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A setting to follow XDG Base Directory standard

XDG Base Directory is a standard for locations for storing various
files. Nix has a few files which seem to fit in the standard, but
currently use a custom location directly in the user's ~, polluting
it:

- ~/.nix-profile
- ~/.nix-defexpr
- ~/.nix-channels

This commit adds a config option (use-xdg-base-directories) to follow
the XDG spec and instead use the following locations:

- $XDG_STATE_HOME/nix/profile
- $XDG_STATE_HOME/nix/defexpr
- $XDG_STATE_HOME/nix/channels

If $XDG_STATE_HOME is not set, it is assumed to be ~/.local/state.

Co-authored-by: Théophane Hufschmitt <7226587+thufschmitt@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Tim Fenney <kodekata@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: pasqui23 <pasqui23@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Artturin <Artturin@artturin.com>
Co-authored-by: John Ericson <Ericson2314@Yahoo.com>
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Alexander Bantyev 2021-11-17 23:35:21 +03:00
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@ -56,6 +56,14 @@ nix profile history
nix profile history | grep "packages.$system.default: ∅ -> 1.0"
nix profile diff-closures | grep 'env-manifest.nix: ε → ∅'
# Test XDG Base Directories support
export NIX_CONFIG="use-xdg-base-directories = true"
nix profile remove 1
nix profile install $flake1Dir
[[ $($TEST_HOME/.local/state/nix/profile/bin/hello) = "Hello World" ]]
unset NIX_CONFIG
# Test upgrading a package.
printf NixOS > $flake1Dir/who
printf 2.0 > $flake1Dir/version