homeFilesFromStringAttrs: first implementation

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;
   };
 }