ci: extract-maintainers-meta tweaks (#7434)

Simplify extraction and generation of file. We dont need the comments
and can leverage the appropriate lib.generator function.

Signed-off-by: Austin Horstman <khaneliman12@gmail.com>

lib/nix/extract-maintainers-meta.nix

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ let
   moduleMaintainersJson = builtins.fromJSON (builtins.readFile docsLib.jsonModuleMaintainers);
   maintainers = moduleMaintainersJson;
 
+  # TODO: Find a better solution for extracting maintainers outside `modules`
   additionalFiles = [
     ../../docs/home-manager-manual.nix
   ];
@@ -58,22 +59,30 @@ let
 
   allMaintainerObjects = extractMaintainerObjects maintainers ++ additionalMaintainerObjects;
 
-  getMaintainerName = maintainer: maintainer.github or maintainer.name or null;
+  allMaintainerNames = lib.filter (name: name != null) (
-
+    map (maintainer: maintainer.github or maintainer.name or null) allMaintainerObjects
-  allMaintainerNames = lib.filter (name: name != null) (map getMaintainerName allMaintainerObjects);
+  );
-
-  maintainerDetails = lib.pipe allMaintainerObjects [
-    (lib.filter (obj: getMaintainerName obj != null))
-    (map (obj: {
-      name = getMaintainerName obj;
-      value = obj;
-    }))
-    lib.listToAttrs
-  ];
 
   hmMaintainers = import ../../modules/lib/maintainers.nix;
   hmMaintainerNames = lib.attrNames hmMaintainers;
 
+  maintainerDetails = lib.pipe allMaintainerObjects [
+    (lib.filter (obj: (obj.github or obj.name or null) != null))
+    (map (obj: {
+      name = obj.github or obj.name;
+      value = obj // {
+        source =
+          if categorizedMaintainers.home-manager ? ${obj.github} then
+            "home-manager"
+          else if categorizedMaintainers.nixpkgs ? ${obj.github} then
+            "nixpkgs"
+          else
+            throw "${obj.github} is neither a home-manager or nixpkgs maintainer";
+      };
+    }))
+    lib.listToAttrs
+  ];
+
   partitionedMaintainers = lib.partition (nameValue: lib.elem nameValue.name hmMaintainerNames) (
     lib.attrsToList maintainerDetails
   );
@@ -83,35 +92,10 @@ let
     nixpkgs = lib.listToAttrs partitionedMaintainers.wrong;
   };
 
-  formatMaintainer =
+  formattedMaintainers = lib.generators.toPretty {
-    name: info: source:
-    let
-      quotedName =
-        if lib.match "[0-9].*" name != null || lib.match "[^a-zA-Z0-9_-].*" name != null then
-          ''"${name}"''
-        else
-          name;
-
-      filteredInfo = lib.filterAttrs (k: v: !lib.hasPrefix "_" k) info;
-    in
-    "  ${quotedName} = ${
-        lib.generators.toPretty {
     multiline = true;
     indent = "";
-        } filteredInfo
+  } maintainerDetails;
-      };";
-
-  formatAllMaintainers =
-    let
-      hmEntries = lib.mapAttrsToList (
-        name: info: formatMaintainer name info "home-manager"
-      ) categorizedMaintainers.home-manager;
-
-      nixpkgsEntries = lib.mapAttrsToList (
-        name: info: formatMaintainer name info "nixpkgs"
-      ) categorizedMaintainers.nixpkgs;
-    in
-    lib.concatStringsSep "\n" (hmEntries ++ nixpkgsEntries);
 
 in
 {
@@ -119,7 +103,7 @@ in
   names = allMaintainerNames;
   details = maintainerDetails;
   categorized = categorizedMaintainers;
-  formatted = formatAllMaintainers;
+  formatted = formattedMaintainers;
 
   stats = {
     totalFiles = lib.length (lib.attrNames maintainers);

lib/python/generate-all-maintainers.py

@@ -9,13 +9,37 @@ reliable than parsing files with regex.
 """
 
 import argparse
+import inspect
 import json
 import subprocess
 import sys
 from pathlib import Path
-from typing import Dict
 
