repl: allow loading installables from CLI

repl: search installable with findAlongAttrPath
repl: refactor handling of args
repl: temp

2 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/libcmd/command.hh b/src/libcmd/command.hh
index 078e2a2ce..65626e33f 100644
--- a/src/libcmd/command.hh
+++ b/src/libcmd/command.hh
@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ struct InstallableCommand : virtual Args, SourceExprCommand
     InstallableCommand(bool supportReadOnlyMode = false);
 
     void prepare() override;
+    std::shared_ptr<Installable> load();
 
     std::optional<FlakeRef> getFlakeRefForCompletion() override
     {
diff --git a/src/libcmd/installables.cc b/src/libcmd/installables.cc
index 635ce19b6..7d2ff0f68 100644
--- a/src/libcmd/installables.cc
+++ b/src/libcmd/installables.cc
@@ -1054,10 +1054,13 @@ InstallableCommand::InstallableCommand(bool supportReadOnlyMode)
         }}
     });
 }
+std::shared_ptr<Installable> InstallableCommand::load() {
+    return parseInstallable(getStore(), _installable);
+}
 
 void InstallableCommand::prepare()
 {
-    installable = parseInstallable(getStore(), _installable);
+    installable = load();
 }
 
 }