Merge branch 'master' of github.com:NixOS/nix into allow-relative-paths-in-store-option

.dir-locals.el

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 ((c++-mode . (
   (c-file-style . "k&r")
   (c-basic-offset . 4)
+  (c-block-comment-prefix . "  ")
   (indent-tabs-mode . nil)
   (tab-width . 4)
   (show-trailing-whitespace . t)

.github/dependabot.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+version: 2
+updates:
+  - package-ecosystem: "github-actions"
+    directory: "/"
+    schedule:
+      interval: "weekly"

.github/workflows/test.yml

@@ -10,5 +10,8 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-    - uses: cachix/install-nix-action@v8
+      with:
-    - run: nix-build release.nix --arg nix '{ outPath = ./.; revCount = 123; shortRev = "abcdefgh"; }' --arg systems '[ builtins.currentSystem ]' -A installerScript -A perlBindings
+        fetch-depth: 0
+    - uses: cachix/install-nix-action@v10
+    #- run: nix flake check
+    - run: nix-build -A checks.$(if [[ `uname` = Linux ]]; then echo x86_64-linux; else echo x86_64-darwin; fi)

Makefile

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ makefiles = \
   src/resolve-system-dependencies/local.mk \
   scripts/local.mk \
   corepkgs/local.mk \
+  misc/bash/local.mk \
   misc/systemd/local.mk \
   misc/launchd/local.mk \
   misc/upstart/local.mk \

configure.ac

@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ AC_PATH_PROG(flex, flex, false)
 AC_PATH_PROG(bison, bison, false)
 AC_PATH_PROG(dot, dot)
 AC_PATH_PROG(lsof, lsof, lsof)
+NEED_PROG(jq, jq)
 
 
 AC_SUBST(coreutils, [$(dirname $(type -p cat))])

default.nix

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+(import (fetchTarball https://github.com/edolstra/flake-compat/archive/master.tar.gz) {
+  src = ./.;
+}).defaultNix

flake.lock

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+{
+  "nodes": {
+    "nixpkgs": {
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1591633336,
+        "narHash": "sha256-oVXv4xAnDJB03LvZGbC72vSVlIbbJr8tpjEW5o/Fdek=",
+        "owner": "NixOS",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "rev": "70717a337f7ae4e486ba71a500367cad697e5f09",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "id": "nixpkgs",
+        "ref": "nixos-20.03-small",
+        "type": "indirect"
+      }
+    },
+    "root": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs"
+      }
+    }
+  },
+  "root": "root",
+  "version": 6
+}

flake.nix

@@ -0,0 +1,443 @@
+{
+  description = "The purely functional package manager";
+
+  inputs.nixpkgs.url = "nixpkgs/nixos-20.03-small";
+
+  outputs = { self, nixpkgs }:
+
+    let
+
+      version = builtins.readFile ./.version + versionSuffix;
+      versionSuffix =
+        if officialRelease
+        then ""
+        else "pre${builtins.substring 0 8 (self.lastModifiedDate or self.lastModified)}_${self.shortRev or "dirty"}";
+
+      officialRelease = false;
+
+      systems = [ "x86_64-linux" "i686-linux" "x86_64-darwin" "aarch64-linux" ];
+
+      forAllSystems = f: nixpkgs.lib.genAttrs systems (system: f system);
+
+      # Memoize nixpkgs for different platforms for efficiency.
+      nixpkgsFor = forAllSystems (system:
+        import nixpkgs {
+          inherit system;
+          overlays = [ self.overlay ];
+        }
+      );
+
+      commonDeps = pkgs: with pkgs; rec {
+        # Use "busybox-sandbox-shell" if present,
+        # if not (legacy) fallback and hope it's sufficient.
+        sh = pkgs.busybox-sandbox-shell or (busybox.override {
+          useMusl = true;
+          enableStatic = true;
+          enableMinimal = true;
+          extraConfig = ''
+            CONFIG_FEATURE_FANCY_ECHO y
+            CONFIG_FEATURE_SH_MATH y
+            CONFIG_FEATURE_SH_MATH_64 y
+
+            CONFIG_ASH y
+            CONFIG_ASH_OPTIMIZE_FOR_SIZE y
+
+            CONFIG_ASH_ALIAS y
+            CONFIG_ASH_BASH_COMPAT y
+            CONFIG_ASH_CMDCMD y
+            CONFIG_ASH_ECHO y
+            CONFIG_ASH_GETOPTS y
+            CONFIG_ASH_INTERNAL_GLOB y
+            CONFIG_ASH_JOB_CONTROL y
+            CONFIG_ASH_PRINTF y
+            CONFIG_ASH_TEST y
+          '';
+        });
+
+        configureFlags =
+          lib.optionals stdenv.isLinux [
+            "--with-sandbox-shell=${sh}/bin/busybox"
+          ];
+
+        buildDeps =
+          [ bison
+            flex
+            libxml2
+            libxslt
+            docbook5
+            docbook_xsl_ns
+            autoconf-archive
+            autoreconfHook
+
+            curl
+            bzip2 xz brotli zlib editline
+            openssl pkgconfig sqlite
+            libarchive
+            boost
+            (if lib.versionAtLeast lib.version "20.03pre"
+             then nlohmann_json
+             else nlohmann_json.override { multipleHeaders = true; })
+            nlohmann_json
+
+            # Tests
+            git
+            mercurial
+            jq
+            gmock
+          ]
+          ++ lib.optionals stdenv.isLinux [libseccomp utillinuxMinimal]
+          ++ lib.optional (stdenv.isLinux || stdenv.isDarwin) libsodium
+          ++ lib.optional (stdenv.isLinux || stdenv.isDarwin)
+            (aws-sdk-cpp.override {
+              apis = ["s3" "transfer"];
+              customMemoryManagement = false;
+            });
+
+        propagatedDeps =
+          [ (boehmgc.override { enableLargeConfig = true; })
+          ];
+
+        perlDeps =
+          [ perl
+            perlPackages.DBDSQLite
+          ];
+      };
+
+    in {
+
+      # A Nixpkgs overlay that overrides the 'nix' and
+      # 'nix.perl-bindings' packages.
+      overlay = final: prev: {
+
+        nix = with final; with commonDeps pkgs; (stdenv.mkDerivation {
+          name = "nix-${version}";
+
+          src = self;
+
+          VERSION_SUFFIX = versionSuffix;
+
+          outputs = [ "out" "dev" "doc" ];
+
+          buildInputs = buildDeps;
+
+          propagatedBuildInputs = propagatedDeps;
+
+          preConfigure =
+            ''
+              # Copy libboost_context so we don't get all of Boost in our closure.
+              # https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/45462
+              mkdir -p $out/lib
+              cp -pd ${boost}/lib/{libboost_context*,libboost_thread*,libboost_system*} $out/lib
+              rm -f $out/lib/*.a
+              ${lib.optionalString stdenv.isLinux ''
+                chmod u+w $out/lib/*.so.*
+                patchelf --set-rpath $out/lib:${stdenv.cc.cc.lib}/lib $out/lib/libboost_thread.so.*
+              ''}
+            '';
+
+          configureFlags = configureFlags ++
+            [ "--sysconfdir=/etc" ];
+
+          enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
+          makeFlags = "profiledir=$(out)/etc/profile.d";
+
+          doCheck = true;
+
+          installFlags = "sysconfdir=$(out)/etc";
+
+          postInstall = ''
+            mkdir -p $doc/nix-support
+            echo "doc manual $doc/share/doc/nix/manual" >> $doc/nix-support/hydra-build-products
+          '';
+
+          doInstallCheck = true;
+          installCheckFlags = "sysconfdir=$(out)/etc";
+
+          separateDebugInfo = true;
+        }) // {
+
+          perl-bindings = with final; stdenv.mkDerivation {
+            name = "nix-perl-${version}";
+
+            src = self;
+
+            buildInputs =
+              [ autoconf-archive
+                autoreconfHook
+                nix
+                curl
+                bzip2
+                xz
+                pkgconfig
+                pkgs.perl
+                boost
+              ]
+              ++ lib.optional (stdenv.isLinux || stdenv.isDarwin) libsodium;
+
+            configureFlags = ''
+              --with-dbi=${perlPackages.DBI}/${pkgs.perl.libPrefix}
+              --with-dbd-sqlite=${perlPackages.DBDSQLite}/${pkgs.perl.libPrefix}
+            '';
+
+            enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
+            postUnpack = "sourceRoot=$sourceRoot/perl";
+          };
+
+        };
+
+      };
+
+      hydraJobs = {
+
+        # Binary package for various platforms.
+        build = nixpkgs.lib.genAttrs systems (system: nixpkgsFor.${system}.nix);
+
+        # Perl bindings for various platforms.
+        perlBindings = nixpkgs.lib.genAttrs systems (system: nixpkgsFor.${system}.nix.perl-bindings);
+
+        # Binary tarball for various platforms, containing a Nix store
+        # with the closure of 'nix' package, and the second half of
+        # the installation script.
+        binaryTarball = nixpkgs.lib.genAttrs systems (system:
+
+          with nixpkgsFor.${system};
+
+          let
+            installerClosureInfo = closureInfo { rootPaths = [ nix cacert ]; };
+          in
+
+          runCommand "nix-binary-tarball-${version}"
+            { #nativeBuildInputs = lib.optional (system != "aarch64-linux") shellcheck;
+              meta.description = "Distribution-independent Nix bootstrap binaries for ${system}";
+            }
+            ''
+              cp ${installerClosureInfo}/registration $TMPDIR/reginfo
+              substitute ${./scripts/install-nix-from-closure.sh} $TMPDIR/install \
+                --subst-var-by nix ${nix} \
+                --subst-var-by cacert ${cacert}
+
+              substitute ${./scripts/install-darwin-multi-user.sh} $TMPDIR/install-darwin-multi-user.sh \
+                --subst-var-by nix ${nix} \
+                --subst-var-by cacert ${cacert}
+              substitute ${./scripts/install-systemd-multi-user.sh} $TMPDIR/install-systemd-multi-user.sh \
+                --subst-var-by nix ${nix} \
+                --subst-var-by cacert ${cacert}
+              substitute ${./scripts/install-multi-user.sh} $TMPDIR/install-multi-user \
+                --subst-var-by nix ${nix} \
+                --subst-var-by cacert ${cacert}
+
+              if type -p shellcheck; then
+                # SC1090: Don't worry about not being able to find
+                #         $nix/etc/profile.d/nix.sh
+                shellcheck --exclude SC1090 $TMPDIR/install
+                shellcheck $TMPDIR/install-darwin-multi-user.sh
+                shellcheck $TMPDIR/install-systemd-multi-user.sh
+
+                # SC1091: Don't panic about not being able to source
+                #         /etc/profile
+                # SC2002: Ignore "useless cat" "error", when loading
+                #         .reginfo, as the cat is a much cleaner
+                #         implementation, even though it is "useless"
+                # SC2116: Allow ROOT_HOME=$(echo ~root) for resolving
+                #         root's home directory
+                shellcheck --external-sources \
+                  --exclude SC1091,SC2002,SC2116 $TMPDIR/install-multi-user
+              fi
+
+              chmod +x $TMPDIR/install
+              chmod +x $TMPDIR/install-darwin-multi-user.sh
+              chmod +x $TMPDIR/install-systemd-multi-user.sh
+              chmod +x $TMPDIR/install-multi-user
+              dir=nix-${version}-${system}
+              fn=$out/$dir.tar.xz
+              mkdir -p $out/nix-support
+              echo "file binary-dist $fn" >> $out/nix-support/hydra-build-products
+              tar cvfJ $fn \
+                --owner=0 --group=0 --mode=u+rw,uga+r \
+                --absolute-names \
+                --hard-dereference \
+                --transform "s,$TMPDIR/install,$dir/install," \
+                --transform "s,$TMPDIR/reginfo,$dir/.reginfo," \
+                --transform "s,$NIX_STORE,$dir/store,S" \
+                $TMPDIR/install $TMPDIR/install-darwin-multi-user.sh \
+                $TMPDIR/install-systemd-multi-user.sh \
+                $TMPDIR/install-multi-user $TMPDIR/reginfo \
+                $(cat ${installerClosureInfo}/store-paths)
+            '');
+
+        # The first half of the installation script. This is uploaded
+        # to https://nixos.org/nix/install. It downloads the binary
+        # tarball for the user's system and calls the second half of the
+        # installation script.
+        installerScript =
+          with nixpkgsFor.x86_64-linux;
+          runCommand "installer-script"
+            { buildInputs = [ nix ];
+            }
+            ''
+              mkdir -p $out/nix-support
+
+              substitute ${./scripts/install.in} $out/install \
+                ${pkgs.lib.concatMapStrings
+                  (system: "--replace '@binaryTarball_${system}@' $(nix --experimental-features nix-command hash-file --base16 --type sha256 ${self.hydraJobs.binaryTarball.${system}}/*.tar.xz) ")
+                  [ "x86_64-linux" "i686-linux" "x86_64-darwin" "aarch64-linux" ]
+                } \
+                --replace '@nixVersion@' ${version}
+
+              echo "file installer $out/install" >> $out/nix-support/hydra-build-products
+            '';
+
+        # Line coverage analysis.
+        coverage =
+          with nixpkgsFor.x86_64-linux;
+          with commonDeps pkgs;
+
+          releaseTools.coverageAnalysis {
+            name = "nix-coverage-${version}";
+
+            src = self;
+
+            enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
+            buildInputs = buildDeps ++ propagatedDeps;
+
+            dontInstall = false;
+
+            doInstallCheck = true;
+
+            lcovFilter = [ "*/boost/*" "*-tab.*" ];
+
+            # We call `dot', and even though we just use it to
+            # syntax-check generated dot files, it still requires some
+            # fonts.  So provide those.
+            FONTCONFIG_FILE = texFunctions.fontsConf;
+
+            # To test building without precompiled headers.
+            makeFlagsArray = [ "PRECOMPILE_HEADERS=0" ];
+          };
+
+        # System tests.
+        tests.remoteBuilds = import ./tests/remote-builds.nix {
+          system = "x86_64-linux";
+          inherit nixpkgs;
+          inherit (self) overlay;
+        };
+
+        tests.nix-copy-closure = import ./tests/nix-copy-closure.nix {
+          system = "x86_64-linux";
+          inherit nixpkgs;
+          inherit (self) overlay;
+        };
+
+        tests.githubFlakes = (import ./tests/github-flakes.nix rec {
+          system = "x86_64-linux";
+          inherit nixpkgs;
+          inherit (self) overlay;
+        });
+
+        tests.setuid = nixpkgs.lib.genAttrs
+          ["i686-linux" "x86_64-linux"]
+          (system:
+            import ./tests/setuid.nix rec {
+              inherit nixpkgs system;
+              inherit (self) overlay;
+            });
+
+        # Test whether the binary tarball works in an Ubuntu system.
+        tests.binaryTarball =
+          with nixpkgsFor.x86_64-linux;
+          vmTools.runInLinuxImage (runCommand "nix-binary-tarball-test"
+            { diskImage = vmTools.diskImages.ubuntu1204x86_64;
+            }
+            ''
+              set -x
+              useradd -m alice
+              su - alice -c 'tar xf ${self.hydraJobs.binaryTarball.x86_64-linux}/*.tar.*'
+              mkdir /dest-nix
+              mount -o bind /dest-nix /nix # Provide a writable /nix.
+              chown alice /nix
+              su - alice -c '_NIX_INSTALLER_TEST=1 ./nix-*/install'
+              su - alice -c 'nix-store --verify'
+              su - alice -c 'PAGER= nix-store -qR ${self.hydraJobs.build.x86_64-linux}'
+
+              # Check whether 'nix upgrade-nix' works.
+              cat > /tmp/paths.nix <<EOF
+              {
+                x86_64-linux = "${self.hydraJobs.build.x86_64-linux}";
+              }
+              EOF
+              su - alice -c 'nix --experimental-features nix-command upgrade-nix -vvv --nix-store-paths-url file:///tmp/paths.nix'
+              (! [ -L /home/alice/.profile-1-link ])
+              su - alice -c 'PAGER= nix-store -qR ${self.hydraJobs.build.x86_64-linux}'
+
+              mkdir -p $out/nix-support
+              touch $out/nix-support/hydra-build-products
+              umount /nix
+            '');
+
+        /*
+        # Check whether we can still evaluate all of Nixpkgs.
+        tests.evalNixpkgs =
+          import (nixpkgs + "/pkgs/top-level/make-tarball.nix") {
+            # FIXME: fix pkgs/top-level/make-tarball.nix in NixOS to not require a revCount.
+            inherit nixpkgs;
+            pkgs = nixpkgsFor.x86_64-linux;
+            officialRelease = false;
+          };
+
+        # Check whether we can still evaluate NixOS.
+        tests.evalNixOS =
+          with nixpkgsFor.x86_64-linux;
+          runCommand "eval-nixos" { buildInputs = [ nix ]; }
+            ''
+              export NIX_STATE_DIR=$TMPDIR
+
+              nix-instantiate ${nixpkgs}/nixos/release-combined.nix -A tested --dry-run \
+                --arg nixpkgs '{ outPath = ${nixpkgs}; revCount = 123; shortRev = "abcdefgh"; }'
+
+              touch $out
+            '';
+        */
+
+      };
+
+      checks = forAllSystems (system: {
+        binaryTarball = self.hydraJobs.binaryTarball.${system};
+        perlBindings = self.hydraJobs.perlBindings.${system};
+      });
+
+      packages = forAllSystems (system: {
+        inherit (nixpkgsFor.${system}) nix;
+      });
+
+      defaultPackage = forAllSystems (system: self.packages.${system}.nix);
+
+      devShell = forAllSystems (system:
+        with nixpkgsFor.${system};
+        with commonDeps pkgs;
+
+        stdenv.mkDerivation {
+          name = "nix";
+
+          buildInputs = buildDeps ++ propagatedDeps ++ perlDeps;
+
+          inherit configureFlags;
+
+          enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
+          installFlags = "sysconfdir=$(out)/etc";
+
+          shellHook =
+            ''
+              export prefix=$(pwd)/inst
+              configureFlags+=" --prefix=$prefix"
+              PKG_CONFIG_PATH=$prefix/lib/pkgconfig:$PKG_CONFIG_PATH
+              PATH=$prefix/bin:$PATH
+              unset PYTHONPATH
+            '';
+        });
+
+  };
+}

local.mk

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ clean-files += Makefile.config
 
 GLOBAL_CXXFLAGS += -Wno-deprecated-declarations
 
-$(foreach i, config.h $(call rwildcard, src/lib*, *.hh), \
+$(foreach i, config.h $(wildcard src/lib*/*.hh), \
   $(eval $(call install-file-in, $(i), $(includedir)/nix, 0644)))
 
 $(GCH) $(PCH): src/libutil/util.hh config.h

maintainers/upload-release.pl

@@ -170,15 +170,5 @@ $channelsBucket->add_key(
 chdir("/home/eelco/Dev/nix-pristine") or die;
 system("git remote update origin") == 0 or die;
 system("git tag --force --sign $version $nixRev -m 'Tagging release $version'") == 0 or die;
-
+system("git push --tags") == 0 or die;
-# Update the website.
+system("git push --force-with-lease origin $nixRev:refs/heads/latest-release") == 0 or die;
-my $siteDir = "/home/eelco/Dev/nixos-homepage-pristine";
-
-system("cd $siteDir && git pull") == 0 or die;
-
-write_file("$siteDir/nix-release.tt",
-           "[%-\n" .
-           "latestNixVersion = \"$version\"\n" .
-           "-%]\n");
-
-system("cd $siteDir && git commit -a -m 'Nix $version released'") == 0 or die;

misc/bash/completion.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+function _complete_nix {
+    local -a words
+    local cword cur
+    _get_comp_words_by_ref -n ':=&' words cword cur
+    local have_type
+    while IFS= read -r line; do
+        if [[ -z $have_type ]]; then
+            have_type=1
+            if [[ $line = filenames ]]; then
+                compopt -o filenames
+            fi
+        else
+            COMPREPLY+=("$line")
+        fi
+    done < <(NIX_GET_COMPLETIONS=$cword "${words[@]}")
+    __ltrim_colon_completions "$cur"
+}
+
+complete -F _complete_nix nix

misc/bash/local.mk

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+$(eval $(call install-file-as, $(d)/completion.sh, $(datarootdir)/bash-completion/completions/nix, 0644))

mk/run_test.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+set -u
+
+red=""
+green=""
+yellow=""
+normal=""
+
+post_run_msg="ran test $1..."
+if [ -t 1 ]; then
+    red=""
+    green=""
+    yellow=""
+    normal=""
+fi
+(cd $(dirname $1) && env ${TESTS_ENVIRONMENT} init.sh 2>/dev/null > /dev/null)
+log="$(cd $(dirname $1) && env ${TESTS_ENVIRONMENT} $(basename $1) 2>&1)"
+status=$?
+if [ $status -eq 0 ]; then
+  echo "$post_run_msg [${green}PASS$normal]"
+elif [ $status -eq 99 ]; then
+  echo "$post_run_msg [${yellow}SKIP$normal]"
+else
+  echo "$post_run_msg [${red}FAIL$normal]"
+  echo "$log" | sed 's/^/    /'
+  exit "$status"
+fi

mk/tests.mk

@@ -1,45 +1,15 @@
 # Run program $1 as part of ‘make installcheck’.
+
+test-deps =
+
 define run-install-test
 
-  installcheck: $1
+  installcheck: $1.test
 
-  _installcheck-list += $1
+  .PHONY: $1.test
+  $1.test: $1 $(test-deps)
+	@env TEST_NAME=$(notdir $(basename $1)) TESTS_ENVIRONMENT="$(tests-environment)" mk/run_test.sh $1
 
 endef
 
-# Color code from https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/10065
-installcheck:
-	@total=0; failed=0; \
-	red=""; \
-	green=""; \
-	yellow=""; \
-	normal=""; \
-	if [ -t 1 ]; then \
-		red=""; \
-		green=""; \
-		yellow=""; \
-		normal=""; \
-	fi; \
-	for i in $(_installcheck-list); do \
-	  total=$$((total + 1)); \
-	  printf "running test $$i..."; \
-	  log="$$(cd $$(dirname $$i) && $(tests-environment) $$(basename $$i) 2>&1)"; \
-	  status=$$?; \
-	  if [ $$status -eq 0 ]; then \
-	    echo " [$${green}PASS$$normal]"; \
-	  elif [ $$status -eq 99 ]; then \
-	    echo " [$${yellow}SKIP$$normal]"; \
-	  else \
-	    echo " [$${red}FAIL$$normal]"; \
-	    echo "$$log" | sed 's/^/    /'; \
-	    failed=$$((failed + 1)); \
-	  fi; \
-	done; \
-	if [ "$$failed" != 0 ]; then \
-	  echo "$${red}$$failed out of $$total tests failed $$normal"; \
-	  exit 1; \
-	else \
-		echo "$${green}All tests succeeded$$normal"; \
-	fi
-
 .PHONY: check installcheck

perl/lib/Nix/Store.xs

@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ void importPaths(int fd, int dontCheckSigs)
     PPCODE:
         try {
             FdSource source(fd);
-            store()->importPaths(source, nullptr, dontCheckSigs ? NoCheckSigs : CheckSigs);
+            store()->importPaths(source, dontCheckSigs ? NoCheckSigs : CheckSigs);
         } catch (Error & e) {
             croak("%s", e.what());
         }

release-common.nix

@@ -1,82 +0,0 @@
-{ pkgs }:
-
-with pkgs;
-
-rec {
-  # Use "busybox-sandbox-shell" if present,
-  # if not (legacy) fallback and hope it's sufficient.
-  sh = pkgs.busybox-sandbox-shell or (busybox.override {
-    useMusl = true;
-    enableStatic = true;
-    enableMinimal = true;
-    extraConfig = ''
-      CONFIG_FEATURE_FANCY_ECHO y
-      CONFIG_FEATURE_SH_MATH y
-      CONFIG_FEATURE_SH_MATH_64 y
-
-      CONFIG_ASH y
-      CONFIG_ASH_OPTIMIZE_FOR_SIZE y
-
-      CONFIG_ASH_ALIAS y
-      CONFIG_ASH_BASH_COMPAT y
-      CONFIG_ASH_CMDCMD y
-      CONFIG_ASH_ECHO y
-      CONFIG_ASH_GETOPTS y
-      CONFIG_ASH_INTERNAL_GLOB y
-      CONFIG_ASH_JOB_CONTROL y
-      CONFIG_ASH_PRINTF y
-      CONFIG_ASH_TEST y
-    '';
-  });
-
-  configureFlags =
-    lib.optionals stdenv.isLinux [
-      "--with-sandbox-shell=${sh}/bin/busybox"
-    ];
-
-  buildDeps =
-    [ bison
-      flex
-      libxml2
-      libxslt
-      docbook5
-      docbook_xsl_ns
-      autoconf-archive
-      autoreconfHook
-
-      curl
-      bzip2 xz brotli zlib editline
-      openssl pkgconfig sqlite
-      libarchive
-      boost
-      nlohmann_json
-
-      # Tests
-      git
-      mercurial
-      gmock
-    ]
-    ++ lib.optionals stdenv.isLinux [libseccomp utillinuxMinimal]
-    ++ lib.optional (stdenv.isLinux || stdenv.isDarwin) libsodium
-    ++ lib.optional (stdenv.isLinux || stdenv.isDarwin)
-      ((aws-sdk-cpp.override {
-        apis = ["s3" "transfer"];
-        customMemoryManagement = false;
-      }).overrideDerivation (args: {
-        /*
-        patches = args.patches or [] ++ [ (fetchpatch {
-          url = https://github.com/edolstra/aws-sdk-cpp/commit/3e07e1f1aae41b4c8b340735ff9e8c735f0c063f.patch;
-          sha256 = "1pij0v449p166f9l29x7ppzk8j7g9k9mp15ilh5qxp29c7fnvxy2";
-        }) ];
-        */
-      }));
-
-  propagatedDeps =
-    [ (boehmgc.override { enableLargeConfig = true; })
-    ];
-
-  perlDeps =
-    [ perl
-      perlPackages.DBDSQLite
-    ];
-}

release.nix

@@ -1,303 +0,0 @@
-{ nix ? builtins.fetchGit ./.
-, nixpkgs ? builtins.fetchTarball https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/archive/nixos-20.03-small.tar.gz
-, officialRelease ? false
-, systems ? [ "x86_64-linux" "i686-linux" "x86_64-darwin" "aarch64-linux" ]
-}:
-
-let
-
-  pkgs = import nixpkgs { system = builtins.currentSystem or "x86_64-linux"; };
-
-  version =
-    builtins.readFile ./.version
-    + (if officialRelease then "" else "pre${toString nix.revCount}_${nix.shortRev}");
-
-  jobs = rec {
-
-    build = pkgs.lib.genAttrs systems (system:
-
-      let pkgs = import nixpkgs { inherit system; }; in
-
-      with pkgs;
-
-      with import ./release-common.nix { inherit pkgs; };
-
-      stdenv.mkDerivation {
-        name = "nix-${version}";
-
-        src = nix;
-
-        outputs = [ "out" "dev" "doc" ];
-
-        buildInputs = buildDeps;
-
-        propagatedBuildInputs = propagatedDeps;
-
-        preConfigure =
-          ''
-            # Copy libboost_context so we don't get all of Boost in our closure.
-            # https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/45462
-            mkdir -p $out/lib
-            cp -pd ${boost}/lib/{libboost_context*,libboost_thread*,libboost_system*} $out/lib
-            rm -f $out/lib/*.a
-            ${lib.optionalString stdenv.isLinux ''
-              chmod u+w $out/lib/*.so.*
-              patchelf --set-rpath $out/lib:${stdenv.cc.cc.lib}/lib $out/lib/libboost_thread.so.*
-            ''}
-
-            (cd perl; autoreconf --install --force --verbose)
-          '';
-
-        configureFlags = configureFlags ++
-          [ "--sysconfdir=/etc" ];
-
-        enableParallelBuilding = true;
-
-        makeFlags = "profiledir=$(out)/etc/profile.d";
-
-        installFlags = "sysconfdir=$(out)/etc";
-
-        postInstall = ''
-          mkdir -p $doc/nix-support
-          echo "doc manual $doc/share/doc/nix/manual" >> $doc/nix-support/hydra-build-products
-        '';
-
-        doCheck = true;
-
-        doInstallCheck = true;
-        installCheckFlags = "sysconfdir=$(out)/etc";
-
-        separateDebugInfo = true;
-      });
-
-
-    perlBindings = pkgs.lib.genAttrs systems (system:
-
-      let pkgs = import nixpkgs { inherit system; }; in with pkgs;
-
-      releaseTools.nixBuild {
-        name = "nix-perl-${version}";
-
-        src = nix;
-
-        buildInputs =
-          [ autoconf-archive
-            autoreconfHook
-            jobs.build.${system}
-            curl
-            bzip2
-            xz
-            pkgconfig
-            pkgs.perl
-            boost
-          ]
-          ++ lib.optional (stdenv.isLinux || stdenv.isDarwin) libsodium;
-
-        configureFlags = ''
-          --with-dbi=${perlPackages.DBI}/${pkgs.perl.libPrefix}
-          --with-dbd-sqlite=${perlPackages.DBDSQLite}/${pkgs.perl.libPrefix}
-        '';
-
-        enableParallelBuilding = true;
-
-        postUnpack = "sourceRoot=$sourceRoot/perl";
-      });
-
-
-    binaryTarball = pkgs.lib.genAttrs systems (system:
-
-      with import nixpkgs { inherit system; };
-
-      let
-        toplevel = builtins.getAttr system jobs.build;
-        installerClosureInfo = closureInfo { rootPaths = [ toplevel cacert ]; };
-      in
-
-      runCommand "nix-binary-tarball-${version}"
-        { #nativeBuildInputs = lib.optional (system != "aarch64-linux") shellcheck;
-          meta.description = "Distribution-independent Nix bootstrap binaries for ${system}";
-        }
-        ''
-          cp ${installerClosureInfo}/registration $TMPDIR/reginfo
-          cp ${./scripts/create-darwin-volume.sh} $TMPDIR/create-darwin-volume.sh
-          substitute ${./scripts/install-nix-from-closure.sh} $TMPDIR/install \
-            --subst-var-by nix ${toplevel} \
-            --subst-var-by cacert ${cacert}
-          substitute ${./scripts/install-darwin-multi-user.sh} $TMPDIR/install-darwin-multi-user.sh \
-            --subst-var-by nix ${toplevel} \
-            --subst-var-by cacert ${cacert}
-          substitute ${./scripts/install-systemd-multi-user.sh} $TMPDIR/install-systemd-multi-user.sh \
-            --subst-var-by nix ${toplevel} \
-            --subst-var-by cacert ${cacert}
-          substitute ${./scripts/install-multi-user.sh} $TMPDIR/install-multi-user \
-            --subst-var-by nix ${toplevel} \
-            --subst-var-by cacert ${cacert}
-
-          if type -p shellcheck; then
-            # SC1090: Don't worry about not being able to find
-            #         $nix/etc/profile.d/nix.sh
-            shellcheck --exclude SC1090 $TMPDIR/install
-            shellcheck $TMPDIR/create-darwin-volume.sh
-            shellcheck $TMPDIR/install-darwin-multi-user.sh
-            shellcheck $TMPDIR/install-systemd-multi-user.sh
-
-            # SC1091: Don't panic about not being able to source
-            #         /etc/profile
-            # SC2002: Ignore "useless cat" "error", when loading
-            #         .reginfo, as the cat is a much cleaner
-            #         implementation, even though it is "useless"
-            # SC2116: Allow ROOT_HOME=$(echo ~root) for resolving
-            #         root's home directory
-            shellcheck --external-sources \
-              --exclude SC1091,SC2002,SC2116 $TMPDIR/install-multi-user
-          fi
-
-          chmod +x $TMPDIR/install
-          chmod +x $TMPDIR/create-darwin-volume.sh
-          chmod +x $TMPDIR/install-darwin-multi-user.sh
-          chmod +x $TMPDIR/install-systemd-multi-user.sh
-          chmod +x $TMPDIR/install-multi-user
-          dir=nix-${version}-${system}
-          fn=$out/$dir.tar.xz
-          mkdir -p $out/nix-support
-          echo "file binary-dist $fn" >> $out/nix-support/hydra-build-products
-          tar cvfJ $fn \
-            --owner=0 --group=0 --mode=u+rw,uga+r \
-            --absolute-names \
-            --hard-dereference \
-            --transform "s,$TMPDIR/install,$dir/install," \
-            --transform "s,$TMPDIR/create-darwin-volume.sh,$dir/create-darwin-volume.sh," \
-            --transform "s,$TMPDIR/reginfo,$dir/.reginfo," \
-            --transform "s,$NIX_STORE,$dir/store,S" \
-            $TMPDIR/install \
-            $TMPDIR/create-darwin-volume.sh \
-            $TMPDIR/install-darwin-multi-user.sh \
-            $TMPDIR/install-systemd-multi-user.sh \
-            $TMPDIR/install-multi-user \
-            $TMPDIR/reginfo \
-            $(cat ${installerClosureInfo}/store-paths)
-        '');
-
-
-    coverage =
-      with pkgs;
-
-      with import ./release-common.nix { inherit pkgs; };
-
-      releaseTools.coverageAnalysis {
-        name = "nix-coverage-${version}";
-
-        src = nix;
-
-        enableParallelBuilding = true;
-
-        buildInputs = buildDeps ++ propagatedDeps;
-
-        dontInstall = false;
-
-        doInstallCheck = true;
-
-        lcovFilter = [ "*/boost/*" "*-tab.*" ];
-
-        # We call `dot', and even though we just use it to
-        # syntax-check generated dot files, it still requires some
-        # fonts.  So provide those.
-        FONTCONFIG_FILE = texFunctions.fontsConf;
-
-        # To test building without precompiled headers.
-        makeFlagsArray = [ "PRECOMPILE_HEADERS=0" ];
-      };
-
-
-    # System tests.
-    tests.remoteBuilds = (import ./tests/remote-builds.nix rec {
-      inherit nixpkgs;
-      nix = build.x86_64-linux; system = "x86_64-linux";
-    });
-
-    tests.nix-copy-closure = (import ./tests/nix-copy-closure.nix rec {
-      inherit nixpkgs;
-      nix = build.x86_64-linux; system = "x86_64-linux";
-    });
-
-    tests.setuid = pkgs.lib.genAttrs
-      ["i686-linux" "x86_64-linux"]
-      (system:
-        import ./tests/setuid.nix rec {
-          inherit nixpkgs;
-          nix = build.${system}; inherit system;
-        });
-
-    tests.binaryTarball =
-      with import nixpkgs { system = "x86_64-linux"; };
-      vmTools.runInLinuxImage (runCommand "nix-binary-tarball-test"
-        { diskImage = vmTools.diskImages.ubuntu1204x86_64;
-        }
-        ''
-          set -x
-          useradd -m alice
-          su - alice -c 'tar xf ${binaryTarball.x86_64-linux}/*.tar.*'
-          mkdir /dest-nix
-          mount -o bind /dest-nix /nix # Provide a writable /nix.
-          chown alice /nix
-          su - alice -c '_NIX_INSTALLER_TEST=1 ./nix-*/install'
-          su - alice -c 'nix-store --verify'
-          su - alice -c 'PAGER= nix-store -qR ${build.x86_64-linux}'
-
-          # Check whether 'nix upgrade-nix' works.
-          cat > /tmp/paths.nix <<EOF
-          {
-            x86_64-linux = "${build.x86_64-linux}";
-          }
-          EOF
-          su - alice -c 'nix --experimental-features nix-command upgrade-nix -vvv --nix-store-paths-url file:///tmp/paths.nix'
-          (! [ -L /home/alice/.profile-1-link ])
-          su - alice -c 'PAGER= nix-store -qR ${build.x86_64-linux}'
-
-          mkdir -p $out/nix-support
-          touch $out/nix-support/hydra-build-products
-          umount /nix
-        ''); # */
-
-    /*
-    tests.evalNixpkgs =
-      import (nixpkgs + "/pkgs/top-level/make-tarball.nix") {
-        inherit nixpkgs;
-        inherit pkgs;
-        nix = build.x86_64-linux;
-        officialRelease = false;
-      };
-
-    tests.evalNixOS =
-      pkgs.runCommand "eval-nixos" { buildInputs = [ build.x86_64-linux ]; }
-        ''
-          export NIX_STATE_DIR=$TMPDIR
-
-          nix-instantiate ${nixpkgs}/nixos/release-combined.nix -A tested --dry-run \
-            --arg nixpkgs '{ outPath = ${nixpkgs}; revCount = 123; shortRev = "abcdefgh"; }'
-
-          touch $out
-        '';
-    */
-
-
-    installerScript =
-      pkgs.runCommand "installer-script"
-        { buildInputs = [ build.${builtins.currentSystem or "x86_64-linux"} ]; }
-        ''
-          mkdir -p $out/nix-support
-
-          substitute ${./scripts/install.in} $out/install \
-            ${pkgs.lib.concatMapStrings
-              (system: "--replace '@binaryTarball_${system}@' $(nix --experimental-features nix-command hash-file --base16 --type sha256 ${binaryTarball.${system}}/*.tar.xz) ")
-              systems
-            } \
-            --replace '@nixVersion@' ${version}
-
-          echo "file installer $out/install" >> $out/nix-support/hydra-build-products
-        '';
-
-  };
-
-
-in jobs

shell.nix

@@ -1,25 +1,3 @@
-{ useClang ? false }:
+(import (fetchTarball https://github.com/edolstra/flake-compat/archive/master.tar.gz) {
-
+  src = ./.;
-with import (builtins.fetchTarball https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/archive/nixos-20.03-small.tar.gz) {};
+}).shellNix
-
-with import ./release-common.nix { inherit pkgs; };
-
-(if useClang then clangStdenv else stdenv).mkDerivation {
-  name = "nix";
-
-  buildInputs = buildDeps ++ propagatedDeps ++ perlDeps;
-
-  inherit configureFlags;
-
-  enableParallelBuilding = true;
-
-  installFlags = "sysconfdir=$(out)/etc";
-
-  shellHook =
-    ''
-      export prefix=$(pwd)/inst
-      configureFlags+=" --prefix=$prefix"
-      PKG_CONFIG_PATH=$prefix/lib/pkgconfig:$PKG_CONFIG_PATH
-      PATH=$prefix/bin:$PATH
-    '';
-}

src/libexpr/attr-path.cc

@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ Pos findDerivationFilename(EvalState & state, Value & v, std::string what)
 
     Symbol file = state.symbols.create(filename);
 
-    return { file, lineno, 0 };
+    return { foFile, file, lineno, 0 };
 }
 
 

src/libexpr/attr-set.hh

@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ public:
         if (!a)
             throw Error({
                 .hint = hintfmt("attribute '%s' missing", name),
-                .nixCode = NixCode { .errPos = pos }
+                .errPos = pos
             });
 
         return *a;

src/libexpr/common-eval-args.cc

@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 #include "util.hh"
 #include "eval.hh"
 #include "fetchers.hh"
+#include "registry.hh"
+#include "flake/flakeref.hh"
 #include "store-api.hh"
 
 namespace nix {
@@ -31,6 +33,27 @@ MixEvalArgs::MixEvalArgs()
         .labels = {"path"},
         .handler = {[&](std::string s) { searchPath.push_back(s); }}
     });
+
+    addFlag({
+        .longName = "impure",
+        .description = "allow access to mutable paths and repositories",
+        .handler = {[&]() {
+            evalSettings.pureEval = false;
+        }},
+    });
+
+    addFlag({
+        .longName = "override-flake",
+        .description = "override a flake registry value",
+        .labels = {"original-ref", "resolved-ref"},
+        .handler = {[&](std::string _from, std::string _to) {
+            auto from = parseFlakeRef(_from, absPath("."));
+            auto to = parseFlakeRef(_to, absPath("."));
+            fetchers::Attrs extraAttrs;
+            if (to.subdir != "") extraAttrs["dir"] = to.subdir;
+            fetchers::overrideRegistry(from.input, to.input, extraAttrs);
+        }}
+    });
 }
 
