add gc-root for home-files

pogobanane · Aug 5, 2024 · 0287d46 · 0287d46
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diff --git a/homeManager/peter.nix b/homeManager/peter.nix
@@ -39,6 +39,12 @@ let
     runtimeInputs = [ pkgs.nmap ];
     text = "${pkgs.nmap}/bin/nmap -sP \"$@\"";
   };
+
+  gc-roots = pkgs.writeScriptBin "dont-collect-these-nix-store-paths" ''
+    This script is a root node for the nix garbage collector. Hence the following store paths are prevented from being cleaned up.
+    echo "${config.home-files}" # home-files get collected otherwise. Maybe its NFS?
+
+  '';
 in
 {
   imports = [
@@ -178,6 +184,7 @@ in
     sopspw
     age
     nscan
+    gc-roots
     nixos-generations
     nix-output-monitor # nom
     # rustup