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nix-instantiate: Add a flag --expr / -E to read expressions from the command line

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This is basically a shortcut for ‘echo 'expr...' | nix-instantiate -’.
Also supported by nix-build and nix-shell.
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10
doc/manual/nix-build.xml
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@ -164,6 +164,16 @@ $ nix-build '<nixpkgs>' -A openssl.man
</screen>
This will create a symlink <literal>result-man</literal>.</para>
<para>Build a Nix expression given on the command line:
<screen>
$ nix-build -E 'with import &lt;nixpkgs> { }; runCommand "foo" { } "echo bar > $out"'
$ cat ./result
bar
</screen>
</para>
</refsection>

116
doc/manual/nix-instantiate.xml
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@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
xml:id="sec-nix-instantiate">
<refmeta>
<refentrytitle>nix-instantiate</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
@ -18,7 +18,15 @@
<refsynopsisdiv>
<cmdsynopsis>
<command>nix-instantiate</command>
<xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="opt-common-syn.xml#xmlns(db=http://docbook.org/ns/docbook)xpointer(/db:nop/*)" />
<group>
<arg choice='plain'><option>--parse-only</option></arg>
<arg choice='plain'>
<option>--eval-only</option>
<arg><option>--strict</option></arg>
<arg><option>--xml</option></arg>
</arg>
</group>
<arg><option>--read-write-mode</option></arg>
<arg><option>--arg</option> <replaceable>name</replaceable> <replaceable>value</replaceable></arg>
<arg>
<group choice='req'>
@ -29,18 +37,14 @@
</arg>
<arg><option>--add-root</option> <replaceable>path</replaceable></arg>
<arg><option>--indirect</option></arg>
<arg>
<group choice='req'>
<arg choice='plain'><option>--parse-only</option></arg>
<arg choice='plain'>
<option>--eval-only</option>
<arg><option>--strict</option></arg>
<arg><option>--read-write-mode</option></arg>
</arg>
<arg choice='plain'><option>--find-file</option></arg>
</group>
<arg><option>--xml</option></arg>
</arg>
<group choice='req'>
<arg choice='plain'><option>--expr</option></arg>
<arg choice='plain'><option>-E</option></arg>
</group>
<arg choice='plain' rep='repeat'><replaceable>files</replaceable></arg>
<sbr/>
<command>nix-instantiate</command>
<arg choice='plain'><option>--file-file</option></arg>
<arg choice='plain' rep='repeat'><replaceable>files</replaceable></arg>
</cmdsynopsis>
</refsynopsisdiv>
@ -50,8 +54,8 @@
<para>The command <command>nix-instantiate</command> generates <link
linkend="gloss-derivation">store derivations</link> from (high-level)
Nix expressions. It loads and evaluates the Nix expressions in each
of <replaceable>files</replaceable> (which defaults to
Nix expressions. It evaluates the Nix expressions in each of
<replaceable>files</replaceable> (which defaults to
<replaceable>./default.nix</replaceable>). Each top-level expression
should evaluate to a derivation, a list of derivations, or a set of
derivations. The paths of the resulting store derivations are printed
@ -61,12 +65,6 @@ on standard output.</para>
<literal>-</literal>, then a Nix expression will be read from standard
input.</para>
<para>Most users and developers don’t need to use this command
(<command>nix-env</command> and <command>nix-build</command> perform
store derivation instantiation from Nix expressions automatically).
It is most commonly used for implementing new deployment
policies.</para>
<para condition="manual">See also <xref linkend="sec-common-options"
/> for a list of common options.</para>
@ -86,25 +84,24 @@ policies.</para>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry><term><option>--parse-only</option></term>
<listitem><para>Just parse the input files, and print their
abstract syntax trees on standard output in ATerm
format.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry><term><option>--eval-only</option></term>
<listitem><para>Just parse and evaluate the input files, and print
the resulting values on standard output. No instantiation of
store derivations takes place.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry><term><option>--find-file</option></term>
<listitem><para>Look up the given files in Nix’s search path (as
specified by the <envar>NIX_PATH</envar> environment variable).