 Bindings * MixEvalArgs::getAutoArgs(EvalState & state)
@@ -53,7 +76,7 @@ Path lookupFileArg(EvalState & state, string s)
     if (isUri(s)) {
         return state.store->toRealPath(
             fetchers::downloadTarball(
-                state.store, resolveUri(s), "source", false).storePath);
+                state.store, resolveUri(s), "source", false).first.storePath);
     } else if (s.size() > 2 && s.at(0) == '<' && s.at(s.size() - 1) == '>') {
         Path p = s.substr(1, s.size() - 2);
         return state.findFile(p);

src/libexpr/eval-cache.cc

@@ -0,0 +1,617 @@
+#include "eval-cache.hh"
+#include "sqlite.hh"
+#include "eval.hh"
+#include "eval-inline.hh"
+#include "store-api.hh"
+
+namespace nix::eval_cache {
+
+static const char * schema = R"sql(
+create table if not exists Attributes (
+    parent      integer not null,
+    name        text,
+    type        integer not null,
+    value       text,
+    context     text,
+    primary key (parent, name)
+);
+)sql";
+
+struct AttrDb
+{
+    std::atomic_bool failed{false};
+
+    struct State
+    {
+        SQLite db;
+        SQLiteStmt insertAttribute;
+        SQLiteStmt insertAttributeWithContext;
+        SQLiteStmt queryAttribute;
+        SQLiteStmt queryAttributes;
+        std::unique_ptr<SQLiteTxn> txn;
+    };
+
+    std::unique_ptr<Sync<State>> _state;
+
+    AttrDb(const Hash & fingerprint)
+        : _state(std::make_unique<Sync<State>>())
+    {
+        auto state(_state->lock());
+
+        Path cacheDir = getCacheDir() + "/nix/eval-cache-v2";
+        createDirs(cacheDir);
+
+        Path dbPath = cacheDir + "/" + fingerprint.to_string(Base16, false) + ".sqlite";
+
+        state->db = SQLite(dbPath);
+        state->db.isCache();
+        state->db.exec(schema);
+
+        state->insertAttribute.create(state->db,
+            "insert or replace into Attributes(parent, name, type, value) values (?, ?, ?, ?)");
+
+        state->insertAttributeWithContext.create(state->db,
+            "insert or replace into Attributes(parent, name, type, value, context) values (?, ?, ?, ?, ?)");
+
+        state->queryAttribute.create(state->db,
+            "select rowid, type, value, context from Attributes where parent = ? and name = ?");
+
+        state->queryAttributes.create(state->db,
+            "select name from Attributes where parent = ?");
+
+        state->txn = std::make_unique<SQLiteTxn>(state->db);
+    }
+
+    ~AttrDb()
+    {
+        try {
+            auto state(_state->lock());
+            if (!failed)
+                state->txn->commit();
+            state->txn.reset();
+        } catch (...) {
+            ignoreException();
+        }
+    }
+
+    template<typename F>
+    AttrId doSQLite(F && fun)
+    {
+        if (failed) return 0;
+        try {
+            return fun();
+        } catch (SQLiteError &) {
+            ignoreException();
+            failed = true;
+            return 0;
+        }
+    }
+
+    AttrId setAttrs(
+        AttrKey key,
+        const std::vector<Symbol> & attrs)
+    {
+        return doSQLite([&]()
+        {
+            auto state(_state->lock());
+
+            state->insertAttribute.use()
+                (key.first)
+                (key.second)
+                (AttrType::FullAttrs)
+                (0, false).exec();
+
+            AttrId rowId = state->db.getLastInsertedRowId();
+            assert(rowId);
+
+            for (auto & attr : attrs)
+                state->insertAttribute.use()
+                    (rowId)
+                    (attr)
+                    (AttrType::Placeholder)
+                    (0, false).exec();
+
+            return rowId;
+        });
+    }
+
+    AttrId setString(
+        AttrKey key,
+        std::string_view s,
+        const char * * context = nullptr)
+    {
+        return doSQLite([&]()
+        {
+            auto state(_state->lock());
+
+            if (context) {
+                std::string ctx;
+                for (const char * * p = context; *p; ++p) {
+                    if (p != context) ctx.push_back(' ');
+                    ctx.append(*p);
+                }
+                state->insertAttributeWithContext.use()
+                    (key.first)
+                    (key.second)
+                    (AttrType::String)
+                    (s)
+                    (ctx).exec();
+            } else {
+                state->insertAttribute.use()
+                    (key.first)
+                    (key.second)
+                    (AttrType::String)
+                (s).exec();
+            }
+
+            return state->db.getLastInsertedRowId();
+        });
+    }
+
+    AttrId setBool(
+        AttrKey key,
+        bool b)
+    {
+        return doSQLite([&]()
+        {
+            auto state(_state->lock());
+
+            state->insertAttribute.use()
+                (key.first)
+                (key.second)
+                (AttrType::Bool)
+                (b ? 1 : 0).exec();
+
+            return state->db.getLastInsertedRowId();
+        });
+    }
+
+    AttrId setPlaceholder(AttrKey key)
+    {
+        return doSQLite([&]()
+        {
+            auto state(_state->lock());
+
+            state->insertAttribute.use()
+                (key.first)
+                (key.second)
+                (AttrType::Placeholder)
+                (0, false).exec();
+
+            return state->db.getLastInsertedRowId();
+        });
+    }
+
+    AttrId setMissing(AttrKey key)
+    {
+        return doSQLite([&]()
+        {
+            auto state(_state->lock());
+
+            state->insertAttribute.use()
+                (key.first)
+                (key.second)
+                (AttrType::Missing)
+                (0, false).exec();
+
+            return state->db.getLastInsertedRowId();
+        });
+    }
+
+    AttrId setMisc(AttrKey key)
+    {
+        return doSQLite([&]()
+        {
+            auto state(_state->lock());
+
+            state->insertAttribute.use()
+                (key.first)
+                (key.second)
+                (AttrType::Misc)
+                (0, false).exec();
+
+            return state->db.getLastInsertedRowId();
+        });
+    }
+
+    AttrId setFailed(AttrKey key)
+    {
+        return doSQLite([&]()
+        {
+            auto state(_state->lock());
+
+            state->insertAttribute.use()
+                (key.first)
+                (key.second)
+                (AttrType::Failed)
+                (0, false).exec();
+
+            return state->db.getLastInsertedRowId();
+        });
+    }
+
+    std::optional<std::pair<AttrId, AttrValue>> getAttr(
+        AttrKey key,
+        SymbolTable & symbols)
+    {
+        auto state(_state->lock());
+
+        auto queryAttribute(state->queryAttribute.use()(key.first)(key.second));
+        if (!queryAttribute.next()) return {};
+
+        auto rowId = (AttrType) queryAttribute.getInt(0);
+        auto type = (AttrType) queryAttribute.getInt(1);
+
+        switch (type) {
+            case AttrType::Placeholder:
+                return {{rowId, placeholder_t()}};
+            case AttrType::FullAttrs: {
+                // FIXME: expensive, should separate this out.
+                std::vector<Symbol> attrs;
+                auto queryAttributes(state->queryAttributes.use()(rowId));
+                while (queryAttributes.next())
+                    attrs.push_back(symbols.create(queryAttributes.getStr(0)));
+                return {{rowId, attrs}};
+            }
+            case AttrType::String: {
+                std::vector<std::pair<Path, std::string>> context;
+                if (!queryAttribute.isNull(3))
+                    for (auto & s : tokenizeString<std::vector<std::string>>(queryAttribute.getStr(3), ";"))
+                        context.push_back(decodeContext(s));
+                return {{rowId, string_t{queryAttribute.getStr(2), context}}};
+            }
+            case AttrType::Bool:
+                return {{rowId, queryAttribute.getInt(2) != 0}};
+            case AttrType::Missing:
+                return {{rowId, missing_t()}};
+            case AttrType::Misc:
+                return {{rowId, misc_t()}};
+            case AttrType::Failed:
+                return {{rowId, failed_t()}};
+            default:
+                throw Error("unexpected type in evaluation cache");
+        }
+    }
+};
+
+static std::shared_ptr<AttrDb> makeAttrDb(const Hash & fingerprint)
+{
+    try {
+        return std::make_shared<AttrDb>(fingerprint);
+    } catch (SQLiteError &) {
+        ignoreException();
+        return nullptr;
+    }
+}
+
+EvalCache::EvalCache(
+    bool useCache,
+    const Hash & fingerprint,
+    EvalState & state,
+    RootLoader rootLoader)
+    : db(useCache ? makeAttrDb(fingerprint) : nullptr)
+    , state(state)
+    , rootLoader(rootLoader)
+{
+}
+
+Value * EvalCache::getRootValue()
+{
+    if (!value) {
+        debug("getting root value");
+        value = allocRootValue(rootLoader());
+    }
+    return *value;
+}
+
+std::shared_ptr<AttrCursor> EvalCache::getRoot()
+{
+    return std::make_shared<AttrCursor>(ref(shared_from_this()), std::nullopt);
+}
+
+AttrCursor::AttrCursor(
+    ref<EvalCache> root,
+    Parent parent,
+    Value * value,
+    std::optional<std::pair<AttrId, AttrValue>> && cachedValue)
+    : root(root), parent(parent), cachedValue(std::move(cachedValue))
+{
+    if (value)
+        _value = allocRootValue(value);
+}
+
+AttrKey AttrCursor::getKey()
+{
+    if (!parent)
+        return {0, root->state.sEpsilon};
+    if (!parent->first->cachedValue) {
+        parent->first->cachedValue = root->db->getAttr(
+            parent->first->getKey(), root->state.symbols);
+        assert(parent->first->cachedValue);
+    }
+    return {parent->first->cachedValue->first, parent->second};
+}
+
+Value & AttrCursor::getValue()
+{
+    if (!_value) {
+        if (parent) {
+            auto & vParent = parent->first->getValue();
+            root->state.forceAttrs(vParent);
+            auto attr = vParent.attrs->get(parent->second);
+            if (!attr)
+                throw Error("attribute '%s' is unexpectedly missing", getAttrPathStr());
+            _value = allocRootValue(attr->value);
+        } else
+            _value = allocRootValue(root->getRootValue());
+    }
+    return **_value;
+}
+
+std::vector<Symbol> AttrCursor::getAttrPath() const
+{
+    if (parent) {
+        auto attrPath = parent->first->getAttrPath();
+        attrPath.push_back(parent->second);
+        return attrPath;
+    } else
+        return {};
+}
+
+std::vector<Symbol> AttrCursor::getAttrPath(Symbol name) const
+{
+    auto attrPath = getAttrPath();
+    attrPath.push_back(name);
+    return attrPath;
+}
+
+std::string AttrCursor::getAttrPathStr() const
+{
+    return concatStringsSep(".", getAttrPath());
+}
+
+std::string AttrCursor::getAttrPathStr(Symbol name) const
+{
+    return concatStringsSep(".", getAttrPath(name));
+}
+
+Value & AttrCursor::forceValue()
+{
+    debug("evaluating uncached attribute %s", getAttrPathStr());
+
+    auto & v = getValue();
+
+    try {
+        root->state.forceValue(v);
+    } catch (EvalError &) {
+        debug("setting '%s' to failed", getAttrPathStr());
+        if (root->db)
+            cachedValue = {root->db->setFailed(getKey()), failed_t()};
+        throw;
+    }
+
+    if (root->db && (!cachedValue || std::get_if<placeholder_t>(&cachedValue->second))) {
+        if (v.type == tString)
+            cachedValue = {root->db->setString(getKey(), v.string.s, v.string.context), v.string.s};
+        else if (v.type == tPath)
+            cachedValue = {root->db->setString(getKey(), v.path), v.path};
+        else if (v.type == tBool)
+            cachedValue = {root->db->setBool(getKey(), v.boolean), v.boolean};
+        else if (v.type == tAttrs)
+            ; // FIXME: do something?
+        else
+            cachedValue = {root->db->setMisc(getKey()), misc_t()};
+    }
+
+    return v;
+}
+
+std::shared_ptr<AttrCursor> AttrCursor::maybeGetAttr(Symbol name)
+{
+    if (root->db) {
+        if (!cachedValue)
+            cachedValue = root->db->getAttr(getKey(), root->state.symbols);
+
+        if (cachedValue) {
+            if (auto attrs = std::get_if<std::vector<Symbol>>(&cachedValue->second)) {
+                for (auto & attr : *attrs)
+                    if (attr == name)
+                        return std::make_shared<AttrCursor>(root, std::make_pair(shared_from_this(), name));
+                return nullptr;
+            } else if (std::get_if<placeholder_t>(&cachedValue->second)) {
+                auto attr = root->db->getAttr({cachedValue->first, name}, root->state.symbols);
+                if (attr) {
+                    if (std::get_if<missing_t>(&attr->second))
+                        return nullptr;
+                    else if (std::get_if<failed_t>(&attr->second))
+                        throw EvalError("cached failure of attribute '%s'", getAttrPathStr(name));
+                    else
+                        return std::make_shared<AttrCursor>(root,
+                            std::make_pair(shared_from_this(), name), nullptr, std::move(attr));
+                }
+                // Incomplete attrset, so need to fall thru and
+                // evaluate to see whether 'name' exists
+            } else
+                return nullptr;
+                //throw TypeError("'%s' is not an attribute set", getAttrPathStr());
+        }
+    }
+
+    auto & v = forceValue();
+
+    if (v.type != tAttrs)
+        return nullptr;
+        //throw TypeError("'%s' is not an attribute set", getAttrPathStr());
+
+    auto attr = v.attrs->get(name);
+
+    if (!attr) {
+        if (root->db) {
+            if (!cachedValue)
+                cachedValue = {root->db->setPlaceholder(getKey()), placeholder_t()};
+            root->db->setMissing({cachedValue->first, name});
+        }
+        return nullptr;
+    }
+
+    std::optional<std::pair<AttrId, AttrValue>> cachedValue2;
+    if (root->db) {
+        if (!cachedValue)
+            cachedValue = {root->db->setPlaceholder(getKey()), placeholder_t()};
+        cachedValue2 = {root->db->setPlaceholder({cachedValue->first, name}), placeholder_t()};
+    }
+
+    return std::make_shared<AttrCursor>(
+        root, std::make_pair(shared_from_this(), name), attr->value, std::move(cachedValue2));
+}
+
+std::shared_ptr<AttrCursor> AttrCursor::maybeGetAttr(std::string_view name)
+{
+    return maybeGetAttr(root->state.symbols.create(name));
+}
+
+std::shared_ptr<AttrCursor> AttrCursor::getAttr(Symbol name)
+{
+    auto p = maybeGetAttr(name);
+    if (!p)
+        throw Error("attribute '%s' does not exist", getAttrPathStr(name));
+    return p;
+}
+
+std::shared_ptr<AttrCursor> AttrCursor::getAttr(std::string_view name)
+{
+    return getAttr(root->state.symbols.create(name));
+}
+
+std::shared_ptr<AttrCursor> AttrCursor::findAlongAttrPath(const std::vector<Symbol> & attrPath)
+{
+    auto res = shared_from_this();
+    for (auto & attr : attrPath) {
+        res = res->maybeGetAttr(attr);
+        if (!res) return {};
+    }
+    return res;
+}
+
+std::string AttrCursor::getString()
+{
+    if (root->db) {
+        if (!cachedValue)
+            cachedValue = root->db->getAttr(getKey(), root->state.symbols);
+        if (cachedValue && !std::get_if<placeholder_t>(&cachedValue->second)) {
+            if (auto s = std::get_if<string_t>(&cachedValue->second)) {
+                debug("using cached string attribute '%s'", getAttrPathStr());
+                return s->first;
+            } else
+                throw TypeError("'%s' is not a string", getAttrPathStr());
+        }
+    }
+
+    auto & v = forceValue();
+
+    if (v.type != tString && v.type != tPath)
+        throw TypeError("'%s' is not a string but %s", getAttrPathStr(), showType(v.type));
+
+    return v.type == tString ? v.string.s : v.path;
+}
+
+string_t AttrCursor::getStringWithContext()
+{
+    if (root->db) {
+        if (!cachedValue)
+            cachedValue = root->db->getAttr(getKey(), root->state.symbols);
+        if (cachedValue && !std::get_if<placeholder_t>(&cachedValue->second)) {
+            if (auto s = std::get_if<string_t>(&cachedValue->second)) {
+                debug("using cached string attribute '%s'", getAttrPathStr());
+                return *s;
+            } else
+                throw TypeError("'%s' is not a string", getAttrPathStr());
+        }
+    }
+
+    auto & v = forceValue();
+
+    if (v.type == tString)
+        return {v.string.s, v.getContext()};
+    else if (v.type == tPath)
+        return {v.path, {}};
+    else
+        throw TypeError("'%s' is not a string but %s", getAttrPathStr(), showType(v.type));
+}
+
+bool AttrCursor::getBool()
+{
+    if (root->db) {
+        if (!cachedValue)
+            cachedValue = root->db->getAttr(getKey(), root->state.symbols);
+        if (cachedValue && !std::get_if<placeholder_t>(&cachedValue->second)) {
+            if (auto b = std::get_if<bool>(&cachedValue->second)) {
+                debug("using cached Boolean attribute '%s'", getAttrPathStr());
+                return *b;
+            } else
+                throw TypeError("'%s' is not a Boolean", getAttrPathStr());
+        }
+    }
+
+    auto & v = forceValue();
+
+    if (v.type != tBool)
+        throw TypeError("'%s' is not a Boolean", getAttrPathStr());
+
+    return v.boolean;
+}
+
+std::vector<Symbol> AttrCursor::getAttrs()
+{
+    if (root->db) {
+        if (!cachedValue)
+            cachedValue = root->db->getAttr(getKey(), root->state.symbols);
+        if (cachedValue && !std::get_if<placeholder_t>(&cachedValue->second)) {
+            if (auto attrs = std::get_if<std::vector<Symbol>>(&cachedValue->second)) {
+                debug("using cached attrset attribute '%s'", getAttrPathStr());
+                return *attrs;
+            } else
+                throw TypeError("'%s' is not an attribute set", getAttrPathStr());
+        }
+    }
+
+    auto & v = forceValue();
+
+    if (v.type != tAttrs)
+        throw TypeError("'%s' is not an attribute set", getAttrPathStr());
+
+    std::vector<Symbol> attrs;
+    for (auto & attr : *getValue().attrs)
+        attrs.push_back(attr.name);
+    std::sort(attrs.begin(), attrs.end(), [](const Symbol & a, const Symbol & b) {
+        return (const string &) a < (const string &) b;
+    });
+
+    if (root->db)
+        cachedValue = {root->db->setAttrs(getKey(), attrs), attrs};
+
+    return attrs;
+}
+
+bool AttrCursor::isDerivation()
+{
+    auto aType = maybeGetAttr("type");
+    return aType && aType->getString() == "derivation";
+}
+
+StorePath AttrCursor::forceDerivation()
+{
+    auto aDrvPath = getAttr(root->state.sDrvPath);
+    auto drvPath = root->state.store->parseStorePath(aDrvPath->getString());
+    if (!root->state.store->isValidPath(drvPath) && !settings.readOnlyMode) {
+        /* The eval cache contains 'drvPath', but the actual path has
+           been garbage-collected. So force it to be regenerated. */
+        aDrvPath->forceValue();
+        if (!root->state.store->isValidPath(drvPath))
+            throw Error("don't know how to recreate store derivation '%s'!",
+                root->state.store->printStorePath(drvPath));
+    }
+    return drvPath;
+}
+
+}

src/libexpr/eval-cache.hh

@@ -0,0 +1,121 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include "sync.hh"
+#include "hash.hh"
+#include "eval.hh"
+
+#include <variant>
+
+namespace nix::eval_cache {
+
+class AttrDb;
+class AttrCursor;
+
+class EvalCache : public std::enable_shared_from_this<EvalCache>
+{
+    friend class AttrCursor;
+
+    std::shared_ptr<AttrDb> db;
+    EvalState & state;
+    typedef std::function<Value *()> RootLoader;
+    RootLoader rootLoader;
+    RootValue value;
+
+    Value * getRootValue();
+
+public:
+
+    EvalCache(
+        bool useCache,
+        const Hash & fingerprint,
+        EvalState & state,
+        RootLoader rootLoader);
+
+    std::shared_ptr<AttrCursor> getRoot();
+};
+
+enum AttrType {
+    Placeholder = 0,
+    FullAttrs = 1,
+    String = 2,
+    Missing = 3,
+    Misc = 4,
+    Failed = 5,
+    Bool = 6,
+};
+
+struct placeholder_t {};
+struct missing_t {};
+struct misc_t {};
+struct failed_t {};
+typedef uint64_t AttrId;
+typedef std::pair<AttrId, Symbol> AttrKey;
+typedef std::pair<std::string, std::vector<std::pair<Path, std::string>>> string_t;
+
+typedef std::variant<
+    std::vector<Symbol>,
+    string_t,
+    placeholder_t,
+    missing_t,
+    misc_t,
+    failed_t,
+    bool
+    > AttrValue;
+
+class AttrCursor : public std::enable_shared_from_this<AttrCursor>
+{
+    friend class EvalCache;
+
+    ref<EvalCache> root;
+    typedef std::optional<std::pair<std::shared_ptr<AttrCursor>, Symbol>> Parent;
+    Parent parent;
+    RootValue _value;
+    std::optional<std::pair<AttrId, AttrValue>> cachedValue;
+
+    AttrKey getKey();
+
+    Value & getValue();
+
+public:
+
+    AttrCursor(
+        ref<EvalCache> root,
+        Parent parent,
+        Value * value = nullptr,
+        std::optional<std::pair<AttrId, AttrValue>> && cachedValue = {});
+
+    std::vector<Symbol> getAttrPath() const;
+
+    std::vector<Symbol> getAttrPath(Symbol name) const;
+
+    std::string getAttrPathStr() const;
+
+    std::string getAttrPathStr(Symbol name) const;
+
+    std::shared_ptr<AttrCursor> maybeGetAttr(Symbol name);
+
+    std::shared_ptr<AttrCursor> maybeGetAttr(std::string_view name);
+
+    std::shared_ptr<AttrCursor> getAttr(Symbol name);
+
+    std::shared_ptr<AttrCursor> getAttr(std::string_view name);
+
+    std::shared_ptr<AttrCursor> findAlongAttrPath(const std::vector<Symbol> & attrPath);
+
+    std::string getString();
+
+    string_t getStringWithContext();
+
+    bool getBool();
+
+    std::vector<Symbol> getAttrs();
+
+    bool isDerivation();
+
+    Value & forceValue();
+
+    /* Force creation of the .drv file in the Nix store. */
+    StorePath forceDerivation();
+};
+
+}

src/libexpr/eval-inline.hh

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ LocalNoInlineNoReturn(void throwEvalError(const Pos & pos, const char * s))
 {
     throw EvalError({
         .hint = hintfmt(s),
-        .nixCode = NixCode { .errPos = pos }
+        .errPos = pos
     });
 }
 
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ LocalNoInlineNoReturn(void throwTypeError(const Pos & pos, const char * s, const
 {
     throw TypeError({
         .hint = hintfmt(s, showType(v)),
-        .nixCode = NixCode { .errPos = pos }
+        .errPos = pos
     });
 }
 

src/libexpr/eval.cc

@@ -199,6 +199,18 @@ string showType(const Value & v)
 }
 
 
+bool Value::isTrivial() const
+{
+    return
+        type != tApp
+        && type != tPrimOpApp
+        && (type != tThunk
+            || (dynamic_cast<ExprAttrs *>(thunk.expr)
+                && ((ExprAttrs *) thunk.expr)->dynamicAttrs.empty())
+            || dynamic_cast<ExprLambda *>(thunk.expr));
+}
+
+
 #if HAVE_BOEHMGC
 /* Called when the Boehm GC runs out of memory. */
 static void * oomHandler(size_t requested)
@@ -337,6 +349,9 @@ EvalState::EvalState(const Strings & _searchPath, ref<Store> store)
     , sOutputHashAlgo(symbols.create("outputHashAlgo"))
     , sOutputHashMode(symbols.create("outputHashMode"))
     , sRecurseForDerivations(symbols.create("recurseForDerivations"))
+    , sDescription(symbols.create("description"))
+    , sSelf(symbols.create("self"))
+    , sEpsilon(symbols.create(""))
     , repair(NoRepair)
     , store(store)
     , baseEnv(allocEnv(128))
@@ -366,7 +381,7 @@ EvalState::EvalState(const Strings & _searchPath, ref<Store> store)
 
             if (store->isInStore(r.second)) {
                 StorePathSet closure;
-                store->computeFSClosure(store->parseStorePath(store->toStorePath(r.second)), closure);
+                store->computeFSClosure(store->toStorePath(r.second).first, closure);
                 for (auto & path : closure)
                     allowedPaths->insert(store->printStorePath(path));
             } else
@@ -529,7 +544,7 @@ LocalNoInlineNoReturn(void throwEvalError(const Pos & pos, const char * s, const
 {
     throw EvalError({
         .hint = hintfmt(s, s2),
-        .nixCode = NixCode { .errPos = pos }
+        .errPos = pos
     });
 }
 
@@ -542,7 +557,7 @@ LocalNoInlineNoReturn(void throwEvalError(const Pos & pos, const char * s, const
 {
     throw EvalError({
         .hint = hintfmt(s, s2, s3),
-        .nixCode = NixCode { .errPos = pos }
+        .errPos = pos
     });
 }
 
@@ -551,7 +566,7 @@ LocalNoInlineNoReturn(void throwEvalError(const Pos & p1, const char * s, const
     // p1 is where the error occurred; p2 is a position mentioned in the message.
     throw EvalError({
         .hint = hintfmt(s, sym, p2),
-        .nixCode = NixCode { .errPos = p1 }
+        .errPos = p1
     });
 }
 
@@ -559,7 +574,7 @@ LocalNoInlineNoReturn(void throwTypeError(const Pos & pos, const char * s))
 {
     throw TypeError({
         .hint = hintfmt(s),
-        .nixCode = NixCode { .errPos = pos }
+        .errPos = pos
     });
 }
 
@@ -572,7 +587,7 @@ LocalNoInlineNoReturn(void throwTypeError(const Pos & pos, const char * s, const
 {
     throw TypeError({
         .hint = hintfmt(s, fun.showNamePos(), s2),
-        .nixCode = NixCode { .errPos = pos }
+        .errPos = pos
     });
 }
 
@@ -580,7 +595,7 @@ LocalNoInlineNoReturn(void throwAssertionError(const Pos & pos, const char * s,
 {
     throw AssertionError({
         .hint = hintfmt(s, s1),
-        .nixCode = NixCode { .errPos = pos }
+        .errPos = pos
     });
 }
 
@@ -588,23 +603,18 @@ LocalNoInlineNoReturn(void throwUndefinedVarError(const Pos & pos, const char *
 {
     throw UndefinedVarError({
         .hint = hintfmt(s, s1),
-        .nixCode = NixCode { .errPos = pos }
+        .errPos = pos
     });
 }
 
-LocalNoInline(void addErrorPrefix(Error & e, const char * s, const string & s2))
+LocalNoInline(void addErrorTrace(Error & e, const char * s, const string & s2))
 {
-    e.addPrefix(format(s) % s2);
+    e.addTrace(std::nullopt, s, s2);
 }
 
-LocalNoInline(void addErrorPrefix(Error & e, const char * s, const ExprLambda & fun, const Pos & pos))
+LocalNoInline(void addErrorTrace(Error & e, const Pos & pos, const char * s, const string & s2))
 {
-    e.addPrefix(format(s) % fun.showNamePos() % pos);
+    e.addTrace(pos, s, s2);
-}
-
-LocalNoInline(void addErrorPrefix(Error & e, const char * s, const string & s2, const Pos & pos))
-{
-    e.addPrefix(format(s) % s2 % pos);
 }
 
 
@@ -787,7 +797,7 @@ Value * ExprPath::maybeThunk(EvalState & state, Env & env)
 }
 
 
-void EvalState::evalFile(const Path & path_, Value & v)
+void EvalState::evalFile(const Path & path_, Value & v, bool mustBeTrivial)
 {
     auto path = checkSourcePath(path_);
 
@@ -816,9 +826,14 @@ void EvalState::evalFile(const Path & path_, Value & v)
     fileParseCache[path2] = e;
 
     try {
+        // Enforce that 'flake.nix' is a direct attrset, not a
+        // computation.
+        if (mustBeTrivial &&
+            !(dynamic_cast<ExprAttrs *>(e)))
+            throw Error("file '%s' must be an attribute set", path);
         eval(e, v);
     } catch (Error & e) {
-        addErrorPrefix(e, "while evaluating the file '%1%':\n", path2);
+        addErrorTrace(e, "while evaluating the file '%1%':", path2);
         throw;
     }
 
@@ -1068,8 +1083,8 @@ void ExprSelect::eval(EvalState & state, Env & env, Value & v)
 
     } catch (Error & e) {
         if (pos2 && pos2->file != state.sDerivationNix)
-            addErrorPrefix(e, "while evaluating the attribute '%1%' at %2%:\n",
+            addErrorTrace(e, *pos2, "while evaluating the attribute '%1%'",
-                showAttrPath(state, env, attrPath), *pos2);
+                showAttrPath(state, env, attrPath));
         throw;
     }
 
@@ -1237,11 +1252,15 @@ void EvalState::callFunction(Value & fun, Value & arg, Value & v, const Pos & po
 
     /* Evaluate the body.  This is conditional on showTrace, because
        catching exceptions makes this function not tail-recursive. */
-    if (settings.showTrace)
+    if (loggerSettings.showTrace.get())
         try {
             lambda.body->eval(*this, env2, v);
         } catch (Error & e) {
-            addErrorPrefix(e, "while evaluating %1%, called from %2%:\n", lambda, pos);
+            addErrorTrace(e, lambda.pos, "while evaluating %s", 
+              (lambda.name.set() 
+                  ? "'" + (string) lambda.name + "'" 
+                  : "anonymous lambdaction"));
+            addErrorTrace(e, pos, "from call site%s", "");
             throw;
         }
     else
@@ -1516,7 +1535,7 @@ void EvalState::forceValueDeep(Value & v)
                 try {
                     recurse(*i.value);
                 } catch (Error & e) {
-                    addErrorPrefix(e, "while evaluating the attribute '%1%' at %2%:\n", i.name, *i.pos);
+                    addErrorTrace(e, *i.pos, "while evaluating the attribute '%1%'", i.name);
                     throw;
                 }
         }
@@ -1587,6 +1606,18 @@ string EvalState::forceString(Value & v, const Pos & pos)
 }
 
 
+/* Decode a context string ‘!<name>!<path>’ into a pair <path,
+   name>. */
+std::pair<string, string> decodeContext(std::string_view s)
+{
+    if (s.at(0) == '!') {
+        size_t index = s.find("!", 1);
+        return {std::string(s.substr(index + 1)), std::string(s.substr(1, index - 1))};
+    } else
+        return {s.at(0) == '/' ? std::string(s) : std::string(s.substr(1)), ""};
+}
+
+
 void copyContext(const Value & v, PathSet & context)
 {
     if (v.string.context)
@@ -1595,6 +1626,17 @@ void copyContext(const Value & v, PathSet & context)
 }
 
 
+std::vector<std::pair<Path, std::string>> Value::getContext()
+{
+    std::vector<std::pair<Path, std::string>> res;
+    assert(type == tString);
+    if (string.context)
+        for (const char * * p = string.context; *p; ++p)
+            res.push_back(decodeContext(*p));
+    return res;
+}
+
+
 string EvalState::forceString(Value & v, PathSet & context, const Pos & pos)
 {
     string s = forceString(v, pos);
@@ -1936,7 +1978,7 @@ string ExternalValueBase::coerceToString(const Pos & pos, PathSet & context, boo
 {
     throw TypeError({
         .hint = hintfmt("cannot coerce %1% to a string", showType()),
-        .nixCode = NixCode { .errPos = pos }
+        .errPos = pos
     });
 }
 

src/libexpr/eval.hh

@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
 #include "value.hh"
 #include "nixexpr.hh"
 #include "symbol-table.hh"
-#include "hash.hh"
 #include "config.hh"
 
 #include <regex>
 #include <map>
 #include <optional>
 #include <unordered_map>
+#include <mutex>
 
 
 namespace nix {
@@ -75,7 +75,8 @@ public:
         sFile, sLine, sColumn, sFunctor, sToString,
         sRight, sWrong, sStructuredAttrs, sBuilder, sArgs,
         sOutputHash, sOutputHashAlgo, sOutputHashMode,
-        sRecurseForDerivations;
+        sRecurseForDerivations,
+        sDescription, sSelf, sEpsilon;
     Symbol sDerivationNix;
 
     /* If set, force copying files to the Nix store even if they
@@ -90,6 +91,7 @@ public:
 
     const ref<Store> store;
 
+
 private:
     SrcToStore srcToStore;
 
@@ -152,8 +154,9 @@ public:
     Expr * parseStdin();
 
     /* Evaluate an expression read from the given file to normal
-       form. */
+       form. Optionally enforce that the top-level expression is
-    void evalFile(const Path & path, Value & v);
+       trivial (i.e. doesn't require arbitrary computation). */
+    void evalFile(const Path & path, Value & v, bool mustBeTrivial = false);
 
     void resetFileCache();
 
@@ -250,7 +253,7 @@ private:
     friend struct ExprAttrs;
     friend struct ExprLet;
 
-    Expr * parse(const char * text, const Path & path,
+    Expr * parse(const char * text, FileOrigin origin, const Path & path,
         const Path & basePath, StaticEnv & staticEnv);
 
 public:
@@ -330,7 +333,7 @@ string showType(const Value & v);
 
 /* Decode a context string ‘!<name>!<path>’ into a pair <path,
    name>. */
-std::pair<string, string> decodeContext(const string & s);
+std::pair<string, string> decodeContext(std::string_view s);
 
 /* If `path' refers to a directory, then append "/default.nix". */
 Path resolveExprPath(Path path);

src/libexpr/flake/call-flake.nix

@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+lockFileStr: rootSrc: rootSubdir:
+
+let
+
+  lockFile = builtins.fromJSON lockFileStr;
+
+  allNodes =
+    builtins.mapAttrs
+      (key: node:
+        let
+
+          sourceInfo =
+            if key == lockFile.root
+            then rootSrc
+            else fetchTree (node.info or {} // removeAttrs node.locked ["dir"]);
+
+          subdir = if key == lockFile.root then rootSubdir else node.locked.dir or "";
+
+          flake = import (sourceInfo + (if subdir != "" then "/" else "") + subdir + "/flake.nix");
+
+          inputs = builtins.mapAttrs
+            (inputName: inputSpec: allNodes.${resolveInput inputSpec})
+            (node.inputs or {});
+
+          # Resolve a input spec into a node name. An input spec is
+          # either a node name, or a 'follows' path from the root
+          # node.
+          resolveInput = inputSpec:
+              if builtins.isList inputSpec
+              then getInputByPath lockFile.root inputSpec
+              else inputSpec;
+
+          # Follow an input path (e.g. ["dwarffs" "nixpkgs"]) from the
+          # root node, returning the final node.
+          getInputByPath = nodeName: path:
+            if path == []
+            then nodeName
+            else
+              getInputByPath
+                # Since this could be a 'follows' input, call resolveInput.
+                (resolveInput lockFile.nodes.${nodeName}.inputs.${builtins.head path})
+                (builtins.tail path);
+
+          outputs = flake.outputs (inputs // { self = result; });
+
+          result = outputs // sourceInfo // { inherit inputs; inherit outputs; inherit sourceInfo; };
+        in
+          if node.flake or true then
+            assert builtins.isFunction flake.outputs;
+            result
+          else
+            sourceInfo
+      )
+      lockFile.nodes;
+
+in allNodes.${lockFile.root}

