From dd4f3fd46b5eba4154a56da8697da763d4c21b2f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Grey Jones <grey@greyweather.dev>
Date: Sun, 30 Aug 2026 02:08:51 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] homeFilesFromStringAttrs: first implementation

---
 flake.nix | 13 +++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index ae7ba3a..02fd23e 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     nixpkgs.url = "github:nixos/nixpkgs?ref=nixos-unstable";
   };
 
-  outputs = { self, nixpkgs }: {
+  outputs = { self, nixpkgs }: rec {
     mkIfElse = with nixpkgs.lib; p: yes: no: mkMerge [
       (mkIf p yes)
       (mkIf (!p) no)
@@ -18,6 +18,15 @@
       ln -s ${source} ${target}
     '';
 
-    attrByStrPath = strPath: set: nixpkgs.lib.attrsets.attrByPath (nixpkgs.lib.strings.splitString "." strPath) null set;
+    attrByStrPath = strPath: set: nixpkgs.lib.attrByPath (nixpkgs.lib.strings.splitString "." strPath) null set;
+
+    setAttrByStrPath = strPath: value: nixpkgs.lib.setAttrByPath (nixpkgs.lib.strings.splitString "." strPath) value;
+
+    homeFilesFromStringAttrs = { dir, attrs, exec ? false }: map (x: (map (y: {
+      "${dir}/${x}" = {
+        text = y;
+        executable = exec;
+      };
+    }) builtins.attrValues attrs) ) builtins.attrNames attrs;
   };
 }