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* doc/guix.texi (Essential Home Services): Add files, xdg-configuration-files and symlink-manager home services.
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the required command using the appropriate service type.
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@end defvr
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@defvr {Scheme Variable} home-files-service-type
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The service of this type allows to specify a list of files, which will
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go to @file{~/.guix-home/files}, usually this directory contains
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configuration files (to be more precise it contains symlinks to files in
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@file{/gnu/store}), which should be placed in @file{$XDG_CONFIG_DIR} or
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in rare cases in @file{$HOME}. It accepts extension values in the
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following format:
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@lisp
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`((".sway/config" ,sway-file-like-object)
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(".tmux.conf" ,(local-file "./tmux.conf")))
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@end lisp
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Each nested list contains two values: a subdirectory and file-like
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object. After building a home environment @file{~/.guix-home/files}
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will be populated with apropiate content and all nested directories will
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be created accordingly, however, those files won't go any further until
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some other service will do it. By default a
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@code{home-symlink-manager-service-type}, which creates necessary
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symlinks in home folder to files from @file{~/.guix-home/files} and
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backs up already existing, but clashing configs and other things, is a
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part of essential home services (enabled by default), but it's possible
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to use alternative services to implement more advanced use cases like
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read-only home. Feel free to experiment and share your results.
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@end defvr
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@defvr {Scheme Variable} home-xdg-configuration-files-service-type
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The service is very similiar to @code{home-files-service-type} (and
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actually extends it), but used for defining files, which will go to
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@file{~/.guix-home/files/.config}, which will be symlinked to
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@file{$XDG_CONFIG_DIR} by @code{home-symlink-manager-service-type} (for
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example) during activation. It accepts extension values in the
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following format:
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@lisp
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`(("sway/config" ,sway-file-like-object)
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;; -> ~/.guix-home/files/.config/sway/config
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;; -> $XDG_CONFIG_DIR/sway/config (by symlink-manager)
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("tmux/tmux.conf" ,(local-file "./tmux.conf")))
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@end lisp
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@end defvr
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@defvr {Scheme Variable} home-activation-service-type
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The service of this type generates a guile script, which runs on every
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@command{guix home reconfigure} invocation or any other action, which
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leads to the activation of the home environment.
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@end defvr
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@defvr {Scheme Variable} home-symlink-manager-service-type
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The service of this type generates a guile script, which will be
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executed during activation of home environment, and do a few following
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steps:
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@enumerate
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@item
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Reads the content of @file{files/} directory of current and pending home
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environments.
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@item
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Cleans up all symlinks created by symlink-manager on previous
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activation. Also, sub-directories, which become empty also will be
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cleaned up.
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@item
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Creates new symlinks the following way: It looks @file{files/} directory
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(usually defined with @code{home-files-service-type},
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@code{home-xdg-configuration-files-service-type} and maybe some others),
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takes the files from @file{files/.config/} subdirectory and put
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respective links in @env{XDG_CONFIG_DIR}. For example symlink for
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@file{files/.config/sway/config} will end up in
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@file{$XDG_CONFIG_DIR/sway/config}. The rest files in @file{files/}
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outside of @file{files/.config/} subdirectory will be treated slightly
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different: symlink will just go to @file{$HOME}.
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@file{files/.some-program/config} will end up in
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@file{$HOME/.some-program/config}.
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@item
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If some sub-directories are missing, they will be created.
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@item
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If there is a clashing files on the way, they will be backed up.
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@end enumerate
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symlink-manager is a part of essential home services and is enabled and
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used by default.
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@end defvr
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@node Shells Home Services
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@subsection Shells
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