src/libexpr/flake/flake.cc

@@ -0,0 +1,609 @@
+#include "flake.hh"
+#include "lockfile.hh"
+#include "primops.hh"
+#include "eval-inline.hh"
+#include "store-api.hh"
+#include "fetchers.hh"
+#include "finally.hh"
+
+namespace nix {
+
+using namespace flake;
+
+namespace flake {
+
+typedef std::pair<Tree, FlakeRef> FetchedFlake;
+typedef std::vector<std::pair<FlakeRef, FetchedFlake>> FlakeCache;
+
+static std::optional<FetchedFlake> lookupInFlakeCache(
+    const FlakeCache & flakeCache,
+    const FlakeRef & flakeRef)
+{
+    // FIXME: inefficient.
+    for (auto & i : flakeCache) {
+        if (flakeRef == i.first) {
+            debug("mapping '%s' to previously seen input '%s' -> '%s",
+                flakeRef, i.first, i.second.second);
+            return i.second;
+        }
+    }
+
+    return std::nullopt;
+}
+
+static std::tuple<fetchers::Tree, FlakeRef, FlakeRef> fetchOrSubstituteTree(
+    EvalState & state,
+    const FlakeRef & originalRef,
+    bool allowLookup,
+    FlakeCache & flakeCache)
+{
+    auto fetched = lookupInFlakeCache(flakeCache, originalRef);
+    FlakeRef resolvedRef = originalRef;
+
+    if (!fetched) {
+        if (originalRef.input.isDirect()) {
+            fetched.emplace(originalRef.fetchTree(state.store));
+        } else {
+            if (allowLookup) {
+                resolvedRef = originalRef.resolve(state.store);
+                auto fetchedResolved = lookupInFlakeCache(flakeCache, originalRef);
+                if (!fetchedResolved) fetchedResolved.emplace(resolvedRef.fetchTree(state.store));
+                flakeCache.push_back({resolvedRef, fetchedResolved.value()});
+                fetched.emplace(fetchedResolved.value());
+            }
+            else {
+                throw Error("'%s' is an indirect flake reference, but registry lookups are not allowed", originalRef);
+            }
+        }
+        flakeCache.push_back({originalRef, fetched.value()});
+    }
+
+    auto [tree, lockedRef] = fetched.value();
+
+    debug("got tree '%s' from '%s'",
+        state.store->printStorePath(tree.storePath), lockedRef);
+
+    if (state.allowedPaths)
+        state.allowedPaths->insert(tree.actualPath);
+
+    assert(!originalRef.input.getNarHash() || tree.storePath == originalRef.input.computeStorePath(*state.store));
+
+    return {std::move(tree), resolvedRef, lockedRef};
+}
+
+static void expectType(EvalState & state, ValueType type,
+    Value & value, const Pos & pos)
+{
+    if (value.type == tThunk && value.isTrivial())
+        state.forceValue(value, pos);
+    if (value.type != type)
+        throw Error("expected %s but got %s at %s",
+            showType(type), showType(value.type), pos);
+}
+
+static std::map<FlakeId, FlakeInput> parseFlakeInputs(
+    EvalState & state, Value * value, const Pos & pos);
+
+static FlakeInput parseFlakeInput(EvalState & state,
+    const std::string & inputName, Value * value, const Pos & pos)
+{
+    expectType(state, tAttrs, *value, pos);
+
+    FlakeInput input;
+
+    auto sInputs = state.symbols.create("inputs");
+    auto sUrl = state.symbols.create("url");
+    auto sFlake = state.symbols.create("flake");
+    auto sFollows = state.symbols.create("follows");
+
+    fetchers::Attrs attrs;
+    std::optional<std::string> url;
+
+    for (nix::Attr attr : *(value->attrs)) {
+        try {
+            if (attr.name == sUrl) {
+                expectType(state, tString, *attr.value, *attr.pos);
+                url = attr.value->string.s;
+                attrs.emplace("url", *url);
+            } else if (attr.name == sFlake) {
+                expectType(state, tBool, *attr.value, *attr.pos);
+                input.isFlake = attr.value->boolean;
+            } else if (attr.name == sInputs) {
+                input.overrides = parseFlakeInputs(state, attr.value, *attr.pos);
+            } else if (attr.name == sFollows) {
+                expectType(state, tString, *attr.value, *attr.pos);
+                input.follows = parseInputPath(attr.value->string.s);
+            } else {
+                state.forceValue(*attr.value);
+                if (attr.value->type == tString)
+                    attrs.emplace(attr.name, attr.value->string.s);
+                else
+                    throw TypeError("flake input attribute '%s' is %s while a string is expected",
+                        attr.name, showType(*attr.value));
+            }
+        } catch (Error & e) {
+            e.addTrace(*attr.pos, hintfmt("in flake attribute '%s'", attr.name));
+            throw;
+        }
+    }
+
+    if (attrs.count("type"))
+        try {
+            input.ref = FlakeRef::fromAttrs(attrs);
+        } catch (Error & e) {
+            e.addTrace(pos, hintfmt("in flake input"));
+            throw;
+        }
+    else {
+        attrs.erase("url");
+        if (!attrs.empty())
+            throw Error("unexpected flake input attribute '%s', at %s", attrs.begin()->first, pos);
+        if (url)
+            input.ref = parseFlakeRef(*url, {}, true);
+    }
+
+    if (!input.follows && !input.ref)
+        input.ref = FlakeRef::fromAttrs({{"type", "indirect"}, {"id", inputName}});
+
+    return input;
+}
+
+static std::map<FlakeId, FlakeInput> parseFlakeInputs(
+    EvalState & state, Value * value, const Pos & pos)
+{
+    std::map<FlakeId, FlakeInput> inputs;
+
+    expectType(state, tAttrs, *value, pos);
+
+    for (nix::Attr & inputAttr : *(*value).attrs) {
+        inputs.emplace(inputAttr.name,
+            parseFlakeInput(state,
+                inputAttr.name,
+                inputAttr.value,
+                *inputAttr.pos));
+    }
+
+    return inputs;
+}
+
+static Flake getFlake(
+    EvalState & state,
+    const FlakeRef & originalRef,
+    bool allowLookup,
+    FlakeCache & flakeCache)
+{
+    auto [sourceInfo, resolvedRef, lockedRef] = fetchOrSubstituteTree(
+        state, originalRef, allowLookup, flakeCache);
+
+    // Guard against symlink attacks.
+    auto flakeFile = canonPath(sourceInfo.actualPath + "/" + lockedRef.subdir + "/flake.nix");
+    if (!isInDir(flakeFile, sourceInfo.actualPath))
+        throw Error("'flake.nix' file of flake '%s' escapes from '%s'",
+            lockedRef, state.store->printStorePath(sourceInfo.storePath));
+
+    Flake flake {
+        .originalRef = originalRef,
+        .resolvedRef = resolvedRef,
+        .lockedRef = lockedRef,
+        .sourceInfo = std::make_shared<fetchers::Tree>(std::move(sourceInfo))
+    };
+
+    if (!pathExists(flakeFile))
+        throw Error("source tree referenced by '%s' does not contain a '%s/flake.nix' file", lockedRef, lockedRef.subdir);
+
+    Value vInfo;
+    state.evalFile(flakeFile, vInfo, true); // FIXME: symlink attack
+
+    expectType(state, tAttrs, vInfo, Pos(foFile, state.symbols.create(flakeFile), 0, 0));
+
+    auto sEdition = state.symbols.create("edition"); // FIXME: remove soon
+
+    if (vInfo.attrs->get(sEdition))
+        warn("flake '%s' has deprecated attribute 'edition'", lockedRef);
+
+    if (auto description = vInfo.attrs->get(state.sDescription)) {
+        expectType(state, tString, *description->value, *description->pos);
+        flake.description = description->value->string.s;
+    }
+
+    auto sInputs = state.symbols.create("inputs");
+
+    if (auto inputs = vInfo.attrs->get(sInputs))
+        flake.inputs = parseFlakeInputs(state, inputs->value, *inputs->pos);
+
+    auto sOutputs = state.symbols.create("outputs");
+
+    if (auto outputs = vInfo.attrs->get(sOutputs)) {
+        expectType(state, tLambda, *outputs->value, *outputs->pos);
+        flake.vOutputs = allocRootValue(outputs->value);
+
+        if ((*flake.vOutputs)->lambda.fun->matchAttrs) {
+            for (auto & formal : (*flake.vOutputs)->lambda.fun->formals->formals) {
+                if (formal.name != state.sSelf)
+                    flake.inputs.emplace(formal.name, FlakeInput {
+                        .ref = parseFlakeRef(formal.name)
+                    });
+            }
+        }
+
+    } else
+        throw Error("flake '%s' lacks attribute 'outputs'", lockedRef);
+
+    for (auto & attr : *vInfo.attrs) {
+        if (attr.name != sEdition &&
+            attr.name != state.sDescription &&
+            attr.name != sInputs &&
+            attr.name != sOutputs)
+            throw Error("flake '%s' has an unsupported attribute '%s', at %s",
+                lockedRef, attr.name, *attr.pos);
+    }
+
+    return flake;
+}
+
+Flake getFlake(EvalState & state, const FlakeRef & originalRef, bool allowLookup)
+{
+    FlakeCache flakeCache;
+    return getFlake(state, originalRef, allowLookup, flakeCache);
+}
+
+/* Compute an in-memory lock file for the specified top-level flake,
+   and optionally write it to file, it the flake is writable. */
+LockedFlake lockFlake(
+    EvalState & state,
+    const FlakeRef & topRef,
+    const LockFlags & lockFlags)
+{
+    settings.requireExperimentalFeature("flakes");
+
+    FlakeCache flakeCache;
+
+    auto flake = getFlake(state, topRef, lockFlags.useRegistries, flakeCache);
+
+    // FIXME: symlink attack
+    auto oldLockFile = LockFile::read(
+        flake.sourceInfo->actualPath + "/" + flake.lockedRef.subdir + "/flake.lock");
+
+    debug("old lock file: %s", oldLockFile);
+
+    // FIXME: check whether all overrides are used.
+    std::map<InputPath, FlakeInput> overrides;
+    std::set<InputPath> overridesUsed, updatesUsed;
+
+    for (auto & i : lockFlags.inputOverrides)
+        overrides.insert_or_assign(i.first, FlakeInput { .ref = i.second });
+
+    LockFile newLockFile;
+
+    std::vector<FlakeRef> parents;
+
+    std::function<void(
+        const FlakeInputs & flakeInputs,
+        std::shared_ptr<Node> node,
+        const InputPath & inputPathPrefix,
+        std::shared_ptr<const Node> oldNode)>
+        computeLocks;
+
+    computeLocks = [&](
+        const FlakeInputs & flakeInputs,
+        std::shared_ptr<Node> node,
+        const InputPath & inputPathPrefix,
+        std::shared_ptr<const Node> oldNode)
+    {
+        debug("computing lock file node '%s'", printInputPath(inputPathPrefix));
+
+        /* Get the overrides (i.e. attributes of the form
+           'inputs.nixops.inputs.nixpkgs.url = ...'). */
+        // FIXME: check this
+        for (auto & [id, input] : flake.inputs) {
+            for (auto & [idOverride, inputOverride] : input.overrides) {
+                auto inputPath(inputPathPrefix);
+                inputPath.push_back(id);
+                inputPath.push_back(idOverride);
+                overrides.insert_or_assign(inputPath, inputOverride);
+            }
+        }
+
+        /* Go over the flake inputs, resolve/fetch them if
+           necessary (i.e. if they're new or the flakeref changed
+           from what's in the lock file). */
+        for (auto & [id, input2] : flakeInputs) {
+            auto inputPath(inputPathPrefix);
+            inputPath.push_back(id);
+            auto inputPathS = printInputPath(inputPath);
+            debug("computing input '%s'", inputPathS);
+
+            /* Do we have an override for this input from one of the
+               ancestors? */
+            auto i = overrides.find(inputPath);
+            bool hasOverride = i != overrides.end();
+            if (hasOverride) overridesUsed.insert(inputPath);
+            auto & input = hasOverride ? i->second : input2;
+
+            /* Resolve 'follows' later (since it may refer to an input
+               path we haven't processed yet. */
+            if (input.follows) {
+                InputPath target;
+                if (hasOverride || input.absolute)
+                    /* 'follows' from an override is relative to the
+                       root of the graph. */
+                    target = *input.follows;
+                else {
+                    /* Otherwise, it's relative to the current flake. */
+                    target = inputPathPrefix;
+                    for (auto & i : *input.follows) target.push_back(i);
+                }
+                debug("input '%s' follows '%s'", inputPathS, printInputPath(target));
+                node->inputs.insert_or_assign(id, target);
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            assert(input.ref);
+
+            /* Do we have an entry in the existing lock file? And we
+               don't have a --update-input flag for this input? */
+            std::shared_ptr<LockedNode> oldLock;
+
+            updatesUsed.insert(inputPath);
+
+            if (oldNode && !lockFlags.inputUpdates.count(inputPath))
+                if (auto oldLock2 = get(oldNode->inputs, id))
+                    if (auto oldLock3 = std::get_if<0>(&*oldLock2))
+                        oldLock = *oldLock3;
+
+            if (oldLock
+                && oldLock->originalRef == *input.ref
+                && !hasOverride)
+            {
+                debug("keeping existing input '%s'", inputPathS);
+
+                /* Copy the input from the old lock since its flakeref
+                   didn't change and there is no override from a
+                   higher level flake. */
+                auto childNode = std::make_shared<LockedNode>(
+                    oldLock->lockedRef, oldLock->originalRef, oldLock->isFlake);
+
+                node->inputs.insert_or_assign(id, childNode);
+
+                /* If we have an --update-input flag for an input
+                   of this input, then we must fetch the flake to
+                   to update it. */
+                auto lb = lockFlags.inputUpdates.lower_bound(inputPath);
+
+                auto hasChildUpdate =
+                    lb != lockFlags.inputUpdates.end()
+                    && lb->size() > inputPath.size()
+                    && std::equal(inputPath.begin(), inputPath.end(), lb->begin());
+
+                if (hasChildUpdate) {
+                    auto inputFlake = getFlake(
+                        state, oldLock->lockedRef, false, flakeCache);
+                    computeLocks(inputFlake.inputs, childNode, inputPath, oldLock);
+                } else {
+                    /* No need to fetch this flake, we can be
+                       lazy. However there may be new overrides on the
+                       inputs of this flake, so we need to check
+                       those. */
+                    FlakeInputs fakeInputs;
+
+                    for (auto & i : oldLock->inputs) {
+                        if (auto lockedNode = std::get_if<0>(&i.second)) {
+                            fakeInputs.emplace(i.first, FlakeInput {
+                                .ref = (*lockedNode)->originalRef,
+                                .isFlake = (*lockedNode)->isFlake,
+                            });
+                        } else if (auto follows = std::get_if<1>(&i.second)) {
+                            fakeInputs.emplace(i.first, FlakeInput {
+                                .follows = *follows,
+                                .absolute = true
+                            });
+                        }
+                    }
+
+                    computeLocks(fakeInputs, childNode, inputPath, oldLock);
+                }
+
+            } else {
+                /* We need to create a new lock file entry. So fetch
+                   this input. */
+                debug("creating new input '%s'", inputPathS);
+
+                if (!lockFlags.allowMutable && !input.ref->input.isImmutable())
+                    throw Error("cannot update flake input '%s' in pure mode", inputPathS);
+
+                if (input.isFlake) {
+                    auto inputFlake = getFlake(state, *input.ref, lockFlags.useRegistries, flakeCache);
+
+                    /* Note: in case of an --override-input, we use
+                       the *original* ref (input2.ref) for the
+                       "original" field, rather than the
+                       override. This ensures that the override isn't
+                       nuked the next time we update the lock
+                       file. That is, overrides are sticky unless you
+                       use --no-write-lock-file. */
+                    auto childNode = std::make_shared<LockedNode>(
+                        inputFlake.lockedRef, input2.ref ? *input2.ref : *input.ref);
+
+                    node->inputs.insert_or_assign(id, childNode);
+
+                    /* Guard against circular flake imports. */
+                    for (auto & parent : parents)
+                        if (parent == *input.ref)
+                            throw Error("found circular import of flake '%s'", parent);
+                    parents.push_back(*input.ref);
+                    Finally cleanup([&]() { parents.pop_back(); });
+
+                    /* Recursively process the inputs of this
+                       flake. Also, unless we already have this flake
+                       in the top-level lock file, use this flake's
+                       own lock file. */
+                    computeLocks(
+                        inputFlake.inputs, childNode, inputPath,
+                        oldLock
+                        ? std::dynamic_pointer_cast<const Node>(oldLock)
+                        : LockFile::read(
+                            inputFlake.sourceInfo->actualPath + "/" + inputFlake.lockedRef.subdir + "/flake.lock").root);
+                }
+
+                else {
+                    auto [sourceInfo, resolvedRef, lockedRef] = fetchOrSubstituteTree(
+                        state, *input.ref, lockFlags.useRegistries, flakeCache);
+                    node->inputs.insert_or_assign(id,
+                        std::make_shared<LockedNode>(lockedRef, *input.ref, false));
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    };
+
+    computeLocks(
+        flake.inputs, newLockFile.root, {},
+        lockFlags.recreateLockFile ? nullptr : oldLockFile.root);
+
+    for (auto & i : lockFlags.inputOverrides)
+        if (!overridesUsed.count(i.first))
+            warn("the flag '--override-input %s %s' does not match any input",
+                printInputPath(i.first), i.second);
+
+    for (auto & i : lockFlags.inputUpdates)
+        if (!updatesUsed.count(i))
+            warn("the flag '--update-input %s' does not match any input", printInputPath(i));
+
+    /* Check 'follows' inputs. */
+    newLockFile.check();
+
+    debug("new lock file: %s", newLockFile);
+
+    /* Check whether we need to / can write the new lock file. */
+    if (!(newLockFile == oldLockFile)) {
+
+        auto diff = LockFile::diff(oldLockFile, newLockFile);
+
+        if (lockFlags.writeLockFile) {
+            if (auto sourcePath = topRef.input.getSourcePath()) {
+                if (!newLockFile.isImmutable()) {
+                    if (settings.warnDirty)
+                        warn("will not write lock file of flake '%s' because it has a mutable input", topRef);
+                } else {
+                    if (!lockFlags.updateLockFile)
+                        throw Error("flake '%s' requires lock file changes but they're not allowed due to '--no-update-lock-file'", topRef);
+
+                    auto relPath = (topRef.subdir == "" ? "" : topRef.subdir + "/") + "flake.lock";
+
+                    auto path = *sourcePath + "/" + relPath;
+
+                    bool lockFileExists = pathExists(path);
+
+                    if (lockFileExists) {
+                        auto s = chomp(diff);
+                        if (s.empty())
+                            warn("updating lock file '%s'", path);
+                        else
+                            warn("updating lock file '%s':\n%s", path, s);
+                    } else
+                        warn("creating lock file '%s'", path);
+
+                    newLockFile.write(path);
+
+                    topRef.input.markChangedFile(
+                        (topRef.subdir == "" ? "" : topRef.subdir + "/") + "flake.lock",
+                        lockFlags.commitLockFile
+                        ? std::optional<std::string>(fmt("%s: %s\n\nFlake input changes:\n\n%s",
+                                relPath, lockFileExists ? "Update" : "Add", diff))
+                        : std::nullopt);
+
+                    /* Rewriting the lockfile changed the top-level
+                       repo, so we should re-read it. FIXME: we could
+                       also just clear the 'rev' field... */
+                    auto prevLockedRef = flake.lockedRef;
+                    FlakeCache dummyCache;
+                    flake = getFlake(state, topRef, lockFlags.useRegistries, dummyCache);
+
+                    if (lockFlags.commitLockFile &&
+                        flake.lockedRef.input.getRev() &&
+                        prevLockedRef.input.getRev() != flake.lockedRef.input.getRev())
+                        warn("committed new revision '%s'", flake.lockedRef.input.getRev()->gitRev());
+
+                    /* Make sure that we picked up the change,
+                       i.e. the tree should usually be dirty
+                       now. Corner case: we could have reverted from a
+                       dirty to a clean tree! */
+                    if (flake.lockedRef.input == prevLockedRef.input
+                        && !flake.lockedRef.input.isImmutable())
+                        throw Error("'%s' did not change after I updated its 'flake.lock' file; is 'flake.lock' under version control?", flake.originalRef);
+                }
+            } else
+                throw Error("cannot write modified lock file of flake '%s' (use '--no-write-lock-file' to ignore)", topRef);
+        } else
+            warn("not writing modified lock file of flake '%s':\n%s", topRef, chomp(diff));
+    }
+
+    return LockedFlake { .flake = std::move(flake), .lockFile = std::move(newLockFile) };
+}
+
+void callFlake(EvalState & state,
+    const LockedFlake & lockedFlake,
+    Value & vRes)
+{
+    auto vLocks = state.allocValue();
+    auto vRootSrc = state.allocValue();
+    auto vRootSubdir = state.allocValue();
+    auto vTmp1 = state.allocValue();
+    auto vTmp2 = state.allocValue();
+
+    mkString(*vLocks, lockedFlake.lockFile.to_string());
+
+    emitTreeAttrs(state, *lockedFlake.flake.sourceInfo, lockedFlake.flake.lockedRef.input, *vRootSrc);
+
+    mkString(*vRootSubdir, lockedFlake.flake.lockedRef.subdir);
+
+    static RootValue vCallFlake = nullptr;
+
+    if (!vCallFlake) {
+        vCallFlake = allocRootValue(state.allocValue());
+        state.eval(state.parseExprFromString(
+            #include "call-flake.nix.gen.hh"
+            , "/"), **vCallFlake);
+    }
+
+    state.callFunction(**vCallFlake, *vLocks, *vTmp1, noPos);
+    state.callFunction(*vTmp1, *vRootSrc, *vTmp2, noPos);
+    state.callFunction(*vTmp2, *vRootSubdir, vRes, noPos);
+}
+
+static void prim_getFlake(EvalState & state, const Pos & pos, Value * * args, Value & v)
+{
+    auto flakeRefS = state.forceStringNoCtx(*args[0], pos);
+    auto flakeRef = parseFlakeRef(flakeRefS, {}, true);
+    if (evalSettings.pureEval && !flakeRef.input.isImmutable())
+        throw Error("cannot call 'getFlake' on mutable flake reference '%s', at %s (use --impure to override)", flakeRefS, pos);
+
+    callFlake(state,
+        lockFlake(state, flakeRef,
+            LockFlags {
+                .updateLockFile = false,
+                .useRegistries = !evalSettings.pureEval,
+                .allowMutable  = !evalSettings.pureEval,
+            }),
+        v);
+}
+
+static RegisterPrimOp r2("__getFlake", 1, prim_getFlake, "flakes");
+
+}
+
+Fingerprint LockedFlake::getFingerprint() const
+{
+    // FIXME: as an optimization, if the flake contains a lock file
+    // and we haven't changed it, then it's sufficient to use
+    // flake.sourceInfo.storePath for the fingerprint.
+    return hashString(htSHA256,
+        fmt("%s;%d;%d;%s",
+            flake.sourceInfo->storePath.to_string(),
+            flake.lockedRef.input.getRevCount().value_or(0),
+            flake.lockedRef.input.getLastModified().value_or(0),
+            lockFile));
+}
+
+Flake::~Flake() { }
+
+}

src/libexpr/flake/flake.hh

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+#pragma once
+
+#include "types.hh"
+#include "flakeref.hh"
+#include "lockfile.hh"
+#include "value.hh"
+
+namespace nix {
+
+class EvalState;
+
+namespace fetchers { struct Tree; }
+
+namespace flake {
+
+struct FlakeInput;
+
+typedef std::map<FlakeId, FlakeInput> FlakeInputs;
+
+struct FlakeInput
+{
+    std::optional<FlakeRef> ref;
+    bool isFlake = true;
+    std::optional<InputPath> follows;
+    bool absolute = false; // whether 'follows' is relative to the flake root
+    FlakeInputs overrides;
+};
+
+struct Flake
+{
+    FlakeRef originalRef;
+    FlakeRef resolvedRef;
+    FlakeRef lockedRef;
+    std::optional<std::string> description;
+    std::shared_ptr<const fetchers::Tree> sourceInfo;
+    FlakeInputs inputs;
+    RootValue vOutputs;
+    ~Flake();
+};
+
+Flake getFlake(EvalState & state, const FlakeRef & flakeRef, bool allowLookup);
+
+/* Fingerprint of a locked flake; used as a cache key. */
+typedef Hash Fingerprint;
+
+struct LockedFlake
+{
+    Flake flake;
+    LockFile lockFile;
+
+    Fingerprint getFingerprint() const;
+};
+
+struct LockFlags
+{
+    /* Whether to ignore the existing lock file, creating a new one
+       from scratch. */
+    bool recreateLockFile = false;
+
+    /* Whether to update the lock file at all. If set to false, if any
+       change to the lock file is needed (e.g. when an input has been
+       added to flake.nix), you get a fatal error. */
+    bool updateLockFile = true;
+
+    /* Whether to write the lock file to disk. If set to true, if the
+       any changes to the lock file are needed and the flake is not
+       writable (i.e. is not a local Git working tree or similar), you
+       get a fatal error. If set to false, Nix will use the modified
+       lock file in memory only, without writing it to disk. */
+    bool writeLockFile = true;
+
+    /* Whether to use the registries to lookup indirect flake
+       references like 'nixpkgs'. */
+    bool useRegistries = true;
+
+    /* Whether mutable flake references (i.e. those without a Git
+       revision or similar) without a corresponding lock are
+       allowed. Mutable flake references with a lock are always
+       allowed. */
+    bool allowMutable = true;
+
+    /* Whether to commit changes to flake.lock. */
+    bool commitLockFile = false;
+
+    /* Flake inputs to be overriden. */
+    std::map<InputPath, FlakeRef> inputOverrides;
+
+    /* Flake inputs to be updated. This means that any existing lock
+       for those inputs will be ignored. */
+    std::set<InputPath> inputUpdates;
+};
+
+LockedFlake lockFlake(
+    EvalState & state,
+    const FlakeRef & flakeRef,
+    const LockFlags & lockFlags);
+
+void callFlake(
+    EvalState & state,
+    const LockedFlake & lockedFlake,
+    Value & v);
+
+}
+
+void emitTreeAttrs(
+    EvalState & state,
+    const fetchers::Tree & tree,
+    const fetchers::Input & input,
+    Value & v);
+
+}

src/libexpr/flake/flakeref.cc

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+#include "flakeref.hh"
+#include "store-api.hh"
+#include "url.hh"
+#include "fetchers.hh"
+#include "registry.hh"
+
+namespace nix {
+
+#if 0
+// 'dir' path elements cannot start with a '.'. We also reject
+// potentially dangerous characters like ';'.
+const static std::string subDirElemRegex = "(?:[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+[a-zA-Z0-9._-]*)";
+const static std::string subDirRegex = subDirElemRegex + "(?:/" + subDirElemRegex + ")*";
+#endif
+
+std::string FlakeRef::to_string() const
+{
+    auto url = input.toURL();
+    if (subdir != "")
+        url.query.insert_or_assign("dir", subdir);
+    return url.to_string();
+}
+
+fetchers::Attrs FlakeRef::toAttrs() const
+{
+    auto attrs = input.toAttrs();
+    if (subdir != "")
+        attrs.emplace("dir", subdir);
+    return attrs;
+}
+
+std::ostream & operator << (std::ostream & str, const FlakeRef & flakeRef)
+{
+    str << flakeRef.to_string();
+    return str;
+}
+
+bool FlakeRef::operator ==(const FlakeRef & other) const
+{
+    return input == other.input && subdir == other.subdir;
+}
+
+FlakeRef FlakeRef::resolve(ref<Store> store) const
+{
+    auto [input2, extraAttrs] = lookupInRegistries(store, input);
+    return FlakeRef(std::move(input2), fetchers::maybeGetStrAttr(extraAttrs, "dir").value_or(subdir));
+}
+
+FlakeRef parseFlakeRef(
+    const std::string & url, const std::optional<Path> & baseDir, bool allowMissing)
+{
+    auto [flakeRef, fragment] = parseFlakeRefWithFragment(url, baseDir, allowMissing);
+    if (fragment != "")
+        throw Error("unexpected fragment '%s' in flake reference '%s'", fragment, url);
+    return flakeRef;
+}
+
+std::optional<FlakeRef> maybeParseFlakeRef(
+    const std::string & url, const std::optional<Path> & baseDir)
+{
+    try {
+        return parseFlakeRef(url, baseDir);
+    } catch (Error &) {
+        return {};
+    }
+}
+
+std::pair<FlakeRef, std::string> parseFlakeRefWithFragment(
+    const std::string & url, const std::optional<Path> & baseDir, bool allowMissing)
+{
+    using namespace fetchers;
+
+    static std::string fnRegex = "[0-9a-zA-Z-._~!$&'\"()*+,;=]+";
+
+    static std::regex pathUrlRegex(
+        "(/?" + fnRegex + "(?:/" + fnRegex + ")*/?)"
+        + "(?:\\?(" + queryRegex + "))?"
+        + "(?:#(" + queryRegex + "))?",
+        std::regex::ECMAScript);
+
+    static std::regex flakeRegex(
+        "((" + flakeIdRegexS + ")(?:/(?:" + refAndOrRevRegex + "))?)"
+        + "(?:#(" + queryRegex + "))?",
+        std::regex::ECMAScript);
+
+    std::smatch match;
+
+    /* Check if 'url' is a flake ID. This is an abbreviated syntax for
+       'flake:<flake-id>?ref=<ref>&rev=<rev>'. */
+
+    if (std::regex_match(url, match, flakeRegex)) {
+        auto parsedURL = ParsedURL{
+            .url = url,
+            .base = "flake:" + std::string(match[1]),
+            .scheme = "flake",
+            .authority = "",
+            .path = match[1],
+        };
+
+        return std::make_pair(
+            FlakeRef(Input::fromURL(parsedURL), ""),
+            percentDecode(std::string(match[6])));
+    }
+
+    else if (std::regex_match(url, match, pathUrlRegex)) {
+        std::string path = match[1];
+        std::string fragment = percentDecode(std::string(match[3]));
+
+        if (baseDir) {
+            /* Check if 'url' is a path (either absolute or relative
+               to 'baseDir'). If so, search upward to the root of the
+               repo (i.e. the directory containing .git). */
+
+            path = absPath(path, baseDir, true);
+
+            if (!S_ISDIR(lstat(path).st_mode))
+                throw BadURL("path '%s' is not a flake (because it's not a directory)", path);
+
+            if (!allowMissing && !pathExists(path + "/flake.nix"))
+                throw BadURL("path '%s' is not a flake (because it doesn't contain a 'flake.nix' file)", path);
+
+            auto flakeRoot = path;
+            std::string subdir;
+
+            while (flakeRoot != "/") {
+                if (pathExists(flakeRoot + "/.git")) {
+                    auto base = std::string("git+file://") + flakeRoot;
+
+                    auto parsedURL = ParsedURL{
+                        .url = base, // FIXME
+                        .base = base,
+                        .scheme = "git+file",
+                        .authority = "",
+                        .path = flakeRoot,
+                        .query = decodeQuery(match[2]),
+                    };
+
+                    if (subdir != "") {
+                        if (parsedURL.query.count("dir"))
+                            throw Error("flake URL '%s' has an inconsistent 'dir' parameter", url);
+                        parsedURL.query.insert_or_assign("dir", subdir);
+                    }
+
+                    if (pathExists(flakeRoot + "/.git/shallow"))
+                        parsedURL.query.insert_or_assign("shallow", "1");
+
+                    return std::make_pair(
+                        FlakeRef(Input::fromURL(parsedURL), get(parsedURL.query, "dir").value_or("")),
+                        fragment);
+                }
+
+                subdir = std::string(baseNameOf(flakeRoot)) + (subdir.empty() ? "" : "/" + subdir);
+                flakeRoot = dirOf(flakeRoot);
+            }
+
+        } else {
+            if (!hasPrefix(path, "/"))
+                throw BadURL("flake reference '%s' is not an absolute path", url);
+            path = canonPath(path);
+        }
+
+        fetchers::Attrs attrs;
+        attrs.insert_or_assign("type", "path");
+        attrs.insert_or_assign("path", path);
+
+        return std::make_pair(FlakeRef(Input::fromAttrs(std::move(attrs)), ""), fragment);
+    }
+
+    else {
+        auto parsedURL = parseURL(url);
+        std::string fragment;
+        std::swap(fragment, parsedURL.fragment);
+        return std::make_pair(
+            FlakeRef(Input::fromURL(parsedURL), get(parsedURL.query, "dir").value_or("")),
+            fragment);
+    }
+}
+
+std::optional<std::pair<FlakeRef, std::string>> maybeParseFlakeRefWithFragment(
+    const std::string & url, const std::optional<Path> & baseDir)
+{
+    try {
+        return parseFlakeRefWithFragment(url, baseDir);
+    } catch (Error & e) {
+        return {};
+    }
+}
+
+FlakeRef FlakeRef::fromAttrs(const fetchers::Attrs & attrs)
+{
+    auto attrs2(attrs);
+    attrs2.erase("dir");
+    return FlakeRef(
+        fetchers::Input::fromAttrs(std::move(attrs2)),
+        fetchers::maybeGetStrAttr(attrs, "dir").value_or(""));
+}
+
+std::pair<fetchers::Tree, FlakeRef> FlakeRef::fetchTree(ref<Store> store) const
+{
+    auto [tree, lockedInput] = input.fetch(store);
+    return {std::move(tree), FlakeRef(std::move(lockedInput), subdir)};
+}
+
+}

src/libexpr/flake/flakeref.hh

@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include "types.hh"
+#include "hash.hh"
+#include "fetchers.hh"
+
+#include <variant>
+
+namespace nix {
+
+class Store;
+
+typedef std::string FlakeId;
+
+struct FlakeRef
+{
+    fetchers::Input input;
+
+    Path subdir;
+
+    bool operator==(const FlakeRef & other) const;
+
+    FlakeRef(fetchers::Input && input, const Path & subdir)
+        : input(std::move(input)), subdir(subdir)
+    { }
+
+    // FIXME: change to operator <<.
+    std::string to_string() const;
+
+    fetchers::Attrs toAttrs() const;
+
+    FlakeRef resolve(ref<Store> store) const;
+
+    static FlakeRef fromAttrs(const fetchers::Attrs & attrs);
+
+    std::pair<fetchers::Tree, FlakeRef> fetchTree(ref<Store> store) const;
+};
+
+std::ostream & operator << (std::ostream & str, const FlakeRef & flakeRef);
+
+FlakeRef parseFlakeRef(
+    const std::string & url, const std::optional<Path> & baseDir = {}, bool allowMissing = false);
+
+std::optional<FlakeRef> maybeParseFlake(
+    const std::string & url, const std::optional<Path> & baseDir = {});
+
+std::pair<FlakeRef, std::string> parseFlakeRefWithFragment(
+    const std::string & url, const std::optional<Path> & baseDir = {}, bool allowMissing = false);
+
+std::optional<std::pair<FlakeRef, std::string>> maybeParseFlakeRefWithFragment(
+    const std::string & url, const std::optional<Path> & baseDir = {});
+
+}

src/libexpr/flake/lockfile.cc

@@ -0,0 +1,338 @@
+#include "lockfile.hh"
+#include "store-api.hh"
+
+#include <nlohmann/json.hpp>
+
+namespace nix::flake {
+
+FlakeRef getFlakeRef(
+    const nlohmann::json & json,
+    const char * attr,
+    const char * info)
+{
+    auto i = json.find(attr);
+    if (i != json.end()) {
+        auto attrs = jsonToAttrs(*i);
+        // FIXME: remove when we drop support for version 5.
+        if (info) {
+            auto j = json.find(info);
+            if (j != json.end()) {
+                for (auto k : jsonToAttrs(*j))
+                    attrs.insert_or_assign(k.first, k.second);
+            }
+        }
+        return FlakeRef::fromAttrs(attrs);
+    }
+
+    throw Error("attribute '%s' missing in lock file", attr);
+}
+
+LockedNode::LockedNode(const nlohmann::json & json)
+    : lockedRef(getFlakeRef(json, "locked", "info"))
+    , originalRef(getFlakeRef(json, "original", nullptr))
+    , isFlake(json.find("flake") != json.end() ? (bool) json["flake"] : true)
+{
+    if (!lockedRef.input.isImmutable())
+        throw Error("lockfile contains mutable lock '%s'", attrsToJson(lockedRef.input.toAttrs()));
+}
+
+StorePath LockedNode::computeStorePath(Store & store) const
+{
+    return lockedRef.input.computeStorePath(store);
+}
+
+std::shared_ptr<Node> LockFile::findInput(const InputPath & path)
+{
+    auto pos = root;
+
+    if (!pos) return {};
+
+    for (auto & elem : path) {
+        if (auto i = get(pos->inputs, elem)) {
+            if (auto node = std::get_if<0>(&*i))
+                pos = *node;
+            else if (auto follows = std::get_if<1>(&*i)) {
+                pos = findInput(*follows);
+                if (!pos) return {};
+            }
+        } else
+            return {};
+    }
+
+    return pos;
+}
+
+LockFile::LockFile(const nlohmann::json & json, const Path & path)
+{
+    auto version = json.value("version", 0);
+    if (version < 5 || version > 7)
+        throw Error("lock file '%s' has unsupported version %d", path, version);
+
+    std::unordered_map<std::string, std::shared_ptr<Node>> nodeMap;
+
+    std::function<void(Node & node, const nlohmann::json & jsonNode)> getInputs;
+
+    getInputs = [&](Node & node, const nlohmann::json & jsonNode)
+    {
+        if (jsonNode.find("inputs") == jsonNode.end()) return;
+        for (auto & i : jsonNode["inputs"].items()) {
+            if (i.value().is_array()) {
+                InputPath path;
+                for (auto & j : i.value())
+                    path.push_back(j);
+                node.inputs.insert_or_assign(i.key(), path);
+            } else {
+                std::string inputKey = i.value();
+                auto k = nodeMap.find(inputKey);
+                if (k == nodeMap.end()) {
+                    auto jsonNode2 = json["nodes"][inputKey];
+                    auto input = std::make_shared<LockedNode>(jsonNode2);
+                    k = nodeMap.insert_or_assign(inputKey, input).first;
+                    getInputs(*input, jsonNode2);
+                }
+                if (auto child = std::dynamic_pointer_cast<LockedNode>(k->second))
+                    node.inputs.insert_or_assign(i.key(), child);
+                else
+                    // FIXME: replace by follows node
+                    throw Error("lock file contains cycle to root node");
+            }
+        }
+    };
+
+    std::string rootKey = json["root"];
+    nodeMap.insert_or_assign(rootKey, root);
+    getInputs(*root, json["nodes"][rootKey]);
+
+    // FIXME: check that there are no cycles in version >= 7. Cycles
+    // between inputs are only possible using 'follows' indirections.
+    // Once we drop support for version <= 6, we can simplify the code
+    // a bit since we don't need to worry about cycles.
+}
+
+nlohmann::json LockFile::toJson() const
+{
+    nlohmann::json nodes;
+    std::unordered_map<std::shared_ptr<const Node>, std::string> nodeKeys;
+    std::unordered_set<std::string> keys;
+
+    std::function<std::string(const std::string & key, std::shared_ptr<const Node> node)> dumpNode;
+
+    dumpNode = [&](std::string key, std::shared_ptr<const Node> node) -> std::string
+    {
+        auto k = nodeKeys.find(node);
+        if (k != nodeKeys.end())
+            return k->second;
+
+        if (!keys.insert(key).second) {
+            for (int n = 2; ; ++n) {
+                auto k = fmt("%s_%d", key, n);
+                if (keys.insert(k).second) {
+                    key = k;
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        nodeKeys.insert_or_assign(node, key);
+
+        auto n = nlohmann::json::object();
+
+        if (!node->inputs.empty()) {
+            auto inputs = nlohmann::json::object();
+            for (auto & i : node->inputs) {
+                if (auto child = std::get_if<0>(&i.second)) {
+                    inputs[i.first] = dumpNode(i.first, *child);
+                } else if (auto follows = std::get_if<1>(&i.second)) {
+                    auto arr = nlohmann::json::array();
+                    for (auto & x : *follows)
+                        arr.push_back(x);
+                    inputs[i.first] = std::move(arr);
+                }
+            }
+            n["inputs"] = std::move(inputs);
+        }
+
+        if (auto lockedNode = std::dynamic_pointer_cast<const LockedNode>(node)) {
+            n["original"] = fetchers::attrsToJson(lockedNode->originalRef.toAttrs());
+            n["locked"] = fetchers::attrsToJson(lockedNode->lockedRef.toAttrs());
+            if (!lockedNode->isFlake) n["flake"] = false;
+        }
+
+        nodes[key] = std::move(n);
+
+        return key;
+    };
+
+    nlohmann::json json;
+    json["version"] = 7;
+    json["root"] = dumpNode("root", root);
+    json["nodes"] = std::move(nodes);
+
+    return json;
+}
+
+std::string LockFile::to_string() const
+{
+    return toJson().dump(2);
+}
+
+LockFile LockFile::read(const Path & path)
+{
+    if (!pathExists(path)) return LockFile();
+    return LockFile(nlohmann::json::parse(readFile(path)), path);
+}
+
+std::ostream & operator <<(std::ostream & stream, const LockFile & lockFile)
+{
+    stream << lockFile.toJson().dump(2);
+    return stream;
+}
+
+void LockFile::write(const Path & path) const
+{
+    createDirs(dirOf(path));
+    writeFile(path, fmt("%s\n", *this));
+}
+
+bool LockFile::isImmutable() const
+{
+    std::unordered_set<std::shared_ptr<const Node>> nodes;
+
+    std::function<void(std::shared_ptr<const Node> node)> visit;
+
+    visit = [&](std::shared_ptr<const Node> node)
+    {
+        if (!nodes.insert(node).second) return;
+        for (auto & i : node->inputs)
+            if (auto child = std::get_if<0>(&i.second))
+                visit(*child);
+    };
+
+    visit(root);
+
+    for (auto & i : nodes) {
+        if (i == root) continue;
+        auto lockedNode = std::dynamic_pointer_cast<const LockedNode>(i);
+        if (lockedNode && !lockedNode->lockedRef.input.isImmutable()) return false;
+    }
+
+    return true;
+}
+
+bool LockFile::operator ==(const LockFile & other) const
+{
+    // FIXME: slow
+    return toJson() == other.toJson();
+}
+
+InputPath parseInputPath(std::string_view s)
+{
+    InputPath path;
+
+    for (auto & elem : tokenizeString<std::vector<std::string>>(s, "/")) {
+        if (!std::regex_match(elem, flakeIdRegex))
+            throw UsageError("invalid flake input path element '%s'", elem);
+        path.push_back(elem);
+    }
+
+    return path;
+}
+
+std::map<InputPath, Node::Edge> LockFile::getAllInputs() const
+{
+    std::unordered_set<std::shared_ptr<Node>> done;
+    std::map<InputPath, Node::Edge> res;
+
+    std::function<void(const InputPath & prefix, std::shared_ptr<Node> node)> recurse;
+
+    recurse = [&](const InputPath & prefix, std::shared_ptr<Node> node)
+    {
+        if (!done.insert(node).second) return;
+
+        for (auto &[id, input] : node->inputs) {
+            auto inputPath(prefix);
+            inputPath.push_back(id);
+            res.emplace(inputPath, input);
+            if (auto child = std::get_if<0>(&input))
+                recurse(inputPath, *child);
+        }
+    };
+
+    recurse({}, root);
+
+    return res;
+}
+
+std::ostream & operator <<(std::ostream & stream, const Node::Edge & edge)
+{
+    if (auto node = std::get_if<0>(&edge))
+        stream << "'" << (*node)->lockedRef << "'";
+    else if (auto follows = std::get_if<1>(&edge))
+        stream << fmt("follows '%s'", printInputPath(*follows));
+    return stream;
+}
+
+static bool equals(const Node::Edge & e1, const Node::Edge & e2)
+{
+    if (auto n1 = std::get_if<0>(&e1))
+        if (auto n2 = std::get_if<0>(&e2))
+            return (*n1)->lockedRef == (*n2)->lockedRef;
+    if (auto f1 = std::get_if<1>(&e1))
+        if (auto f2 = std::get_if<1>(&e2))
+            return *f1 == *f2;
+    return false;
+}
+
+std::string LockFile::diff(const LockFile & oldLocks, const LockFile & newLocks)
+{
+    auto oldFlat = oldLocks.getAllInputs();
+    auto newFlat = newLocks.getAllInputs();
+
+    auto i = oldFlat.begin();
+    auto j = newFlat.begin();
+    std::string res;
+
+    while (i != oldFlat.end() || j != newFlat.end()) {
+        if (j != newFlat.end() && (i == oldFlat.end() || i->first > j->first)) {
+            res += fmt("* Added '%s': %s\n", printInputPath(j->first), j->second);
+            ++j;
+        } else if (i != oldFlat.end() && (j == newFlat.end() || i->first < j->first)) {
+            res += fmt("* Removed '%s'\n", printInputPath(i->first));
+            ++i;
+        } else {
+            if (!equals(i->second, j->second)) {
+                res += fmt("* Updated '%s': %s -> %s\n",
+                    printInputPath(i->first),
+                    i->second,
+                    j->second);
+            }
+            ++i;
+            ++j;
+        }
+    }
+
+    return res;
+}
+
+void LockFile::check()
+{
+    auto inputs = getAllInputs();
+
+    for (auto & [inputPath, input] : inputs) {
+        if (auto follows = std::get_if<1>(&input)) {
+            if (!follows->empty() && !get(inputs, *follows))
+                throw Error("input '%s' follows a non-existent input '%s'",
+                    printInputPath(inputPath),
+                    printInputPath(*follows));
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+void check();
+
+std::string printInputPath(const InputPath & path)
+{
+    return concatStringsSep("/", path);
+}
+
+}

src/libexpr/flake/lockfile.hh

@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include "flakeref.hh"
+
+#include <nlohmann/json_fwd.hpp>
+
+namespace nix {
+class Store;
+struct StorePath;
+}
+
+namespace nix::flake {
+
+using namespace fetchers;
+
+typedef std::vector<FlakeId> InputPath;
+
+struct LockedNode;
+
+/* A node in the lock file. It has outgoing edges to other nodes (its
+   inputs). Only the root node has this type; all other nodes have
+   type LockedNode. */
+struct Node : std::enable_shared_from_this<Node>
+{
+    typedef std::variant<std::shared_ptr<LockedNode>, InputPath> Edge;
+
+    std::map<FlakeId, Edge> inputs;
+
+    virtual ~Node() { }
+};
+
+/* A non-root node in the lock file. */
+struct LockedNode : Node
+{
+    FlakeRef lockedRef, originalRef;
+    bool isFlake = true;
+
+    LockedNode(
+        const FlakeRef & lockedRef,
+        const FlakeRef & originalRef,
+        bool isFlake = true)
+        : lockedRef(lockedRef), originalRef(originalRef), isFlake(isFlake)
+    { }
+
+    LockedNode(const nlohmann::json & json);
+
+    StorePath computeStorePath(Store & store) const;
+};
+
+struct LockFile
+{
+    std::shared_ptr<Node> root = std::make_shared<Node>();
+
+    LockFile() {};
+    LockFile(const nlohmann::json & json, const Path & path);
+
+    nlohmann::json toJson() const;
+
+    std::string to_string() const;
+
+    static LockFile read(const Path & path);
+
+    void write(const Path & path) const;
+
+    bool isImmutable() const;
+
+    bool operator ==(const LockFile & other) const;
+
+    std::shared_ptr<Node> findInput(const InputPath & path);
+
+    std::map<InputPath, Node::Edge> getAllInputs() const;
+
+    static std::string diff(const LockFile & oldLocks, const LockFile & newLocks);
+
+    /* Check that every 'follows' input target exists. */
+    void check();
+};
+
+std::ostream & operator <<(std::ostream & stream, const LockFile & lockFile);
+
+InputPath parseInputPath(std::string_view s);
+
+std::string printInputPath(const InputPath & path);
+
+}

src/libexpr/local.mk

@@ -4,7 +4,12 @@ libexpr_NAME = libnixexpr
 
 libexpr_DIR := $(d)
 
-libexpr_SOURCES := $(wildcard $(d)/*.cc) $(wildcard $(d)/primops/*.cc) $(d)/lexer-tab.cc $(d)/parser-tab.cc
+libexpr_SOURCES := \
+  $(wildcard $(d)/*.cc) \
+  $(wildcard $(d)/primops/*.cc) \
+  $(wildcard $(d)/flake/*.cc) \
+  $(d)/lexer-tab.cc \
+  $(d)/parser-tab.cc
 
 libexpr_CXXFLAGS += -I src/libutil -I src/libstore -I src/libfetchers -I src/libmain -I src/libexpr
 
@@ -34,4 +39,9 @@ dist-files += $(d)/parser-tab.cc $(d)/parser-tab.hh $(d)/lexer-tab.cc $(d)/lexer
 
 $(eval $(call install-file-in, $(d)/nix-expr.pc, $(prefix)/lib/pkgconfig, 0644))
 
+$(foreach i, $(wildcard src/libexpr/flake/*.hh), \
+  $(eval $(call install-file-in, $(i), $(includedir)/nix/flake, 0644)))
+
 $(d)/primops.cc: $(d)/imported-drv-to-derivation.nix.gen.hh
+
+$(d)/flake/flake.cc: $(d)/flake/call-flake.nix.gen.hh

src/libexpr/nixexpr.cc

@@ -197,7 +197,22 @@ std::ostream & operator << (std::ostream & str, const Pos & pos)
     if (!pos)
         str << "undefined position";
     else
-        str << (format(ANSI_BOLD "%1%" ANSI_NORMAL ":%2%:%3%") % (string) pos.file % pos.line % pos.column).str();
+    {
+        auto f = format(ANSI_BOLD "%1%" ANSI_NORMAL ":%2%:%3%");
+        switch (pos.origin) {
+            case foFile:
+                f % (string) pos.file;
+                break;
+            case foStdin:
+            case foString:
+                f % "(string)";
+                break;
+            default:
+                throw Error("unhandled Pos origin!");
+        }
+        str << (f % pos.line % pos.column).str();
+    }
+
     return str;
 }
 
