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opened 2024-11-13 09:19:34 -05:00 by pjaglom · 3 comments
pjaglom commented 2024-11-13 09:19:34 -05:00 (Migrated from github.com)
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I tried to follow your youtube tutorial on dotfile management with nix and home-manager, but when I try to follow your home-manager home.nix configuration, I get the following error message:

error: the path '~/.dotfiles/zshrc/.zshrc' can not be resolved in pure mode

I also tried an absolute path /Users/<my_username> and a relative path after moving my dotfile directory inside my nix-darwin directory, but the former didn't work either and the latter caused deletion issues of the dotfile repo when it replaced my nix-darwin directory.

Do you use impure evaluation with nix-darwin/home-manager? Is there another way around this error?

I tried to follow your youtube tutorial on dotfile management with nix and home-manager, but when I try to follow your home-manager home.nix configuration, I get the following error message: ``` error: the path '~/.dotfiles/zshrc/.zshrc' can not be resolved in pure mode ``` I also tried an absolute path `/Users/<my_username>` and a relative path after moving my dotfile directory inside my nix-darwin directory, but the former didn't work either and the latter caused deletion issues of the dotfile repo when it replaced my nix-darwin directory. Do you use impure evaluation with nix-darwin/home-manager? Is there another way around this error?
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ekarious commented 2024-11-20 16:49:28 -05:00 (Migrated from github.com)
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I actually got the same problem. Trying to solve it right now.
Did you find a solution ?

I actually got the same problem. Trying to solve it right now. Did you find a solution ?
ekarious commented 2024-11-20 18:55:08 -05:00 (Migrated from github.com)
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Found it.

you can make it work in this way

".zshrc".source = config.lib.file.mkOutOfStoreSymlink "/Users/<username>/.dotfiles/zshrc/.zshrc;

Do not forget to change the username, maybe the use of $HOME might work here now.

Found it. you can make it work in this way ``` ".zshrc".source = config.lib.file.mkOutOfStoreSymlink "/Users/<username>/.dotfiles/zshrc/.zshrc; ``` Do not forget to change the username, maybe the use of $HOME might work here now.
franco-grobler commented 2025-07-22 17:53:56 -04:00 (Migrated from github.com)
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Using the HOME env variable works as well.

Using the HOME env variable works as well.
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