Build the manual with Meson

Co-Authored-By: Qyriad <qyriad@qyriad.me>
Co-Authored-By: Robert Hensing <robert@roberthensing.nl>
Co-Authored-By: eldritch horrors <pennae@lix.systems>
Co-authored-by: Jörg Thalheim <Mic92@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Tom Bereknyei <tomberek@gmail.com>

doc/manual/package.nix

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+{ lib
+, mkMesonDerivation
+
+, meson
+, ninja
+, lowdown
+, mdbook
+, mdbook-linkcheck
+, jq
+, python3
+, rsync
+, nix-cli
+
+# Configuration Options
+
+, version
+}:
+
+let
+  inherit (lib) fileset;
+in
+
+mkMesonDerivation (finalAttrs: {
+  pname = "nix-manual";
+  inherit version;
+
+  workDir = ./.;
+  fileset = fileset.difference
+    (fileset.unions [
+      ../../.version
+      # Too many different types of files to filter for now
+      ../../doc/manual
+      ./.
+    ])
+    # Do a blacklist instead
+    ../../doc/manual/package.nix;
+
+  # TODO the man pages should probably be separate
+  outputs = [ "out" "man" ];
+
+  # Hack for sake of the dev shell
+  passthru.externalNativeBuildInputs = [
+    meson
+    ninja
+    (lib.getBin lowdown)
+    mdbook
+    mdbook-linkcheck
+    jq
+    python3
+    rsync
+  ];
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = finalAttrs.passthru.externalNativeBuildInputs ++ [
+    nix-cli
+  ];
+
+  preConfigure =
+    ''
+      chmod u+w ./.version
+      echo ${finalAttrs.version} > ./.version
+    '';
+
+  postInstall = ''
+    mkdir -p ''$out/nix-support
+    echo "doc manual ''$out/share/doc/nix/manual" >> ''$out/nix-support/hydra-build-products
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    platforms = lib.platforms.all;
+  };
+})