@@ -270,7 +285,7 @@ void ExprVar::bindVars(const StaticEnv & env)
     if (withLevel == -1)
         throw UndefinedVarError({
             .hint = hintfmt("undefined variable '%1%'", name),
-            .nixCode = NixCode { .errPos = pos }
+            .errPos = pos
         });
     fromWith = true;
     this->level = withLevel;

src/libexpr/nixexpr.hh

@@ -24,11 +24,12 @@ MakeError(RestrictedPathError, Error);
 
 struct Pos
 {
+    FileOrigin origin;
     Symbol file;
     unsigned int line, column;
-    Pos() : line(0), column(0) { };
+    Pos() : origin(foString), line(0), column(0) { };
-    Pos(const Symbol & file, unsigned int line, unsigned int column)
+    Pos(FileOrigin origin, const Symbol & file, unsigned int line, unsigned int column)
-        : file(file), line(line), column(column) { };
+        : origin(origin), file(file), line(line), column(column) { };
     operator bool() const
     {
         return line != 0;
@@ -238,7 +239,7 @@ struct ExprLambda : Expr
         if (!arg.empty() && formals && formals->argNames.find(arg) != formals->argNames.end())
             throw ParseError({
                 .hint = hintfmt("duplicate formal function argument '%1%'", arg),
-                .nixCode = NixCode { .errPos = pos }
+                .errPos = pos
             });
     };
     void setName(Symbol & name);

src/libexpr/parser.y

@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ namespace nix {
         SymbolTable & symbols;
         Expr * result;
         Path basePath;
-        Symbol path;
+        Symbol file;
+        FileOrigin origin;
         ErrorInfo error;
         Symbol sLetBody;
         ParseData(EvalState & state)
@@ -67,16 +68,15 @@ static void dupAttr(const AttrPath & attrPath, const Pos & pos, const Pos & prev
     throw ParseError({
          .hint = hintfmt("attribute '%1%' already defined at %2%",
             showAttrPath(attrPath), prevPos),
-        .nixCode = NixCode { .errPos = pos },
+         .errPos = pos
     });
 }
 
-
 static void dupAttr(Symbol attr, const Pos & pos, const Pos & prevPos)
 {
     throw ParseError({
         .hint = hintfmt("attribute '%1%' already defined at %2%", attr, prevPos),
-        .nixCode = NixCode { .errPos = pos },
+        .errPos = pos
     });
 }
 
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ static void addFormal(const Pos & pos, Formals * formals, const Formal & formal)
         throw ParseError({
             .hint = hintfmt("duplicate formal function argument '%1%'",
                 formal.name),
-            .nixCode = NixCode { .errPos = pos },
+            .errPos = pos
         });
     formals->formals.push_front(formal);
 }
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ static Expr * stripIndentation(const Pos & pos, SymbolTable & symbols, vector<Ex
 
 static inline Pos makeCurPos(const YYLTYPE & loc, ParseData * data)
 {
-    return Pos(data->path, loc.first_line, loc.first_column);
+    return Pos(data->origin, data->file, loc.first_line, loc.first_column);
 }
 
 #define CUR_POS makeCurPos(*yylocp, data)
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ void yyerror(YYLTYPE * loc, yyscan_t scanner, ParseData * data, const char * err
 {
     data->error = {
         .hint = hintfmt(error),
-        .nixCode = NixCode { .errPos = makeCurPos(*loc, data) }
+        .errPos = makeCurPos(*loc, data)
     };
 }
 
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ expr_function
     { if (!$2->dynamicAttrs.empty())
         throw ParseError({
             .hint = hintfmt("dynamic attributes not allowed in let"),
-            .nixCode = NixCode { .errPos = CUR_POS },
+            .errPos = CUR_POS
         });
       $$ = new ExprLet($2, $4);
     }
@@ -419,7 +419,7 @@ expr_simple
       if (noURLLiterals)
           throw ParseError({
               .hint = hintfmt("URL literals are disabled"),
-              .nixCode = NixCode { .errPos = CUR_POS }
+              .errPos = CUR_POS
           });
       $$ = new ExprString(data->symbols.create($1));
   }
@@ -492,7 +492,7 @@ attrs
       } else
           throw ParseError({
               .hint = hintfmt("dynamic attributes not allowed in inherit"),
-              .nixCode = NixCode { .errPos = makeCurPos(@2, data) },
+              .errPos = makeCurPos(@2, data)
           });
     }
   | { $$ = new AttrPath; }
@@ -569,13 +569,24 @@ formal
 namespace nix {
 
 
-Expr * EvalState::parse(const char * text,
+Expr * EvalState::parse(const char * text, FileOrigin origin,
     const Path & path, const Path & basePath, StaticEnv & staticEnv)
 {
     yyscan_t scanner;
     ParseData data(*this);
+    data.origin = origin;
+    switch (origin) {
+        case foFile: 
+            data.file = data.symbols.create(path);
+            break;
+        case foStdin:
+        case foString:
+            data.file = data.symbols.create(text);
+            break;
+        default:
+            assert(false);
+    }
     data.basePath = basePath;
-    data.path = data.symbols.create(path);
 
     yylex_init(&scanner);
     yy_scan_string(text, scanner);
@@ -625,13 +636,13 @@ Expr * EvalState::parseExprFromFile(const Path & path)
 
 Expr * EvalState::parseExprFromFile(const Path & path, StaticEnv & staticEnv)
 {
-    return parse(readFile(path).c_str(), path, dirOf(path), staticEnv);
+    return parse(readFile(path).c_str(), foFile, path, dirOf(path), staticEnv);
 }
 
 
 Expr * EvalState::parseExprFromString(std::string_view s, const Path & basePath, StaticEnv & staticEnv)
 {
-    return parse(s.data(), "(string)", basePath, staticEnv);
+    return parse(s.data(), foString, "", basePath, staticEnv);
 }
 
 
@@ -644,7 +655,7 @@ Expr * EvalState::parseExprFromString(std::string_view s, const Path & basePath)
 Expr * EvalState::parseStdin()
 {
     //Activity act(*logger, lvlTalkative, format("parsing standard input"));
-    return parseExprFromString(drainFD(0), absPath("."));
+    return parse(drainFD(0).data(), foStdin, "", absPath("."), staticBaseEnv);
 }
 
 
@@ -693,7 +704,7 @@ Path EvalState::findFile(SearchPath & searchPath, const string & path, const Pos
             ? "cannot look up '<%s>' in pure evaluation mode (use '--impure' to override)"
             : "file '%s' was not found in the Nix search path (add it using $NIX_PATH or -I)",
             path),
-        .nixCode = NixCode { .errPos = pos }
+        .errPos = pos
     });
 }
 
@@ -708,7 +719,7 @@ std::pair<bool, std::string> EvalState::resolveSearchPathElem(const SearchPathEl
     if (isUri(elem.second)) {
         try {
             res = { true, store->toRealPath(fetchers::downloadTarball(
-                        store, resolveUri(elem.second), "source", false).storePath) };
+                        store, resolveUri(elem.second), "source", false).first.storePath) };
         } catch (FileTransferError & e) {
             logWarning({
                 .name = "Entry download",

src/libexpr/primops.cc

@@ -30,18 +30,6 @@ namespace nix {
  *************************************************************/
 
 
-/* Decode a context string ‘!<name>!<path>’ into a pair <path,
-   name>. */
-std::pair<string, string> decodeContext(const string & s)
-{
-    if (s.at(0) == '!') {
-        size_t index = s.find("!", 1);
-        return std::pair<string, string>(string(s, index + 1), string(s, 1, index - 1));
-    } else
-        return std::pair<string, string>(s.at(0) == '/' ? s : string(s, 1), "");
-}
-
-
 InvalidPathError::InvalidPathError(const Path & path) :
     EvalError("path '%s' is not valid", path), path(path) {}
 
@@ -96,7 +84,7 @@ static void prim_scopedImport(EvalState & state, const Pos & pos, Value * * args
     } catch (InvalidPathError & e) {
         throw EvalError({
             .hint = hintfmt("cannot import '%1%', since path '%2%' is not valid", path, e.path),
-            .nixCode = NixCode { .errPos = pos }
+            .errPos = pos
         });
     }
 
@@ -177,7 +165,7 @@ void prim_importNative(EvalState & state, const Pos & pos, Value * * args, Value
             .hint = hintfmt(
                 "cannot import '%1%', since path '%2%' is not valid",
                 path, e.path),
-            .nixCode = NixCode { .errPos = pos }
+            .errPos = pos
         });
     }
 
@@ -215,7 +203,7 @@ void prim_exec(EvalState & state, const Pos & pos, Value * * args, Value & v)
     if (count == 0) {
         throw EvalError({
             .hint = hintfmt("at least one argument to 'exec' required"),
-            .nixCode = NixCode { .errPos = pos }
+            .errPos = pos
         });
     }
     PathSet context;
@@ -230,7 +218,7 @@ void prim_exec(EvalState & state, const Pos & pos, Value * * args, Value & v)
         throw EvalError({
             .hint = hintfmt("cannot execute '%1%', since path '%2%' is not valid",
                 program, e.path),
-            .nixCode = NixCode { .errPos = pos }
+            .errPos = pos
         });
     }
 
@@ -239,13 +227,13 @@ void prim_exec(EvalState & state, const Pos & pos, Value * * args, Value & v)
     try {
         parsed = state.parseExprFromString(output, pos.file);
     } catch (Error & e) {
-        e.addPrefix(fmt("While parsing the output from '%1%', at %2%\n", program, pos));
+        e.addTrace(pos, "While parsing the output from '%1%'", program);
         throw;
     }
     try {
         state.eval(parsed, v);
     } catch (Error & e) {
-        e.addPrefix(fmt("While evaluating the output from '%1%', at %2%\n", program, pos));
+        e.addTrace(pos, "While evaluating the output from '%1%'", program);
         throw;
     }
 }
@@ -385,7 +373,7 @@ static void prim_genericClosure(EvalState & state, const Pos & pos, Value * * ar
     if (startSet == args[0]->attrs->end())
         throw EvalError({
             .hint = hintfmt("attribute 'startSet' required"),
-            .nixCode = NixCode { .errPos = pos }
+            .errPos = pos
         });
     state.forceList(*startSet->value, pos);
 
@@ -399,7 +387,7 @@ static void prim_genericClosure(EvalState & state, const Pos & pos, Value * * ar
     if (op == args[0]->attrs->end())
         throw EvalError({
             .hint = hintfmt("attribute 'operator' required"),
-            .nixCode = NixCode { .errPos = pos }
+            .errPos = pos
         });
     state.forceValue(*op->value, pos);
 
@@ -421,7 +409,7 @@ static void prim_genericClosure(EvalState & state, const Pos & pos, Value * * ar
         if (key == e->attrs->end())
             throw EvalError({
                 .hint = hintfmt("attribute 'key' required"),
-                .nixCode = NixCode { .errPos = pos }
+                .errPos = pos
             });
         state.forceValue(*key->value, pos);
 
@@ -471,7 +459,7 @@ static void prim_addErrorContext(EvalState & state, const Pos & pos, Value * * a
         v = *args[1];
     } catch (Error & e) {
         PathSet context;
-        e.addPrefix(format("%1%\n") % state.coerceToString(pos, *args[0], context));
+        e.addTrace(std::nullopt, state.coerceToString(pos, *args[0], context));
         throw;
     }
 }
@@ -556,14 +544,14 @@ static void prim_derivationStrict(EvalState & state, const Pos & pos, Value * *
     if (attr == args[0]->attrs->end())
         throw EvalError({
             .hint = hintfmt("required attribute 'name' missing"),
-            .nixCode = NixCode { .errPos = pos }
+            .errPos = pos
         });
     string drvName;
     Pos & posDrvName(*attr->pos);
     try {
         drvName = state.forceStringNoCtx(*attr->value, pos);
     } catch (Error & e) {
-        e.addPrefix(fmt("while evaluating the derivation attribute 'name' at %1%:\n", posDrvName));
+        e.addTrace(posDrvName, "while evaluating the derivation attribute 'name'");
         throw;
     }
 
@@ -603,7 +591,7 @@ static void prim_derivationStrict(EvalState & state, const Pos & pos, Value * *
             else
                 throw EvalError({
                     .hint = hintfmt("invalid value '%s' for 'outputHashMode' attribute", s),
-                    .nixCode = NixCode { .errPos = posDrvName }
+                    .errPos = posDrvName
                 });
         };
 
@@ -613,7 +601,7 @@ static void prim_derivationStrict(EvalState & state, const Pos & pos, Value * *
                 if (outputs.find(j) != outputs.end())
                     throw EvalError({
                         .hint = hintfmt("duplicate derivation output '%1%'", j),
-                        .nixCode = NixCode { .errPos = posDrvName }
+                        .errPos = posDrvName
                     });
                 /* !!! Check whether j is a valid attribute
                    name. */
@@ -623,14 +611,14 @@ static void prim_derivationStrict(EvalState & state, const Pos & pos, Value * *
                 if (j == "drv")
                     throw EvalError({
                         .hint = hintfmt("invalid derivation output name 'drv'" ),
-                        .nixCode = NixCode { .errPos = posDrvName }
+                        .errPos = posDrvName
                     });
                 outputs.insert(j);
             }
             if (outputs.empty())
                 throw EvalError({
                     .hint = hintfmt("derivation cannot have an empty set of outputs"),
-                    .nixCode = NixCode { .errPos = posDrvName }
+                    .errPos = posDrvName
                 });
         };
 
@@ -696,8 +684,9 @@ static void prim_derivationStrict(EvalState & state, const Pos & pos, Value * *
             }
 
         } catch (Error & e) {
-            e.addPrefix(format("while evaluating the attribute '%1%' of the derivation '%2%' at %3%:\n")
+            e.addTrace(posDrvName, 
-                % key % drvName % posDrvName);
+                "while evaluating the attribute '%1%' of the derivation '%2%'",
+                key, drvName);
             throw;
         }
     }
@@ -745,20 +734,20 @@ static void prim_derivationStrict(EvalState & state, const Pos & pos, Value * *
     if (drv.builder == "")
         throw EvalError({
             .hint = hintfmt("required attribute 'builder' missing"),
-            .nixCode = NixCode { .errPos = posDrvName }
+            .errPos = posDrvName
         });
 
     if (drv.platform == "")
         throw EvalError({
             .hint = hintfmt("required attribute 'system' missing"),
-            .nixCode = NixCode { .errPos = posDrvName }
+            .errPos = posDrvName
         });
 
     /* Check whether the derivation name is valid. */
     if (isDerivation(drvName))
         throw EvalError({
             .hint = hintfmt("derivation names are not allowed to end in '%s'", drvExtension),
-            .nixCode = NixCode { .errPos = posDrvName }
+            .errPos = posDrvName
         });
 
     if (outputHash) {
@@ -766,7 +755,7 @@ static void prim_derivationStrict(EvalState & state, const Pos & pos, Value * *
         if (outputs.size() != 1 || *(outputs.begin()) != "out")
             throw Error({
                 .hint = hintfmt("multiple outputs are not supported in fixed-output derivations"),
-                .nixCode = NixCode { .errPos = posDrvName }
+                .errPos = posDrvName
             });
 
         std::optional<HashType> ht = parseHashTypeOpt(outputHashAlgo);
@@ -880,12 +869,12 @@ static void prim_storePath(EvalState & state, const Pos & pos, Value * * args, V
     if (!state.store->isInStore(path))
         throw EvalError({
             .hint = hintfmt("path '%1%' is not in the Nix store", path),
-            .nixCode = NixCode { .errPos = pos }
+            .errPos = pos
         });
-    Path path2 = state.store->toStorePath(path);
+    auto path2 = state.store->toStorePath(path).first;
     if (!settings.readOnlyMode)
-        state.store->ensurePath(state.store->parseStorePath(path2));
+        state.store->ensurePath(path2);
-    context.insert(path2);
+    context.insert(state.store->printStorePath(path2));
     mkString(v, path, context);
 }
 
@@ -901,7 +890,7 @@ static void prim_pathExists(EvalState & state, const Pos & pos, Value * * args,
             .hint = hintfmt(
                 "cannot check the existence of '%1%', since path '%2%' is not valid",
                 path, e.path),
-            .nixCode = NixCode { .errPos = pos }
+            .errPos = pos
         });
     }
 
@@ -947,7 +936,7 @@ static void prim_readFile(EvalState & state, const Pos & pos, Value * * args, Va
     } catch (InvalidPathError & e) {
         throw EvalError({
             .hint = hintfmt("cannot read '%1%', since path '%2%' is not valid", path, e.path),
-            .nixCode = NixCode { .errPos = pos }
+            .errPos = pos
         });
     }
     string s = readFile(state.checkSourcePath(state.toRealPath(path, context)));
@@ -978,7 +967,7 @@ static void prim_findFile(EvalState & state, const Pos & pos, Value * * args, Va
         if (i == v2.attrs->end())
             throw EvalError({
                 .hint = hintfmt("attribute 'path' missing"),
-                .nixCode = NixCode { .errPos = pos }
+                .errPos = pos
             });
 
         PathSet context;
@@ -989,7 +978,7 @@ static void prim_findFile(EvalState & state, const Pos & pos, Value * * args, Va
         } catch (InvalidPathError & e) {
             throw EvalError({
                 .hint = hintfmt("cannot find '%1%', since path '%2%' is not valid", path, e.path),
-                .nixCode = NixCode { .errPos = pos }
+                .errPos = pos
             });
         }
 
@@ -1009,7 +998,7 @@ static void prim_hashFile(EvalState & state, const Pos & pos, Value * * args, Va
     if (!ht)
       throw Error({
           .hint = hintfmt("unknown hash type '%1%'", type),
-          .nixCode = NixCode { .errPos = pos }
+          .errPos = pos
       });
 
     PathSet context; // discarded
@@ -1028,7 +1017,7 @@ static void prim_readDir(EvalState & state, const Pos & pos, Value * * args, Val
     } catch (InvalidPathError & e) {
         throw EvalError({
             .hint = hintfmt("cannot read '%1%', since path '%2%' is not valid", path, e.path),
-            .nixCode = NixCode { .errPos = pos }
+            .errPos = pos
         });
     }
 
@@ -1104,7 +1093,7 @@ static void prim_toFile(EvalState & state, const Pos & pos, Value * * args, Valu
                     "in 'toFile': the file named '%1%' must not contain a reference "
                     "to a derivation but contains (%2%)",
                     name, path),
-                .nixCode = NixCode { .errPos = pos }
+                .errPos = pos
             });
         refs.insert(state.store->parseStorePath(path));
     }
@@ -1175,7 +1164,7 @@ static void prim_filterSource(EvalState & state, const Pos & pos, Value * * args
     if (!context.empty())
         throw EvalError({
             .hint = hintfmt("string '%1%' cannot refer to other paths", path),
-            .nixCode = NixCode { .errPos = pos }
+            .errPos = pos
         });
 
     state.forceValue(*args[0], pos);
@@ -1184,7 +1173,7 @@ static void prim_filterSource(EvalState & state, const Pos & pos, Value * * args
             .hint = hintfmt(
                 "first argument in call to 'filterSource' is not a function but %1%",
                 showType(*args[0])),
-            .nixCode = NixCode { .errPos = pos }
+            .errPos = pos
         });
 
     addPath(state, pos, std::string(baseNameOf(path)), path, args[0], FileIngestionMethod::Recursive, Hash(), v);
@@ -1207,7 +1196,7 @@ static void prim_path(EvalState & state, const Pos & pos, Value * * args, Value
             if (!context.empty())
                 throw EvalError({
                     .hint = hintfmt("string '%1%' cannot refer to other paths", path),
-                    .nixCode = NixCode { .errPos = *attr.pos }
+                    .errPos = *attr.pos
                 });
         } else if (attr.name == state.sName)
             name = state.forceStringNoCtx(*attr.value, *attr.pos);
@@ -1221,13 +1210,13 @@ static void prim_path(EvalState & state, const Pos & pos, Value * * args, Value
         else
             throw EvalError({
                 .hint = hintfmt("unsupported argument '%1%' to 'addPath'", attr.name),
-                .nixCode = NixCode { .errPos = *attr.pos }
+                .errPos = *attr.pos
             });
     }
     if (path.empty())
         throw EvalError({
             .hint = hintfmt("'path' required"),
-            .nixCode = NixCode { .errPos = pos }
+            .errPos = pos
         });
     if (name.empty())
         name = baseNameOf(path);
@@ -1288,7 +1277,7 @@ void prim_getAttr(EvalState & state, const Pos & pos, Value * * args, Value & v)
     if (i == args[1]->attrs->end())
         throw EvalError({
             .hint = hintfmt("attribute '%1%' missing", attr),
-            .nixCode = NixCode { .errPos = pos }
+            .errPos = pos
         });
     // !!! add to stack trace?
     if (state.countCalls && i->pos) state.attrSelects[*i->pos]++;
@@ -1371,7 +1360,7 @@ static void prim_listToAttrs(EvalState & state, const Pos & pos, Value * * args,
         if (j == v2.attrs->end())
             throw TypeError({
                 .hint = hintfmt("'name' attribute missing in a call to 'listToAttrs'"),
-                .nixCode = NixCode { .errPos = pos }
+                .errPos = pos
             });
         string name = state.forceStringNoCtx(*j->value, pos);
 
@@ -1381,7 +1370,7 @@ static void prim_listToAttrs(EvalState & state, const Pos & pos, Value * * args,
             if (j2 == v2.attrs->end())
                 throw TypeError({
                     .hint = hintfmt("'value' attribute missing in a call to 'listToAttrs'"),
-                    .nixCode = NixCode { .errPos = pos }
+                    .errPos = pos
                 });
             v.attrs->push_back(Attr(sym, j2->value, j2->pos));
         }
@@ -1457,7 +1446,7 @@ static void prim_functionArgs(EvalState & state, const Pos & pos, Value * * args
     if (args[0]->type != tLambda)
         throw TypeError({
             .hint = hintfmt("'functionArgs' requires a function"),
-            .nixCode = NixCode { .errPos = pos }
+            .errPos = pos
         });
 
     if (!args[0]->lambda.fun->matchAttrs) {
@@ -1513,7 +1502,7 @@ static void elemAt(EvalState & state, const Pos & pos, Value & list, int n, Valu
     if (n < 0 || (unsigned int) n >= list.listSize())
         throw Error({
             .hint = hintfmt("list index %1% is out of bounds", n),
-            .nixCode = NixCode { .errPos = pos }
+            .errPos = pos
         });
     state.forceValue(*list.listElems()[n], pos);
     v = *list.listElems()[n];
@@ -1543,7 +1532,7 @@ static void prim_tail(EvalState & state, const Pos & pos, Value * * args, Value
     if (args[0]->listSize() == 0)
         throw Error({
             .hint = hintfmt("'tail' called on an empty list"),
-            .nixCode = NixCode { .errPos = pos }
+            .errPos = pos
         });
 
     state.mkList(v, args[0]->listSize() - 1);
@@ -1688,7 +1677,7 @@ static void prim_genList(EvalState & state, const Pos & pos, Value * * args, Val
     if (len < 0)
         throw EvalError({
             .hint = hintfmt("cannot create list of size %1%", len),
-            .nixCode = NixCode { .errPos = pos }
+            .errPos = pos
         });
 
     state.mkList(v, len);
@@ -1850,7 +1839,7 @@ static void prim_div(EvalState & state, const Pos & pos, Value * * args, Value &
     if (f2 == 0)
         throw EvalError({
             .hint = hintfmt("division by zero"),
-            .nixCode = NixCode { .errPos = pos }
+            .errPos = pos
         });
 
     if (args[0]->type == tFloat || args[1]->type == tFloat) {
@@ -1862,7 +1851,7 @@ static void prim_div(EvalState & state, const Pos & pos, Value * * args, Value &
         if (i1 == std::numeric_limits<NixInt>::min() && i2 == -1)
             throw EvalError({
                 .hint = hintfmt("overflow in integer division"),
-                .nixCode = NixCode { .errPos = pos }
+                .errPos = pos
             });
 
         mkInt(v, i1 / i2);
@@ -1923,7 +1912,7 @@ static void prim_substring(EvalState & state, const Pos & pos, Value * * args, V
     if (start < 0)
         throw EvalError({
             .hint = hintfmt("negative start position in 'substring'"),
-            .nixCode = NixCode { .errPos = pos }
+            .errPos = pos
         });
 
     mkString(v, (unsigned int) start >= s.size() ? "" : string(s, start, len), context);
@@ -1946,7 +1935,7 @@ static void prim_hashString(EvalState & state, const Pos & pos, Value * * args,
     if (!ht)
         throw Error({
             .hint = hintfmt("unknown hash type '%1%'", type),
-            .nixCode = NixCode { .errPos = pos }
+            .errPos = pos
         });
 
     PathSet context; // discarded
@@ -1992,12 +1981,12 @@ void prim_match(EvalState & state, const Pos & pos, Value * * args, Value & v)
             // limit is _GLIBCXX_REGEX_STATE_LIMIT for libstdc++
             throw EvalError({
                 .hint = hintfmt("memory limit exceeded by regular expression '%s'", re),
-                .nixCode = NixCode { .errPos = pos }
+                .errPos = pos
             });
         } else {
             throw EvalError({
                 .hint = hintfmt("invalid regular expression '%s'", re),
-                .nixCode = NixCode { .errPos = pos }
+                .errPos = pos
             });
         }
     }
@@ -2065,12 +2054,12 @@ static void prim_split(EvalState & state, const Pos & pos, Value * * args, Value
             // limit is _GLIBCXX_REGEX_STATE_LIMIT for libstdc++
             throw EvalError({
                 .hint = hintfmt("memory limit exceeded by regular expression '%s'", re),
-                .nixCode = NixCode { .errPos = pos }
+                .errPos = pos
             });
         } else {
             throw EvalError({
                 .hint = hintfmt("invalid regular expression '%s'", re),
-                .nixCode = NixCode { .errPos = pos }
+                .errPos = pos
             });
         }
     }
@@ -2104,7 +2093,7 @@ static void prim_replaceStrings(EvalState & state, const Pos & pos, Value * * ar
     if (args[0]->listSize() != args[1]->listSize())
         throw EvalError({
             .hint = hintfmt("'from' and 'to' arguments to 'replaceStrings' have different lengths"),
-            .nixCode = NixCode { .errPos = pos }
+            .errPos = pos
         });
 
     vector<string> from;

src/libexpr/primops/context.cc

@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ static void prim_appendContext(EvalState & state, const Pos & pos, Value * * arg
         if (!state.store->isStorePath(i.name))
             throw EvalError({
                 .hint = hintfmt("Context key '%s' is not a store path", i.name),
-                .nixCode = NixCode { .errPos = *i.pos }
+                .errPos = *i.pos
             });
         if (!settings.readOnlyMode)
             state.store->ensurePath(state.store->parseStorePath(i.name));
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ static void prim_appendContext(EvalState & state, const Pos & pos, Value * * arg
                 if (!isDerivation(i.name)) {
                     throw EvalError({
                         .hint = hintfmt("Tried to add all-outputs context of %s, which is not a derivation, to a string", i.name),
-                        .nixCode = NixCode { .errPos = *i.pos }
+                        .errPos = *i.pos
                     });
                 }
                 context.insert("=" + string(i.name));
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ static void prim_appendContext(EvalState & state, const Pos & pos, Value * * arg
             if (iter->value->listSize() && !isDerivation(i.name)) {
                 throw EvalError({
                     .hint = hintfmt("Tried to add derivation output context of %s, which is not a derivation, to a string", i.name),
-                    .nixCode = NixCode { .errPos = *i.pos }
+                    .errPos = *i.pos
                 });
             }
             for (unsigned int n = 0; n < iter->value->listSize(); ++n) {

src/libexpr/primops/fetchGit.cc

@@ -37,14 +37,14 @@ static void prim_fetchGit(EvalState & state, const Pos & pos, Value * * args, Va
             else
                 throw EvalError({
                     .hint = hintfmt("unsupported argument '%s' to 'fetchGit'", attr.name),
-                    .nixCode = NixCode { .errPos = *attr.pos }
+                    .errPos = *attr.pos
                 });
         }
 
         if (url.empty())
             throw EvalError({
                 .hint = hintfmt("'url' argument required"),
-                .nixCode = NixCode { .errPos = pos }
+                .errPos = pos
             });
 
     } else
@@ -62,23 +62,23 @@ static void prim_fetchGit(EvalState & state, const Pos & pos, Value * * args, Va
     attrs.insert_or_assign("url", url.find("://") != std::string::npos ? url : "file://" + url);
     if (ref) attrs.insert_or_assign("ref", *ref);
     if (rev) attrs.insert_or_assign("rev", rev->gitRev());
-    if (fetchSubmodules) attrs.insert_or_assign("submodules", true);
+    if (fetchSubmodules) attrs.insert_or_assign("submodules", fetchers::Explicit<bool>{true});
-    auto input = fetchers::inputFromAttrs(attrs);
+    auto input = fetchers::Input::fromAttrs(std::move(attrs));
 
     // FIXME: use name?
-    auto [tree, input2] = input->fetchTree(state.store);
+    auto [tree, input2] = input.fetch(state.store);
 
     state.mkAttrs(v, 8);
     auto storePath = state.store->printStorePath(tree.storePath);
     mkString(*state.allocAttr(v, state.sOutPath), storePath, PathSet({storePath}));
     // Backward compatibility: set 'rev' to
     // 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 for a dirty tree.
-    auto rev2 = input2->getRev().value_or(Hash(htSHA1));
+    auto rev2 = input2.getRev().value_or(Hash(htSHA1));
     mkString(*state.allocAttr(v, state.symbols.create("rev")), rev2.gitRev());
     mkString(*state.allocAttr(v, state.symbols.create("shortRev")), rev2.gitShortRev());
     // Backward compatibility: set 'revCount' to 0 for a dirty tree.
     mkInt(*state.allocAttr(v, state.symbols.create("revCount")),
-        tree.info.revCount.value_or(0));
+        input2.getRevCount().value_or(0));
     mkBool(*state.allocAttr(v, state.symbols.create("submodules")), fetchSubmodules);
     v.attrs->sort();
 

src/libexpr/primops/fetchMercurial.cc

@@ -40,14 +40,14 @@ static void prim_fetchMercurial(EvalState & state, const Pos & pos, Value * * ar
             else
                 throw EvalError({
                     .hint = hintfmt("unsupported argument '%s' to 'fetchMercurial'", attr.name),
-                    .nixCode = NixCode { .errPos = *attr.pos }
+                    .errPos = *attr.pos
                 });
         }
 
         if (url.empty())
             throw EvalError({
                 .hint = hintfmt("'url' argument required"),
-                .nixCode = NixCode { .errPos = pos }
+                .errPos = pos
             });
 
     } else
@@ -65,23 +65,23 @@ static void prim_fetchMercurial(EvalState & state, const Pos & pos, Value * * ar
     attrs.insert_or_assign("url", url.find("://") != std::string::npos ? url : "file://" + url);
     if (ref) attrs.insert_or_assign("ref", *ref);
     if (rev) attrs.insert_or_assign("rev", rev->gitRev());
-    auto input = fetchers::inputFromAttrs(attrs);
+    auto input = fetchers::Input::fromAttrs(std::move(attrs));
 
     // FIXME: use name
-    auto [tree, input2] = input->fetchTree(state.store);
+    auto [tree, input2] = input.fetch(state.store);
 
     state.mkAttrs(v, 8);
     auto storePath = state.store->printStorePath(tree.storePath);
     mkString(*state.allocAttr(v, state.sOutPath), storePath, PathSet({storePath}));
-    if (input2->getRef())
+    if (input2.getRef())
-        mkString(*state.allocAttr(v, state.symbols.create("branch")), *input2->getRef());
+        mkString(*state.allocAttr(v, state.symbols.create("branch")), *input2.getRef());
     // Backward compatibility: set 'rev' to
     // 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 for a dirty tree.
-    auto rev2 = input2->getRev().value_or(Hash(htSHA1));
+    auto rev2 = input2.getRev().value_or(Hash(htSHA1));
     mkString(*state.allocAttr(v, state.symbols.create("rev")), rev2.gitRev());
     mkString(*state.allocAttr(v, state.symbols.create("shortRev")), std::string(rev2.gitRev(), 0, 12));
-    if (tree.info.revCount)
+    if (auto revCount = input2.getRevCount())
-        mkInt(*state.allocAttr(v, state.symbols.create("revCount")), *tree.info.revCount);
+        mkInt(*state.allocAttr(v, state.symbols.create("revCount")), *revCount);
     v.attrs->sort();
 
     if (state.allowedPaths)

src/libexpr/primops/fetchTree.cc

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #include "store-api.hh"
 #include "fetchers.hh"
 #include "filetransfer.hh"
+#include "registry.hh"
 
 #include <ctime>
 #include <iomanip>
@@ -12,30 +13,37 @@ namespace nix {
 void emitTreeAttrs(
     EvalState & state,
     const fetchers::Tree & tree,
-    std::shared_ptr<const fetchers::Input> input,
+    const fetchers::Input & input,
     Value & v)
 {
+    assert(input.isImmutable());
+
     state.mkAttrs(v, 8);
 
     auto storePath = state.store->printStorePath(tree.storePath);
 
     mkString(*state.allocAttr(v, state.sOutPath), storePath, PathSet({storePath}));
 
-    assert(tree.info.narHash);
+    // FIXME: support arbitrary input attributes.
-    mkString(*state.allocAttr(v, state.symbols.create("narHash")),
-        tree.info.narHash.to_string(SRI, true));
 
-    if (input->getRev()) {
+    auto narHash = input.getNarHash();
-        mkString(*state.allocAttr(v, state.symbols.create("rev")), input->getRev()->gitRev());
+    assert(narHash);
-        mkString(*state.allocAttr(v, state.symbols.create("shortRev")), input->getRev()->gitShortRev());
+    mkString(*state.allocAttr(v, state.symbols.create("narHash")),
+        narHash->to_string(SRI, true));
+
+    if (auto rev = input.getRev()) {
+        mkString(*state.allocAttr(v, state.symbols.create("rev")), rev->gitRev());
+        mkString(*state.allocAttr(v, state.symbols.create("shortRev")), rev->gitShortRev());
     }
 
-    if (tree.info.revCount)
+    if (auto revCount = input.getRevCount())
-        mkInt(*state.allocAttr(v, state.symbols.create("revCount")), *tree.info.revCount);
+        mkInt(*state.allocAttr(v, state.symbols.create("revCount")), *revCount);
 
-    if (tree.info.lastModified)
+    if (auto lastModified = input.getLastModified()) {
-        mkString(*state.allocAttr(v, state.symbols.create("lastModified")),
+        mkInt(*state.allocAttr(v, state.symbols.create("lastModified")), *lastModified);
-            fmt("%s", std::put_time(std::gmtime(&*tree.info.lastModified), "%Y%m%d%H%M%S")));
+        mkString(*state.allocAttr(v, state.symbols.create("lastModifiedDate")),
+            fmt("%s", std::put_time(std::gmtime(&*lastModified), "%Y%m%d%H%M%S")));
+    }
 
     v.attrs->sort();
 }
@@ -44,7 +52,7 @@ static void prim_fetchTree(EvalState & state, const Pos & pos, Value * * args, V
 {
     settings.requireExperimentalFeature("flakes");
 
-    std::shared_ptr<const fetchers::Input> input;
+    fetchers::Input input;
     PathSet context;
 
     state.forceValue(*args[0]);
@@ -59,27 +67,31 @@ static void prim_fetchTree(EvalState & state, const Pos & pos, Value * * args, V
             if (attr.value->type == tString)
                 attrs.emplace(attr.name, attr.value->string.s);
             else if (attr.value->type == tBool)
-                attrs.emplace(attr.name, attr.value->boolean);
+                attrs.emplace(attr.name, fetchers::Explicit<bool>{attr.value->boolean});
+            else if (attr.value->type == tInt)
+                attrs.emplace(attr.name, attr.value->integer);
             else
-                throw TypeError("fetchTree argument '%s' is %s while a string or Boolean is expected",
+                throw TypeError("fetchTree argument '%s' is %s while a string, Boolean or integer is expected",
                     attr.name, showType(*attr.value));
         }
 
         if (!attrs.count("type"))
             throw Error({
                 .hint = hintfmt("attribute 'type' is missing in call to 'fetchTree'"),
-                .nixCode = NixCode { .errPos = pos }
+                .errPos = pos
             });
 
-        input = fetchers::inputFromAttrs(attrs);
+        input = fetchers::Input::fromAttrs(std::move(attrs));
     } else
-        input = fetchers::inputFromURL(state.coerceToString(pos, *args[0], context, false, false));
+        input = fetchers::Input::fromURL(state.coerceToString(pos, *args[0], context, false, false));
 
-    if (evalSettings.pureEval && !input->isImmutable())
+    if (!evalSettings.pureEval && !input.isDirect())
-        throw Error("in pure evaluation mode, 'fetchTree' requires an immutable input");
+        input = lookupInRegistries(state.store, input).first;
 
-    // FIXME: use fetchOrSubstituteTree
+    if (evalSettings.pureEval && !input.isImmutable())
-    auto [tree, input2] = input->fetchTree(state.store);
+        throw Error("in pure evaluation mode, 'fetchTree' requires an immutable input, at %s", pos);
+
+    auto [tree, input2] = input.fetch(state.store);
 
     if (state.allowedPaths)
         state.allowedPaths->insert(tree.actualPath);
@@ -112,14 +124,14 @@ static void fetch(EvalState & state, const Pos & pos, Value * * args, Value & v,
             else
                 throw EvalError({
                     .hint = hintfmt("unsupported argument '%s' to '%s'", attr.name, who),
-                    .nixCode = NixCode { .errPos = *attr.pos }
+                    .errPos = *attr.pos
                 });
             }
 
         if (!url)
             throw EvalError({
                 .hint = hintfmt("'url' argument required"),
-                .nixCode = NixCode { .errPos = pos }
+                .errPos = pos
             });
     } else
         url = state.forceStringNoCtx(*args[0], pos);
@@ -136,7 +148,7 @@ static void fetch(EvalState & state, const Pos & pos, Value * * args, Value & v,
 
     auto storePath =
         unpack
-        ? fetchers::downloadTarball(state.store, *url, name, (bool) expectedHash).storePath
+        ? fetchers::downloadTarball(state.store, *url, name, (bool) expectedHash).first.storePath
         : fetchers::downloadFile(state.store, *url, name, (bool) expectedHash).storePath;
 
     auto path = state.store->toRealPath(storePath);

src/libexpr/primops/fromTOML.cc

@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ static void prim_fromTOML(EvalState & state, const Pos & pos, Value * * args, Va
     } catch (std::runtime_error & e) {
         throw EvalError({
             .hint = hintfmt("while parsing a TOML string: %s", e.what()),
-            .nixCode = NixCode { .errPos = pos }
+            .errPos = pos
         });
     }
 }

src/libexpr/symbol-table.hh

@@ -28,6 +28,12 @@ public:
         return s == s2.s;
     }
 
+    // FIXME: remove
+    bool operator == (std::string_view s2) const
+    {
+        return s->compare(s2) == 0;
+    }
+
     bool operator != (const Symbol & s2) const
     {
         return s != s2.s;
@@ -68,9 +74,10 @@ private:
     Symbols symbols;
 
 public:
-    Symbol create(const string & s)
+    Symbol create(std::string_view s)
     {
-        std::pair<Symbols::iterator, bool> res = symbols.insert(s);
+        // FIXME: avoid allocation if 's' already exists in the symbol table.
+        std::pair<Symbols::iterator, bool> res = symbols.emplace(std::string(s));
         return Symbol(&*res.first);
     }
 

src/libexpr/value.hh

@@ -166,6 +166,13 @@ struct Value
     {
         return type == tList1 ? 1 : type == tList2 ? 2 : bigList.size;
     }
+
+    /* Check whether forcing this value requires a trivial amount of
+       computation. In particular, function applications are
+       non-trivial. */
+    bool isTrivial() const;
+
+    std::vector<std::pair<Path, std::string>> getContext();
 };
 
 

src/libfetchers/attrs.cc

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ nlohmann::json attrsToJson(const Attrs & attrs)
 {
     nlohmann::json json;
     for (auto & attr : attrs) {
-        if (auto v = std::get_if<int64_t>(&attr.second)) {
+        if (auto v = std::get_if<uint64_t>(&attr.second)) {
             json[attr.first] = *v;
         } else if (auto v = std::get_if<std::string>(&attr.second)) {
             json[attr.first] = *v;
@@ -55,16 +55,16 @@ std::string getStrAttr(const Attrs & attrs, const std::string & name)
     return *s;
 }
 
-std::optional<int64_t> maybeGetIntAttr(const Attrs & attrs, const std::string & name)
+std::optional<uint64_t> maybeGetIntAttr(const Attrs & attrs, const std::string & name)
 {
     auto i = attrs.find(name);
     if (i == attrs.end()) return {};
-    if (auto v = std::get_if<int64_t>(&i->second))
+    if (auto v = std::get_if<uint64_t>(&i->second))
         return *v;
     throw Error("input attribute '%s' is not an integer", name);
 }
 
-int64_t getIntAttr(const Attrs & attrs, const std::string & name)
+uint64_t getIntAttr(const Attrs & attrs, const std::string & name)
 {
     auto s = maybeGetIntAttr(attrs, name);
     if (!s)
@@ -76,8 +76,8 @@ std::optional<bool> maybeGetBoolAttr(const Attrs & attrs, const std::string & na
 {
     auto i = attrs.find(name);
     if (i == attrs.end()) return {};
-    if (auto v = std::get_if<int64_t>(&i->second))
+    if (auto v = std::get_if<Explicit<bool>>(&i->second))
-        return *v;
+        return v->t;
     throw Error("input attribute '%s' is not a Boolean", name);
 }
 
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ std::map<std::string, std::string> attrsToQuery(const Attrs & attrs)
 {
     std::map<std::string, std::string> query;
     for (auto & attr : attrs) {
-        if (auto v = std::get_if<int64_t>(&attr.second)) {
+        if (auto v = std::get_if<uint64_t>(&attr.second)) {
             query.insert_or_assign(attr.first, fmt("%d", *v));
         } else if (auto v = std::get_if<std::string>(&attr.second)) {
             query.insert_or_assign(attr.first, *v);

src/libfetchers/attrs.hh

@@ -13,9 +13,14 @@ namespace nix::fetchers {
 template<typename T>
 struct Explicit {
     T t;
+
+    bool operator ==(const Explicit<T> & other) const
+    {
+        return t == other.t;
+    }
 };
 