If found, print the corresponding absolute paths on standard
@ -113,9 +110,9 @@ policies.</para>
<literal>nix-instantiate --find-file nixpkgs/default.nix</literal>
will print
<literal>/home/alice/nixpkgs/default.nix</literal>.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry><term><option>--xml</option></term>
<listitem><para>When used with <option>--parse-only</option> and
@ -180,19 +177,34 @@ dr-xr-xr-x 2 eelco users 4096 1970-01-01 01:00 lib
</para>
<para>You can also give a Nix expression on the command line:
<screen>
$ nix-instantiate -E 'with import &lt;nixpkgs> { }; hello'
/nix/store/j8s4zyv75a724q38cb0r87rlczaiag4y-hello-2.8.drv
</screen>
This is equivalent to:
<screen>
$ nix-instantiate '&lt;nixpkgs>' -A hello
</screen>
</para>
<para>Parsing and evaluating Nix expressions:
<screen>
$ echo '"foo" + "bar"' | nix-instantiate --parse-only -
OpPlus(Str("foo"),Str("bar"))
$ nix-instantiate --parse-only -E '1 + 2'
1 + 2
$ echo '"foo" + "bar"' | nix-instantiate --eval-only -
Str("foobar")
$ nix-instantiate --eval-only -E '1 + 2'
3
$ echo '"foo" + "bar"' | nix-instantiate --eval-only --xml -
$ nix-instantiate --eval-only --xml -E '1 + 2'
<![CDATA[<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
<expr>
<string value="foobar" />
<int value="3" />
</expr>]]></screen>
</para>
@ -200,28 +212,28 @@ $ echo '"foo" + "bar"' | nix-instantiate --eval-only --xml -
<para>The difference between non-strict and strict evaluation:
<screen>
$ echo 'rec { x = "foo"; y = x; }' | nix-instantiate --eval-only --xml -
$ nix-instantiate --eval-only --xml -E 'rec { x = "foo"; y = x; }'
<replaceable>...</replaceable><![CDATA[
<attr name="x">
<string value="foo" />
</attr>
<attr name="y">
<unevaluated />
</attr>]]>
<attr name="x">
<string value="foo" />
</attr>
<attr name="y">
<unevaluated />
</attr>]]>
<replaceable>...</replaceable></screen>
Note that <varname>y</varname> is left unevaluated (the XML
representation doesn’t attempt to show non-normal forms).
<screen>
$ echo 'rec { x = "foo"; y = x; }' | nix-instantiate --eval-only --xml --strict -
$ nix-instantiate --eval-only --xml --strict -E 'rec { x = "foo"; y = x; }'
<replaceable>...</replaceable><![CDATA[
<attr name="x">
<string value="foo" />
</attr>
<attr name="y">
<string value="foo" />
</attr>]]>
<attr name="x">
<string value="foo" />
</attr>
<attr name="y">
<string value="foo" />
</attr>]]>
<replaceable>...</replaceable></screen>
</para>
@ -236,6 +248,6 @@ $ echo 'rec { x = "foo"; y = x; }' | nix-instantiate --eval-only --xml --strict
</variablelist>
</refsection>
</refentry>

22
doc/manual/nix-shell.xml
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@ -61,11 +61,11 @@ the derivation attribute
<programlisting>
shellHook =
''
echo "Hello shell!"
echo "Hello shell"
'';
</programlisting>
will cause <command>nix-shell</command> to print <literal>Hello shell!</literal>.</para>
will cause <command>nix-shell</command> to print <literal>Hello shell</literal>.</para>
</refsection>
@ -132,11 +132,11 @@ interactive shell in which to build it:
<screen>
$ nix-shell '&lt;nixpkgs>' -A pan
$ unpackPhase
$ cd pan-*
$ configurePhase
$ buildPhase
$ ./pan/gui/pan
[nix-shell]$ unpackPhase
[nix-shell]$ cd pan-*
[nix-shell]$ configurePhase
[nix-shell]$ buildPhase
[nix-shell]$ ./pan/gui/pan
</screen>
To clear the environment first, and do some additional automatic
@ -147,6 +147,14 @@ $ nix-shell '&lt;nixpkgs>' -A pan --pure \
--command 'export NIX_DEBUG=1; export NIX_CORES=8; return'
</screen>
Nix expressions can also be given on the command line. For instance,
the following starts a shell containing the packages
<literal>sqlite</literal> and <literal>libX11</literal>:
<screen>
$ nix-shell -E 'with import &lt;nixpkgs> { }; runCommand "dummy" { buildInputs = [ sqlite xorg.libX11 ]; } ""'
</screen>
</para>
</refsection>

64
doc/manual/opt-common.xml
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@ -8,15 +8,15 @@
<variablelist xml:id="opt-common">
<varlistentry><term><option>--help</option></term>
<listitem><para>Prints out a summary of the command syntax and
exits.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry><term><option>--version</option></term>
<listitem><para>Prints out the Nix version number on standard output
and exits.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
<term><option>-v</option></term>
<listitem>
<para>Increases the level of verbosity of diagnostic messages
printed on standard error. For each Nix operation, the information
printed on standard output is well-defined; any diagnostic
@ -37,18 +37,18 @@
following verbosity levels exist:</para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry><term>0</term>
<listitem><para>“Errors only”: only print messages
explaining why the Nix invocation failed.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry><term>1</term>
<listitem><para>“Informational”: print
<emphasis>useful</emphasis> messages about what Nix is doing.
