From 765a3a20cb3be150498b73d1a2a5f7eb282ccc09 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: regnat <rg@regnat.ovh>
Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2021 17:47:03 +0200
Subject: Add a `:load-flake` command to the nix repl

`:lf ref` does essentially the same thing as
`:a (builtins.getFlake "ref")` (but cannonicalising `ref` if needs be,
so that `:lf .` works)

Fix #3803
---
 src/nix/repl.cc | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/nix/repl.cc b/src/nix/repl.cc
index bf3b2c401..3ebe102cf 100644
--- a/src/nix/repl.cc
+++ b/src/nix/repl.cc
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ struct NixRepl
     StorePath getDerivationPath(Value & v);
     bool processLine(string line);
     void loadFile(const Path & path);
+    void loadFlake(const std::string & flakeRef);
     void initEnv();
     void reloadFiles();
     void addAttrsToScope(Value & attrs);
@@ -415,6 +416,7 @@ bool NixRepl::processLine(string line)
              << "  :e <expr>     Open the derivation in $EDITOR\n"
              << "  :i <expr>     Build derivation, then install result into current profile\n"
              << "  :l <path>     Load Nix expression and add it to scope\n"
+             << "  :lf <ref>     Load Nix flake and add it to scope\n"
              << "  :p <expr>     Evaluate and print expression recursively\n"
              << "  :q            Exit nix-repl\n"
              << "  :r            Reload all files\n"
@@ -435,6 +437,10 @@ bool NixRepl::processLine(string line)
         loadFile(arg);
     }
 
+    else if (command == ":lf" || command == ":load-flake") {
+        loadFlake(arg);
+    }
+
     else if (command == ":r" || command == ":reload") {
         state->resetFileCache();
         reloadFiles();
@@ -576,6 +582,25 @@ void NixRepl::loadFile(const Path & path)
     addAttrsToScope(v2);
 }
 
+void NixRepl::loadFlake(const std::string & flakeRefS)
+{
+    auto flakeRef = parseFlakeRef(flakeRefS, absPath("."), true);
+    if (evalSettings.pureEval && !flakeRef.input.isImmutable())
+        throw Error("cannot use ':load-flake' on mutable flake reference '%s' (use --impure to override)", flakeRefS);
+
+    Value v;
+
+    flake::callFlake(*state,
+        flake::lockFlake(*state, flakeRef,
+            flake::LockFlags {
+                .updateLockFile = false,
+                .useRegistries = !evalSettings.pureEval,
+                .allowMutable  = !evalSettings.pureEval,
+            }),
+        v);
+    addAttrsToScope(v);
+}
+
 
 void NixRepl::initEnv()
 {
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