-typedef std::variant<std::string, int64_t, Explicit<bool>> Attr;
+typedef std::variant<std::string, uint64_t, Explicit<bool>> Attr;
 typedef std::map<std::string, Attr> Attrs;
 
 Attrs jsonToAttrs(const nlohmann::json & json);
@@ -26,9 +31,9 @@ std::optional<std::string> maybeGetStrAttr(const Attrs & attrs, const std::strin
 
 std::string getStrAttr(const Attrs & attrs, const std::string & name);
 
-std::optional<int64_t> maybeGetIntAttr(const Attrs & attrs, const std::string & name);
+std::optional<uint64_t> maybeGetIntAttr(const Attrs & attrs, const std::string & name);
 
-int64_t getIntAttr(const Attrs & attrs, const std::string & name);
+uint64_t getIntAttr(const Attrs & attrs, const std::string & name);
 
 std::optional<bool> maybeGetBoolAttr(const Attrs & attrs, const std::string & name);
 

src/libfetchers/cache.hh

@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ namespace nix::fetchers {
 
 struct Cache
 {
+    virtual ~Cache() { }
+
     virtual void add(
         ref<Store> store,
         const Attrs & inAttrs,

src/libfetchers/fetchers.cc

@@ -5,71 +5,265 @@
 
 namespace nix::fetchers {
 
-std::unique_ptr<std::vector<std::unique_ptr<InputScheme>>> inputSchemes = nullptr;
+std::unique_ptr<std::vector<std::shared_ptr<InputScheme>>> inputSchemes = nullptr;
 
-void registerInputScheme(std::unique_ptr<InputScheme> && inputScheme)
+void registerInputScheme(std::shared_ptr<InputScheme> && inputScheme)
 {
-    if (!inputSchemes) inputSchemes = std::make_unique<std::vector<std::unique_ptr<InputScheme>>>();
+    if (!inputSchemes) inputSchemes = std::make_unique<std::vector<std::shared_ptr<InputScheme>>>();
     inputSchemes->push_back(std::move(inputScheme));
 }
 
-std::unique_ptr<Input> inputFromURL(const ParsedURL & url)
+Input Input::fromURL(const std::string & url)
+{
+    return fromURL(parseURL(url));
+}
+
+static void fixupInput(Input & input)
+{
+    // Check common attributes.
+    input.getType();
+    input.getRef();
+    if (input.getRev())
+        input.immutable = true;
+    input.getRevCount();
+    input.getLastModified();
+    if (input.getNarHash())
+        input.immutable = true;
+}
+
+Input Input::fromURL(const ParsedURL & url)
 {
     for (auto & inputScheme : *inputSchemes) {
         auto res = inputScheme->inputFromURL(url);
-        if (res) return res;
+        if (res) {
+            res->scheme = inputScheme;
+            fixupInput(*res);
+            return std::move(*res);
         }
+    }
+
     throw Error("input '%s' is unsupported", url.url);
 }
 
-std::unique_ptr<Input> inputFromURL(const std::string & url)
+Input Input::fromAttrs(Attrs && attrs)
 {
-    return inputFromURL(parseURL(url));
+    for (auto & inputScheme : *inputSchemes) {
+        auto res = inputScheme->inputFromAttrs(attrs);
+        if (res) {
+            res->scheme = inputScheme;
+            fixupInput(*res);
+            return std::move(*res);
+        }
+    }
+
+    Input input;
+    input.attrs = attrs;
+    fixupInput(input);
+    return input;
 }
 
-std::unique_ptr<Input> inputFromAttrs(const Attrs & attrs)
+ParsedURL Input::toURL() const
 {
-    auto attrs2(attrs);
+    if (!scheme)
-    attrs2.erase("narHash");
+        throw Error("cannot show unsupported input '%s'", attrsToJson(attrs));
-    for (auto & inputScheme : *inputSchemes) {
+    return scheme->toURL(*this);
-        auto res = inputScheme->inputFromAttrs(attrs2);
+}
-        if (res) {
+
-            if (auto narHash = maybeGetStrAttr(attrs, "narHash"))
+std::string Input::to_string() const
-                // FIXME: require SRI hash.
+{
-                res->narHash = newHashAllowEmpty(*narHash, {});
+    return toURL().to_string();
-            return res;
-        }
-    }
-    throw Error("input '%s' is unsupported", attrsToJson(attrs));
 }
 
 Attrs Input::toAttrs() const
 {
-    auto attrs = toAttrsInternal();
-    if (narHash)
-        attrs.emplace("narHash", narHash->to_string(SRI, true));
-    attrs.emplace("type", type());
     return attrs;
 }
 
-std::pair<Tree, std::shared_ptr<const Input>> Input::fetchTree(ref<Store> store) const
+bool Input::hasAllInfo() const
 {
-    auto [tree, input] = fetchTreeInternal(store);
+    return getNarHash() && scheme && scheme->hasAllInfo(*this);
+}
+
+bool Input::operator ==(const Input & other) const
+{
+    return attrs == other.attrs;
+}
+
+bool Input::contains(const Input & other) const
+{
+    if (*this == other) return true;
+    auto other2(other);
+    other2.attrs.erase("ref");
+    other2.attrs.erase("rev");
+    if (*this == other2) return true;
+    return false;
+}
+
+std::pair<Tree, Input> Input::fetch(ref<Store> store) const
+{
+    if (!scheme)
+        throw Error("cannot fetch unsupported input '%s'", attrsToJson(toAttrs()));
+
+    /* The tree may already be in the Nix store, or it could be
+       substituted (which is often faster than fetching from the
+       original source). So check that. */
+    if (hasAllInfo()) {
+        try {
+            auto storePath = computeStorePath(*store);
+
+            store->ensurePath(storePath);
+
+            debug("using substituted/cached input '%s' in '%s'",
+                to_string(), store->printStorePath(storePath));
+
+            auto actualPath = store->toRealPath(storePath);
+
+            return {fetchers::Tree(std::move(actualPath), std::move(storePath)), *this};
+        } catch (Error & e) {
+            debug("substitution of input '%s' failed: %s", to_string(), e.what());
+        }
+    }
+
+    auto [tree, input] = scheme->fetch(store, *this);
 
     if (tree.actualPath == "")
         tree.actualPath = store->toRealPath(tree.storePath);
 
-    if (!tree.info.narHash)
+    auto narHash = store->queryPathInfo(tree.storePath)->narHash;
-        tree.info.narHash = store->queryPathInfo(tree.storePath)->narHash;
+    input.attrs.insert_or_assign("narHash", narHash.to_string(SRI, true));
 
-    if (input->narHash)
+    if (auto prevNarHash = getNarHash()) {
-        assert(input->narHash == tree.info.narHash);
+        if (narHash != *prevNarHash)
-
-    if (narHash && narHash != input->narHash)
             throw Error("NAR hash mismatch in input '%s' (%s), expected '%s', got '%s'",
-            to_string(), tree.actualPath, narHash->to_string(SRI, true), input->narHash->to_string(SRI, true));
+                to_string(), tree.actualPath, prevNarHash->to_string(SRI, true), narHash.to_string(SRI, true));
+    }
+
+    if (auto prevLastModified = getLastModified()) {
+        if (input.getLastModified() != prevLastModified)
+            throw Error("'lastModified' attribute mismatch in input '%s', expected %d",
+                input.to_string(), *prevLastModified);
+    }
+
+    if (auto prevRevCount = getRevCount()) {
+        if (input.getRevCount() != prevRevCount)
+            throw Error("'revCount' attribute mismatch in input '%s', expected %d",
+                input.to_string(), *prevRevCount);
+    }
+
+    input.immutable = true;
+
+    assert(input.hasAllInfo());
 
     return {std::move(tree), input};
 }
 
+Input Input::applyOverrides(
+    std::optional<std::string> ref,
+    std::optional<Hash> rev) const
+{
+    if (!scheme) return *this;
+    return scheme->applyOverrides(*this, ref, rev);
+}
+
+void Input::clone(const Path & destDir) const
+{
+    assert(scheme);
+    scheme->clone(*this, destDir);
+}
+
+std::optional<Path> Input::getSourcePath() const
+{
+    assert(scheme);
+    return scheme->getSourcePath(*this);
+}
+
+void Input::markChangedFile(
+    std::string_view file,
+    std::optional<std::string> commitMsg) const
+{
+    assert(scheme);
+    return scheme->markChangedFile(*this, file, commitMsg);
+}
+
+StorePath Input::computeStorePath(Store & store) const
+{
+    auto narHash = getNarHash();
+    if (!narHash)
+        throw Error("cannot compute store path for mutable input '%s'", to_string());
+    return store.makeFixedOutputPath(FileIngestionMethod::Recursive, *narHash, "source");
+}
+
+std::string Input::getType() const
+{
+    return getStrAttr(attrs, "type");
+}
+
+std::optional<Hash> Input::getNarHash() const
+{
+    if (auto s = maybeGetStrAttr(attrs, "narHash"))
+        // FIXME: require SRI hash.
+        return newHashAllowEmpty(*s, htSHA256);
+    return {};
+}
+
+std::optional<std::string> Input::getRef() const
+{
+    if (auto s = maybeGetStrAttr(attrs, "ref"))
+        return *s;
+    return {};
+}
+
+std::optional<Hash> Input::getRev() const
+{
+    if (auto s = maybeGetStrAttr(attrs, "rev"))
+        return Hash(*s, htSHA1);
+    return {};
+}
+
+std::optional<uint64_t> Input::getRevCount() const
+{
+    if (auto n = maybeGetIntAttr(attrs, "revCount"))
+        return *n;
+    return {};
+}
+
+std::optional<time_t> Input::getLastModified() const
+{
+    if (auto n = maybeGetIntAttr(attrs, "lastModified"))
+        return *n;
+    return {};
+}
+
+ParsedURL InputScheme::toURL(const Input & input)
+{
+    throw Error("don't know how to convert input '%s' to a URL", attrsToJson(input.attrs));
+}
+
+Input InputScheme::applyOverrides(
+    const Input & input,
+    std::optional<std::string> ref,
+    std::optional<Hash> rev)
+{
+    if (ref)
+        throw Error("don't know how to set branch/tag name of input '%s' to '%s'", input.to_string(), *ref);
+    if (rev)
+        throw Error("don't know how to set revision of input '%s' to '%s'", input.to_string(), rev->gitRev());
+    return input;
+}
+
+std::optional<Path> InputScheme::getSourcePath(const Input & input)
+{
+    return {};
+}
+
+void InputScheme::markChangedFile(const Input & input, std::string_view file, std::optional<std::string> commitMsg)
+{
+    assert(false);
+}
+
+void InputScheme::clone(const Input & input, const Path & destDir)
+{
+    throw Error("do not know how to clone input '%s'", input.to_string());
+}
+
 }

src/libfetchers/fetchers.hh

@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 #include "types.hh"
 #include "hash.hh"
 #include "path.hh"
-#include "tree-info.hh"
 #include "attrs.hh"
 #include "url.hh"
 
@@ -13,73 +12,101 @@ namespace nix { class Store; }
 
 namespace nix::fetchers {
 
-struct Input;
-
 struct Tree
 {
     Path actualPath;
     StorePath storePath;
-    TreeInfo info;
+    Tree(Path && actualPath, StorePath && storePath) : actualPath(actualPath), storePath(std::move(storePath)) {}
 };
 
-struct Input : std::enable_shared_from_this<Input>
+struct InputScheme;
+
+struct Input
 {
-    std::optional<Hash> narHash; // FIXME: implement
+    friend class InputScheme;
 
-    virtual std::string type() const = 0;
+    std::shared_ptr<InputScheme> scheme; // note: can be null
+    Attrs attrs;
+    bool immutable = false;
+    bool direct = true;
 
-    virtual ~Input() { }
+public:
+    static Input fromURL(const std::string & url);
 
-    virtual bool operator ==(const Input & other) const { return false; }
+    static Input fromURL(const ParsedURL & url);
 
-    /* Check whether this is a "direct" input, that is, not
+    static Input fromAttrs(Attrs && attrs);
-       one that goes through a registry. */
-    virtual bool isDirect() const { return true; }
 
-    /* Check whether this is an "immutable" input, that is,
+    ParsedURL toURL() const;
-       one that contains a commit hash or content hash. */
-    virtual bool isImmutable() const { return (bool) narHash; }
 
-    virtual bool contains(const Input & other) const { return false; }
+    std::string to_string() const;
-
-    virtual std::optional<std::string> getRef() const { return {}; }
-
-    virtual std::optional<Hash> getRev() const { return {}; }
-
-    virtual ParsedURL toURL() const = 0;
-
-    std::string to_string() const
-    {
-        return toURL().to_string();
-    }
 
     Attrs toAttrs() const;
 
-    std::pair<Tree, std::shared_ptr<const Input>> fetchTree(ref<Store> store) const;
+    /* Check whether this is a "direct" input, that is, not
+       one that goes through a registry. */
+    bool isDirect() const { return direct; }
 
-private:
+    /* Check whether this is an "immutable" input, that is,
+       one that contains a commit hash or content hash. */
+    bool isImmutable() const { return immutable; }
 
-    virtual std::pair<Tree, std::shared_ptr<const Input>> fetchTreeInternal(ref<Store> store) const = 0;
+    bool hasAllInfo() const;
 
-    virtual Attrs toAttrsInternal() const = 0;
+    bool operator ==(const Input & other) const;
+
+    bool contains(const Input & other) const;
+
+    std::pair<Tree, Input> fetch(ref<Store> store) const;
+
+    Input applyOverrides(
+        std::optional<std::string> ref,
+        std::optional<Hash> rev) const;
+
+    void clone(const Path & destDir) const;
+
+    std::optional<Path> getSourcePath() const;
+
+    void markChangedFile(
+        std::string_view file,
+        std::optional<std::string> commitMsg) const;
+
+    StorePath computeStorePath(Store & store) const;
+
+    // Convience functions for common attributes.
+    std::string getType() const;
+    std::optional<Hash> getNarHash() const;
+    std::optional<std::string> getRef() const;
+    std::optional<Hash> getRev() const;
+    std::optional<uint64_t> getRevCount() const;
+    std::optional<time_t> getLastModified() const;
 };
 
 struct InputScheme
 {
-    virtual ~InputScheme() { }
+    virtual std::optional<Input> inputFromURL(const ParsedURL & url) = 0;
 
-    virtual std::unique_ptr<Input> inputFromURL(const ParsedURL & url) = 0;
+    virtual std::optional<Input> inputFromAttrs(const Attrs & attrs) = 0;
 
-    virtual std::unique_ptr<Input> inputFromAttrs(const Attrs & attrs) = 0;
+    virtual ParsedURL toURL(const Input & input);
+
+    virtual bool hasAllInfo(const Input & input) = 0;
+
+    virtual Input applyOverrides(
+        const Input & input,
+        std::optional<std::string> ref,
+        std::optional<Hash> rev);
+
+    virtual void clone(const Input & input, const Path & destDir);
+
+    virtual std::optional<Path> getSourcePath(const Input & input);
+
+    virtual void markChangedFile(const Input & input, std::string_view file, std::optional<std::string> commitMsg);
+
+    virtual std::pair<Tree, Input> fetch(ref<Store> store, const Input & input) = 0;
 };
 
-std::unique_ptr<Input> inputFromURL(const ParsedURL & url);
+void registerInputScheme(std::shared_ptr<InputScheme> && fetcher);
-
-std::unique_ptr<Input> inputFromURL(const std::string & url);
-
-std::unique_ptr<Input> inputFromAttrs(const Attrs & attrs);
-
-void registerInputScheme(std::unique_ptr<InputScheme> && fetcher);
 
 struct DownloadFileResult
 {
@@ -94,7 +121,7 @@ DownloadFileResult downloadFile(
     const std::string & name,
     bool immutable);
 
-Tree downloadTarball(
+std::pair<Tree, time_t> downloadTarball(
     ref<Store> store,
     const std::string & url,
     const std::string & name,

src/libfetchers/git.cc

@@ -22,80 +22,152 @@ static bool isNotDotGitDirectory(const Path & path)
     return not std::regex_match(path, gitDirRegex);
 }
 
-struct GitInput : Input
+struct GitInputScheme : InputScheme
 {
-    ParsedURL url;
+    std::optional<Input> inputFromURL(const ParsedURL & url) override
-    std::optional<std::string> ref;
-    std::optional<Hash> rev;
-    bool shallow = false;
-    bool submodules = false;
-
-    GitInput(const ParsedURL & url) : url(url)
-    { }
-
-    std::string type() const override { return "git"; }
-
-    bool operator ==(const Input & other) const override
     {
-        auto other2 = dynamic_cast<const GitInput *>(&other);
+        if (url.scheme != "git" &&
-        return
+            url.scheme != "git+http" &&
-            other2
+            url.scheme != "git+https" &&
-            && url == other2->url
+            url.scheme != "git+ssh" &&
-            && rev == other2->rev
+            url.scheme != "git+file") return {};
-            && ref == other2->ref;
-    }
 
-    bool isImmutable() const override
+        auto url2(url);
-    {
+        if (hasPrefix(url2.scheme, "git+")) url2.scheme = std::string(url2.scheme, 4);
-        return (bool) rev || narHash;
+        url2.query.clear();
-    }
 
-    std::optional<std::string> getRef() const override { return ref; }
-
-    std::optional<Hash> getRev() const override { return rev; }
-
-    ParsedURL toURL() const override
-    {
-        ParsedURL url2(url);
-        if (url2.scheme != "git") url2.scheme = "git+" + url2.scheme;
-        if (rev) url2.query.insert_or_assign("rev", rev->gitRev());
-        if (ref) url2.query.insert_or_assign("ref", *ref);
-        if (shallow) url2.query.insert_or_assign("shallow", "1");
-        return url2;
-    }
-
-    Attrs toAttrsInternal() const override
-    {
         Attrs attrs;
-        attrs.emplace("url", url.to_string());
+        attrs.emplace("type", "git");
-        if (ref)
+
-            attrs.emplace("ref", *ref);
+        for (auto &[name, value] : url.query) {
-        if (rev)
+            if (name == "rev" || name == "ref")
-            attrs.emplace("rev", rev->gitRev());
+                attrs.emplace(name, value);
-        if (shallow)
+            else if (name == "shallow")
-            attrs.emplace("shallow", true);
+                attrs.emplace(name, Explicit<bool> { value == "1" });
-        if (submodules)
+            else
-            attrs.emplace("submodules", true);
+                url2.query.emplace(name, value);
-        return attrs;
         }
 
-    std::pair<bool, std::string> getActualUrl() const
+        attrs.emplace("url", url2.to_string());
+
+        return inputFromAttrs(attrs);
+    }
+
+    std::optional<Input> inputFromAttrs(const Attrs & attrs) override
+    {
+        if (maybeGetStrAttr(attrs, "type") != "git") return {};
+
+        for (auto & [name, value] : attrs)
+            if (name != "type" && name != "url" && name != "ref" && name != "rev" && name != "shallow" && name != "submodules" && name != "lastModified" && name != "revCount" && name != "narHash")
+                throw Error("unsupported Git input attribute '%s'", name);
+
+        parseURL(getStrAttr(attrs, "url"));
+        maybeGetBoolAttr(attrs, "shallow");
+        maybeGetBoolAttr(attrs, "submodules");
+
+        if (auto ref = maybeGetStrAttr(attrs, "ref")) {
+            if (std::regex_search(*ref, badGitRefRegex))
+                throw BadURL("invalid Git branch/tag name '%s'", *ref);
+        }
+
+        Input input;
+        input.attrs = attrs;
+        return input;
+    }
+
+    ParsedURL toURL(const Input & input) override
+    {
+        auto url = parseURL(getStrAttr(input.attrs, "url"));
+        if (url.scheme != "git") url.scheme = "git+" + url.scheme;
+        if (auto rev = input.getRev()) url.query.insert_or_assign("rev", rev->gitRev());
+        if (auto ref = input.getRef()) url.query.insert_or_assign("ref", *ref);
+        if (maybeGetBoolAttr(input.attrs, "shallow").value_or(false))
+            url.query.insert_or_assign("shallow", "1");
+        return url;
+    }
+
+    bool hasAllInfo(const Input & input) override
+    {
+        bool maybeDirty = !input.getRef();
+        bool shallow = maybeGetBoolAttr(input.attrs, "shallow").value_or(false);
+        return
+            maybeGetIntAttr(input.attrs, "lastModified")
+            && (shallow || maybeDirty || maybeGetIntAttr(input.attrs, "revCount"));
+    }
+
+    Input applyOverrides(
+        const Input & input,
+        std::optional<std::string> ref,
+        std::optional<Hash> rev) override
+    {
+        auto res(input);
+        if (rev) res.attrs.insert_or_assign("rev", rev->gitRev());
+        if (ref) res.attrs.insert_or_assign("ref", *ref);
+        if (!res.getRef() && res.getRev())
+            throw Error("Git input '%s' has a commit hash but no branch/tag name", res.to_string());
+        return res;
+    }
+
+    void clone(const Input & input, const Path & destDir) override
+    {
+        auto [isLocal, actualUrl] = getActualUrl(input);
+
+        Strings args = {"clone"};
+
+        args.push_back(actualUrl);
+
+        if (auto ref = input.getRef()) {
+            args.push_back("--branch");
+            args.push_back(*ref);
+        }
+
+        if (input.getRev()) throw Error("cloning a specific revision is not implemented");
+
+        args.push_back(destDir);
+
+        runProgram("git", true, args);
+    }
+
+    std::optional<Path> getSourcePath(const Input & input) override
+    {
+        auto url = parseURL(getStrAttr(input.attrs, "url"));
+        if (url.scheme == "file" && !input.getRef() && !input.getRev())
+            return url.path;
+        return {};
+    }
+
+    void markChangedFile(const Input & input, std::string_view file, std::optional<std::string> commitMsg) override
+    {
+        auto sourcePath = getSourcePath(input);
+        assert(sourcePath);
+
+        runProgram("git", true,
+            { "-C", *sourcePath, "add", "--force", "--intent-to-add", "--", std::string(file) });
+
+        if (commitMsg)
+            runProgram("git", true,
+                { "-C", *sourcePath, "commit", std::string(file), "-m", *commitMsg });
+    }
+
+    std::pair<bool, std::string> getActualUrl(const Input & input) const
     {
         // Don't clone file:// URIs (but otherwise treat them the
         // same as remote URIs, i.e. don't use the working tree or
         // HEAD).
         static bool forceHttp = getEnv("_NIX_FORCE_HTTP") == "1"; // for testing
+        auto url = parseURL(getStrAttr(input.attrs, "url"));
         bool isLocal = url.scheme == "file" && !forceHttp;
         return {isLocal, isLocal ? url.path : url.base};
     }
 
-    std::pair<Tree, std::shared_ptr<const Input>> fetchTreeInternal(nix::ref<Store> store) const override
+    std::pair<Tree, Input> fetch(ref<Store> store, const Input & _input) override
     {
         auto name = "source";
 
-        auto input = std::make_shared<GitInput>(*this);
+        Input input(_input);
 
-        assert(!rev || rev->type == htSHA1);
+        bool shallow = maybeGetBoolAttr(input.attrs, "shallow").value_or(false);
+        bool submodules = maybeGetBoolAttr(input.attrs, "submodules").value_or(false);
 
         std::string cacheType = "git";
         if (shallow) cacheType += "-shallow";
@@ -106,39 +178,35 @@ struct GitInput : Input
             return Attrs({
                 {"type", cacheType},
                 {"name", name},
-                {"rev", input->rev->gitRev()},
+                {"rev", input.getRev()->gitRev()},
             });
         };
 
         auto makeResult = [&](const Attrs & infoAttrs, StorePath && storePath)
-            -> std::pair<Tree, std::shared_ptr<const Input>>
+            -> std::pair<Tree, Input>
         {
-            assert(input->rev);
+            assert(input.getRev());
-            assert(!rev || rev == input->rev);
+            assert(!_input.getRev() || _input.getRev() == input.getRev());
+            if (!shallow)
+                input.attrs.insert_or_assign("revCount", getIntAttr(infoAttrs, "revCount"));
+            input.attrs.insert_or_assign("lastModified", getIntAttr(infoAttrs, "lastModified"));
             return {
-                Tree {
+                Tree(store->toRealPath(storePath), std::move(storePath)),
-                    .actualPath = store->toRealPath(storePath),
-                    .storePath = std::move(storePath),
-                    .info = TreeInfo {
-                        .revCount = shallow ? std::nullopt : std::optional(getIntAttr(infoAttrs, "revCount")),
-                        .lastModified = getIntAttr(infoAttrs, "lastModified"),
-                    },
-                },
                 input
             };
         };
 
-        if (rev) {
+        if (input.getRev()) {
             if (auto res = getCache()->lookup(store, getImmutableAttrs()))
                 return makeResult(res->first, std::move(res->second));
         }
 
-        auto [isLocal, actualUrl_] = getActualUrl();
+        auto [isLocal, actualUrl_] = getActualUrl(input);
         auto actualUrl = actualUrl_; // work around clang bug
 
         // If this is a local directory and no ref or revision is
         // given, then allow the use of an unclean working tree.
-        if (!input->ref && !input->rev && isLocal) {
+        if (!input.getRef() && !input.getRev() && isLocal) {
             bool clean = false;
 
             /* Check whether this repo has any commits. There are
@@ -197,35 +265,35 @@ struct GitInput : Input
 
                 auto storePath = store->addToStore("source", actualUrl, FileIngestionMethod::Recursive, htSHA256, filter);
 
-                auto tree = Tree {
-                    .actualPath = store->printStorePath(storePath),
-                    .storePath = std::move(storePath),
-                    .info = TreeInfo {
                 // FIXME: maybe we should use the timestamp of the last
                 // modified dirty file?
-                        .lastModified = haveCommits ? std::stoull(runProgram("git", true, { "-C", actualUrl, "log", "-1", "--format=%ct", "HEAD" })) : 0,
+                input.attrs.insert_or_assign(
-                    }
+                    "lastModified",
+                    haveCommits ? std::stoull(runProgram("git", true, { "-C", actualUrl, "log", "-1", "--format=%ct", "HEAD" })) : 0);
+
+                return {
+                    Tree(store->printStorePath(storePath), std::move(storePath)),
+                    input
                 };
-
-                return {std::move(tree), input};
             }
         }
 
-        if (!input->ref) input->ref = isLocal ? readHead(actualUrl) : "master";
+        if (!input.getRef()) input.attrs.insert_or_assign("ref", isLocal ? readHead(actualUrl) : "master");
 
         Attrs mutableAttrs({
             {"type", cacheType},
             {"name", name},
             {"url", actualUrl},
-            {"ref", *input->ref},
+            {"ref", *input.getRef()},
         });
 
         Path repoDir;
 
         if (isLocal) {
 
-            if (!input->rev)
+            if (!input.getRev())
-                input->rev = Hash(chomp(runProgram("git", true, { "-C", actualUrl, "rev-parse", *input->ref })), htSHA1);
+                input.attrs.insert_or_assign("rev",
+                    Hash(chomp(runProgram("git", true, { "-C", actualUrl, "rev-parse", *input.getRef() })), htSHA1).gitRev());
 
             repoDir = actualUrl;
 
@@ -233,8 +301,8 @@ struct GitInput : Input
 
             if (auto res = getCache()->lookup(store, mutableAttrs)) {
                 auto rev2 = Hash(getStrAttr(res->first, "rev"), htSHA1);
-                if (!rev || rev == rev2) {
+                if (!input.getRev() || input.getRev() == rev2) {
-                    input->rev = rev2;
+                    input.attrs.insert_or_assign("rev", rev2.gitRev());
                     return makeResult(res->first, std::move(res->second));
                 }
             }
@@ -248,18 +316,18 @@ struct GitInput : Input
             }
 
             Path localRefFile =
-                input->ref->compare(0, 5, "refs/") == 0
+                input.getRef()->compare(0, 5, "refs/") == 0
-                ? cacheDir + "/" + *input->ref
+                ? cacheDir + "/" + *input.getRef()
-                : cacheDir + "/refs/heads/" + *input->ref;
+                : cacheDir + "/refs/heads/" + *input.getRef();
 
             bool doFetch;
             time_t now = time(0);
 
             /* If a rev was specified, we need to fetch if it's not in the
                repo. */
-            if (input->rev) {
+            if (input.getRev()) {
                 try {
-                    runProgram("git", true, { "-C", repoDir, "cat-file", "-e", input->rev->gitRev() });
+                    runProgram("git", true, { "-C", repoDir, "cat-file", "-e", input.getRev()->gitRev() });
                     doFetch = false;
                 } catch (ExecError & e) {
                     if (WIFEXITED(e.status)) {
@@ -282,9 +350,10 @@ struct GitInput : Input
                 // FIXME: git stderr messes up our progress indicator, so
                 // we're using --quiet for now. Should process its stderr.
                 try {
-                    auto fetchRef = input->ref->compare(0, 5, "refs/") == 0
+                    auto ref = input.getRef();
-                        ? *input->ref
+                    auto fetchRef = ref->compare(0, 5, "refs/") == 0
-                        : "refs/heads/" + *input->ref;
+                        ? *ref
+                        : "refs/heads/" + *ref;
                     runProgram("git", true, { "-C", repoDir, "fetch", "--quiet", "--force", "--", actualUrl, fmt("%s:%s", fetchRef, fetchRef) });
                 } catch (Error & e) {
                     if (!pathExists(localRefFile)) throw;
@@ -300,8 +369,8 @@ struct GitInput : Input
                 utimes(localRefFile.c_str(), times);
             }
 
-            if (!input->rev)
+            if (!input.getRev())
-                input->rev = Hash(chomp(readFile(localRefFile)), htSHA1);
+                input.attrs.insert_or_assign("rev", Hash(chomp(readFile(localRefFile)), htSHA1).gitRev());
         }
 
         bool isShallow = chomp(runProgram("git", true, { "-C", repoDir, "rev-parse", "--is-shallow-repository" })) == "true";
@@ -311,7 +380,7 @@ struct GitInput : Input
 
         // FIXME: check whether rev is an ancestor of ref.
 
-        printTalkative("using revision %s of repo '%s'", input->rev->gitRev(), actualUrl);
+        printTalkative("using revision %s of repo '%s'", input.getRev()->gitRev(), actualUrl);
 
         /* Now that we know the ref, check again whether we have it in
            the store. */
@@ -333,7 +402,7 @@ struct GitInput : Input
             runProgram("git", true, { "-C", tmpDir, "fetch", "--quiet", "--force",
                                       "--update-head-ok", "--", repoDir, "refs/*:refs/*" });
 
-            runProgram("git", true, { "-C", tmpDir, "checkout", "--quiet", input->rev->gitRev() });
+            runProgram("git", true, { "-C", tmpDir, "checkout", "--quiet", input.getRev()->gitRev() });
             runProgram("git", true, { "-C", tmpDir, "remote", "add", "origin", actualUrl });
             runProgram("git", true, { "-C", tmpDir, "submodule", "--quiet", "update", "--init", "--recursive" });
 
@@ -342,7 +411,7 @@ struct GitInput : Input
             // FIXME: should pipe this, or find some better way to extract a
             // revision.
             auto source = sinkToSource([&](Sink & sink) {
-                RunOptions gitOptions("git", { "-C", repoDir, "archive", input->rev->gitRev() });
+                RunOptions gitOptions("git", { "-C", repoDir, "archive", input.getRev()->gitRev() });
                 gitOptions.standardOut = &sink;
                 runProgram2(gitOptions);
             });
@@ -352,18 +421,18 @@ struct GitInput : Input
 
         auto storePath = store->addToStore(name, tmpDir, FileIngestionMethod::Recursive, htSHA256, filter);
 
-        auto lastModified = std::stoull(runProgram("git", true, { "-C", repoDir, "log", "-1", "--format=%ct", input->rev->gitRev() }));
+        auto lastModified = std::stoull(runProgram("git", true, { "-C", repoDir, "log", "-1", "--format=%ct", input.getRev()->gitRev() }));
 
         Attrs infoAttrs({
-            {"rev", input->rev->gitRev()},
+            {"rev", input.getRev()->gitRev()},
             {"lastModified", lastModified},
         });
 
         if (!shallow)
             infoAttrs.insert_or_assign("revCount",
-                std::stoull(runProgram("git", true, { "-C", repoDir, "rev-list", "--count", input->rev->gitRev() })));
+                std::stoull(runProgram("git", true, { "-C", repoDir, "rev-list", "--count", input.getRev()->gitRev() })));
 
-        if (!this->rev)
+        if (!_input.getRev())
             getCache()->add(
                 store,
                 mutableAttrs,
@@ -382,60 +451,6 @@ struct GitInput : Input
     }
 };
 
-struct GitInputScheme : InputScheme
-{
-    std::unique_ptr<Input> inputFromURL(const ParsedURL & url) override
-    {
-        if (url.scheme != "git" &&
-            url.scheme != "git+http" &&
-            url.scheme != "git+https" &&
-            url.scheme != "git+ssh" &&
-            url.scheme != "git+file") return nullptr;
-
-        auto url2(url);
-        if (hasPrefix(url2.scheme, "git+")) url2.scheme = std::string(url2.scheme, 4);
-        url2.query.clear();
-
-        Attrs attrs;
-        attrs.emplace("type", "git");
-
-        for (auto &[name, value] : url.query) {
-            if (name == "rev" || name == "ref")
-                attrs.emplace(name, value);
-            else
-                url2.query.emplace(name, value);
-        }
-
-        attrs.emplace("url", url2.to_string());
-
-        return inputFromAttrs(attrs);
-    }
-
-    std::unique_ptr<Input> inputFromAttrs(const Attrs & attrs) override
-    {
-        if (maybeGetStrAttr(attrs, "type") != "git") return {};
-
-        for (auto & [name, value] : attrs)
-            if (name != "type" && name != "url" && name != "ref" && name != "rev" && name != "shallow" && name != "submodules")
-                throw Error("unsupported Git input attribute '%s'", name);
-
-        auto input = std::make_unique<GitInput>(parseURL(getStrAttr(attrs, "url")));
-        if (auto ref = maybeGetStrAttr(attrs, "ref")) {
-            if (std::regex_search(*ref, badGitRefRegex))
-                throw BadURL("invalid Git branch/tag name '%s'", *ref);
-            input->ref = *ref;
-        }
-        if (auto rev = maybeGetStrAttr(attrs, "rev"))
-            input->rev = Hash(*rev, htSHA1);
-
-        input->shallow = maybeGetBoolAttr(attrs, "shallow").value_or(false);
-
-        input->submodules = maybeGetBoolAttr(attrs, "submodules").value_or(false);
-
-        return input;
-    }
-};
-
 static auto r1 = OnStartup([] { registerInputScheme(std::make_unique<GitInputScheme>()); });
 
 }

src/libfetchers/github.cc

@@ -8,81 +8,142 @@
 
 namespace nix::fetchers {
 
-std::regex ownerRegex("[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z0-9_-]*", std::regex::ECMAScript);
+// A github or gitlab url
-std::regex repoRegex("[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z0-9_-]*", std::regex::ECMAScript);
+const static std::string urlRegexS = "[a-zA-Z0-9.]*"; // FIXME: check
+std::regex urlRegex(urlRegexS, std::regex::ECMAScript);
 
-struct GitHubInput : Input
+struct GitArchiveInputScheme : InputScheme
 {
-    std::string owner;
+    virtual std::string type() = 0;
-    std::string repo;
+
-    std::optional<std::string> ref;
+    std::optional<Input> inputFromURL(const ParsedURL & url) override
+    {
+        if (url.scheme != type()) return {};
+
+        auto path = tokenizeString<std::vector<std::string>>(url.path, "/");
+
         std::optional<Hash> rev;
+        std::optional<std::string> ref;
+        std::optional<std::string> host_url;
 
-    std::string type() const override { return "github"; }
+        if (path.size() == 2) {
+        } else if (path.size() == 3) {
+            if (std::regex_match(path[2], revRegex))
+                rev = Hash(path[2], htSHA1);
+            else if (std::regex_match(path[2], refRegex))
+                ref = path[2];
+            else
+                throw BadURL("in URL '%s', '%s' is not a commit hash or branch/tag name", url.url, path[2]);
+        } else
+            throw BadURL("URL '%s' is invalid", url.url);
 
-    bool operator ==(const Input & other) const override
+        for (auto &[name, value] : url.query) {
-    {
+            if (name == "rev") {
-        auto other2 = dynamic_cast<const GitHubInput *>(&other);
+                if (rev)
-        return
+                    throw BadURL("URL '%s' contains multiple commit hashes", url.url);
-            other2
+                rev = Hash(value, htSHA1);
-            && owner == other2->owner
+            }
-            && repo == other2->repo
+            else if (name == "ref") {
-            && rev == other2->rev
+                if (!std::regex_match(value, refRegex))
-            && ref == other2->ref;
+                    throw BadURL("URL '%s' contains an invalid branch/tag name", url.url);
+                if (ref)
+                    throw BadURL("URL '%s' contains multiple branch/tag names", url.url);
+                ref = value;
+            }
+            else if (name == "url") {
+                if (!std::regex_match(value, urlRegex))
+                    throw BadURL("URL '%s' contains an invalid instance url", url.url);
+                host_url = value;
+            }
+            // FIXME: barf on unsupported attributes
         }
 
-    bool isImmutable() const override
+        if (ref && rev)
-    {
+            throw BadURL("URL '%s' contains both a commit hash and a branch/tag name %s %s", url.url, *ref, rev->gitRev());
-        return (bool) rev || narHash;
+
+        Input input;
+        input.attrs.insert_or_assign("type", type());
+        input.attrs.insert_or_assign("owner", path[0]);
+        input.attrs.insert_or_assign("repo", path[1]);
+        if (rev) input.attrs.insert_or_assign("rev", rev->gitRev());
+        if (ref) input.attrs.insert_or_assign("ref", *ref);
+        if (host_url) input.attrs.insert_or_assign("url", *host_url);
+
+        return input;
     }
 
-    std::optional<std::string> getRef() const override { return ref; }
+    std::optional<Input> inputFromAttrs(const Attrs & attrs) override
-
-    std::optional<Hash> getRev() const override { return rev; }
-
-    ParsedURL toURL() const override
     {
+        if (maybeGetStrAttr(attrs, "type") != type()) return {};
+
+        for (auto & [name, value] : attrs)
+            if (name != "type" && name != "owner" && name != "repo" && name != "ref" && name != "rev" && name != "narHash" && name != "lastModified")
+                throw Error("unsupported input attribute '%s'", name);
+
+        getStrAttr(attrs, "owner");
+        getStrAttr(attrs, "repo");
+
+        Input input;
+        input.attrs = attrs;
+        return input;
+    }
+
+    ParsedURL toURL(const Input & input) override
+    {
+        auto owner = getStrAttr(input.attrs, "owner");
+        auto repo = getStrAttr(input.attrs, "repo");
+        auto ref = input.getRef();
+        auto rev = input.getRev();
         auto path = owner + "/" + repo;
         assert(!(ref && rev));
         if (ref) path += "/" + *ref;
         if (rev) path += "/" + rev->to_string(Base16, false);
         return ParsedURL {
-            .scheme = "github",
+            .scheme = type(),
             .path = path,
         };
     }
 
-    Attrs toAttrsInternal() const override
+    bool hasAllInfo(const Input & input) override
     {
-        Attrs attrs;
+        return input.getRev() && maybeGetIntAttr(input.attrs, "lastModified");
-        attrs.emplace("owner", owner);
-        attrs.emplace("repo", repo);
-        if (ref)
-            attrs.emplace("ref", *ref);
-        if (rev)
-            attrs.emplace("rev", rev->gitRev());
-        return attrs;
     }
 
-    std::pair<Tree, std::shared_ptr<const Input>> fetchTreeInternal(nix::ref<Store> store) const override
+    Input applyOverrides(
+        const Input & _input,
+        std::optional<std::string> ref,
+        std::optional<Hash> rev) override
     {
-        auto rev = this->rev;
+        auto input(_input);
-        auto ref = this->ref.value_or("master");
+        if (rev && ref)
-
+            throw BadURL("cannot apply both a commit hash (%s) and a branch/tag name ('%s') to input '%s'",
-        if (!rev) {
+                rev->gitRev(), *ref, input.to_string());
-            auto url = fmt("https://api.github.com/repos/%s/%s/commits/%s",
+        if (rev) {
-                owner, repo, ref);
+            input.attrs.insert_or_assign("rev", rev->gitRev());
-            auto json = nlohmann::json::parse(
+            input.attrs.erase("ref");
-                readFile(
+        }
-                    store->toRealPath(
+        if (ref) {
-                        downloadFile(store, url, "source", false).storePath)));
+            input.attrs.insert_or_assign("ref", *ref);
-            rev = Hash(std::string { json["sha"] }, htSHA1);
+            input.attrs.erase("rev");
-            debug("HEAD revision for '%s' is %s", url, rev->gitRev());
+        }
+        return input;
     }
 
-        auto input = std::make_shared<GitHubInput>(*this);
+    virtual Hash getRevFromRef(nix::ref<Store> store, const Input & input) const = 0;
-        input->ref = {};
+
-        input->rev = *rev;
+    virtual std::string getDownloadUrl(const Input & input) const = 0;
+
+    std::pair<Tree, Input> fetch(ref<Store> store, const Input & _input) override
+    {
+        Input input(_input);
+
+        if (!maybeGetStrAttr(input.attrs, "ref")) input.attrs.insert_or_assign("ref", "HEAD");
+
+        auto rev = input.getRev();
+        if (!rev) rev = getRevFromRef(store, input);
+
+        input.attrs.erase("ref");
+        input.attrs.insert_or_assign("rev", rev->gitRev());
 
         Attrs immutableAttrs({
             {"type", "git-tarball"},
@@ -90,36 +151,25 @@ struct GitHubInput : Input
         });
 
         if (auto res = getCache()->lookup(store, immutableAttrs)) {
+            input.attrs.insert_or_assign("lastModified", getIntAttr(res->first, "lastModified"));
             return {
-                Tree{
+                Tree(store->toRealPath(res->second), std::move(res->second)),
-                    .actualPath = store->toRealPath(res->second),
-                    .storePath = std::move(res->second),
-                    .info = TreeInfo {
-                        .lastModified = getIntAttr(res->first, "lastModified"),
-                    },
-                },
                 input
             };
         }
 
-        // FIXME: use regular /archive URLs instead? api.github.com
+        auto url = getDownloadUrl(input);
-        // might have stricter rate limits.
 
