Improve nixos-rebuild with nix-helper

flake.lock

@@ -20,6 +20,26 @@
         "type": "github"
       }
     },
+    "nh": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "nixpkgs": [
+          "nixpkgs"
+        ]
+      },
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1710573382,
+        "narHash": "sha256-oGPasBk516A6pNE7iBEOmtrNsbqd+frR7O+z9lr1cLw=",
+        "owner": "viperML",
+        "repo": "nh",
+        "rev": "60c019a930e1718f1c5b6638f16dc221bf667d61",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "viperML",
+        "repo": "nh",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
     "nix-index-database": {
       "inputs": {
         "nixpkgs": [
@@ -75,6 +95,7 @@
     "root": {
       "inputs": {
         "home-manager": "home-manager",
+        "nh": "nh",
         "nix-index-database": "nix-index-database",
         "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs",
         "sops-nix": "sops-nix"

flake.nix

@@ -16,6 +16,11 @@
             url = "github:Mic92/sops-nix";
             inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
         };
+
+        nh = {
+            url = "github:viperML/nh";
+            inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
+        };
     };
 
     outputs = {nixpkgs, ...} @ inputs: let

hosts/dell-laptop/default.nix

@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 
     networking.hostName = "dell-laptop";
 
+    environment.sessionVariables.FLAKE = "/home/seb/Projects/nixos/my-config";
+
     myConfig = {
         boot-loader.systemd-boot.enable = true;
 
@@ -24,6 +26,7 @@
         sops.enable = true;
         auto-cpufreq.enable = true;
         doas.enable = false;
+        nix-helper.enable = true;
     };
 
     boot.kernelPackages = pkgs.linuxPackages_latest;

modules/home/shell.nix

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 {
     config,
     lib,
+    osConfig,
     ...
 }: let
     cfg = config.myConfig.shell;
@@ -9,12 +10,25 @@ in {
         bash.enable = lib.mkEnableOption "";
         zsh.enable = lib.mkEnableOption "";
         starship.enable = lib.mkEnableOption "";
-        nixAliases.enable = lib.mkEnableOption "";
+        nixAliases = {
+            enable = lib.mkEnableOption "";
+            nix-helper.enable = lib.mkEnableOption "";
+        };
         improvedCommands.enable = lib.mkEnableOption "";
         direnv.enable = lib.mkEnableOption "";
     };
 
     config = {
+        assertions = [
+            {
+                assertion =
+                    if cfg.nixAliases.nix-helper.enable
+                    then osConfig.myConfig.nix-helper.enable
+                    else true;
+                message = "The nix-helper has to be enabled on the OS level.";
+            }
+        ];
+
         programs.bash.enable = cfg.bash.enable;
 
         programs.zsh.enable = cfg.zsh.enable;
@@ -35,10 +49,14 @@ in {
 
         home.shellAliases = let
             nixAliases = lib.mkIf cfg.nixAliases.enable {
-                nrs = "sudo nixos-rebuild switch";
-                nrb = "sudo nixos-rebuild boot";
+                nr =
+                    if cfg.nixAliases.nix-helper.enable
+                    then "nh os"
+                    else "sudo nixos-rebuild --flake $FLAKE";
+                nrs = "nr switch";
+                nrt = "nr test";
+                nrb = "nr boot";
                 nrrb = "nrb && reboot";
-                nrt = "sudo nixos-rebuild test";
                 nu = "sudo nix flake update";
             };
             commandAliases = lib.mkIf cfg.improvedCommands.enable {

modules/system/default.nix

@@ -15,5 +15,6 @@
         ./dm.nix
         ./sound.nix
         ./boot-loader.nix
+        ./nix-helper.nix
     ];
 }

modules/system/nix-helper.nix

@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+{
+    inputs,
+    config,
+    lib,
+    ...
+}: {
+    imports = [inputs.nh.nixosModules.default];
+
+    options.myConfig.nix-helper.enable = lib.mkEnableOption "";
+
+    config = lib.mkIf config.myConfig.nix-helper.enable {
+        nh.enable = true;
+    };
+}

users/seb/home.nix

@@ -5,7 +5,10 @@
         shell = {
             bash.enable = true;
             starship.enable = true;
-            nixAliases.enable = true;
+            nixAliases = {
+                enable = true;
+                nix-helper.enable = true;
+            };
             improvedCommands.enable = true;
             direnv.enable = true;
         };