageName)
(map getDirPath (filter isBindfs cfg.${persistentStorageName}.directories));
mkLinkCleanup = persistentStorageName: dir:
let
mountDir =
if cfg.${persistentStorageName}.removePrefixDirectory then
dirListToPath (tail (splitPath [ dir ]))
else
dir;
mountPoint = escapeShellArg (concatPaths [ config.home.homeDirectory mountDir ]);
in
''
# Unmount if it's mounted. Ensures smooth transition: bindfs -> symlink
${unmountScript mountPoint 3 1}
# If it is a directory and it's empty
if [ -d ${mountPoint} ] && [ -z "$(ls -A ${mountPoint})" ]; then
echo "Removing empty directory ${mountPoint}"
rm -d ${mountPoint}
fi
'';
mkLinkCleanupForPath = persistentStorageName:
concatMapStrings
(mkLinkCleanup persistentStorageName)
(map getDirPath (filter isSymlink cfg.${persistentStorageName}.directories));
in
mkMerge [
(mkIf (any (path: (filter isSymlink cfg.${path}.directories) != [ ]) persistentStorageNames) {
# Clean up existing empty directories in the way of links
cleanEmptyLinkTargets =
dag.entryBefore
[ "checkLinkTargets" ]
''
${concatMapStrings mkLinkCleanupForPath persistentStorageNames}
'';
})
(mkIf (any (path: (filter isBindfs cfg.${path}.directories) != [ ]) persistentStorageNames) {
createAndMountPersistentStoragePaths =
dag.entryBefore
[ "writeBoundary" ]
''
declare -A mountedPaths
${(concatMapStrings mkBindMountsForPath persistentStorageNames)}
'';
unmountPersistentStoragePaths =
dag.entryBefore
[ "createAndMountPersistentStoragePaths" ]
''
PATH=$PATH:/run/wrappers/bin
unmountBindMounts() {
${concatMapStrings mkUnmountsForPath persistentStorageNames}
}
# Run the unmount function on error to clean up stray
# bind mounts
trap "unmountBindMounts" ERR
'';
runUnmountPersistentStoragePaths =
dag.entryBefore
[ reloadSystemd ]
''
unmountBindMounts
'';
})
(mkIf (any (path: (cfg.${path}.files != [ ]) || ((filter isSymlink cfg.${path}.directories) != [ ])) persistentStorageNames) {
createTargetFileDirectories =
dag.entryBefore
[ "writeBoundary" ]
(concatMapStrings
(persistentStorageName:
concatMapStrings
(targetFilePath: ''
mkdir -p ${escapeShellArg (concatPaths [ cfg.${persistentStorageName}.persistentStoragePath (dirOf targetFilePath) ])}
'')
(map getDirPath (cfg.${persistentStorageName}.files ++ (filter isSymlink cfg.${persistentStorageName}.directories))))
persistentStorageNames);
})
];
};
}