-        auto url = fmt("https://api.github.com/repos/%s/%s/tarball/%s",
+        auto [tree, lastModified] = downloadTarball(store, url, "source", true);
-            owner, repo, rev->to_string(Base16, false));
 
-        std::string accessToken = settings.githubAccessToken.get();
+        input.attrs.insert_or_assign("lastModified", lastModified);
-        if (accessToken != "")
-            url += "?access_token=" + accessToken;
-
-        auto tree = downloadTarball(store, url, "source", true);
 
         getCache()->add(
             store,
             immutableAttrs,
             {
                 {"rev", rev->gitRev()},
-                {"lastModified", *tree.info.lastModified}
+                {"lastModified", lastModified}
             },
             tree.storePath,
             true);
@@ -128,68 +178,96 @@ struct GitHubInput : Input
     }
 };
 
-struct GitHubInputScheme : InputScheme
+struct GitHubInputScheme : GitArchiveInputScheme
 {
-    std::unique_ptr<Input> inputFromURL(const ParsedURL & url) override
+    std::string type() override { return "github"; }
+
+    Hash getRevFromRef(nix::ref<Store> store, const Input & input) const override
     {
-        if (url.scheme != "github") return nullptr;
+        auto host_url = maybeGetStrAttr(input.attrs, "url").value_or("github.com");
-
+        auto url = fmt("https://api.%s/repos/%s/%s/commits/%s", // FIXME: check
-        auto path = tokenizeString<std::vector<std::string>>(url.path, "/");
+            host_url, getStrAttr(input.attrs, "owner"), getStrAttr(input.attrs, "repo"), *input.getRef());
-        auto input = std::make_unique<GitHubInput>();
+        auto json = nlohmann::json::parse(
-
+            readFile(
-        if (path.size() == 2) {
+                store->toRealPath(
-        } else if (path.size() == 3) {
+                    downloadFile(store, url, "source", false).storePath)));
-            if (std::regex_match(path[2], revRegex))
+        auto rev = Hash(std::string { json["sha"] }, htSHA1);
-                input->rev = Hash(path[2], htSHA1);
+        debug("HEAD revision for '%s' is %s", url, rev.gitRev());
-            else if (std::regex_match(path[2], refRegex))
+        return rev;
-                input->ref = path[2];
-            else
-                throw BadURL("in GitHub URL '%s', '%s' is not a commit hash or branch/tag name", url.url, path[2]);
-        } else
-            throw BadURL("GitHub URL '%s' is invalid", url.url);
-
-        for (auto &[name, value] : url.query) {
-            if (name == "rev") {
-                if (input->rev)
-                    throw BadURL("GitHub URL '%s' contains multiple commit hashes", url.url);
-                input->rev = Hash(value, htSHA1);
-            }
-            else if (name == "ref") {
-                if (!std::regex_match(value, refRegex))
-                    throw BadURL("GitHub URL '%s' contains an invalid branch/tag name", url.url);
-                if (input->ref)
-                    throw BadURL("GitHub URL '%s' contains multiple branch/tag names", url.url);
-                input->ref = value;
-            }
     }
 
-        if (input->ref && input->rev)
+    std::string getDownloadUrl(const Input & input) const override
-            throw BadURL("GitHub URL '%s' contains both a commit hash and a branch/tag name", url.url);
-
-        input->owner = path[0];
-        input->repo = path[1];
-
-        return input;
-    }
-
-    std::unique_ptr<Input> inputFromAttrs(const Attrs & attrs) override
     {
-        if (maybeGetStrAttr(attrs, "type") != "github") return {};
+        // FIXME: use regular /archive URLs instead? api.github.com
+        // might have stricter rate limits.
+        auto host_url = maybeGetStrAttr(input.attrs, "url").value_or("github.com");
+        auto url = fmt("https://api.%s/repos/%s/%s/tarball/%s", // FIXME: check if this is correct for self hosted instances
+            host_url, getStrAttr(input.attrs, "owner"), getStrAttr(input.attrs, "repo"),
+            input.getRev()->to_string(Base16, false));
 
-        for (auto & [name, value] : attrs)
+        std::string accessToken = settings.githubAccessToken.get();
-            if (name != "type" && name != "owner" && name != "repo" && name != "ref" && name != "rev")
+        if (accessToken != "")
-                throw Error("unsupported GitHub input attribute '%s'", name);
+            url += "?access_token=" + accessToken;
 
-        auto input = std::make_unique<GitHubInput>();
+        return url;
-        input->owner = getStrAttr(attrs, "owner");
+    }
-        input->repo = getStrAttr(attrs, "repo");
+
-        input->ref = maybeGetStrAttr(attrs, "ref");
+    void clone(const Input & input, const Path & destDir) override
-        if (auto rev = maybeGetStrAttr(attrs, "rev"))
+    {
-            input->rev = Hash(*rev, htSHA1);
+        auto host_url = maybeGetStrAttr(input.attrs, "url").value_or("github.com");
-        return input;
+        Input::fromURL(fmt("git+ssh://git@%s/%s/%s.git",
+                host_url, getStrAttr(input.attrs, "owner"), getStrAttr(input.attrs, "repo")))
+            .applyOverrides(input.getRef().value_or("HEAD"), input.getRev())
+            .clone(destDir);
+    }
+};
+
+struct GitLabInputScheme : GitArchiveInputScheme
+{
+    std::string type() override { return "gitlab"; }
+
+    Hash getRevFromRef(nix::ref<Store> store, const Input & input) const override
+    {
+        auto host_url = maybeGetStrAttr(input.attrs, "url").value_or("gitlab.com");
+        auto url = fmt("https://%s/api/v4/projects/%s%%2F%s/repository/commits?ref_name=%s",
+            host_url, getStrAttr(input.attrs, "owner"), getStrAttr(input.attrs, "repo"), *input.getRef());
+        auto json = nlohmann::json::parse(
+            readFile(
+                store->toRealPath(
+                    downloadFile(store, url, "source", false).storePath)));
+        auto rev = Hash(std::string(json[0]["id"]), htSHA1);
+        debug("HEAD revision for '%s' is %s", url, rev.gitRev());
+        return rev;
+    }
+
+    std::string getDownloadUrl(const Input & input) const override
+    {
+        // FIXME: This endpoint has a rate limit threshold of 5 requests per minute
+        auto host_url = maybeGetStrAttr(input.attrs, "url").value_or("gitlab.com");
+        auto url = fmt("https://%s/api/v4/projects/%s%%2F%s/repository/archive.tar.gz?sha=%s",
+            host_url, getStrAttr(input.attrs, "owner"), getStrAttr(input.attrs, "repo"),
+            input.getRev()->to_string(Base16, false));
+
+        /* # FIXME: add privat token auth (`curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>"`)
+        std::string accessToken = settings.githubAccessToken.get();
+        if (accessToken != "")
+            url += "?access_token=" + accessToken;*/
+
+        return url;
+    }
+
+    void clone(const Input & input, const Path & destDir) override
+    {
+        auto host_url = maybeGetStrAttr(input.attrs, "url").value_or("gitlab.com");
+        // FIXME: get username somewhere
+        Input::fromURL(fmt("git+ssh://git@%s/%s/%s.git",
+                host_url, getStrAttr(input.attrs, "owner"), getStrAttr(input.attrs, "repo")))
+            .applyOverrides(input.getRef().value_or("HEAD"), input.getRev())
+            .clone(destDir);
     }
 };
 
 static auto r1 = OnStartup([] { registerInputScheme(std::make_unique<GitHubInputScheme>()); });
+static auto r2 = OnStartup([] { registerInputScheme(std::make_unique<GitLabInputScheme>()); });
 
 }

src/libfetchers/indirect.cc

@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+#include "fetchers.hh"
+
+namespace nix::fetchers {
+
+std::regex flakeRegex("[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z0-9_-]*", std::regex::ECMAScript);
+
+struct IndirectInputScheme : InputScheme
+{
+    std::optional<Input> inputFromURL(const ParsedURL & url) override
+    {
+        if (url.scheme != "flake") return {};
+
+        auto path = tokenizeString<std::vector<std::string>>(url.path, "/");
+
+        std::optional<Hash> rev;
+        std::optional<std::string> ref;
+
+        if (path.size() == 1) {
+        } else if (path.size() == 2) {
+            if (std::regex_match(path[1], revRegex))
+                rev = Hash(path[1], htSHA1);
+            else if (std::regex_match(path[1], refRegex))
+                ref = path[1];
+            else
+                throw BadURL("in flake URL '%s', '%s' is not a commit hash or branch/tag name", url.url, path[1]);
+        } else if (path.size() == 3) {
+            if (!std::regex_match(path[1], refRegex))
+                throw BadURL("in flake URL '%s', '%s' is not a branch/tag name", url.url, path[1]);
+            ref = path[1];
+            if (!std::regex_match(path[2], revRegex))
+                throw BadURL("in flake URL '%s', '%s' is not a commit hash", url.url, path[2]);
+            rev = Hash(path[2], htSHA1);
+        } else
+            throw BadURL("GitHub URL '%s' is invalid", url.url);
+
+        std::string id = path[0];
+        if (!std::regex_match(id, flakeRegex))
+            throw BadURL("'%s' is not a valid flake ID", id);
+
+        // FIXME: forbid query params?
+
+        Input input;
+        input.direct = false;
+        input.attrs.insert_or_assign("type", "indirect");
+        input.attrs.insert_or_assign("id", id);
+        if (rev) input.attrs.insert_or_assign("rev", rev->gitRev());
+        if (ref) input.attrs.insert_or_assign("ref", *ref);
+
+        return input;
+    }
+
+    std::optional<Input> inputFromAttrs(const Attrs & attrs) override
+    {
+        if (maybeGetStrAttr(attrs, "type") != "indirect") return {};
+
+        for (auto & [name, value] : attrs)
+            if (name != "type" && name != "id" && name != "ref" && name != "rev" && name != "narHash")
+                throw Error("unsupported indirect input attribute '%s'", name);
+
+        auto id = getStrAttr(attrs, "id");
+        if (!std::regex_match(id, flakeRegex))
+            throw BadURL("'%s' is not a valid flake ID", id);
+
+        Input input;
+        input.direct = false;
+        input.attrs = attrs;
+        return input;
+    }
+
+    ParsedURL toURL(const Input & input) override
+    {
+        ParsedURL url;
+        url.scheme = "flake";
+        url.path = getStrAttr(input.attrs, "id");
+        if (auto ref = input.getRef()) { url.path += '/'; url.path += *ref; };
+        if (auto rev = input.getRev()) { url.path += '/'; url.path += rev->gitRev(); };
+        return url;
+    }
+
+    bool hasAllInfo(const Input & input) override
+    {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    Input applyOverrides(
+        const Input & _input,
+        std::optional<std::string> ref,
+        std::optional<Hash> rev) override
+    {
+        auto input(_input);
+        if (rev) input.attrs.insert_or_assign("rev", rev->gitRev());
+        if (ref) input.attrs.insert_or_assign("ref", *ref);
+        return input;
+    }
+
+    std::pair<Tree, Input> fetch(ref<Store> store, const Input & input) override
+    {
+        throw Error("indirect input '%s' cannot be fetched directly", input.to_string());
+    }
+};
+
+static auto r1 = OnStartup([] { registerInputScheme(std::make_unique<IndirectInputScheme>()); });
+
+}

src/libfetchers/mercurial.cc

@@ -10,76 +10,124 @@ using namespace std::string_literals;
 
 namespace nix::fetchers {
 
-struct MercurialInput : Input
+struct MercurialInputScheme : InputScheme
 {
-    ParsedURL url;
+    std::optional<Input> inputFromURL(const ParsedURL & url) override
-    std::optional<std::string> ref;
-    std::optional<Hash> rev;
-
-    MercurialInput(const ParsedURL & url) : url(url)
-    { }
-
-    std::string type() const override { return "hg"; }
-
-    bool operator ==(const Input & other) const override
     {
-        auto other2 = dynamic_cast<const MercurialInput *>(&other);
+        if (url.scheme != "hg+http" &&
-        return
+            url.scheme != "hg+https" &&
-            other2
+            url.scheme != "hg+ssh" &&
-            && url == other2->url
+            url.scheme != "hg+file") return {};
-            && rev == other2->rev
+
-            && ref == other2->ref;
+        auto url2(url);
+        url2.scheme = std::string(url2.scheme, 3);
+        url2.query.clear();
+
+        Attrs attrs;
+        attrs.emplace("type", "hg");
+
+        for (auto &[name, value] : url.query) {
+            if (name == "rev" || name == "ref")
+                attrs.emplace(name, value);
+            else
+                url2.query.emplace(name, value);
         }
 
-    bool isImmutable() const override
+        attrs.emplace("url", url2.to_string());
-    {
+
-        return (bool) rev || narHash;
+        return inputFromAttrs(attrs);
     }
 
-    std::optional<std::string> getRef() const override { return ref; }
+    std::optional<Input> inputFromAttrs(const Attrs & attrs) override
-
-    std::optional<Hash> getRev() const override { return rev; }
-
-    ParsedURL toURL() const override
     {
-        ParsedURL url2(url);
+        if (maybeGetStrAttr(attrs, "type") != "hg") return {};
-        url2.scheme = "hg+" + url2.scheme;
+
-        if (rev) url2.query.insert_or_assign("rev", rev->gitRev());
+        for (auto & [name, value] : attrs)
-        if (ref) url2.query.insert_or_assign("ref", *ref);
+            if (name != "type" && name != "url" && name != "ref" && name != "rev" && name != "revCount" && name != "narHash")
+                throw Error("unsupported Mercurial input attribute '%s'", name);
+
+        parseURL(getStrAttr(attrs, "url"));
+
+        if (auto ref = maybeGetStrAttr(attrs, "ref")) {
+            if (!std::regex_match(*ref, refRegex))
+                throw BadURL("invalid Mercurial branch/tag name '%s'", *ref);
+        }
+
+        Input input;
+        input.attrs = attrs;
+        return input;
+    }
+
+    ParsedURL toURL(const Input & input) override
+    {
+        auto url = parseURL(getStrAttr(input.attrs, "url"));
+        url.scheme = "hg+" + url.scheme;
+        if (auto rev = input.getRev()) url.query.insert_or_assign("rev", rev->gitRev());
+        if (auto ref = input.getRef()) url.query.insert_or_assign("ref", *ref);
         return url;
     }
 
-    Attrs toAttrsInternal() const override
+    bool hasAllInfo(const Input & input) override
     {
-        Attrs attrs;
+        // FIXME: ugly, need to distinguish between dirty and clean
-        attrs.emplace("url", url.to_string());
+        // default trees.
-        if (ref)
+        return input.getRef() == "default" || maybeGetIntAttr(input.attrs, "revCount");
-            attrs.emplace("ref", *ref);
-        if (rev)
-            attrs.emplace("rev", rev->gitRev());
-        return attrs;
     }
 
-    std::pair<bool, std::string> getActualUrl() const
+    Input applyOverrides(
+        const Input & input,
+        std::optional<std::string> ref,
+        std::optional<Hash> rev) override
     {
+        auto res(input);
+        if (rev) res.attrs.insert_or_assign("rev", rev->gitRev());
+        if (ref) res.attrs.insert_or_assign("ref", *ref);
+        return res;
+    }
+
+    std::optional<Path> getSourcePath(const Input & input) override
+    {
+        auto url = parseURL(getStrAttr(input.attrs, "url"));
+        if (url.scheme == "file" && !input.getRef() && !input.getRev())
+            return url.path;
+        return {};
+    }
+
+    void markChangedFile(const Input & input, std::string_view file, std::optional<std::string> commitMsg) override
+    {
+        auto sourcePath = getSourcePath(input);
+        assert(sourcePath);
+
+        // FIXME: shut up if file is already tracked.
+        runProgram("hg", true,
+            { "add", *sourcePath + "/" + std::string(file) });
+
+        if (commitMsg)
+            runProgram("hg", true,
+                { "commit", *sourcePath + "/" + std::string(file), "-m", *commitMsg });
+    }
+
+    std::pair<bool, std::string> getActualUrl(const Input & input) const
+    {
+        auto url = parseURL(getStrAttr(input.attrs, "url"));
         bool isLocal = url.scheme == "file";
         return {isLocal, isLocal ? url.path : url.base};
     }
 
-    std::pair<Tree, std::shared_ptr<const Input>> fetchTreeInternal(nix::ref<Store> store) const override
+    std::pair<Tree, Input> fetch(ref<Store> store, const Input & _input) override
     {
         auto name = "source";
 
-        auto input = std::make_shared<MercurialInput>(*this);
+        Input input(_input);
 
-        auto [isLocal, actualUrl_] = getActualUrl();
+        auto [isLocal, actualUrl_] = getActualUrl(input);
         auto actualUrl = actualUrl_; // work around clang bug
 
         // FIXME: return lastModified.
 
         // FIXME: don't clone local repositories.
 
-        if (!input->ref && !input->rev && isLocal && pathExists(actualUrl + "/.hg")) {
+        if (!input.getRef() && !input.getRev() && isLocal && pathExists(actualUrl + "/.hg")) {
 
             bool clean = runProgram("hg", true, { "status", "-R", actualUrl, "--modified", "--added", "--removed" }) == "";
 
@@ -94,7 +142,7 @@ struct MercurialInput : Input
                 if (settings.warnDirty)
                     warn("Mercurial tree '%s' is unclean", actualUrl);
 
-                input->ref = chomp(runProgram("hg", true, { "branch", "-R", actualUrl }));
+                input.attrs.insert_or_assign("ref", chomp(runProgram("hg", true, { "branch", "-R", actualUrl })));
 
                 auto files = tokenizeString<std::set<std::string>>(
                     runProgram("hg", true, { "status", "-R", actualUrl, "--clean", "--modified", "--added", "--no-status", "--print0" }), "\0"s);
@@ -116,60 +164,54 @@ struct MercurialInput : Input
 
                 auto storePath = store->addToStore("source", actualUrl, FileIngestionMethod::Recursive, htSHA256, filter);
 
-                return {Tree {
+                return {
-                    .actualPath = store->printStorePath(storePath),
+                    Tree(store->printStorePath(storePath), std::move(storePath)),
-                    .storePath = std::move(storePath),
+                    input
-                }, input};
+                };
             }
         }
 
-        if (!input->ref) input->ref = "default";
+        if (!input.getRef()) input.attrs.insert_or_assign("ref", "default");
 
         auto getImmutableAttrs = [&]()
         {
             return Attrs({
                 {"type", "hg"},
                 {"name", name},
-                {"rev", input->rev->gitRev()},
+                {"rev", input.getRev()->gitRev()},
             });
         };
 
         auto makeResult = [&](const Attrs & infoAttrs, StorePath && storePath)
-            -> std::pair<Tree, std::shared_ptr<const Input>>
+            -> std::pair<Tree, Input>
         {
-            assert(input->rev);
+            assert(input.getRev());
-            assert(!rev || rev == input->rev);
+            assert(!_input.getRev() || _input.getRev() == input.getRev());
+            input.attrs.insert_or_assign("revCount", getIntAttr(infoAttrs, "revCount"));
             return {
-                Tree{
+                Tree(store->toRealPath(storePath), std::move(storePath)),
-                    .actualPath = store->toRealPath(storePath),
-                    .storePath = std::move(storePath),
-                    .info = TreeInfo {
-                        .revCount = getIntAttr(infoAttrs, "revCount"),
-                    },
-                },
                 input
             };
         };
 
-        if (input->rev) {
+        if (input.getRev()) {
             if (auto res = getCache()->lookup(store, getImmutableAttrs()))
                 return makeResult(res->first, std::move(res->second));
         }
 
-        assert(input->rev || input->ref);
+        auto revOrRef = input.getRev() ? input.getRev()->gitRev() : *input.getRef();
-        auto revOrRef = input->rev ? input->rev->gitRev() : *input->ref;
 
         Attrs mutableAttrs({
             {"type", "hg"},
             {"name", name},
             {"url", actualUrl},
-            {"ref", *input->ref},
+            {"ref", *input.getRef()},
         });
 
         if (auto res = getCache()->lookup(store, mutableAttrs)) {
             auto rev2 = Hash(getStrAttr(res->first, "rev"), htSHA1);
-            if (!rev || rev == rev2) {
+            if (!input.getRev() || input.getRev() == rev2) {
-                input->rev = rev2;
+                input.attrs.insert_or_assign("rev", rev2.gitRev());
                 return makeResult(res->first, std::move(res->second));
             }
         }
@@ -178,10 +220,10 @@ struct MercurialInput : Input
 
         /* If this is a commit hash that we already have, we don't
            have to pull again. */
-        if (!(input->rev
+        if (!(input.getRev()
                 && pathExists(cacheDir)
                 && runProgram(
-                    RunOptions("hg", { "log", "-R", cacheDir, "-r", input->rev->gitRev(), "--template", "1" })
+                    RunOptions("hg", { "log", "-R", cacheDir, "-r", input.getRev()->gitRev(), "--template", "1" })
                     .killStderr(true)).second == "1"))
         {
             Activity act(*logger, lvlTalkative, actUnknown, fmt("fetching Mercurial repository '%s'", actualUrl));
@@ -210,9 +252,9 @@ struct MercurialInput : Input
             runProgram("hg", true, { "log", "-R", cacheDir, "-r", revOrRef, "--template", "{node} {rev} {branch}" }));
         assert(tokens.size() == 3);
 
-        input->rev = Hash(tokens[0], htSHA1);
+        input.attrs.insert_or_assign("rev", Hash(tokens[0], htSHA1).gitRev());
         auto revCount = std::stoull(tokens[1]);
-        input->ref = tokens[2];
+        input.attrs.insert_or_assign("ref", tokens[2]);
 
         if (auto res = getCache()->lookup(store, getImmutableAttrs()))
             return makeResult(res->first, std::move(res->second));
@@ -220,18 +262,18 @@ struct MercurialInput : Input
         Path tmpDir = createTempDir();
         AutoDelete delTmpDir(tmpDir, true);
 
-        runProgram("hg", true, { "archive", "-R", cacheDir, "-r", input->rev->gitRev(), tmpDir });
+        runProgram("hg", true, { "archive", "-R", cacheDir, "-r", input.getRev()->gitRev(), tmpDir });
 
         deletePath(tmpDir + "/.hg_archival.txt");
 
         auto storePath = store->addToStore(name, tmpDir);
 
         Attrs infoAttrs({
-            {"rev", input->rev->gitRev()},
+            {"rev", input.getRev()->gitRev()},
             {"revCount", (int64_t) revCount},
         });
 
-        if (!this->rev)
+        if (!_input.getRev())
             getCache()->add(
                 store,
                 mutableAttrs,
@@ -250,54 +292,6 @@ struct MercurialInput : Input
     }
 };
 
-struct MercurialInputScheme : InputScheme
-{
-    std::unique_ptr<Input> inputFromURL(const ParsedURL & url) override
-    {
-        if (url.scheme != "hg+http" &&
-            url.scheme != "hg+https" &&
-            url.scheme != "hg+ssh" &&
-            url.scheme != "hg+file") return nullptr;
-
-        auto url2(url);
-        url2.scheme = std::string(url2.scheme, 3);
-        url2.query.clear();
-
-        Attrs attrs;
-        attrs.emplace("type", "hg");
-
-        for (auto &[name, value] : url.query) {
-            if (name == "rev" || name == "ref")
-                attrs.emplace(name, value);
-            else
-                url2.query.emplace(name, value);
-        }
-
-        attrs.emplace("url", url2.to_string());
-
-        return inputFromAttrs(attrs);
-    }
-
-    std::unique_ptr<Input> inputFromAttrs(const Attrs & attrs) override
-    {
-        if (maybeGetStrAttr(attrs, "type") != "hg") return {};
-
-        for (auto & [name, value] : attrs)
-            if (name != "type" && name != "url" && name != "ref" && name != "rev")
-                throw Error("unsupported Mercurial input attribute '%s'", name);
-
-        auto input = std::make_unique<MercurialInput>(parseURL(getStrAttr(attrs, "url")));
-        if (auto ref = maybeGetStrAttr(attrs, "ref")) {
-            if (!std::regex_match(*ref, refRegex))
-                throw BadURL("invalid Mercurial branch/tag name '%s'", *ref);
-            input->ref = *ref;
-        }
-        if (auto rev = maybeGetStrAttr(attrs, "rev"))
-            input->rev = Hash(*rev, htSHA1);
-        return input;
-    }
-};
-
 static auto r1 = OnStartup([] { registerInputScheme(std::make_unique<MercurialInputScheme>()); });
 
 }

src/libfetchers/path.cc

@@ -3,65 +3,86 @@
 
 namespace nix::fetchers {
 
-struct PathInput : Input
+struct PathInputScheme : InputScheme
 {
-    Path path;
+    std::optional<Input> inputFromURL(const ParsedURL & url) override
+    {
+        if (url.scheme != "path") return {};
 
-    /* Allow the user to pass in "fake" tree info attributes. This is
+        if (url.authority && *url.authority != "")
-       useful for making a pinned tree work the same as the repository
+            throw Error("path URL '%s' should not have an authority ('%s')", url.url, *url.authority);
-       from which is exported
+
+        Input input;
+        input.attrs.insert_or_assign("type", "path");
+        input.attrs.insert_or_assign("path", url.path);
+
+        for (auto & [name, value] : url.query)
+            if (name == "rev" || name == "narHash")
+                input.attrs.insert_or_assign(name, value);
+            else if (name == "revCount" || name == "lastModified") {
+                uint64_t n;
+                if (!string2Int(value, n))
+                    throw Error("path URL '%s' has invalid parameter '%s'", url.to_string(), name);
+                input.attrs.insert_or_assign(name, n);
+            }
+            else
+                throw Error("path URL '%s' has unsupported parameter '%s'", url.to_string(), name);
+
+        return input;
+    }
+
+    std::optional<Input> inputFromAttrs(const Attrs & attrs) override
+    {
+        if (maybeGetStrAttr(attrs, "type") != "path") return {};
+
+        getStrAttr(attrs, "path");
+
+        for (auto & [name, value] : attrs)
+            /* Allow the user to pass in "fake" tree info
+               attributes. This is useful for making a pinned tree
+               work the same as the repository from which is exported
                (e.g. path:/nix/store/...-source?lastModified=1585388205&rev=b0c285...). */
-    std::optional<Hash> rev;
+            if (name == "type" || name == "rev" || name == "revCount" || name == "lastModified" || name == "narHash" || name == "path")
-    std::optional<uint64_t> revCount;
+                // checked in Input::fromAttrs
-    std::optional<time_t> lastModified;
+                ;
+            else
+                throw Error("unsupported path input attribute '%s'", name);
 
-    std::string type() const override { return "path"; }
+        Input input;
-
+        input.attrs = attrs;
-    std::optional<Hash> getRev() const override { return rev; }
+        return input;
-
-    bool operator ==(const Input & other) const override
-    {
-        auto other2 = dynamic_cast<const PathInput *>(&other);
-        return
-            other2
-            && path == other2->path
-            && rev == other2->rev
-            && revCount == other2->revCount
-            && lastModified == other2->lastModified;
     }
 
-    bool isImmutable() const override
+    ParsedURL toURL(const Input & input) override
     {
-        return (bool) narHash;
+        auto query = attrsToQuery(input.attrs);
-    }
-
-    ParsedURL toURL() const override
-    {
-        auto query = attrsToQuery(toAttrsInternal());
         query.erase("path");
+        query.erase("type");
         return ParsedURL {
             .scheme = "path",
-            .path = path,
+            .path = getStrAttr(input.attrs, "path"),
             .query = query,
         };
     }
 
-    Attrs toAttrsInternal() const override
+    bool hasAllInfo(const Input & input) override
     {
-        Attrs attrs;
+        return true;
-        attrs.emplace("path", path);
-        if (rev)
-            attrs.emplace("rev", rev->gitRev());
-        if (revCount)
-            attrs.emplace("revCount", *revCount);
-        if (lastModified)
-            attrs.emplace("lastModified", *lastModified);
-        return attrs;
     }
 
-    std::pair<Tree, std::shared_ptr<const Input>> fetchTreeInternal(nix::ref<Store> store) const override
+    std::optional<Path> getSourcePath(const Input & input) override
     {
-        auto input = std::make_shared<PathInput>(*this);
+        return getStrAttr(input.attrs, "path");
+    }
+
+    void markChangedFile(const Input & input, std::string_view file, std::optional<std::string> commitMsg) override
+    {
+        // nothing to do
+    }
+
+    std::pair<Tree, Input> fetch(ref<Store> store, const Input & input) override
+    {
+        auto path = getStrAttr(input.attrs, "path");
 
         // FIXME: check whether access to 'path' is allowed.
 
@@ -74,73 +95,11 @@ struct PathInput : Input
             // FIXME: try to substitute storePath.
             storePath = store->addToStore("source", path);
 
-        return
+        return {
-            {
+            Tree(store->toRealPath(*storePath), std::move(*storePath)),
-                Tree {
-                    .actualPath = store->toRealPath(*storePath),
-                    .storePath = std::move(*storePath),
-                    .info = TreeInfo {
-                        .revCount = revCount,
-                        .lastModified = lastModified
-                    }
-                },
             input
         };
     }
-
-};
-
-struct PathInputScheme : InputScheme
-{
-    std::unique_ptr<Input> inputFromURL(const ParsedURL & url) override
-    {
-        if (url.scheme != "path") return nullptr;
-
-        auto input = std::make_unique<PathInput>();
-        input->path = url.path;
-
-        for (auto & [name, value] : url.query)
-            if (name == "rev")
-                input->rev = Hash(value, htSHA1);
-            else if (name == "revCount") {
-                uint64_t revCount;
-                if (!string2Int(value, revCount))
-                    throw Error("path URL '%s' has invalid parameter '%s'", url.to_string(), name);
-                input->revCount = revCount;
-            }
-            else if (name == "lastModified") {
-                time_t lastModified;
-                if (!string2Int(value, lastModified))
-                    throw Error("path URL '%s' has invalid parameter '%s'", url.to_string(), name);
-                input->lastModified = lastModified;
-            }
-            else
-                throw Error("path URL '%s' has unsupported parameter '%s'", url.to_string(), name);
-
-        return input;
-    }
-
-    std::unique_ptr<Input> inputFromAttrs(const Attrs & attrs) override
-    {
-        if (maybeGetStrAttr(attrs, "type") != "path") return {};
-
-        auto input = std::make_unique<PathInput>();
-        input->path = getStrAttr(attrs, "path");
-
-        for (auto & [name, value] : attrs)
-            if (name == "rev")
-                input->rev = Hash(getStrAttr(attrs, "rev"), htSHA1);
-            else if (name == "revCount")
-                input->revCount = getIntAttr(attrs, "revCount");
-            else if (name == "lastModified")
-                input->lastModified = getIntAttr(attrs, "lastModified");
-            else if (name == "type" || name == "path")
-                ;
-            else
-                throw Error("unsupported path input attribute '%s'", name);
-
-        return input;
-    }
 };
 
 static auto r1 = OnStartup([] { registerInputScheme(std::make_unique<PathInputScheme>()); });

src/libfetchers/registry.cc

@@ -0,0 +1,212 @@
+#include "registry.hh"
+#include "fetchers.hh"
+#include "util.hh"
+#include "globals.hh"
+#include "store-api.hh"
+
+#include <nlohmann/json.hpp>
+
+namespace nix::fetchers {
+
+std::shared_ptr<Registry> Registry::read(
+    const Path & path, RegistryType type)
+{
+    auto registry = std::make_shared<Registry>(type);
+
+    if (!pathExists(path))
+        return std::make_shared<Registry>(type);
+
+    try {
+
+        auto json = nlohmann::json::parse(readFile(path));
+
+        auto version = json.value("version", 0);
+
+        if (version == 2) {
+            for (auto & i : json["flakes"]) {
+                auto toAttrs = jsonToAttrs(i["to"]);
+                Attrs extraAttrs;
+                auto j = toAttrs.find("dir");
+                if (j != toAttrs.end()) {
+                    extraAttrs.insert(*j);
+                    toAttrs.erase(j);
+                }
+                auto exact = i.find("exact");
+                registry->entries.push_back(
+                    Entry {
+                        .from = Input::fromAttrs(jsonToAttrs(i["from"])),
+                        .to = Input::fromAttrs(std::move(toAttrs)),
+                        .extraAttrs = extraAttrs,
+                        .exact = exact != i.end() && exact.value()
+                    });
+            }
+        }
+
+        else
+            throw Error("flake registry '%s' has unsupported version %d", path, version);
+
+    } catch (nlohmann::json::exception & e) {
+        warn("cannot parse flake registry '%s': %s", path, e.what());
+    } catch (Error & e) {
+        warn("cannot read flake registry '%s': %s", path, e.what());
+    }
+
+    return registry;
+}
+
+void Registry::write(const Path & path)
+{
+    nlohmann::json arr;
+    for (auto & entry : entries) {
+        nlohmann::json obj;
+        obj["from"] = attrsToJson(entry.from.toAttrs());
+        obj["to"] = attrsToJson(entry.to.toAttrs());
+        if (!entry.extraAttrs.empty())
+            obj["to"].update(attrsToJson(entry.extraAttrs));
+        if (entry.exact)
+            obj["exact"] = true;
+        arr.emplace_back(std::move(obj));
+    }
+
+    nlohmann::json json;
+    json["version"] = 2;
+    json["flakes"] = std::move(arr);
+
+    createDirs(dirOf(path));
+    writeFile(path, json.dump(2));
+}
+
+void Registry::add(
+    const Input & from,
+    const Input & to,
+    const Attrs & extraAttrs)
+{
+    entries.emplace_back(
+        Entry {
+            .from = from,
+            .to = to,
+            .extraAttrs = extraAttrs
+        });
+}
+
+void Registry::remove(const Input & input)
+{
+    // FIXME: use C++20 std::erase.
+    for (auto i = entries.begin(); i != entries.end(); )
+        if (i->from == input)
+            i = entries.erase(i);
+        else
+            ++i;
+}
+
+static Path getSystemRegistryPath()
+{
+    return settings.nixConfDir + "/registry.json";
+}
+
+static std::shared_ptr<Registry> getSystemRegistry()
+{
+    static auto systemRegistry =
+        Registry::read(getSystemRegistryPath(), Registry::System);
+    return systemRegistry;
+}
+
+Path getUserRegistryPath()
+{
+    return getHome() + "/.config/nix/registry.json";
+}
+
+std::shared_ptr<Registry> getUserRegistry()
+{
+    static auto userRegistry =
+        Registry::read(getUserRegistryPath(), Registry::User);
+    return userRegistry;
+}
+
+static std::shared_ptr<Registry> flagRegistry =
+    std::make_shared<Registry>(Registry::Flag);
+
+std::shared_ptr<Registry> getFlagRegistry()
+{
+    return flagRegistry;
+}
+
+void overrideRegistry(
+    const Input & from,
+    const Input & to,
+    const Attrs & extraAttrs)
+{
+    flagRegistry->add(from, to, extraAttrs);
+}
+
+static std::shared_ptr<Registry> getGlobalRegistry(ref<Store> store)
+{
+    static auto reg = [&]() {
+        auto path = settings.flakeRegistry.get();
+
+        if (!hasPrefix(path, "/")) {
+            auto storePath = downloadFile(store, path, "flake-registry.json", false).storePath;
+            if (auto store2 = store.dynamic_pointer_cast<LocalFSStore>())
+                store2->addPermRoot(storePath, getCacheDir() + "/nix/flake-registry.json", true);
+            path = store->toRealPath(storePath);
+        }
+
+        return Registry::read(path, Registry::Global);
+    }();
+
+    return reg;
+}
+
+Registries getRegistries(ref<Store> store)
+{
+    Registries registries;
+    registries.push_back(getFlagRegistry());
+    registries.push_back(getUserRegistry());
+    registries.push_back(getSystemRegistry());
+    registries.push_back(getGlobalRegistry(store));
+    return registries;
+}
+
+std::pair<Input, Attrs> lookupInRegistries(
+    ref<Store> store,
+    const Input & _input)
+{
+    Attrs extraAttrs;
+    int n = 0;
+    Input input(_input);
+
+ restart:
+
+    n++;
+    if (n > 100) throw Error("cycle detected in flake registry for '%s'", input.to_string());
+
+    for (auto & registry : getRegistries(store)) {
+        // FIXME: O(n)
+        for (auto & entry : registry->entries) {
+            if (entry.exact) {
+                if (entry.from == input) {
+                    input = entry.to;
+                    extraAttrs = entry.extraAttrs;
+                    goto restart;
+                }
+            } else {
+                if (entry.from.contains(input)) {
+                    input = entry.to.applyOverrides(
+                        !entry.from.getRef() && input.getRef() ? input.getRef() : std::optional<std::string>(),
+                        !entry.from.getRev() && input.getRev() ? input.getRev() : std::optional<Hash>());
+                    extraAttrs = entry.extraAttrs;
+                    goto restart;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    if (!input.isDirect())
+        throw Error("cannot find flake '%s' in the flake registries", input.to_string());
+
+    debug("looked up '%s' -> '%s'", _input.to_string(), input.to_string());
+
+    return {input, extraAttrs};
+}
+
+}

src/libfetchers/registry.hh

@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include "types.hh"
+#include "fetchers.hh"
+
+namespace nix { class Store; }
+
+namespace nix::fetchers {
+
+struct Registry
+{
+    enum RegistryType {
+        Flag = 0,
+        User = 1,
+        System = 2,
+        Global = 3,
+    };
+
+    RegistryType type;
+
+    struct Entry
+    {
+        Input from, to;
+        Attrs extraAttrs;
+        bool exact = false;
+    };
+
+    std::vector<Entry> entries;
+
+    Registry(RegistryType type)
+        : type(type)
+    { }
+
+    static std::shared_ptr<Registry> read(
+        const Path & path, RegistryType type);
+
+    void write(const Path & path);
+
+    void add(
+        const Input & from,
+        const Input & to,
+        const Attrs & extraAttrs);
+
+    void remove(const Input & input);
+};
+
+typedef std::vector<std::shared_ptr<Registry>> Registries;
+
+std::shared_ptr<Registry> getUserRegistry();
+
+Path getUserRegistryPath();
+
+Registries getRegistries(ref<Store> store);
+
+void overrideRegistry(
+    const Input & from,
+    const Input & to,
+    const Attrs & extraAttrs);
+
+std::pair<Input, Attrs> lookupInRegistries(
+    ref<Store> store,
+    const Input & input);
+
+}

src/libfetchers/tarball.cc

@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ DownloadFileResult downloadFile(
     };
 }
 
-Tree downloadTarball(
+std::pair<Tree, time_t> downloadTarball(
     ref<Store> store,
     const std::string & url,
     const std::string & name,
@@ -120,12 +120,9 @@ Tree downloadTarball(
     auto cached = getCache()->lookupExpired(store, inAttrs);
 
     if (cached && !cached->expired)
-        return Tree {
+        return {
-            .actualPath = store->toRealPath(cached->storePath),
+            Tree(store->toRealPath(cached->storePath), std::move(cached->storePath)),
-            .storePath = std::move(cached->storePath),
+            getIntAttr(cached->infoAttrs, "lastModified")
-            .info = TreeInfo {
-                .lastModified = getIntAttr(cached->infoAttrs, "lastModified"),
-            },
         };
 
     auto res = downloadFile(store, url, name, immutable);
@@ -160,117 +157,72 @@ Tree downloadTarball(
         *unpackedStorePath,
         immutable);
 
-    return Tree {
+    return {
-        .actualPath = store->toRealPath(*unpackedStorePath),
+        Tree(store->toRealPath(*unpackedStorePath), std::move(*unpackedStorePath)),
-        .storePath = std::move(*unpackedStorePath),
+        lastModified,
-        .info = TreeInfo {
-            .lastModified = lastModified,
-        },
     };
 }
 
-struct TarballInput : Input
-{
-    ParsedURL url;
-    std::optional<Hash> hash;
-
-    TarballInput(const ParsedURL & url) : url(url)
-    { }
-
-    std::string type() const override { return "tarball"; }
-
-    bool operator ==(const Input & other) const override
-    {
-        auto other2 = dynamic_cast<const TarballInput *>(&other);
-        return
-            other2
-            && to_string() == other2->to_string()
-            && hash == other2->hash;
-    }
-
-    bool isImmutable() const override
-    {
-        return hash || narHash;
-    }
-
-    ParsedURL toURL() const override
-    {
-        auto url2(url);
-        // NAR hashes are preferred over file hashes since tar/zip files
-        // don't have a canonical representation.
-        if (narHash)
-            url2.query.insert_or_assign("narHash", narHash->to_string(SRI, true));
-        else if (hash)
-            url2.query.insert_or_assign("hash", hash->to_string(SRI, true));
-        return url2;
-    }
-
-    Attrs toAttrsInternal() const override
-    {
-        Attrs attrs;
-        attrs.emplace("url", url.to_string());
-        if (hash)
-            attrs.emplace("hash", hash->to_string(SRI, true));
-        return attrs;
-    }
-
-    std::pair<Tree, std::shared_ptr<const Input>> fetchTreeInternal(nix::ref<Store> store) const override
-    {
-        auto tree = downloadTarball(store, url.to_string(), "source", false);
-
-        auto input = std::make_shared<TarballInput>(*this);
-        input->narHash = store->queryPathInfo(tree.storePath)->narHash;
-
-        return {std::move(tree), input};
-    }
-};
-
 struct TarballInputScheme : InputScheme
 {
-    std::unique_ptr<Input> inputFromURL(const ParsedURL & url) override
+    std::optional<Input> inputFromURL(const ParsedURL & url) override
     {
-        if (url.scheme != "file" && url.scheme != "http" && url.scheme != "https") return nullptr;
+        if (url.scheme != "file" && url.scheme != "http" && url.scheme != "https") return {};
 
         if (!hasSuffix(url.path, ".zip")
             && !hasSuffix(url.path, ".tar")
             && !hasSuffix(url.path, ".tar.gz")
             && !hasSuffix(url.path, ".tar.xz")
             && !hasSuffix(url.path, ".tar.bz2"))
-            return nullptr;
+            return {};
-
-        auto input = std::make_unique<TarballInput>(url);
-
-        auto hash = input->url.query.find("hash");
-        if (hash != input->url.query.end()) {
-            // FIXME: require SRI hash.
-            input->hash = Hash(hash->second);
-            input->url.query.erase(hash);
-        }
-
-        auto narHash = input->url.query.find("narHash");
-        if (narHash != input->url.query.end()) {
-            // FIXME: require SRI hash.
-            input->narHash = Hash(narHash->second);
-            input->url.query.erase(narHash);
-        }
 