This is the default.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry><term>2</term>
<listitem><para>“Talkative”: print more informational
messages.</para></listitem>
@ -68,11 +68,11 @@
<listitem><para>“Vomit”: print vast amounts of debug
information.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
builder's standard output and error are always written to a log file
in
<filename><replaceable>prefix</replaceable>/nix/var/log/nix</filename>.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
@ -99,7 +99,7 @@
configuration setting, which itself defaults to
<literal>1</literal>. A higher value is useful on SMP systems or to
exploit I/O latency.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
@ -117,7 +117,7 @@
configuration setting, if set, or <literal>1</literal> otherwise.
The value <literal>0</literal> means that the builder should use all
available CPU cores in the system.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
@ -151,7 +151,7 @@
derivation itself. Without this option, Nix stops if any build
fails (except for builds of substitutes), possibly killing builds in
progress (in case of parallel or distributed builds).</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
@ -188,7 +188,7 @@
resources).</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@ -197,7 +197,7 @@
<listitem><para>When this option is used, no attempt is made to open
the Nix database. Most Nix operations do need database access, so
those operations will fail.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
@ -247,12 +247,12 @@
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</variablelist>
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@ -310,10 +310,10 @@
<varlistentry xml:id="opt-attr"><term><option>--attr</option> / <option>-A</option>
<replaceable>attrPath</replaceable></term>
<listitem><para>In <command>nix-env</command>,
<command>nix-instantiate</command> and <command>nix-build</command>,
<option>--attr</option> allows you to select an attribute from the
top-level Nix expression being evaluated. The <emphasis>attribute
<listitem><para>Select an attribute from the top-level Nix
expression being evaluated. (<command>nix-env</command>,
<command>nix-instantiate</command>, <command>nix-build</command> and
<command>nix-shell</command> only.) The <emphasis>attribute
path</emphasis> <replaceable>attrPath</replaceable> is a sequence of
attribute names separated by dots. For instance, given a top-level
Nix expression <replaceable>e</replaceable>, the attribute path
@ -333,8 +333,18 @@
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry><term><option>--expr</option> / <option>-E</option></term>
<listitem><para>Interpret the command line arguments as a list of
Nix expressions to be parsed and evaluated, rather than as a list
of file names of Nix expressions.
(<command>nix-instantiate</command>, <command>nix-build</command>
and <command>nix-shell</command> only.)</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry><term><option>--show-trace</option></term>
<listitem><para>Causes Nix to print out a stack trace in case of Nix
expression evaluation errors.</para></listitem>
@ -342,23 +352,23 @@
<varlistentry><term><option>-I</option> <replaceable>path</replaceable></term>
<listitem><para>Add a path to the Nix expression search path. This
option may be given multiple times. See the <envar>NIX_PATH</envar>
environment variable for information on the semantics of the Nix
search path. Paths added through <option>-I</option> take
precedence over <envar>NIX_PATH</envar>.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry><term><option>--option</option> <replaceable>name</replaceable> <replaceable>value</replaceable></term>
<listitem><para>Set the Nix configuration option
<replaceable>name</replaceable> to <replaceable>value</replaceable>.