 
+def get_project_root() -> Path:
+    """
+    Find the project root directory.
+
+    Tries to find the git repository root. If that fails, falls back to
+    locating it relative to this script file.
+    """
+    try:
+        # Ask git for the top-level directory of the current repository.
+        git_root_bytes = subprocess.check_output(
+            ["git", "rev-parse", "--show-toplevel"], stderr=subprocess.DEVNULL
+        )
+        return Path(git_root_bytes.decode("utf-8").strip())
+    except (subprocess.CalledProcessError, FileNotFoundError):
+        # Fallback for when not in a git repo or git is not installed.
+        print(
+            "Warning: 'git rev-parse --show-toplevel' failed.",
+            "Falling back to script location to determine root.",
+            "This may not work correctly with flakes.",
+            file=sys.stderr,
+        )
+        # Assumes this script is at: <root>/flake/dev/generate-all-maintainers/
+        return Path(__file__).parent.parent.parent.parent.resolve()
+
 class MetaMaintainerGenerator:
     """Generates maintainers list using meta.maintainers from Home Manager evaluation."""
 
@@ -25,13 +49,13 @@ class MetaMaintainerGenerator:
         self.output_file = hm_root / "all-maintainers.nix"
         self.extractor_script = hm_root / "lib" / "nix" / "extract-maintainers-meta.nix"
 
-    def extract_maintainers_from_meta(self) -> Dict:
+    def extract_maintainers_from_meta(self) -> dict:
         """Extract maintainer information using meta.maintainers."""
         print("🔍 Extracting maintainers using meta.maintainers...")
 
         try:
             result = subprocess.run([
-                "nix", "eval", "--impure", "--file", str(self.extractor_script), "--json"
+                "nix", "eval", "--file", str(self.extractor_script), "--json"
             ], capture_output=True, text=True, timeout=60)
 
             if result.returncode == 0:
@@ -49,7 +73,7 @@ class MetaMaintainerGenerator:
             print(f"❌ Error extracting maintainers: {e}")
             sys.exit(1)
 
-    def format_maintainer_entry(self, name: str, info: Dict, source: str) -> str:
+    def format_maintainer_entry(self, name: str, info: dict, source: str) -> str:
         """Format a single maintainer entry with nix fmt compatible formatting."""
         lines = [f"  # {source}"]
         lines.append(f"  {name} = {{")
@@ -116,7 +140,9 @@ class MetaMaintainerGenerator:
         print(f"📦 Nixpkgs maintainers: {len(nixpkgs_maintainers)}")
 
         with open(self.output_file, 'w') as f:
-            f.write('''# Home Manager all maintainers list.
+            f.write(
+                inspect.cleandoc("""
+              # Home Manager all maintainers list.
               #
               # This file lists all referenced maintainers in Home Manager.
               #
@@ -125,17 +151,15 @@ class MetaMaintainerGenerator:
               #
               # To regenerate: ./lib/python/generate-all-maintainers.py
               #
-{
+            """)
-''')
+            )
 
             # Use the formatted maintainers from Nix evaluation
             print("✨ Adding formatted maintainers using lib.generators.toPretty...")
+            f.write("\n")
             f.write(formatted_maintainers)
             f.write("\n")
 
-            f.write('''}
-''')
-
         self.validate_generated_file()
         self.print_statistics(maintainer_data)
 
@@ -143,7 +167,7 @@ class MetaMaintainerGenerator:
         """Validate the generated Nix file syntax."""
         try:
             result = subprocess.run([
-                'nix', 'eval', '--file', str(self.output_file), '--json'
+                'nix-instantiate', '--eval', str(self.output_file), '--strict'
             ], capture_output=True, text=True, timeout=10)
 
             if result.returncode == 0:
@@ -157,7 +181,7 @@ class MetaMaintainerGenerator:
             print(f"Warning: Could not validate file: {e}")
             return False
 
-    def print_statistics(self, maintainer_data: Dict) -> None:
+    def print_statistics(self, maintainer_data: dict) -> None:
         """Print generation statistics."""
         stats = maintainer_data["stats"]
 
@@ -193,8 +217,7 @@ def main():
     if args.root:
         hm_root = args.root
     else:
-        script_dir = Path(__file__).parent
+        hm_root = get_project_root()
-        hm_root = script_dir.parent.parent
 
     if not (hm_root / "modules" / "lib" / "maintainers.nix").exists():
         print(f"Error: Could not find maintainers.nix in {hm_root}")