+        Input input;
+        input.attrs.insert_or_assign("type", "tarball");
+        input.attrs.insert_or_assign("url", url.to_string());
+        auto narHash = url.query.find("narHash");
+        if (narHash != url.query.end())
+            input.attrs.insert_or_assign("narHash", narHash->second);
         return input;
     }
 
-    std::unique_ptr<Input> inputFromAttrs(const Attrs & attrs) override
+    std::optional<Input> inputFromAttrs(const Attrs & attrs) override
     {
         if (maybeGetStrAttr(attrs, "type") != "tarball") return {};
 
         for (auto & [name, value] : attrs)
-            if (name != "type" && name != "url" && name != "hash")
+            if (name != "type" && name != "url" && /* name != "hash" && */ name != "narHash")
                 throw Error("unsupported tarball input attribute '%s'", name);
 
-        auto input = std::make_unique<TarballInput>(parseURL(getStrAttr(attrs, "url")));
+        Input input;
-        if (auto hash = maybeGetStrAttr(attrs, "hash"))
+        input.attrs = attrs;
-            input->hash = newHashAllowEmpty(*hash, {});
+        //input.immutable = (bool) maybeGetStrAttr(input.attrs, "hash");
-
         return input;
     }
+
+    ParsedURL toURL(const Input & input) override
+    {
+        auto url = parseURL(getStrAttr(input.attrs, "url"));
+        // NAR hashes are preferred over file hashes since tar/zip files
+        // don't have a canonical representation.
+        if (auto narHash = input.getNarHash())
+            url.query.insert_or_assign("narHash", narHash->to_string(SRI, true));
+        /*
+        else if (auto hash = maybeGetStrAttr(input.attrs, "hash"))
+            url.query.insert_or_assign("hash", Hash(*hash).to_string(SRI, true));
+        */
+        return url;
+    }
+
+    bool hasAllInfo(const Input & input) override
+    {
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    std::pair<Tree, Input> fetch(ref<Store> store, const Input & input) override
+    {
+        auto tree = downloadTarball(store, getStrAttr(input.attrs, "url"), "source", false).first;
+        return {std::move(tree), input};
+    }
 };
 
 static auto r1 = OnStartup([] { registerInputScheme(std::make_unique<TarballInputScheme>()); });

src/libfetchers/tree-info.cc

@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-#include "tree-info.hh"
-#include "store-api.hh"
-
-#include <nlohmann/json.hpp>
-
-namespace nix::fetchers {
-
-StorePath TreeInfo::computeStorePath(Store & store) const
-{
-    assert(narHash);
-    return store.makeFixedOutputPath(FileIngestionMethod::Recursive, narHash, "source");
-}
-
-}

src/libfetchers/tree-info.hh

@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-#pragma once
-
-#include "path.hh"
-#include "hash.hh"
-
-#include <nlohmann/json_fwd.hpp>
-
-namespace nix { class Store; }
-
-namespace nix::fetchers {
-
-struct TreeInfo
-{
-    Hash narHash;
-    std::optional<uint64_t> revCount;
-    std::optional<time_t> lastModified;
-
-    bool operator ==(const TreeInfo & other) const
-    {
-        return
-            narHash == other.narHash
-            && revCount == other.revCount
-            && lastModified == other.lastModified;
-    }
-
-    StorePath computeStorePath(Store & store) const;
-};
-
-}

src/libmain/common-args.cc

@@ -34,9 +34,19 @@ MixCommonArgs::MixCommonArgs(const string & programName)
             try {
                 globalConfig.set(name, value);
             } catch (UsageError & e) {
+                if (!completions)
                     warn(e.what());
             }
         }},
+        .completer = [](size_t index, std::string_view prefix) {
+            if (index == 0) {
+                std::map<std::string, Config::SettingInfo> settings;
+                globalConfig.getSettings(settings);
+                for (auto & s : settings)
+                    if (hasPrefix(s.first, prefix))
+                        completions->insert(s.first);
+            }
+        }
     });
 
     addFlag({

src/libmain/loggers.cc

@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 #include "loggers.hh"
 #include "progress-bar.hh"
+#include "util.hh"
 
 namespace nix {
 
 LogFormat defaultLogFormat = LogFormat::raw;
 
 LogFormat parseLogFormat(const std::string & logFormatStr) {
-    if (logFormatStr == "raw")
+    if (logFormatStr == "raw" || getEnv("NIX_GET_COMPLETIONS"))
         return LogFormat::raw;
     else if (logFormatStr == "raw-with-logs")
         return LogFormat::rawWithLogs;
@@ -26,7 +27,7 @@ Logger * makeDefaultLogger() {
     case LogFormat::rawWithLogs:
         return makeSimpleLogger(true);
     case LogFormat::internalJson:
-        return makeJSONLogger(*makeSimpleLogger());
+        return makeJSONLogger(*makeSimpleLogger(true));
     case LogFormat::bar:
         return makeProgressBar();
     case LogFormat::barWithLogs:

src/libmain/progress-bar.cc

@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ public:
         auto state(state_.lock());
 
         std::stringstream oss;
-        oss << ei;
+        showErrorInfo(oss, ei, loggerSettings.showTrace.get());
 
         log(*state, ei.level, oss.str());
     }

src/libmain/shared.cc

@@ -323,10 +323,8 @@ int handleExceptions(const string & programName, std::function<void()> fun)
         printError("Try '%1% --help' for more information.", programName);
         return 1;
     } catch (BaseError & e) {
-        if (settings.showTrace && e.prefix() != "")
-            printError(e.prefix());
         logError(e.info());
-        if (e.prefix() != "" && !settings.showTrace)
+        if (e.hasTrace() && !loggerSettings.showTrace.get())
             printError("(use '--show-trace' to show detailed location information)");
         return e.status;
     } catch (std::bad_alloc & e) {

src/libstore/binary-cache-store.cc

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #include <chrono>
 #include <future>
 #include <regex>
+#include <fstream>
 
 #include <nlohmann/json.hpp>
 
@@ -57,6 +58,13 @@ void BinaryCacheStore::init()
     }
 }
 
+void BinaryCacheStore::upsertFile(const std::string & path,
+    std::string && data,
+    const std::string & mimeType)
+{
+    upsertFile(path, std::make_shared<std::stringstream>(std::move(data)), mimeType);
+}
+
 void BinaryCacheStore::getFile(const std::string & path,
     Callback<std::shared_ptr<std::string>> callback) noexcept
 {
@@ -113,13 +121,74 @@ void BinaryCacheStore::writeNarInfo(ref<NarInfo> narInfo)
         diskCache->upsertNarInfo(getUri(), hashPart, std::shared_ptr<NarInfo>(narInfo));
 }
 
-void BinaryCacheStore::addToStore(const ValidPathInfo & info, Source & narSource,
+AutoCloseFD openFile(const Path & path)
-    RepairFlag repair, CheckSigsFlag checkSigs, std::shared_ptr<FSAccessor> accessor)
 {
-    // FIXME: See if we can use the original source to reduce memory usage.
+    auto fd = open(path.c_str(), O_RDONLY | O_CLOEXEC);
-    auto nar = make_ref<std::string>(narSource.drain());
+    if (!fd)
+        throw SysError("opening file '%1%'", path);
+    return fd;
+}
 
-    if (!repair && isValidPath(info.path)) return;
+struct FileSource : FdSource
+{
+    AutoCloseFD fd2;
+
+    FileSource(const Path & path)
+        : fd2(openFile(path))
+    {
+        fd = fd2.get();
+    }
+};
+
+void BinaryCacheStore::addToStore(const ValidPathInfo & info, Source & narSource,
+    RepairFlag repair, CheckSigsFlag checkSigs)
+{
+    assert(info.narHash && info.narSize);
+
+    if (!repair && isValidPath(info.path)) {
+        // FIXME: copyNAR -> null sink
+        narSource.drain();
+        return;
+    }
+
+    auto [fdTemp, fnTemp] = createTempFile();
+
+    auto now1 = std::chrono::steady_clock::now();
+
+    /* Read the NAR simultaneously into a CompressionSink+FileSink (to
+       write the compressed NAR to disk), into a HashSink (to get the
+       NAR hash), and into a NarAccessor (to get the NAR listing). */
+    HashSink fileHashSink(htSHA256);
+    std::shared_ptr<FSAccessor> narAccessor;
+    {
+    FdSink fileSink(fdTemp.get());
+    TeeSink teeSink(fileSink, fileHashSink);
+    auto compressionSink = makeCompressionSink(compression, teeSink);
+    TeeSource teeSource(narSource, *compressionSink);
+    narAccessor = makeNarAccessor(teeSource);
+    compressionSink->finish();
+    }
+
+    auto now2 = std::chrono::steady_clock::now();
+
+    auto narInfo = make_ref<NarInfo>(info);
+    narInfo->narSize = info.narSize;
+    narInfo->narHash = info.narHash;
+    narInfo->compression = compression;
+    auto [fileHash, fileSize] = fileHashSink.finish();
+    narInfo->fileHash = fileHash;
+    narInfo->fileSize = fileSize;
+    narInfo->url = "nar/" + narInfo->fileHash.to_string(Base32, false) + ".nar"
+        + (compression == "xz" ? ".xz" :
+           compression == "bzip2" ? ".bz2" :
+           compression == "br" ? ".br" :
+           "");
+
+    auto duration = std::chrono::duration_cast<std::chrono::milliseconds>(now2 - now1).count();
+    printMsg(lvlTalkative, "copying path '%1%' (%2% bytes, compressed %3$.1f%% in %4% ms) to binary cache",
+        printStorePath(narInfo->path), info.narSize,
+        ((1.0 - (double) fileSize / info.narSize) * 100.0),
+        duration);
 
     /* Verify that all references are valid. This may do some .narinfo
        reads, but typically they'll already be cached. */
@@ -132,23 +201,6 @@ void BinaryCacheStore::addToStore(const ValidPathInfo & info, Source & narSource
                 printStorePath(info.path), printStorePath(ref));
         }
 
-    assert(nar->compare(0, narMagic.size(), narMagic) == 0);
-
-    auto narInfo = make_ref<NarInfo>(info);
-
-    narInfo->narSize = nar->size();
-    narInfo->narHash = hashString(htSHA256, *nar);
-
-    if (info.narHash && info.narHash != narInfo->narHash)
-        throw Error("refusing to copy corrupted path '%1%' to binary cache", printStorePath(info.path));
-
-    auto accessor_ = std::dynamic_pointer_cast<RemoteFSAccessor>(accessor);
-
-    auto narAccessor = makeNarAccessor(nar);
-
-    if (accessor_)
-        accessor_->addToCache(printStorePath(info.path), *nar, narAccessor);
-
     /* Optionally write a JSON file containing a listing of the
        contents of the NAR. */
     if (writeNARListing) {
@@ -160,33 +212,13 @@ void BinaryCacheStore::addToStore(const ValidPathInfo & info, Source & narSource
 
             {
                 auto res = jsonRoot.placeholder("root");
-                listNar(res, narAccessor, "", true);
+                listNar(res, ref<FSAccessor>(narAccessor), "", true);
             }
         }
 
         upsertFile(std::string(info.path.to_string()) + ".ls", jsonOut.str(), "application/json");
     }
 
-    /* Compress the NAR. */
-    narInfo->compression = compression;
-    auto now1 = std::chrono::steady_clock::now();
-    auto narCompressed = compress(compression, *nar, parallelCompression);
-    auto now2 = std::chrono::steady_clock::now();
-    narInfo->fileHash = hashString(htSHA256, *narCompressed);
-    narInfo->fileSize = narCompressed->size();
-
-    auto duration = std::chrono::duration_cast<std::chrono::milliseconds>(now2 - now1).count();
-    printMsg(lvlTalkative, "copying path '%1%' (%2% bytes, compressed %3$.1f%% in %4% ms) to binary cache",
-        printStorePath(narInfo->path), narInfo->narSize,
-        ((1.0 - (double) narCompressed->size() / nar->size()) * 100.0),
-        duration);
-
-    narInfo->url = "nar/" + narInfo->fileHash.to_string(Base32, false) + ".nar"
-        + (compression == "xz" ? ".xz" :
-           compression == "bzip2" ? ".bz2" :
-           compression == "br" ? ".br" :
-           "");
-
     /* Optionally maintain an index of DWARF debug info files
        consisting of JSON files named 'debuginfo/<build-id>' that
        specify the NAR file and member containing the debug info. */
@@ -247,12 +279,14 @@ void BinaryCacheStore::addToStore(const ValidPathInfo & info, Source & narSource
     /* Atomically write the NAR file. */
     if (repair || !fileExists(narInfo->url)) {
         stats.narWrite++;
-        upsertFile(narInfo->url, *narCompressed, "application/x-nix-nar");
+        upsertFile(narInfo->url,
+            std::make_shared<std::fstream>(fnTemp, std::ios_base::in),
+            "application/x-nix-nar");
     } else
         stats.narWriteAverted++;
 
-    stats.narWriteBytes += nar->size();
+    stats.narWriteBytes += info.narSize;
-    stats.narWriteCompressedBytes += narCompressed->size();
+    stats.narWriteCompressedBytes += fileSize;
     stats.narWriteCompressionTimeMs += duration;
 
     /* Atomically write the NAR info file.*/
@@ -351,7 +385,7 @@ StorePath BinaryCacheStore::addToStore(const string & name, const Path & srcPath
     ValidPathInfo info(makeFixedOutputPath(method, h, name));
 
     auto source = StringSource { *sink.s };
-    addToStore(info, source, repair, CheckSigs, nullptr);
+    addToStore(info, source, repair, CheckSigs);
 
     return std::move(info.path);
 }
@@ -366,7 +400,7 @@ StorePath BinaryCacheStore::addTextToStore(const string & name, const string & s
         StringSink sink;
         dumpString(s, sink);
         auto source = StringSource { *sink.s };
-        addToStore(info, source, repair, CheckSigs, nullptr);
+        addToStore(info, source, repair, CheckSigs);
     }
 
     return std::move(info.path);

src/libstore/binary-cache-store.hh

@@ -36,9 +36,13 @@ public:
     virtual bool fileExists(const std::string & path) = 0;
 
     virtual void upsertFile(const std::string & path,
-        const std::string & data,
+        std::shared_ptr<std::basic_iostream<char>> istream,
         const std::string & mimeType) = 0;
 
+    void upsertFile(const std::string & path,
+        std::string && data,
+        const std::string & mimeType);
+
     /* Note: subclasses must implement at least one of the two
        following getFile() methods. */
 
@@ -75,8 +79,7 @@ public:
     { unsupported("queryPathFromHashPart"); }
 
     void addToStore(const ValidPathInfo & info, Source & narSource,
-        RepairFlag repair, CheckSigsFlag checkSigs,
+        RepairFlag repair, CheckSigsFlag checkSigs) override;
-        std::shared_ptr<FSAccessor> accessor) override;
 
     StorePath addToStore(const string & name, const Path & srcPath,
         FileIngestionMethod method, HashType hashAlgo,

src/libstore/build.cc

@@ -1950,8 +1950,11 @@ void linkOrCopy(const Path & from, const Path & to)
         /* Hard-linking fails if we exceed the maximum link count on a
            file (e.g. 32000 of ext3), which is quite possible after a
            'nix-store --optimise'. FIXME: actually, why don't we just
-           bind-mount in this case? */
+           bind-mount in this case?
-        if (errno != EMLINK)
+           
+           It can also fail with EPERM in BeegFS v7 and earlier versions
+           which don't allow hard-links to other directories */
+        if (errno != EMLINK && errno != EPERM)
             throw SysError("linking '%s' to '%s'", to, from);
         copyPath(from, to);
     }
@@ -2038,7 +2041,10 @@ void DerivationGoal::startBuilder()
             if (!std::regex_match(fileName, regex))
                 throw Error("invalid file name '%s' in 'exportReferencesGraph'", fileName);
 
-            auto storePath = worker.store.parseStorePath(*i++);
+            auto storePathS = *i++;
+            if (!worker.store.isInStore(storePathS))
+                throw BuildError("'exportReferencesGraph' contains a non-store path '%1%'", storePathS);
+            auto storePath = worker.store.toStorePath(storePathS).first;
 
             /* Write closure info to <fileName>. */
             writeFile(tmpDir + "/" + fileName,
@@ -2077,7 +2083,7 @@ void DerivationGoal::startBuilder()
         for (auto & i : dirsInChroot)
             try {
                 if (worker.store.isInStore(i.second.source))
-                    worker.store.computeFSClosure(worker.store.parseStorePath(worker.store.toStorePath(i.second.source)), closure);
+                    worker.store.computeFSClosure(worker.store.toStorePath(i.second.source).first, closure);
             } catch (InvalidPath & e) {
             } catch (Error & e) {
                 throw Error("while processing 'sandbox-paths': %s", e.what());
@@ -2750,8 +2756,8 @@ struct RestrictedStore : public LocalFSStore
     void queryReferrers(const StorePath & path, StorePathSet & referrers) override
     { }
 
-    StorePathSet queryDerivationOutputs(const StorePath & path) override
+    OutputPathMap queryDerivationOutputMap(const StorePath & path) override
-    { throw Error("queryDerivationOutputs"); }
+    { throw Error("queryDerivationOutputMap"); }
 
     std::optional<StorePath> queryPathFromHashPart(const std::string & hashPart) override
     { throw Error("queryPathFromHashPart"); }
@@ -2762,10 +2768,9 @@ struct RestrictedStore : public LocalFSStore
     { throw Error("addToStore"); }
 
     void addToStore(const ValidPathInfo & info, Source & narSource,
-        RepairFlag repair = NoRepair, CheckSigsFlag checkSigs = CheckSigs,
+        RepairFlag repair = NoRepair, CheckSigsFlag checkSigs = CheckSigs) override
-        std::shared_ptr<FSAccessor> accessor = 0) override
     {
-        next->addToStore(info, narSource, repair, checkSigs, accessor);
+        next->addToStore(info, narSource, repair, checkSigs);
         goal.addDependency(info.path);
     }
 

src/libstore/builtins/buildenv.hh

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ struct Package {
     Path path;
     bool active;
     int priority;
-    Package(Path path, bool active, int priority) : path{path}, active{active}, priority{priority} {}
+    Package(const Path & path, bool active, int priority) : path{path}, active{active}, priority{priority} {}
 };
 
 typedef std::vector<Package> Packages;

src/libstore/builtins/fetchurl.cc

@@ -58,13 +58,16 @@ void builtinFetchurl(const BasicDerivation & drv, const std::string & netrcData)
         }
     };
 
+    /* We always have one output, and if it's a fixed-output derivation (as
+       checked below) it must be the only output */
+    auto & output = drv.outputs.begin()->second;
+
     /* Try the hashed mirrors first. */
-    if (getAttr("outputHashMode") == "flat")
+    if (output.hash && output.hash->method == FileIngestionMethod::Flat)
         for (auto hashedMirror : settings.hashedMirrors.get())
             try {
                 if (!hasSuffix(hashedMirror, "/")) hashedMirror += '/';
-                auto ht = parseHashTypeOpt(getAttr("outputHashAlgo"));
+                auto & h = output.hash->hash;
-                auto h = Hash(getAttr("outputHash"), ht);
                 fetch(hashedMirror + printHashType(*h.type) + "/" + h.to_string(Base16, false));
                 return;
             } catch (Error & e) {

src/libstore/content-address.cc

@@ -82,4 +82,16 @@ std::string renderContentAddress(std::optional<ContentAddress> ca) {
     return ca ? renderContentAddress(*ca) : "";
 }
 
+Hash getContentAddressHash(const ContentAddress & ca)
+{
+    return std::visit(overloaded {
+        [](TextHash th) {
+            return th.hash;
+        },
+        [](FixedOutputHash fsh) {
+            return fsh.hash;
+        }
+    }, ca);
+}
+
 }

src/libstore/content-address.hh

@@ -53,4 +53,6 @@ ContentAddress parseContentAddress(std::string_view rawCa);
 
 std::optional<ContentAddress> parseContentAddressOpt(std::string_view rawCaOpt);
 
+Hash getContentAddressHash(const ContentAddress & ca);
+
 }

src/libstore/daemon.cc

@@ -78,10 +78,10 @@ struct TunnelLogger : public Logger
         if (ei.level > verbosity) return;
 
         std::stringstream oss;
-        oss << ei;
+        showErrorInfo(oss, ei, false);
 
         StringSink buf;
-        buf << STDERR_NEXT << oss.str() << "\n"; // (fs.s + "\n");
+        buf << STDERR_NEXT << oss.str();
         enqueueMsg(*buf.s);
     }
 
@@ -347,6 +347,15 @@ static void performOp(TunnelLogger * logger, ref<Store> store,
         break;
     }
 
+    case wopQueryDerivationOutputMap: {
+        auto path = store->parseStorePath(readString(from));
+        logger->startWork();
+        OutputPathMap outputs = store->queryDerivationOutputMap(path);
+        logger->stopWork();
+        writeOutputPathMap(*store, to, outputs);
+        break;
+    }
+
     case wopQueryDeriver: {
         auto path = store->parseStorePath(readString(from));
         logger->startWork();
@@ -382,7 +391,8 @@ static void performOp(TunnelLogger * logger, ref<Store> store,
         }
         HashType hashAlgo = parseHashType(s);
 
-        TeeSource savedNAR(from);
+        StringSink savedNAR;
+        TeeSource savedNARSource(from, savedNAR);
         RetrieveRegularNARSink savedRegular;
 
         if (method == FileIngestionMethod::Recursive) {
@@ -390,7 +400,7 @@ static void performOp(TunnelLogger * logger, ref<Store> store,
                a string so that we can pass it to
                addToStoreFromDump(). */
             ParseSink sink; /* null sink; just parse the NAR */
-            parseDump(sink, savedNAR);
+            parseDump(sink, savedNARSource);
         } else
             parseDump(savedRegular, from);
 
@@ -398,7 +408,7 @@ static void performOp(TunnelLogger * logger, ref<Store> store,
         if (!savedRegular.regular) throw Error("regular file expected");
 
         auto path = store->addToStoreFromDump(
-            method == FileIngestionMethod::Recursive ? *savedNAR.data : savedRegular.s,
+            method == FileIngestionMethod::Recursive ? *savedNAR.s : savedRegular.s,
             baseName,
             method,
             hashAlgo);
@@ -433,7 +443,7 @@ static void performOp(TunnelLogger * logger, ref<Store> store,
     case wopImportPaths: {
         logger->startWork();
         TunnelSource source(from, to);
-        auto paths = store->importPaths(source, nullptr,
+        auto paths = store->importPaths(source,
             trusted ? NoCheckSigs : CheckSigs);
         logger->stopWork();
         Strings paths2;
@@ -722,9 +732,9 @@ static void performOp(TunnelLogger * logger, ref<Store> store,
         if (GET_PROTOCOL_MINOR(clientVersion) >= 21)
             source = std::make_unique<TunnelSource>(from, to);
         else {
-            TeeSink tee(from);
+            TeeParseSink tee(from);
             parseDump(tee, tee.source);
-            saved = std::move(*tee.source.data);
+            saved = std::move(*tee.saved.s);
             source = std::make_unique<StringSource>(saved);
         }
 
@@ -732,7 +742,7 @@ static void performOp(TunnelLogger * logger, ref<Store> store,
 
         // FIXME: race if addToStore doesn't read source?
         store->addToStore(info, *source, (RepairFlag) repair,
-            dontCheckSigs ? NoCheckSigs : CheckSigs, nullptr);
+            dontCheckSigs ? NoCheckSigs : CheckSigs);
 
         logger->stopWork();
         break;

src/libstore/derivations.cc

@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 #include "util.hh"
 #include "worker-protocol.hh"
 #include "fs-accessor.hh"
-#include "istringstream_nocopy.hh"
 
 namespace nix {
 
@@ -101,7 +100,7 @@ static StringSet parseStrings(std::istream & str, bool arePaths)
 }
 
 
-static DerivationOutput parseDerivationOutput(const Store & store, istringstream_nocopy & str)
+static DerivationOutput parseDerivationOutput(const Store & store, std::istringstream & str)
 {
     expect(str, ","); auto path = store.parseStorePath(parsePath(str));
     expect(str, ","); auto hashAlgo = parseString(str);
@@ -129,10 +128,10 @@ static DerivationOutput parseDerivationOutput(const Store & store, istringstream
 }
 
 
-static Derivation parseDerivation(const Store & store, const string & s)
+static Derivation parseDerivation(const Store & store, std::string && s)
 {
     Derivation drv;
-    istringstream_nocopy str(s);
+    std::istringstream str(std::move(s));
     expect(str, "Derive([");
 
     /* Parse the list of outputs. */

src/libstore/export-import.cc

@@ -7,24 +7,6 @@
 
 namespace nix {
 
-struct HashAndWriteSink : Sink
-{
-    Sink & writeSink;
-    HashSink hashSink;
-    HashAndWriteSink(Sink & writeSink) : writeSink(writeSink), hashSink(htSHA256)
-    {
-    }
-    virtual void operator () (const unsigned char * data, size_t len)
-    {
-        writeSink(data, len);
-        hashSink(data, len);
-    }
-    Hash currentHash()
-    {
-        return hashSink.currentHash().first;
-    }
-};
-
 void Store::exportPaths(const StorePathSet & paths, Sink & sink)
 {
     auto sorted = topoSortPaths(paths);
@@ -47,28 +29,29 @@ void Store::exportPath(const StorePath & path, Sink & sink)
 {
     auto info = queryPathInfo(path);
 
-    HashAndWriteSink hashAndWriteSink(sink);
+    HashSink hashSink(htSHA256);
+    TeeSink teeSink(sink, hashSink);
 
-    narFromPath(path, hashAndWriteSink);
+    narFromPath(path, teeSink);
 
     /* Refuse to export paths that have changed.  This prevents
        filesystem corruption from spreading to other machines.
        Don't complain if the stored hash is zero (unknown). */
-    Hash hash = hashAndWriteSink.currentHash();
+    Hash hash = hashSink.currentHash().first;
     if (hash != info->narHash && info->narHash != Hash(*info->narHash.type))
         throw Error("hash of path '%s' has changed from '%s' to '%s'!",
             printStorePath(path), info->narHash.to_string(Base32, true), hash.to_string(Base32, true));
 
-    hashAndWriteSink
+    teeSink
         << exportMagic
         << printStorePath(path);
-    writeStorePaths(*this, hashAndWriteSink, info->references);
+    writeStorePaths(*this, teeSink, info->references);
-    hashAndWriteSink
+    teeSink
         << (info->deriver ? printStorePath(*info->deriver) : "")
         << 0;
 }
 
-StorePaths Store::importPaths(Source & source, std::shared_ptr<FSAccessor> accessor, CheckSigsFlag checkSigs)
+StorePaths Store::importPaths(Source & source, CheckSigsFlag checkSigs)
 {
     StorePaths res;
     while (true) {
@@ -77,7 +60,7 @@ StorePaths Store::importPaths(Source & source, std::shared_ptr<FSAccessor> acces
         if (n != 1) throw Error("input doesn't look like something created by 'nix-store --export'");
 
         /* Extract the NAR from the source. */
-        TeeSink tee(source);
+        TeeParseSink tee(source);
         parseDump(tee, tee.source);
 
         uint32_t magic = readInt(source);
@@ -94,16 +77,16 @@ StorePaths Store::importPaths(Source & source, std::shared_ptr<FSAccessor> acces
         if (deriver != "")
             info.deriver = parseStorePath(deriver);
 
-        info.narHash = hashString(htSHA256, *tee.source.data);
+        info.narHash = hashString(htSHA256, *tee.saved.s);
-        info.narSize = tee.source.data->size();
+        info.narSize = tee.saved.s->size();
 
         // Ignore optional legacy signature.
         if (readInt(source) == 1)
             readString(source);
 
         // Can't use underlying source, which would have been exhausted
-        auto source = StringSource { *tee.source.data };
+        auto source = StringSource { *tee.saved.s };
-        addToStore(info, source, NoRepair, checkSigs, accessor);
+        addToStore(info, source, NoRepair, checkSigs);
 
         res.push_back(info.path);
     }

src/libstore/filetransfer.cc

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #include <queue>
 #include <random>
 #include <thread>
+#include <regex>
 
 using namespace std::string_literals;
 
@@ -56,7 +57,7 @@ struct curlFileTransfer : public FileTransfer
         Callback<FileTransferResult> callback;
         CURL * req = 0;
         bool active = false; // whether the handle has been added to the multi object
-        std::string status;
+        std::string statusMsg;
 
         unsigned int attempt = 0;
 
@@ -175,12 +176,13 @@ struct curlFileTransfer : public FileTransfer
             size_t realSize = size * nmemb;
             std::string line((char *) contents, realSize);
             printMsg(lvlVomit, format("got header for '%s': %s") % request.uri % trim(line));
-            if (line.compare(0, 5, "HTTP/") == 0) { // new response starts
+            static std::regex statusLine("HTTP/[^ ]+ +[0-9]+(.*)", std::regex::extended | std::regex::icase);
+            std::smatch match;
+            if (std::regex_match(line, match, statusLine)) {
                 result.etag = "";
-                auto ss = tokenizeString<vector<string>>(line, " ");
-                status = ss.size() >= 2 ? ss[1] : "";
                 result.data = std::make_shared<std::string>();
                 result.bodySize = 0;
+                statusMsg = trim(match[1]);
                 acceptRanges = false;
                 encoding = "";
             } else {
@@ -194,7 +196,9 @@ struct curlFileTransfer : public FileTransfer
                            the expected ETag on a 200 response, then shut
                            down the connection because we already have the
                            data. */
-                        if (result.etag == request.expectedETag && status == "200") {
+                        long httpStatus = 0;
+                        curl_easy_getinfo(req, CURLINFO_RESPONSE_CODE, &httpStatus);
+                        if (result.etag == request.expectedETag && httpStatus == 200) {
                             debug(format("shutting down on 200 HTTP response with expected ETag"));
                             return 0;
                         }
@@ -413,8 +417,8 @@ struct curlFileTransfer : public FileTransfer
                     ? FileTransferError(Interrupted, fmt("%s of '%s' was interrupted", request.verb(), request.uri))
                     : httpStatus != 0
                     ? FileTransferError(err,
-                        fmt("unable to %s '%s': HTTP error %d",
+                        fmt("unable to %s '%s': HTTP error %d ('%s')",
-                            request.verb(), request.uri, httpStatus)
+                            request.verb(), request.uri, httpStatus, statusMsg)
                         + (code == CURLE_OK ? "" : fmt(" (curl error: %s)", curl_easy_strerror(code)))
                         )
                     : FileTransferError(err,

src/libstore/gc.cc

@@ -262,11 +262,13 @@ void LocalStore::findTempRoots(FDs & fds, Roots & tempRoots, bool censor)
 void LocalStore::findRoots(const Path & path, unsigned char type, Roots & roots)
 {
     auto foundRoot = [&](const Path & path, const Path & target) {
-        auto storePath = maybeParseStorePath(toStorePath(target));
+        try {
-        if (storePath && isValidPath(*storePath))
+            auto storePath = toStorePath(target).first;
-            roots[std::move(*storePath)].emplace(path);
+            if (isValidPath(storePath))
+                roots[std::move(storePath)].emplace(path);
             else
                 printInfo("skipping invalid root from '%1%' to '%2%'", path, target);
+        } catch (BadStorePath &) { }
     };
 
     try {
@@ -472,15 +474,15 @@ void LocalStore::findRuntimeRoots(Roots & roots, bool censor)
 
     for (auto & [target, links] : unchecked) {
         if (!isInStore(target)) continue;
-        Path pathS = toStorePath(target);
+        try {
-        if (!isStorePath(pathS)) continue;
+            auto path = toStorePath(target).first;
-        auto path = parseStorePath(pathS);
             if (!isValidPath(path)) continue;
-        debug("got additional root '%1%'", pathS);
+            debug("got additional root '%1%'", printStorePath(path));
             if (censor)
                 roots[path].insert(censored);
             else
                 roots[path].insert(links.begin(), links.end());
+        } catch (BadStorePath &) { }
     }
 }
 

src/libstore/globals.cc

@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ Settings::Settings()
     , nixLibexecDir(canonPath(getEnv("NIX_LIBEXEC_DIR").value_or(NIX_LIBEXEC_DIR)))
     , nixBinDir(canonPath(getEnv("NIX_BIN_DIR").value_or(NIX_BIN_DIR)))
     , nixManDir(canonPath(NIX_MAN_DIR))
-    , nixDaemonSocketFile(canonPath(nixStateDir + DEFAULT_SOCKET_PATH))
+    , nixDaemonSocketFile(canonPath(getEnv("NIX_DAEMON_SOCKET_PATH").value_or(nixStateDir + DEFAULT_SOCKET_PATH)))
 {
     buildUsersGroup = getuid() == 0 ? "nixbld" : "";
     lockCPU = getEnv("NIX_AFFINITY_HACK") == "1";

src/libstore/globals.hh

@@ -196,10 +196,6 @@ public:
     /* Whether to lock the Nix client and worker to the same CPU. */
     bool lockCPU;
 
-    /* Whether to show a stack trace if Nix evaluation fails. */
-    Setting<bool> showTrace{this, false, "show-trace",
-        "Whether to show a stack trace on evaluation errors."};
-
     Setting<SandboxMode> sandboxMode{this,
         #if __linux__
           smEnabled
@@ -369,6 +365,12 @@ public:
 
     Setting<bool> warnDirty{this, true, "warn-dirty",
         "Whether to warn about dirty Git/Mercurial trees."};
+
+    Setting<size_t> narBufferSize{this, 32 * 1024 * 1024, "nar-buffer-size",
+        "Maximum size of NARs before spilling them to disk."};
+
+    Setting<std::string> flakeRegistry{this, "https://github.com/NixOS/flake-registry/raw/master/flake-registry.json", "flake-registry",
+        "Path or URI of the global flake registry."};
 };
 
 

src/libstore/http-binary-cache-store.cc

@@ -100,11 +100,11 @@ protected:
     }
 
     void upsertFile(const std::string & path,
-        const std::string & data,
+        std::shared_ptr<std::basic_iostream<char>> istream,
         const std::string & mimeType) override
     {
         auto req = FileTransferRequest(cacheUri + "/" + path);
-        req.data = std::make_shared<string>(data); // FIXME: inefficient
+        req.data = std::make_shared<string>(StreamToSourceAdapter(istream).drain());
         req.mimeType = mimeType;
         try {
             getFileTransfer()->upload(req);

src/libstore/legacy-ssh-store.cc

@@ -126,8 +126,7 @@ struct LegacySSHStore : public Store
     }
 
     void addToStore(const ValidPathInfo & info, Source & source,
-        RepairFlag repair, CheckSigsFlag checkSigs,
+        RepairFlag repair, CheckSigsFlag checkSigs) override
-        std::shared_ptr<FSAccessor> accessor) override
     {
         debug("adding path '%s' to remote host '%s'", printStorePath(info.path), host);
 

src/libstore/local-binary-cache-store.cc

@@ -31,8 +31,18 @@ protected:
     bool fileExists(const std::string & path) override;
 
     void upsertFile(const std::string & path,
-        const std::string & data,
+        std::shared_ptr<std::basic_iostream<char>> istream,
-        const std::string & mimeType) override;
+        const std::string & mimeType) override
+    {
+        auto path2 = binaryCacheDir + "/" + path;
+        Path tmp = path2 + ".tmp." + std::to_string(getpid());
+        AutoDelete del(tmp, false);
+        StreamToSourceAdapter source(istream);
+        writeFile(tmp, source);
+        if (rename(tmp.c_str(), path2.c_str()))
+            throw SysError("renaming '%1%' to '%2%'", tmp, path2);
+        del.cancel();
+    }
 
     void getFile(const std::string & path, Sink & sink) override
     {
@@ -52,7 +62,9 @@ protected:
             if (entry.name.size() != 40 ||
                 !hasSuffix(entry.name, ".narinfo"))
                 continue;
-            paths.insert(parseStorePath(storeDir + "/" + entry.name.substr(0, entry.name.size() - 8)));
+            paths.insert(parseStorePath(
+                    storeDir + "/" + entry.name.substr(0, entry.name.size() - 8)
+                    + "-" + MissingName));
         }
 
         return paths;
@@ -68,28 +80,11 @@ void LocalBinaryCacheStore::init()
     BinaryCacheStore::init();
 }
 
-static void atomicWrite(const Path & path, const std::string & s)
-{
-    Path tmp = path + ".tmp." + std::to_string(getpid());
-    AutoDelete del(tmp, false);
-    writeFile(tmp, s);
-    if (rename(tmp.c_str(), path.c_str()))
-        throw SysError("renaming '%1%' to '%2%'", tmp, path);
-    del.cancel();
-}
-
 bool LocalBinaryCacheStore::fileExists(const std::string & path)
 {
     return pathExists(binaryCacheDir + "/" + path);
 }
 
-void LocalBinaryCacheStore::upsertFile(const std::string & path,
-    const std::string & data,
-    const std::string & mimeType)
-{
-    atomicWrite(binaryCacheDir + "/" + path, data);
-}
-
 static RegisterStoreImplementation regStore([](
     const std::string & uri, const Store::Params & params)
     -> std::shared_ptr<Store>

src/libstore/local-fs-store.cc

@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@ struct LocalStoreAccessor : public FSAccessor
 
     Path toRealPath(const Path & path)
     {
-        Path storePath = store->toStorePath(path);
+        auto storePath = store->toStorePath(path).first;
-        if (!store->isValidPath(store->parseStorePath(storePath)))
+        if (!store->isValidPath(storePath))
-            throw InvalidPath("path '%1%' is not a valid store path", storePath);
+            throw InvalidPath("path '%1%' is not a valid store path", store->printStorePath(storePath));
         return store->getRealStoreDir() + std::string(path, store->storeDir.size());
     }
 

src/libstore/local-store.cc

@@ -594,7 +594,7 @@ uint64_t LocalStore::addValidPath(State & state,
         (concatStringsSep(" ", info.sigs), !info.sigs.empty())
         (renderContentAddress(info.ca), (bool) info.ca)
         .exec();
-    uint64_t id = sqlite3_last_insert_rowid(state.db);
+    uint64_t id = state.db.getLastInsertedRowId();
 
     /* If this is a derivation, then store the derivation outputs in
        the database.  This is useful for the garbage collector: it can
@@ -774,17 +774,20 @@ StorePathSet LocalStore::queryValidDerivers(const StorePath & path)
 }
 
 
-StorePathSet LocalStore::queryDerivationOutputs(const StorePath & path)
+OutputPathMap LocalStore::queryDerivationOutputMap(const StorePath & path)
 {
-    return retrySQLite<StorePathSet>([&]() {
+    return retrySQLite<OutputPathMap>([&]() {
         auto state(_state.lock());
 
         auto useQueryDerivationOutputs(state->stmtQueryDerivationOutputs.use()
             (queryValidPathId(*state, path)));
 
-        StorePathSet outputs;
+        OutputPathMap outputs;
         while (useQueryDerivationOutputs.next())
-            outputs.insert(parseStorePath(useQueryDerivationOutputs.getStr(1)));
+            outputs.emplace(
+                useQueryDerivationOutputs.getStr(0),
+                parseStorePath(useQueryDerivationOutputs.getStr(1))
+            );
 
         return outputs;
     });
@@ -959,7 +962,7 @@ const PublicKeys & LocalStore::getPublicKeys()
 
 
 void LocalStore::addToStore(const ValidPathInfo & info, Source & source,
-    RepairFlag repair, CheckSigsFlag checkSigs, std::shared_ptr<FSAccessor> accessor)
+    RepairFlag repair, CheckSigsFlag checkSigs)
 {
     if (!info.narHash)
         throw Error("cannot add path '%s' because it lacks a hash", printStorePath(info.path));
@@ -973,7 +976,7 @@ void LocalStore::addToStore(const ValidPathInfo & info, Source & source,
 
         PathLocks outputLock;
 
-        Path realPath = realStoreDir + "/" + std::string(info.path.to_string());
+        auto realPath = Store::toRealPath(info.path);
 
         /* Lock the output path.  But don't lock if we're being called
            from a build hook (whose parent process already acquired a
@@ -1044,8 +1047,7 @@ StorePath LocalStore::addToStoreFromDump(const string & dump, const string & nam
         /* The first check above is an optimisation to prevent
            unnecessary lock acquisition. */
 
-        Path realPath = realStoreDir + "/";
+        auto realPath = Store::toRealPath(dstPath);
-        realPath += dstPath.to_string();
 
         PathLocks outputLock({realPath});
 
@@ -1095,16 +1097,119 @@ StorePath LocalStore::addToStore(const string & name, const Path & _srcPath,
 {
     Path srcPath(absPath(_srcPath));
 
-    /* Read the whole path into memory. This is not a very scalable
+    if (method != FileIngestionMethod::Recursive)
-       method for very large paths, but `copyPath' is mainly used for
+        return addToStoreFromDump(readFile(srcPath), name, method, hashAlgo, repair);
-       small files. */
-    StringSink sink;
-    if (method == FileIngestionMethod::Recursive)
-        dumpPath(srcPath, sink, filter);
-    else
-        sink.s = make_ref<std::string>(readFile(srcPath));
 
