From 0fdd56c432a51d10fb057a67f72228ca9b56d33c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nico <nico@astolfo.org>
Date: Sat, 3 May 2025 16:15:57 +1000
Subject: [PATCH] nix: automatically pull dotfiles and apply them on boot

---
 nix/flake.nix        |  1 +
 nix/modules/stow.nix | 35 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 36 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 nix/modules/stow.nix

diff --git a/nix/flake.nix b/nix/flake.nix
index 47d73a0..442babd 100644
--- a/nix/flake.nix
+++ b/nix/flake.nix
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
         ./modules/firefox.nix
         ./modules/games.nix
         ./modules/boot.nix
+        ./modules/stow.nix
 
         ./hosts/pluto/conf.nix
         ./hosts/pluto/hardware-configuration.nix
diff --git a/nix/modules/stow.nix b/nix/modules/stow.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..59d9941
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nix/modules/stow.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
+
+
+{
+  systemd.user.services.stowinit = {
+    enable = true;
+    after = [ "network.target" ];
+    wantedBy = [ "default.target" ];
+    description = "apply stow configurations and pull dotfiles.";
+    serviceConfig = {
+        Type = "oneshot";
+        RemainAfterExit = true;
+    };
+
+    script = ''
+      export installdir="$HOME/dots"
+      export repo="https://codeberg.org/nico/dots"
+
+      if [ ! -d "$installdir" ]; then
+        echo "cloning repo"
+        ${pkgs.git}/bin/git clone $repo $installdir
+      else
+        echo "pulling latest dotfiles"
+
+        pushd $installdir
+        ${pkgs.git}/bin/git pull $repo # works if repo is cloned using ssh
+        popd
+      fi
+
+      ${pkgs.stow}/bin/stow --target=$HOME --dir=$installdir stow
+      echo "stowed configuration!"
+    '';
+  };
+
+}