{ inputs, self, ... }: let
  mkExtraPackagesDescription = optionName: "This option is equivalent to `${optionName}`, and exists purely for convenience.";
in {
  imports = [ (inputs.helpers.mkMirroredModulesFlakeModule "globalOptions" ({ lib, ... }: {
    options.info = {
      rootPath = lib.mkOption {
        type = lib.types.str;
        description = "This option is used to tell the config the global path to the flake's root directory, in order to perform impure actions (in a Nix sense, not morally impure, I promise).";
        default = "/home/grey/nixos";
      };

      hostName = lib.mkOption {
        type = lib.types.str;
        description = "This option is used to tell the config the hostname of the current machine, mostly for symlinking the right dotfiles.";
        default = "";
      };

      stateVersion = lib.mkOption {
        type = lib.types.str;
        description = "This option is used to set the stateVersion value.";
        example = "26.11";
        default = "";
      };
    };
  })) ];

  flake.nixosModules.globalOptions = { lib, ... }: {
    options = {
      components = {
        bootLoader = {
          selection = lib.mkOption {
            type = inputs.helpers.mkEnumFromDirContents "${self}/modules/components/boot-loaders";
            description = "This option defines the bootloader that should be used, enabling any config associated with it in the process.";
            default = "grub";
          };

          timeout = lib.mkOption {
            type = lib.types.int;
            description = "This option defines the timeout length that the bootloader should use, which controls the wait time for keyboard input before selecting the default entry.";
            default = 5;
          };

          maxGenerations = lib.mkOption {
            type = lib.types.int;
            description = "This option defines how many entries should be displayed in the bootloader, which can be useful when there are many NixOS generations present before garbage-collection.";
            default = 10;
          };
        };
      };

      features.applications.extraPackages = lib.mkOption {
        type = lib.types.listOf (lib.types.package);
        description = mkExtraPackagesDescription "environment.systemPackages";
        default = [];
      };
    };
  };

  flake.homeModules.globalOptions = { lib, ... }: {
    options = {
      info = {
        isStandalone = lib.mkOption {
          type = lib.types.bool;
          description = "This option tells the config whether this home-manager config is part of a larger NixOS config or not, and is read-only.";
          default = true;
        };
      };
      
      features.applications = {
        extraPackages = lib.mkOption {
          type = lib.types.listOf (lib.types.package);
          description = mkExtraPackagesDescription "home.packages";
          default = [];
        };

        shellScripts = lib.mkOption {
          type = lib.types.attrsOf (lib.types.str);
          description = "This option is a set of multiline strings, which are processed into executable bash scripts in `$XDG_BIN_HOME`. The shebang (`#!/bin/bash`) is added afterwards, and shouldn't be included in definitions.";
          default = {};
        };
      };
    };
  };
}