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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/remove_before_wrapper.py

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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+import os
+import subprocess
+import sys
+import shutil
+import typing as t
+
+def main():
+    if len(sys.argv) < 4 or '--' not in sys.argv:
+        print("Usage: remove-before-wrapper <output> -- <nix command...>")
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+    # Extract the parts
+    output: str = sys.argv[1]
+    nix_command_idx: int = sys.argv.index('--') + 1
+    nix_command: t.List[str] = sys.argv[nix_command_idx:]
+
+    output_temp: str = output + '.tmp'
+
+    # Remove the output and temp output in case they exist
+    shutil.rmtree(output, ignore_errors=True)
+    shutil.rmtree(output_temp, ignore_errors=True)
+
+    # Execute nix command with `--write-to` tempary output
+    nix_command_write_to = nix_command + ['--write-to', output_temp]
+    subprocess.run(nix_command_write_to, check=True)
+
+    # Move the temporary output to the intended location
+    os.rename(output_temp, output)
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()