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-rw-r--r--src/libexpr/flake/flakeref.cc23
1 files changed, 21 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/libexpr/flake/flakeref.cc b/src/libexpr/flake/flakeref.cc
index 29128d789..074727f06 100644
--- a/src/libexpr/flake/flakeref.cc
+++ b/src/libexpr/flake/flakeref.cc
@@ -117,8 +117,27 @@ std::pair<FlakeRef, std::string> parseFlakeRefWithFragment(
if (!S_ISDIR(lstat(path).st_mode))
throw BadURL("path '%s' is not a flake (because it's not a directory)", path);
- if (!allowMissing && !pathExists(path + "/flake.nix"))
- throw BadURL("path '%s' is not a flake (because it doesn't contain a 'flake.nix' file)", path);
+ if (!allowMissing && !pathExists(path + "/flake.nix")){
+ notice("path '%s' does not contain a 'flake.nix', searching up",path);
+
+ // Save device to detect filesystem boundary
+ dev_t device = lstat(path).st_dev;
+ bool found = false;
+ while (path != "/") {
+ if (pathExists(path + "/flake.nix")) {
+ found = true;
+ break;
+ } else if (pathExists(path + "/.git"))
+ throw Error("unable to find a flake before encountering git boundary at '%s'", path);
+ else {
+ if (lstat(path).st_dev != device)
+ throw Error("unable to find a flake before encountering filesystem boundary at '%s'", path);
+ }
+ path = dirOf(path);
+ }
+ if (!found)
+ throw BadURL("could not find a flake.nix file");
+ }
auto flakeRoot = path;
std::string subdir;