flake-follows

A flake-parts module for use with flake-file. It automatically adds follows for sub-inputs that already exist at the root of your flake.

If nixpkgs is a root input and home-manager also declares nixpkgs as an input, this module will write:

home-manager.inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";

Usage

Import the module in one of your flake-parts files and register the input so it ends up in the generated flake.nix:

{ inputs, ... }:
{
  imports = [ inputs.flake-follows.flakeModules.flake-follows ];

  flake-file.inputs.flake-follows.url = "github:anders130/flake-follows";
}

Run nix run .#write-flake to regenerate flake.nix with the follows applied.

Options

flake-follows.exclude

Sub-inputs to skip, in "input/subInput" form.

flake-follows.exclude = [
  "hyprland/nixpkgs"
  "caelestia-shell/nixpkgs"
];

Default: []

flake-follows.autoLock

Runs nix flake lock after writing flake.nix to lock any new inputs, then regenerates once if the lock changed.

Default: true