-    return addToStoreFromDump(*sink.s, name, method, hashAlgo, repair);
+    /* For computing the NAR hash. */
+    auto sha256Sink = std::make_unique<HashSink>(htSHA256);
+
+    /* For computing the store path. In recursive SHA-256 mode, this
+       is the same as the NAR hash, so no need to do it again. */
+    std::unique_ptr<HashSink> hashSink =
+        hashAlgo == htSHA256
+        ? nullptr
+        : std::make_unique<HashSink>(hashAlgo);
+
+    /* Read the source path into memory, but only if it's up to
+       narBufferSize bytes. If it's larger, write it to a temporary
+       location in the Nix store. If the subsequently computed
+       destination store path is already valid, we just delete the
+       temporary path. Otherwise, we move it to the destination store
+       path. */
+    bool inMemory = true;
+    std::string nar;
+
+    auto source = sinkToSource([&](Sink & sink) {
+
+        LambdaSink sink2([&](const unsigned char * buf, size_t len) {
+            (*sha256Sink)(buf, len);
+            if (hashSink) (*hashSink)(buf, len);
+
+            if (inMemory) {
+                if (nar.size() + len > settings.narBufferSize) {
+                    inMemory = false;
+                    sink << 1;
+                    sink((const unsigned char *) nar.data(), nar.size());
+                    nar.clear();
+                } else {
+                    nar.append((const char *) buf, len);
+                }
+            }
+
+            if (!inMemory) sink(buf, len);
+        });
+
+        dumpPath(srcPath, sink2, filter);
+    });
+
+    std::unique_ptr<AutoDelete> delTempDir;
+    Path tempPath;
+
+    try {
+        /* Wait for the source coroutine to give us some dummy
+           data. This is so that we don't create the temporary
+           directory if the NAR fits in memory. */
+        readInt(*source);
+
+        auto tempDir = createTempDir(realStoreDir, "add");
+        delTempDir = std::make_unique<AutoDelete>(tempDir);
+        tempPath = tempDir + "/x";
+
+        restorePath(tempPath, *source);
+
+    } catch (EndOfFile &) {
+        if (!inMemory) throw;
+        /* The NAR fits in memory, so we didn't do restorePath(). */
+    }
+
+    auto sha256 = sha256Sink->finish();
+
+    Hash hash = hashSink ? hashSink->finish().first : sha256.first;
+
+    auto dstPath = makeFixedOutputPath(method, hash, name);
+
+    addTempRoot(dstPath);
+
+    if (repair || !isValidPath(dstPath)) {
+
+        /* The first check above is an optimisation to prevent
+           unnecessary lock acquisition. */
+
+        auto realPath = Store::toRealPath(dstPath);
+
+        PathLocks outputLock({realPath});
+
+        if (repair || !isValidPath(dstPath)) {
+
+            deletePath(realPath);
+
+            autoGC();
+
+            if (inMemory) {
+                /* Restore from the NAR in memory. */
+                StringSource source(nar);
+                restorePath(realPath, source);
+            } else {
+                /* Move the temporary path we restored above. */
+                if (rename(tempPath.c_str(), realPath.c_str()))
+                    throw Error("renaming '%s' to '%s'", tempPath, realPath);
+            }
+
+            canonicalisePathMetaData(realPath, -1); // FIXME: merge into restorePath
+
+            optimisePath(realPath);
+
+            ValidPathInfo info(dstPath);
+            info.narHash = sha256.first;
+            info.narSize = sha256.second;
+            info.ca = FixedOutputHash { .method = method, .hash = hash };
+            registerValidPath(info);
+        }
+
+        outputLock.setDeletion(true);
+    }
+
+    return dstPath;
 }
 
 
@@ -1118,8 +1223,7 @@ StorePath LocalStore::addTextToStore(const string & name, const string & s,
 
     if (repair || !isValidPath(dstPath)) {
 
-        Path realPath = realStoreDir + "/";
+        auto realPath = Store::toRealPath(dstPath);
-        realPath += dstPath.to_string();
 
         PathLocks outputLock({realPath});
 

src/libstore/local-store.hh

@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ public:
 
     StorePathSet queryValidDerivers(const StorePath & path) override;
 
-    StorePathSet queryDerivationOutputs(const StorePath & path) override;
+    OutputPathMap queryDerivationOutputMap(const StorePath & path) override;
 
     std::optional<StorePath> queryPathFromHashPart(const std::string & hashPart) override;
 
@@ -143,8 +143,7 @@ public:
         SubstitutablePathInfos & infos) override;
 
     void addToStore(const ValidPathInfo & info, Source & source,
-        RepairFlag repair, CheckSigsFlag checkSigs,
+        RepairFlag repair, CheckSigsFlag checkSigs) override;
-        std::shared_ptr<FSAccessor> accessor) override;
 
     StorePath addToStore(const string & name, const Path & srcPath,
         FileIngestionMethod method, HashType hashAlgo,

src/libstore/local.mk

@@ -61,3 +61,6 @@ $(d)/build.cc:
 clean-files += $(d)/schema.sql.gen.hh
 
 $(eval $(call install-file-in, $(d)/nix-store.pc, $(prefix)/lib/pkgconfig, 0644))
+
+$(foreach i, $(wildcard src/libstore/builtins/*.hh), \
+  $(eval $(call install-file-in, $(i), $(includedir)/nix/builtins, 0644)))

src/libstore/nar-accessor.cc

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ struct NarMember
 
     /* If this is a regular file, position of the contents of this
        file in the NAR. */
-    size_t start = 0, size = 0;
+    uint64_t start = 0, size = 0;
 
     std::string target;
 
@@ -34,17 +34,19 @@ struct NarAccessor : public FSAccessor
 
     NarMember root;
 
-    struct NarIndexer : ParseSink, StringSource
+    struct NarIndexer : ParseSink, Source
     {
         NarAccessor & acc;
+        Source & source;
 
         std::stack<NarMember *> parents;
 
-        std::string currentStart;
         bool isExec = false;
 
-        NarIndexer(NarAccessor & acc, const std::string & nar)
+        uint64_t pos = 0;
-            : StringSource(nar), acc(acc)
+
+        NarIndexer(NarAccessor & acc, Source & source)
+            : acc(acc), source(source)
         { }
 
         void createMember(const Path & path, NarMember member) {
@@ -79,31 +81,38 @@ struct NarAccessor : public FSAccessor
 
         void preallocateContents(unsigned long long size) override
         {
-            currentStart = string(s, pos, 16);
+            assert(size <= std::numeric_limits<uint64_t>::max());
-            assert(size <= std::numeric_limits<size_t>::max());
+            parents.top()->size = (uint64_t) size;
-            parents.top()->size = (size_t)size;
             parents.top()->start = pos;
         }
 
         void receiveContents(unsigned char * data, unsigned int len) override
-        {
+        { }
-            // Sanity check
-            if (!currentStart.empty()) {
-                assert(len < 16 || currentStart == string((char *) data, 16));
-                currentStart.clear();
-            }
-        }
 
         void createSymlink(const Path & path, const string & target) override
         {
             createMember(path,
                 NarMember{FSAccessor::Type::tSymlink, false, 0, 0, target});
         }
+
+        size_t read(unsigned char * data, size_t len) override
+        {
+            auto n = source.read(data, len);
+            pos += n;
+            return n;
+        }
     };
 
     NarAccessor(ref<const std::string> nar) : nar(nar)
     {
-        NarIndexer indexer(*this, *nar);
+        StringSource source(*nar);
+        NarIndexer indexer(*this, source);
+        parseDump(indexer, indexer);
+    }
+
+    NarAccessor(Source & source)
+    {
+        NarIndexer indexer(*this, source);
         parseDump(indexer, indexer);
     }
 
@@ -219,6 +228,11 @@ ref<FSAccessor> makeNarAccessor(ref<const std::string> nar)
     return make_ref<NarAccessor>(nar);
 }
 
+ref<FSAccessor> makeNarAccessor(Source & source)
+{
+    return make_ref<NarAccessor>(source);
+}
+
 ref<FSAccessor> makeLazyNarAccessor(const std::string & listing,
     GetNarBytes getNarBytes)
 {

src/libstore/nar-accessor.hh

@@ -6,10 +6,14 @@
 
 namespace nix {
 
+struct Source;
+
 /* Return an object that provides access to the contents of a NAR
    file. */
 ref<FSAccessor> makeNarAccessor(ref<const std::string> nar);
 
+ref<FSAccessor> makeNarAccessor(Source & source);
+
 /* Create a NAR accessor from a NAR listing (in the format produced by
    listNar()). The callback getNarBytes(offset, length) is used by the
    readFile() method of the accessor to get the contents of files

src/libstore/path.cc

@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@
 
 namespace nix {
 
-MakeError(BadStorePath, Error);
-
 static void checkName(std::string_view path, std::string_view name)
 {
     if (name.empty())

src/libstore/path.hh

@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ public:
 
 typedef std::set<StorePath> StorePathSet;
 typedef std::vector<StorePath> StorePaths;
+typedef std::map<string, StorePath> OutputPathMap;
 
 /* Extension of derivations in the Nix store. */
 const std::string drvExtension = ".drv";

src/libstore/profiles.cc

@@ -12,30 +12,24 @@
 namespace nix {
 
 
-static bool cmpGensByNumber(const Generation & a, const Generation & b)
-{
-    return a.number < b.number;
-}
-
-
 /* Parse a generation name of the format
    `<profilename>-<number>-link'. */
-static int parseName(const string & profileName, const string & name)
+static std::optional<GenerationNumber> parseName(const string & profileName, const string & name)
 {
-    if (string(name, 0, profileName.size() + 1) != profileName + "-") return -1;
+    if (string(name, 0, profileName.size() + 1) != profileName + "-") return {};
     string s = string(name, profileName.size() + 1);
     string::size_type p = s.find("-link");
-    if (p == string::npos) return -1;
+    if (p == string::npos) return {};
-    int n;
+    unsigned int n;
     if (string2Int(string(s, 0, p), n) && n >= 0)
         return n;
     else
-        return -1;
+        return {};
 }
 
 
 
-Generations findGenerations(Path profile, int & curGen)
+std::pair<Generations, std::optional<GenerationNumber>> findGenerations(Path profile)
 {
     Generations gens;
 
@@ -43,30 +37,34 @@ Generations findGenerations(Path profile, int & curGen)
     auto profileName = std::string(baseNameOf(profile));
 
     for (auto & i : readDirectory(profileDir)) {
-        int n;
+        if (auto n = parseName(profileName, i.name)) {
-        if ((n = parseName(profileName, i.name)) != -1) {
+            auto path = profileDir + "/" + i.name;
-            Generation gen;
-            gen.path = profileDir + "/" + i.name;
-            gen.number = n;
             struct stat st;
-            if (lstat(gen.path.c_str(), &st) != 0)
+            if (lstat(path.c_str(), &st) != 0)
-                throw SysError("statting '%1%'", gen.path);
+                throw SysError("statting '%1%'", path);
-            gen.creationTime = st.st_mtime;
+            gens.push_back({
-            gens.push_back(gen);
+                .number = *n,
+                .path = path,
+                .creationTime = st.st_mtime
+            });
         }
     }
 
-    gens.sort(cmpGensByNumber);
+    gens.sort([](const Generation & a, const Generation & b)
+    {
+        return a.number < b.number;
+    });
 
-    curGen = pathExists(profile)
+    return {
+        gens,
+        pathExists(profile)
         ? parseName(profileName, readLink(profile))
-        : -1;
+        : std::nullopt
-
+    };
-    return gens;
 }
 
 
-static void makeName(const Path & profile, unsigned int num,
+static void makeName(const Path & profile, GenerationNumber num,
     Path & outLink)
 {
     Path prefix = (format("%1%-%2%") % profile % num).str();
@@ -78,10 +76,9 @@ Path createGeneration(ref<LocalFSStore> store, Path profile, Path outPath)
 {
     /* The new generation number should be higher than old the
        previous ones. */
-    int dummy;
+    auto [gens, dummy] = findGenerations(profile);
-    Generations gens = findGenerations(profile, dummy);
 
-    unsigned int num;
+    GenerationNumber num;
     if (gens.size() > 0) {
         Generation last = gens.back();
 
@@ -121,7 +118,7 @@ static void removeFile(const Path & path)
 }
 
 
-void deleteGeneration(const Path & profile, unsigned int gen)
+void deleteGeneration(const Path & profile, GenerationNumber gen)
 {
     Path generation;
     makeName(profile, gen, generation);
@@ -129,7 +126,7 @@ void deleteGeneration(const Path & profile, unsigned int gen)
 }
 
 
-static void deleteGeneration2(const Path & profile, unsigned int gen, bool dryRun)
+static void deleteGeneration2(const Path & profile, GenerationNumber gen, bool dryRun)
 {
     if (dryRun)
         printInfo(format("would remove generation %1%") % gen);
@@ -140,31 +137,29 @@ static void deleteGeneration2(const Path & profile, unsigned int gen, bool dryRu
 }
 
 
-void deleteGenerations(const Path & profile, const std::set<unsigned int> & gensToDelete, bool dryRun)
+void deleteGenerations(const Path & profile, const std::set<GenerationNumber> & gensToDelete, bool dryRun)
 {
     PathLocks lock;
     lockProfile(lock, profile);
 
-    int curGen;
+    auto [gens, curGen] = findGenerations(profile);
-    Generations gens = findGenerations(profile, curGen);
 
-    if (gensToDelete.find(curGen) != gensToDelete.end())
+    if (gensToDelete.count(*curGen))
         throw Error("cannot delete current generation of profile %1%'", profile);
 
     for (auto & i : gens) {
-        if (gensToDelete.find(i.number) == gensToDelete.end()) continue;
+        if (!gensToDelete.count(i.number)) continue;
         deleteGeneration2(profile, i.number, dryRun);
     }
 }
 
-void deleteGenerationsGreaterThan(const Path & profile, int max, bool dryRun)
+void deleteGenerationsGreaterThan(const Path & profile, GenerationNumber max, bool dryRun)
 {
     PathLocks lock;
     lockProfile(lock, profile);
 
-    int curGen;
     bool fromCurGen = false;
-    Generations gens = findGenerations(profile, curGen);
+    auto [gens, curGen] = findGenerations(profile);
     for (auto i = gens.rbegin(); i != gens.rend(); ++i) {
         if (i->number == curGen) {
             fromCurGen = true;
@@ -186,8 +181,7 @@ void deleteOldGenerations(const Path & profile, bool dryRun)
     PathLocks lock;
     lockProfile(lock, profile);
 
-    int curGen;
+    auto [gens, curGen] = findGenerations(profile);
-    Generations gens = findGenerations(profile, curGen);
 
     for (auto & i : gens)
         if (i.number != curGen)
@@ -200,8 +194,7 @@ void deleteGenerationsOlderThan(const Path & profile, time_t t, bool dryRun)
     PathLocks lock;
     lockProfile(lock, profile);
 
-    int curGen;
+    auto [gens, curGen] = findGenerations(profile);
-    Generations gens = findGenerations(profile, curGen);
 
     bool canDelete = false;
     for (auto i = gens.rbegin(); i != gens.rend(); ++i)

src/libstore/profiles.hh

@@ -9,37 +9,32 @@
 namespace nix {
 
 
+typedef unsigned int GenerationNumber;
+
 struct Generation
 {
-    int number;
+    GenerationNumber number;
     Path path;
     time_t creationTime;
-    Generation()
-    {
-        number = -1;
-    }
-    operator bool() const
-    {
-        return number != -1;
-    }
 };
 
-typedef list<Generation> Generations;
+typedef std::list<Generation> Generations;
 
 
 /* Returns the list of currently present generations for the specified
-   profile, sorted by generation number. */
+   profile, sorted by generation number. Also returns the number of
-Generations findGenerations(Path profile, int & curGen);
+   the current generation. */
+std::pair<Generations, std::optional<GenerationNumber>> findGenerations(Path profile);
 
 class LocalFSStore;
 
 Path createGeneration(ref<LocalFSStore> store, Path profile, Path outPath);
 
-void deleteGeneration(const Path & profile, unsigned int gen);
+void deleteGeneration(const Path & profile, GenerationNumber gen);
 
-void deleteGenerations(const Path & profile, const std::set<unsigned int> & gensToDelete, bool dryRun);
+void deleteGenerations(const Path & profile, const std::set<GenerationNumber> & gensToDelete, bool dryRun);
 
-void deleteGenerationsGreaterThan(const Path & profile, const int max, bool dryRun);
+void deleteGenerationsGreaterThan(const Path & profile, GenerationNumber max, bool dryRun);
 
 void deleteOldGenerations(const Path & profile, bool dryRun);
 

src/libstore/remote-fs-accessor.cc

@@ -16,26 +16,26 @@ RemoteFSAccessor::RemoteFSAccessor(ref<Store> store, const Path & cacheDir)
         createDirs(cacheDir);
 }
 
-Path RemoteFSAccessor::makeCacheFile(const Path & storePath, const std::string & ext)
+Path RemoteFSAccessor::makeCacheFile(std::string_view hashPart, const std::string & ext)
 {
     assert(cacheDir != "");
-    return fmt("%s/%s.%s", cacheDir, store->parseStorePath(storePath).hashPart(), ext);
+    return fmt("%s/%s.%s", cacheDir, hashPart, ext);
 }
 
-void RemoteFSAccessor::addToCache(const Path & storePath, const std::string & nar,
+void RemoteFSAccessor::addToCache(std::string_view hashPart, const std::string & nar,
     ref<FSAccessor> narAccessor)
 {
-    nars.emplace(storePath, narAccessor);
+    nars.emplace(hashPart, narAccessor);
 
     if (cacheDir != "") {
         try {
             std::ostringstream str;
             JSONPlaceholder jsonRoot(str);
             listNar(jsonRoot, narAccessor, "", true);
-            writeFile(makeCacheFile(storePath, "ls"), str.str());
+            writeFile(makeCacheFile(hashPart, "ls"), str.str());
 
             /* FIXME: do this asynchronously. */
-            writeFile(makeCacheFile(storePath, "nar"), nar);
+            writeFile(makeCacheFile(hashPart, "nar"), nar);
 
         } catch (...) {
             ignoreException();
@@ -47,23 +47,22 @@ std::pair<ref<FSAccessor>, Path> RemoteFSAccessor::fetch(const Path & path_)
 {
     auto path = canonPath(path_);
 
-    auto storePath = store->toStorePath(path);
+    auto [storePath, restPath] = store->toStorePath(path);
-    std::string restPath = std::string(path, storePath.size());
 
-    if (!store->isValidPath(store->parseStorePath(storePath)))
+    if (!store->isValidPath(storePath))
-        throw InvalidPath("path '%1%' is not a valid store path", storePath);
+        throw InvalidPath("path '%1%' is not a valid store path", store->printStorePath(storePath));
 
-    auto i = nars.find(storePath);
+    auto i = nars.find(std::string(storePath.hashPart()));
     if (i != nars.end()) return {i->second, restPath};
 
     StringSink sink;
     std::string listing;
     Path cacheFile;
 
-    if (cacheDir != "" && pathExists(cacheFile = makeCacheFile(storePath, "nar"))) {
+    if (cacheDir != "" && pathExists(cacheFile = makeCacheFile(storePath.hashPart(), "nar"))) {
 
         try {
-            listing = nix::readFile(makeCacheFile(storePath, "ls"));
+            listing = nix::readFile(makeCacheFile(storePath.hashPart(), "ls"));
 
             auto narAccessor = makeLazyNarAccessor(listing,
                 [cacheFile](uint64_t offset, uint64_t length) {
@@ -81,7 +80,7 @@ std::pair<ref<FSAccessor>, Path> RemoteFSAccessor::fetch(const Path & path_)
                     return buf;
                 });
 
-            nars.emplace(storePath, narAccessor);
+            nars.emplace(storePath.hashPart(), narAccessor);
             return {narAccessor, restPath};
 
         } catch (SysError &) { }
@@ -90,15 +89,15 @@ std::pair<ref<FSAccessor>, Path> RemoteFSAccessor::fetch(const Path & path_)
             *sink.s = nix::readFile(cacheFile);
 
             auto narAccessor = makeNarAccessor(sink.s);
-            nars.emplace(storePath, narAccessor);
+            nars.emplace(storePath.hashPart(), narAccessor);
             return {narAccessor, restPath};
 
         } catch (SysError &) { }
     }
 
-    store->narFromPath(store->parseStorePath(storePath), sink);
+    store->narFromPath(storePath, sink);
     auto narAccessor = makeNarAccessor(sink.s);
-    addToCache(storePath, *sink.s, narAccessor);
+    addToCache(storePath.hashPart(), *sink.s, narAccessor);
     return {narAccessor, restPath};
 }
 

src/libstore/remote-fs-accessor.hh

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ class RemoteFSAccessor : public FSAccessor
 {
     ref<Store> store;
 
-    std::map<Path, ref<FSAccessor>> nars;
+    std::map<std::string, ref<FSAccessor>> nars;
 
     Path cacheDir;
 
@@ -18,9 +18,9 @@ class RemoteFSAccessor : public FSAccessor
 
     friend class BinaryCacheStore;
 
-    Path makeCacheFile(const Path & storePath, const std::string & ext);
+    Path makeCacheFile(std::string_view hashPart, const std::string & ext);
 
-    void addToCache(const Path & storePath, const std::string & nar,
+    void addToCache(std::string_view hashPart, const std::string & nar,
         ref<FSAccessor> narAccessor);
 
 public:

src/libstore/remote-store.cc

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #include "derivations.hh"
 #include "pool.hh"
 #include "finally.hh"
+#include "logging.hh"
 
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
@@ -38,6 +39,29 @@ void writeStorePaths(const Store & store, Sink & out, const StorePathSet & paths
         out << store.printStorePath(i);
 }
 
+std::map<string, StorePath> readOutputPathMap(const Store & store, Source & from)
+{
+    std::map<string, StorePath> pathMap;
+    auto rawInput = readStrings<Strings>(from);
+    if (rawInput.size() % 2)
+        throw Error("got an odd number of elements from the daemon when trying to read a output path map");
+    auto curInput = rawInput.begin();
+    while (curInput != rawInput.end()) {
+        auto thisKey = *curInput++;
+        auto thisValue = *curInput++;
+        pathMap.emplace(thisKey, store.parseStorePath(thisValue));
+    }
+    return pathMap;
+}
+
+void writeOutputPathMap(const Store & store, Sink & out, const std::map<string, StorePath> & pathMap)
+{
+    out << 2*pathMap.size();
+    for (auto & i : pathMap) {
+        out << i.first;
+        out << store.printStorePath(i.second);
+    }
+}
 
 /* TODO: Separate these store impls into different files, give them better names */
 RemoteStore::RemoteStore(const Params & params)
@@ -197,7 +221,7 @@ void RemoteStore::setOptions(Connection & conn)
         overrides.erase(settings.maxSilentTime.name);
         overrides.erase(settings.buildCores.name);
         overrides.erase(settings.useSubstitutes.name);
-        overrides.erase(settings.showTrace.name);
+        overrides.erase(loggerSettings.showTrace.name);
         conn.to << overrides.size();
         for (auto & i : overrides)
             conn.to << i.first << i.second.value;
@@ -412,12 +436,24 @@ StorePathSet RemoteStore::queryValidDerivers(const StorePath & path)
 StorePathSet RemoteStore::queryDerivationOutputs(const StorePath & path)
 {
     auto conn(getConnection());
+    if (GET_PROTOCOL_MINOR(conn->daemonVersion) >= 0x16) {
+        return Store::queryDerivationOutputs(path);
+    }
     conn->to << wopQueryDerivationOutputs << printStorePath(path);
     conn.processStderr();
     return readStorePaths<StorePathSet>(*this, conn->from);
 }
 
 
+OutputPathMap RemoteStore::queryDerivationOutputMap(const StorePath & path)
+{
+    auto conn(getConnection());
+    conn->to << wopQueryDerivationOutputMap << printStorePath(path);
+    conn.processStderr();
+    return readOutputPathMap(*this, conn->from);
+
+}
+
 std::optional<StorePath> RemoteStore::queryPathFromHashPart(const std::string & hashPart)
 {
     auto conn(getConnection());
@@ -430,7 +466,7 @@ std::optional<StorePath> RemoteStore::queryPathFromHashPart(const std::string &
 
 
 void RemoteStore::addToStore(const ValidPathInfo & info, Source & source,
-    RepairFlag repair, CheckSigsFlag checkSigs, std::shared_ptr<FSAccessor> accessor)
+    RepairFlag repair, CheckSigsFlag checkSigs)
 {
     auto conn(getConnection());
 

src/libstore/remote-store.hh

@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ public:
 
     StorePathSet queryDerivationOutputs(const StorePath & path) override;
 
+    OutputPathMap queryDerivationOutputMap(const StorePath & path) override;
     std::optional<StorePath> queryPathFromHashPart(const std::string & hashPart) override;
 
     StorePathSet querySubstitutablePaths(const StorePathSet & paths) override;
@@ -59,8 +60,7 @@ public:
         SubstitutablePathInfos & infos) override;
 
     void addToStore(const ValidPathInfo & info, Source & nar,
-        RepairFlag repair, CheckSigsFlag checkSigs,
+        RepairFlag repair, CheckSigsFlag checkSigs) override;
-        std::shared_ptr<FSAccessor> accessor) override;
 
     StorePath addToStore(const string & name, const Path & srcPath,
         FileIngestionMethod method = FileIngestionMethod::Recursive, HashType hashAlgo = htSHA256,

src/libstore/s3-binary-cache-store.cc

@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 #include "globals.hh"
 #include "compression.hh"
 #include "filetransfer.hh"
-#include "istringstream_nocopy.hh"
 
 #include <aws/core/Aws.h>
 #include <aws/core/VersionConfig.h>
@@ -262,12 +261,11 @@ struct S3BinaryCacheStoreImpl : public S3BinaryCacheStore
     std::shared_ptr<TransferManager> transferManager;
     std::once_flag transferManagerCreated;
 
-    void uploadFile(const std::string & path, const std::string & data,
+    void uploadFile(const std::string & path,
+        std::shared_ptr<std::basic_iostream<char>> istream,
         const std::string & mimeType,
         const std::string & contentEncoding)
     {
-        auto stream = std::make_shared<istringstream_nocopy>(data);
-
         auto maxThreads = std::thread::hardware_concurrency();
 
         static std::shared_ptr<Aws::Utils::Threading::PooledThreadExecutor>
@@ -307,7 +305,7 @@ struct S3BinaryCacheStoreImpl : public S3BinaryCacheStore
 
             std::shared_ptr<TransferHandle> transferHandle =
                 transferManager->UploadFile(
-                    stream, bucketName, path, mimeType,
+                    istream, bucketName, path, mimeType,
                     Aws::Map<Aws::String, Aws::String>(),
                     nullptr /*, contentEncoding */);
 
@@ -333,9 +331,7 @@ struct S3BinaryCacheStoreImpl : public S3BinaryCacheStore
             if (contentEncoding != "")
                 request.SetContentEncoding(contentEncoding);
 
-            auto stream = std::make_shared<istringstream_nocopy>(data);
+            request.SetBody(istream);
-
-            request.SetBody(stream);
 
             auto result = checkAws(fmt("AWS error uploading '%s'", path),
                 s3Helper.client->PutObject(request));
@@ -347,25 +343,34 @@ struct S3BinaryCacheStoreImpl : public S3BinaryCacheStore
             std::chrono::duration_cast<std::chrono::milliseconds>(now2 - now1)
                 .count();
 
-        printInfo(format("uploaded 's3://%1%/%2%' (%3% bytes) in %4% ms") %
+        auto size = istream->tellg();
-                  bucketName % path % data.size() % duration);
+
+        printInfo("uploaded 's3://%s/%s' (%d bytes) in %d ms",
+            bucketName, path, size, duration);
 
         stats.putTimeMs += duration;
-        stats.putBytes += data.size();
+        stats.putBytes += size;
         stats.put++;
     }
 
-    void upsertFile(const std::string & path, const std::string & data,
+    void upsertFile(const std::string & path,
+        std::shared_ptr<std::basic_iostream<char>> istream,
         const std::string & mimeType) override
     {
+        auto compress = [&](std::string compression)
+        {
+            auto compressed = nix::compress(compression, StreamToSourceAdapter(istream).drain());
+            return std::make_shared<std::stringstream>(std::move(*compressed));
+        };
+
         if (narinfoCompression != "" && hasSuffix(path, ".narinfo"))
-            uploadFile(path, *compress(narinfoCompression, data), mimeType, narinfoCompression);
+            uploadFile(path, compress(narinfoCompression), mimeType, narinfoCompression);
         else if (lsCompression != "" && hasSuffix(path, ".ls"))
-            uploadFile(path, *compress(lsCompression, data), mimeType, lsCompression);
+            uploadFile(path, compress(lsCompression), mimeType, lsCompression);
         else if (logCompression != "" && hasPrefix(path, "log/"))
-            uploadFile(path, *compress(logCompression, data), mimeType, logCompression);
+            uploadFile(path, compress(logCompression), mimeType, logCompression);
         else
-            uploadFile(path, data, mimeType, "");
+            uploadFile(path, istream, mimeType, "");
     }
 
     void getFile(const std::string & path, Sink & sink) override
@@ -410,7 +415,7 @@ struct S3BinaryCacheStoreImpl : public S3BinaryCacheStore
             for (auto object : contents) {
                 auto & key = object.GetKey();
                 if (key.size() != 40 || !hasSuffix(key, ".narinfo")) continue;
-                paths.insert(parseStorePath(storeDir + "/" + key.substr(0, key.size() - 8) + "-unknown"));
+                paths.insert(parseStorePath(storeDir + "/" + key.substr(0, key.size() - 8) + "-" + MissingName));
             }
 
             marker = res.GetNextMarker();

src/libstore/sqlite.cc

@@ -61,6 +61,11 @@ void SQLite::exec(const std::string & stmt)
     });
 }
 
+uint64_t SQLite::getLastInsertedRowId()
+{
+    return sqlite3_last_insert_rowid(db);
+}
+
 void SQLiteStmt::create(sqlite3 * db, const string & sql)
 {
     checkInterrupt();
@@ -95,10 +100,10 @@ SQLiteStmt::Use::~Use()
     sqlite3_reset(stmt);
 }
 
-SQLiteStmt::Use & SQLiteStmt::Use::operator () (const std::string & value, bool notNull)
+SQLiteStmt::Use & SQLiteStmt::Use::operator () (std::string_view value, bool notNull)
 {
     if (notNull) {
-        if (sqlite3_bind_text(stmt, curArg++, value.c_str(), -1, SQLITE_TRANSIENT) != SQLITE_OK)
+        if (sqlite3_bind_text(stmt, curArg++, value.data(), -1, SQLITE_TRANSIENT) != SQLITE_OK)
             throwSQLiteError(stmt.db, "binding argument");
     } else
         bind();

src/libstore/sqlite.hh

@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ struct SQLite
     void isCache();
 
     void exec(const std::string & stmt);
+
+    uint64_t getLastInsertedRowId();
 };
 
 /* RAII wrapper to create and destroy SQLite prepared statements. */
@@ -54,7 +56,7 @@ struct SQLiteStmt
         ~Use();
 
         /* Bind the next parameter. */
-        Use & operator () (const std::string & value, bool notNull = true);
+        Use & operator () (std::string_view value, bool notNull = true);
         Use & operator () (const unsigned char * data, size_t len, bool notNull = true);
         Use & operator () (int64_t value, bool notNull = true);
         Use & bind(); // null

src/libstore/store-api.cc

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #include "json.hh"
 #include "derivations.hh"
 #include "url.hh"
+#include "archive.hh"
 
 #include <future>
 
@@ -20,15 +21,15 @@ bool Store::isInStore(const Path & path) const
 }
 
 
-Path Store::toStorePath(const Path & path) const
+std::pair<StorePath, Path> Store::toStorePath(const Path & path) const
 {
     if (!isInStore(path))
         throw Error("path '%1%' is not in the Nix store", path);
     Path::size_type slash = path.find('/', storeDir.size() + 1);
     if (slash == Path::npos)
-        return path;
+        return {parseStorePath(path), ""};
     else
-        return Path(path, 0, slash);
+        return {parseStorePath(std::string_view(path).substr(0, slash)), path.substr(slash)};
 }
 
 
@@ -41,14 +42,14 @@ Path Store::followLinksToStore(std::string_view _path) const
         path = absPath(target, dirOf(path));
     }
     if (!isInStore(path))
-        throw NotInStore("path '%1%' is not in the Nix store", path);
+        throw BadStorePath("path '%1%' is not in the Nix store", path);
     return path;
 }
 
 
 StorePath Store::followLinksToStorePath(std::string_view path) const
 {
-    return parseStorePath(toStorePath(followLinksToStore(path)));
+    return toStorePath(followLinksToStore(path)).first;
 }
 
 
@@ -221,6 +222,40 @@ StorePath Store::computeStorePathForText(const string & name, const string & s,
 }
 
 
+ValidPathInfo Store::addToStoreSlow(std::string_view name, const Path & srcPath,
+    FileIngestionMethod method, HashType hashAlgo,
+    std::optional<Hash> expectedCAHash)
+{
+    /* FIXME: inefficient: we're reading/hashing 'tmpFile' three
+       times. */
+
+    auto [narHash, narSize] = hashPath(htSHA256, srcPath);
+
+    auto hash = method == FileIngestionMethod::Recursive
+        ? hashAlgo == htSHA256
+          ? narHash
+          : hashPath(hashAlgo, srcPath).first
+        : hashFile(hashAlgo, srcPath);
+
+    if (expectedCAHash && expectedCAHash != hash)
+        throw Error("hash mismatch for '%s'", srcPath);
+
+    ValidPathInfo info(makeFixedOutputPath(method, hash, name));
+    info.narHash = narHash;
+    info.narSize = narSize;
+    info.ca = FixedOutputHash { .method = method, .hash = hash };
+
+    if (!isValidPath(info.path)) {
+        auto source = sinkToSource([&](Sink & sink) {
+            dumpPath(srcPath, sink);
+        });
+        addToStore(info, *source);
+    }
+
+    return info;
+}
+
+
 Store::Store(const Params & params)
     : Config(params)
     , state({(size_t) pathInfoCacheSize})
@@ -242,6 +277,16 @@ bool Store::PathInfoCacheValue::isKnownNow()
     return std::chrono::steady_clock::now() < time_point + ttl;
 }
 
+StorePathSet Store::queryDerivationOutputs(const StorePath & path)
+{
+    auto outputMap = this->queryDerivationOutputMap(path);
+    StorePathSet outputPaths;
+    for (auto & i: outputMap) {
+        outputPaths.emplace(std::move(i.second));
+    }
+    return outputPaths;
+}
+
 bool Store::isValidPath(const StorePath & storePath)
 {
     std::string hashPart(storePath.hashPart());
@@ -306,6 +351,14 @@ ref<const ValidPathInfo> Store::queryPathInfo(const StorePath & storePath)
 }
 
 
+static bool goodStorePath(const StorePath & expected, const StorePath & actual)
+{
+    return
+        expected.hashPart() == actual.hashPart()
+        && (expected.name() == Store::MissingName || expected.name() == actual.name());
+}
+
+
 void Store::queryPathInfo(const StorePath & storePath,
     Callback<ref<const ValidPathInfo>> callback) noexcept
 {
@@ -333,7 +386,7 @@ void Store::queryPathInfo(const StorePath & storePath,
                     state_->pathInfoCache.upsert(hashPart,
                         res.first == NarInfoDiskCache::oInvalid ? PathInfoCacheValue{} : PathInfoCacheValue{ .value = res.second });
                     if (res.first == NarInfoDiskCache::oInvalid ||
-                        res.second->path != storePath)
+                        !goodStorePath(storePath, res.second->path))
                         throw InvalidPath("path '%s' is not valid", printStorePath(storePath));
                 }
                 return callback(ref<const ValidPathInfo>(res.second));
@@ -345,7 +398,7 @@ void Store::queryPathInfo(const StorePath & storePath,
     auto callbackPtr = std::make_shared<decltype(callback)>(std::move(callback));
 
     queryPathInfoUncached(storePath,
-        {[this, storePath{printStorePath(storePath)}, hashPart, callbackPtr](std::future<std::shared_ptr<const ValidPathInfo>> fut) {
+        {[this, storePathS{printStorePath(storePath)}, hashPart, callbackPtr](std::future<std::shared_ptr<const ValidPathInfo>> fut) {
 
             try {
                 auto info = fut.get();
@@ -358,9 +411,11 @@ void Store::queryPathInfo(const StorePath & storePath,
                     state_->pathInfoCache.upsert(hashPart, PathInfoCacheValue { .value = info });
                 }
 
-                if (!info || info->path != parseStorePath(storePath)) {
+                auto storePath = parseStorePath(storePathS);
+
+                if (!info || !goodStorePath(storePath, info->path)) {
                     stats.narInfoMissing++;
-                    throw InvalidPath("path '%s' is not valid", storePath);
+                    throw InvalidPath("path '%s' is not valid", storePathS);
                 }
 
                 (*callbackPtr)(ref<const ValidPathInfo>(info));
@@ -505,7 +560,7 @@ void Store::pathInfoToJSON(JSONPlaceholder & jsonOut, const StorePathSet & store
                     if (!narInfo->url.empty())
                         jsonPath.attr("url", narInfo->url);
                     if (narInfo->fileHash)
-                        jsonPath.attr("downloadHash", narInfo->fileHash.to_string(Base32, true));
+                        jsonPath.attr("downloadHash", narInfo->fileHash.to_string(hashBase, true));
                     if (narInfo->fileSize)
                         jsonPath.attr("downloadSize", narInfo->fileSize);
                     if (showClosureSize)

src/libstore/store-api.hh

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ MakeError(InvalidPath, Error);
 MakeError(Unsupported, Error);
 MakeError(SubstituteGone, Error);
 MakeError(SubstituterDisabled, Error);
-MakeError(NotInStore, Error);
+MakeError(BadStorePath, Error);
 
 
 class FSAccessor;
@@ -317,9 +317,9 @@ public:
        the Nix store. */
     bool isStorePath(std::string_view path) const;
 
-    /* Chop off the parts after the top-level store name, e.g.,
+    /* Split a path like /nix/store/<hash>-<name>/<bla> into
-       /nix/store/abcd-foo/bar => /nix/store/abcd-foo. */
+       /nix/store/<hash>-<name> and /<bla>. */
-    Path toStorePath(const Path & path) const;
+    std::pair<StorePath, Path> toStorePath(const Path & path) const;
 
     /* Follow symlinks until we end up with a path in the Nix store. */
     Path followLinksToStore(std::string_view path) const;
@@ -384,13 +384,16 @@ public:
         SubstituteFlag maybeSubstitute = NoSubstitute);
 
     /* Query the set of all valid paths. Note that for some store
-       backends, the name part of store paths may be omitted
+       backends, the name part of store paths may be replaced by 'x'
-       (i.e. you'll get /nix/store/<hash> rather than
+       (i.e. you'll get /nix/store/<hash>-x rather than
        /nix/store/<hash>-<name>). Use queryPathInfo() to obtain the
-       full store path. */
+       full store path. FIXME: should return a set of
+       std::variant<StorePath, HashPart> to get rid of this hack. */
     virtual StorePathSet queryAllValidPaths()
     { unsupported("queryAllValidPaths"); }
 
+    constexpr static const char * MissingName = "x";
+
     /* Query information about a valid path. It is permitted to omit
        the name part of the store path. */
     ref<const ValidPathInfo> queryPathInfo(const StorePath & path);
@@ -418,8 +421,11 @@ public:
     virtual StorePathSet queryValidDerivers(const StorePath & path) { return {}; };
 
     /* Query the outputs of the derivation denoted by `path'. */
-    virtual StorePathSet queryDerivationOutputs(const StorePath & path)
+    virtual StorePathSet queryDerivationOutputs(const StorePath & path);
-    { unsupported("queryDerivationOutputs"); }
+
+    /* Query the mapping outputName=>outputPath for the given derivation */
+    virtual OutputPathMap queryDerivationOutputMap(const StorePath & path)
+    { unsupported("queryDerivationOutputMap"); }
 
     /* Query the full store path given the hash part of a valid store
        path, or empty if the path doesn't exist. */
@@ -436,8 +442,7 @@ public:
 
     /* Import a path into the store. */
     virtual void addToStore(const ValidPathInfo & info, Source & narSource,
-        RepairFlag repair = NoRepair, CheckSigsFlag checkSigs = CheckSigs,
+        RepairFlag repair = NoRepair, CheckSigsFlag checkSigs = CheckSigs) = 0;
-        std::shared_ptr<FSAccessor> accessor = 0) = 0;
 
     /* Copy the contents of a path to the store and register the
        validity the resulting path.  The resulting path is returned.
@@ -447,6 +452,13 @@ public:
         FileIngestionMethod method = FileIngestionMethod::Recursive, HashType hashAlgo = htSHA256,
         PathFilter & filter = defaultPathFilter, RepairFlag repair = NoRepair) = 0;
 
+    /* Copy the contents of a path to the store and register the
+       validity the resulting path, using a constant amount of
+       memory. */
+    ValidPathInfo addToStoreSlow(std::string_view name, const Path & srcPath,
+        FileIngestionMethod method = FileIngestionMethod::Recursive, HashType hashAlgo = htSHA256,
+        std::optional<Hash> expectedCAHash = {});
+
     // FIXME: remove?
     virtual StorePath addToStoreFromDump(const string & dump, const string & name,
         FileIngestionMethod method = FileIngestionMethod::Recursive, HashType hashAlgo = htSHA256, RepairFlag repair = NoRepair)
@@ -613,8 +625,7 @@ public:
        the Nix store. Optionally, the contents of the NARs are
        preloaded into the specified FS accessor to speed up subsequent
        access. */
-    StorePaths importPaths(Source & source, std::shared_ptr<FSAccessor> accessor,
+    StorePaths importPaths(Source & source, CheckSigsFlag checkSigs = CheckSigs);
-        CheckSigsFlag checkSigs = CheckSigs);
 
     struct Stats
     {