From 679b3b32c952eed3c3be6c450c8189948e5645cd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Erik Arvstedt <erik.arvstedt@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2022 11:32:37 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Minor comment fix

---
 src/libcmd/installables.cc | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/libcmd/installables.cc b/src/libcmd/installables.cc
index 784117569..2dc6c3ff8 100644
--- a/src/libcmd/installables.cc
+++ b/src/libcmd/installables.cc
@@ -935,7 +935,7 @@ InstallablesCommand::InstallablesCommand()
 void InstallablesCommand::prepare()
 {
     if (_installables.empty() && useDefaultInstallables())
-        // FIXME: commands like "nix install" should not have a
+        // FIXME: commands like "nix profile install" should not have a
         // default, probably.
         _installables.push_back(".");
     installables = parseInstallables(getStore(), _installables);

From 16860a0328094c04c3e877089119a56f9ddfbcd6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Erik Arvstedt <erik.arvstedt@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2022 11:32:38 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] nix eval: Add option `read-only`

---
 src/libcmd/command.hh      |  5 +++--
 src/libcmd/installables.cc | 21 +++++++++++++++++++--
 src/nix/eval.cc            |  2 +-
 3 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/libcmd/command.hh b/src/libcmd/command.hh
index 0f6125f11..15bc13c6e 100644
--- a/src/libcmd/command.hh
+++ b/src/libcmd/command.hh
@@ -85,11 +85,12 @@ struct SourceExprCommand : virtual Args, MixFlakeOptions
 {
     std::optional<Path> file;
     std::optional<std::string> expr;
+    bool readOnlyMode = false;
 
     // FIXME: move this; not all commands (e.g. 'nix run') use it.
     OperateOn operateOn = OperateOn::Output;
 
-    SourceExprCommand();
+    SourceExprCommand(bool supportReadOnlyMode = false);
 
     std::vector<std::shared_ptr<Installable>> parseInstallables(
         ref<Store> store, std::vector<std::string> ss);
@@ -128,7 +129,7 @@ struct InstallableCommand : virtual Args, SourceExprCommand
 {
     std::shared_ptr<Installable> installable;
 
-    InstallableCommand();
+    InstallableCommand(bool supportReadOnlyMode = false);
 
     void prepare() override;
 
diff --git a/src/libcmd/installables.cc b/src/libcmd/installables.cc
index 2dc6c3ff8..e5d69ae14 100644
--- a/src/libcmd/installables.cc
+++ b/src/libcmd/installables.cc
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#include "globals.hh"
 #include "installables.hh"
 #include "command.hh"
 #include "attr-path.hh"
@@ -129,7 +130,7 @@ MixFlakeOptions::MixFlakeOptions()
     });
 }
 
-SourceExprCommand::SourceExprCommand()
+SourceExprCommand::SourceExprCommand(bool supportReadOnlyMode)
 {
     addFlag({
         .longName = "file",
@@ -157,6 +158,17 @@ SourceExprCommand::SourceExprCommand()
         .category = installablesCategory,
         .handler = {&operateOn, OperateOn::Derivation},
     });
+
+    if (supportReadOnlyMode) {
+        addFlag({
+            .longName = "read-only",
+            .description =
+                "Do not instantiate each evaluated derivation. "
+                "This improves performance, but can cause errors when accessing "
+                "store paths of derivations during evaluation.",
+            .handler = {&readOnlyMode, true},
+        });
+    }
 }
 
 Strings SourceExprCommand::getDefaultFlakeAttrPaths()
@@ -687,6 +699,10 @@ std::vector<std::shared_ptr<Installable>> SourceExprCommand::parseInstallables(
 {
     std::vector<std::shared_ptr<Installable>> result;
 
+    if (readOnlyMode) {
+        settings.readOnlyMode = true;
+    }
+
     if (file || expr) {
         if (file && expr)
             throw UsageError("'--file' and '--expr' are exclusive");
@@ -951,7 +967,8 @@ std::optional<FlakeRef> InstallablesCommand::getFlakeRefForCompletion()
     return parseFlakeRef(_installables.front(), absPath("."));
 }
 
-InstallableCommand::InstallableCommand()
+InstallableCommand::InstallableCommand(bool supportReadOnlyMode)
+    : SourceExprCommand(supportReadOnlyMode)
 {
     expectArgs({
         .label = "installable",
diff --git a/src/nix/eval.cc b/src/nix/eval.cc
index 8cd04d5fe..733b93661 100644
--- a/src/nix/eval.cc
+++ b/src/nix/eval.cc
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ struct CmdEval : MixJSON, InstallableCommand
     std::optional<std::string> apply;
     std::optional<Path> writeTo;
 
-    CmdEval()
+    CmdEval() : InstallableCommand(true /* supportReadOnlyMode */)
     {
         addFlag({
             .longName = "raw",