This overrides settings in the Nix configuration file (see
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>nix.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>).</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

22
scripts/nix-build.in
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@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ my $dryRun = 0;
my $verbose = 0;
my $runEnv = $0 =~ /nix-shell$/;
my $pure = 0;
my $fromArgs = 0;
my @instArgs = ();
my @buildArgs = ();
@ -49,7 +50,7 @@ for (my $n = 0; $n < scalar @ARGV; $n++) {
$drvLink = "./derivation";
}
elsif ($arg eq "--no-out-link" or $arg eq "--no-link") {
elsif ($arg eq "--no-out-link" || $arg eq "--no-link") {
$outLink = "$tmpDir/result";
}
@ -59,13 +60,13 @@ for (my $n = 0; $n < scalar @ARGV; $n++) {
$drvLink = $ARGV[$n];
}
elsif ($arg eq "--out-link" or $arg eq "-o") {
elsif ($arg eq "--out-link" || $arg eq "-o") {
$n++;
die "$0: `$arg' requires an argument\n" unless $n < scalar @ARGV;
$outLink = $ARGV[$n];
}
elsif ($arg eq "--attr" or $arg eq "-A" or $arg eq "-I") {
elsif ($arg eq "--attr" || $arg eq "-A" || $arg eq "-I") {
$n++;
die "$0: `$arg' requires an argument\n" unless $n < scalar @ARGV;
push @instArgs, ($arg, $ARGV[$n]);
@ -91,7 +92,7 @@ for (my $n = 0; $n < scalar @ARGV; $n++) {
$n += 2;
}
elsif ($arg eq "--max-jobs" or $arg eq "-j" or $arg eq "--max-silent-time" or $arg eq "--log-type" or $arg eq "--cores" or $arg eq "--timeout") {
elsif ($arg eq "--max-jobs" || $arg eq "-j" || $arg eq "--max-silent-time" || $arg eq "--log-type" || $arg eq "--c||es" || $arg eq "--timeout") {
$n++;
die "$0: `$arg' requires an argument\n" unless $n < scalar @ARGV;
push @buildArgs, ($arg, $ARGV[$n]);
@ -110,7 +111,7 @@ for (my $n = 0; $n < scalar @ARGV; $n++) {
@exprs = ("-");
}
elsif ($arg eq "--verbose" or substr($arg, 0, 2) eq "-v") {
elsif ($arg eq "--verbose" || substr($arg, 0, 2) eq "-v") {
push @buildArgs, $arg;
push @instArgs, $arg;
$verbose = 1;
@ -144,6 +145,11 @@ for (my $n = 0; $n < scalar @ARGV; $n++) {
elsif ($arg eq "--pure") { $pure = 1; }
elsif ($arg eq "--impure") { $pure = 0; }
elsif ($arg eq "--expr" || $arg eq "-E") {
$fromArgs = 1;
push @instArgs, "--expr";
}
elsif (substr($arg, 0, 1) eq "-") {
push @buildArgs, $arg;
}
@ -153,8 +159,10 @@ for (my $n = 0; $n < scalar @ARGV; $n++) {
}
}
@exprs = ("shell.nix") if scalar @exprs == 0 && $runEnv && -e "shell.nix";
@exprs = ("default.nix") if scalar @exprs == 0;
if (!$fromArgs) {
@exprs = ("shell.nix") if scalar @exprs == 0 && $runEnv && -e "shell.nix";
@exprs = ("default.nix") if scalar @exprs == 0;
}
$ENV{'IN_NIX_SHELL'} = 1 if $runEnv;

9
src/nix-instantiate/nix-instantiate.cc
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@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ void run(Strings args)
EvalState state;
Strings files;
bool readStdin = false;
bool fromArgs = false;
bool findFile = false;
bool evalOnly = false;
bool parseOnly = false;
@ -104,6 +105,8 @@ void run(Strings args)
if (arg == "-")
readStdin = true;
else if (arg == "--expr" || arg == "-E")
fromArgs = true;
else if (arg == "--eval-only")
evalOnly = true;
else if (arg == "--read-write-mode")
@ -162,11 +165,13 @@ void run(Strings args)
Expr * e = parseStdin(state);
processExpr(state, attrPaths, parseOnly, strict, autoArgs,
evalOnly, xmlOutput, xmlOutputSourceLocation, e);
} else if (files.empty())
} else if (files.empty() && !fromArgs)
files.push_back("./default.nix");
foreach (Strings::iterator, i, files) {
Expr * e = state.parseExprFromFile(resolveExprPath(lookupFileArg(state, *i)));
Expr * e = fromArgs
? state.parseExprFromString(*i, absPath("."))
: state.parseExprFromFile(resolveExprPath(lookupFileArg(state, *i)));
processExpr(state, attrPaths, parseOnly, strict, autoArgs,
evalOnly, xmlOutput, xmlOutputSourceLocation, e);
}