2 files changed, 30 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/libutil/config.cc b/src/libutil/config.cc
index bda07cd55..2a5f913e6 100644
--- a/src/libutil/config.cc
+++ b/src/libutil/config.cc
@@ -152,6 +152,16 @@ nlohmann::json Config::toJSON()
     return res;
 }
 
+std::string Config::toKeyValue()
+{
+    auto res = std::string();
+    for (auto & s : _settings)
+        if (!s.second.isAlias) {
+            res += fmt("%s = %s\n", s.first, s.second.setting->to_string());
+        }
+    return res;
+}
+
 void Config::convertToArgs(Args & args, const std::string & category)
 {
     for (auto & s : _settings)
@@ -385,6 +395,16 @@ nlohmann::json GlobalConfig::toJSON()
     return res;
 }
 
+std::string GlobalConfig::toKeyValue()
+{
+    std::string res;
+    std::map<std::string, Config::SettingInfo> settings;
+    globalConfig.getSettings(settings);
+    for (auto & s : settings)
+        res += fmt("%s = %s\n", s.first, s.second.value);
+    return res;
+}
+
 void GlobalConfig::convertToArgs(Args & args, const std::string & category)
 {
     for (auto & config : *configRegistrations)
diff --git a/src/libutil/config.hh b/src/libutil/config.hh
index bf81b4892..df5c2226f 100644
--- a/src/libutil/config.hh
+++ b/src/libutil/config.hh
@@ -100,6 +100,12 @@ public:
     virtual nlohmann::json toJSON() = 0;
 
     /**
+     * Outputs all settings in a key-value pair format suitable to be used as
+     * `nix.conf`
+     */
+    virtual std::string toKeyValue() = 0;
+
+    /**
      * Converts settings to `Args` to be used on the command line interface
      * - args: args to write to
      * - category: category of the settings
@@ -169,6 +175,8 @@ public:
 
     nlohmann::json toJSON() override;
 
+    std::string toKeyValue() override;
+
     void convertToArgs(Args & args, const std::string & category) override;
 };
 
@@ -330,6 +338,8 @@ struct GlobalConfig : public AbstractConfig
 
     nlohmann::json toJSON() override;
 
+    std::string toKeyValue() override;
+
     void convertToArgs(Args & args, const std::string & category) override;
 
     struct Register