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docs: add comments explaining unsafeDiscardStringContext usage

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Add clear documentation for all uses of unsafeDiscardStringContext,
explaining that it's necessary when building flake outputs based on
file paths, as Nix doesn't allow using paths as attribute names directly.
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2025-10-08 23:11:44 -05:00
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snowfall-lib/checks/default.nix
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@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ in
};
in
{
# We are building flake outputs based on file paths. Nix doesn't allow this
# so we have to explicitly discard the string's path context to use it as an attribute name.
name = builtins.unsafeDiscardStringContext (snowfall-lib.path.get-parent-directory check);
drv = callPackageWith extra-inputs check { };
};

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snowfall-lib/module/default.nix
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@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ in
create-module-metadata = module: {
name =
let
# We are building flake outputs based on file paths. Nix doesn't allow this
# so we have to explicitly discard the string's path context for string manipulation.
path-name = builtins.replaceStrings [ (builtins.toString src) "/default.nix" ] [ "" "" ] (
builtins.unsafeDiscardStringContext module
);

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snowfall-lib/overlay/default.nix
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@@ -111,6 +111,8 @@ in
create-overlay = (
overlays: file:
let
# We are building flake outputs based on file paths. Nix doesn't allow this
# so we have to explicitly discard the string's path context to use it as an attribute name.
name = builtins.unsafeDiscardStringContext (snowfall-lib.path.get-parent-directory file);
overlay =
final: prev:
@@ -159,6 +161,8 @@ in
create-package-overlay =
package-overlays: file:
let
# We are building flake outputs based on file paths. Nix doesn't allow this
# so we have to explicitly discard the string's path context to use it as an attribute name.
name = builtins.unsafeDiscardStringContext (snowfall-lib.path.get-parent-directory file);
overlay =
final: prev:

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snowfall-lib/shell/default.nix
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@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ in
};
in
{
# We are building flake outputs based on file paths. Nix doesn't allow this
# so we have to explicitly discard the string's path context to use it as an attribute name.
name = builtins.unsafeDiscardStringContext (snowfall-lib.path.get-parent-directory shell);
drv = callPackageWith extra-inputs shell { };
};