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authorSamuel Dionne-Riel <samuel@dionne-riel.com>2018-08-01 21:28:49 -0400
committerSamuel Dionne-Riel <samuel@dionne-riel.com>2018-08-02 08:21:30 -0400
commit438e02529dfb4b26603e2a06992df977cd80ecd9 (patch)
treec7545b9b40190ce2c60e12e536243db70d7b1edb
parentb27431b7cb918e6866f4bb4fa7ec6e23240cfeab (diff)
Allows selectively adding environment variables to pure shells.
Includes documentation and test.
-rw-r--r--doc/manual/command-ref/nix-shell.xml8
-rwxr-xr-xsrc/nix-build/nix-build.cc7
-rw-r--r--tests/nix-shell.sh7
3 files changed, 21 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/manual/command-ref/nix-shell.xml b/doc/manual/command-ref/nix-shell.xml
index 62d026ac2..5c44c4a8f 100644
--- a/doc/manual/command-ref/nix-shell.xml
+++ b/doc/manual/command-ref/nix-shell.xml
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
<arg><option>--run</option> <replaceable>cmd</replaceable></arg>
<arg><option>--exclude</option> <replaceable>regexp</replaceable></arg>
<arg><option>--pure</option></arg>
+ <arg><option>--keep</option> <replaceable>name</replaceable></arg>
<group choice='req'>
<arg choice='plain'>
<group choice='req'>
@@ -165,6 +166,13 @@ also <xref linkend="sec-common-options" />.</phrase></para>
</listitem></varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry><term><option>--keep</option> <replaceable>name</replaceable></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>When a <option>--pure</option> shell is started,
+ keep the listed environment variables.</para></listitem>
+
+ </varlistentry>
+
</variablelist>
<para>The following common options are supported:</para>
diff --git a/src/nix-build/nix-build.cc b/src/nix-build/nix-build.cc
index de0e9118f..a7ec206aa 100755
--- a/src/nix-build/nix-build.cc
+++ b/src/nix-build/nix-build.cc
@@ -99,6 +99,9 @@ void mainWrapped(int argc, char * * argv)
std::string outLink = "./result";
+ // List of environment variables kept for --pure
+ std::set<string> keepVars{"HOME", "USER", "LOGNAME", "DISPLAY", "PATH", "TERM", "IN_NIX_SHELL", "TZ", "PAGER", "NIX_BUILD_SHELL", "SHLVL"};
+
Strings args;
for (int i = 1; i < argc; ++i)
args.push_back(argv[i]);
@@ -218,6 +221,9 @@ void mainWrapped(int argc, char * * argv)
}
}
+ else if (*arg == "--keep")
+ keepVars.insert(getArg(*arg, arg, end));
+
else if (*arg == "-")
readStdin = true;
@@ -368,7 +374,6 @@ void mainWrapped(int argc, char * * argv)
auto tmp = getEnv("TMPDIR", getEnv("XDG_RUNTIME_DIR", "/tmp"));
if (pure) {
- std::set<string> keepVars{"HOME", "USER", "LOGNAME", "DISPLAY", "PATH", "TERM", "IN_NIX_SHELL", "TZ", "PAGER", "NIX_BUILD_SHELL", "SHLVL"};
decltype(env) newEnv;
for (auto & i : env)
if (keepVars.count(i.first))
diff --git a/tests/nix-shell.sh b/tests/nix-shell.sh
index d25c456ce..6024ea399 100644
--- a/tests/nix-shell.sh
+++ b/tests/nix-shell.sh
@@ -4,12 +4,19 @@ clearStore
# Test nix-shell -A
export IMPURE_VAR=foo
+export SELECTED_IMPURE_VAR=baz
export NIX_BUILD_SHELL=$SHELL
output=$(nix-shell --pure shell.nix -A shellDrv --run \
'echo "$IMPURE_VAR - $VAR_FROM_STDENV_SETUP - $VAR_FROM_NIX"')
[ "$output" = " - foo - bar" ]
+# Test --keep
+output=$(nix-shell --pure --keep SELECTED_IMPURE_VAR shell.nix -A shellDrv --run \
+ 'echo "$IMPURE_VAR - $VAR_FROM_STDENV_SETUP - $VAR_FROM_NIX - $SELECTED_IMPURE_VAR"')
+
+[ "$output" = " - foo - bar - baz" ]
+
# Test nix-shell on a .drv
[[ $(nix-shell --pure $(nix-instantiate shell.nix -A shellDrv) --run \
'echo "$IMPURE_VAR - $VAR_FROM_STDENV_SETUP - $VAR_FROM_NIX"') = " - foo - bar" ]]