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home-manager: add support for custom backup command (#6424) (#7153)

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This adds a new backupCommand option to allow users to specify a
custom command to run on existing files during activation, as an
alternative to the existing backupFileExtension mechanism.

Adds backupCommand option to NixOS and nix-darwin modules.

Exports HOME_MANAGER_BACKUP_COMMAND environment variable when set.

Updates file activation logic to use the custom backup command if
provided, falling back to the existing backup extension logic.

Updates collision checking and user-facing instructions to
mention the new option.

This enables advanced backup workflows, such as moving files to
trash or archiving with custom tools, before managing them with
Home Manager.
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Christina O'Donnell 2025-10-30 17:26:13 +00:00 • committed by GitHub
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@ -81,6 +81,16 @@ in
argument in Home Manager. This disables the Home Manager
options {option}`nixpkgs.*`'';
backupCommand = mkOption {
type = types.nullOr (types.either types.str types.path);
default = null;
example = lib.literalExpression "''${pkgs.trash-cli}/bin/trash";
description = ''
On activation run this command on each existing file
rather than exiting with an error.
'';
};
backupFileExtension = mkOption {
type = types.nullOr types.str;
default = null;