{
  homeDirectory,
  lib,
  pkgs,
}:

let
  inherit (lib)
    hasPrefix
    hm
    literalExpression
    mkDefault
    mkIf
    mkOption
    removePrefix
    types
    ;
in
{
  # Constructs a type suitable for a `home.file` like option. The
  # target path may be either absolute or relative, in which case it
  # is relative the `basePath` argument (which itself must be an
  # absolute path).
  #
  # Arguments:
  #   - opt            the name of the option, for self-references
  #   - basePathDesc   docbook compatible description of the base path
  #   - basePath       the file base path
  fileType =
    opt: basePathDesc: basePath:
    types.attrsOf (
      types.submodule (
        { name, config, ... }:
        {
          options = {
            enable = mkOption {
              type = types.bool;
              default = true;
              description = ''
                Whether this file should be generated. This option allows specific
                files to be disabled.
              '';
            };
            target = mkOption {
              type = types.str;
              apply =
                p:
                let
                  absPath = if hasPrefix "/" p then p else "${basePath}/${p}";
                in
                removePrefix (homeDirectory + "/") absPath;
              defaultText = literalExpression "name";
              description = ''
                Path to target file relative to ${basePathDesc}.
              '';
            };

            text = mkOption {
              default = null;
              type = types.nullOr types.lines;
              description = ''
                Text of the file. If this option is null then
                [](#opt-${opt}._name_.source)
                must be set.
              '';
            };

            source = mkOption {
              type = types.path;
              description = ''
                Path of the source file or directory. If
                [](#opt-${opt}._name_.text)
                is non-null then this option will automatically point to a file
                containing that text.
              '';
            };

            executable = mkOption {
              type = types.nullOr types.bool;
              default = null;
              description = ''
                Set the execute bit. If `null`, defaults to the mode
                of the {var}`source` file or to `false`
                for files created through the {var}`text` option.
              '';
            };

            recursive = mkOption {
              type = types.bool;
              default = false;
              description = ''
                If the file source is a directory, then this option
                determines whether the directory should be recursively
                linked to the target location. This option has no effect
                if the source is a file.

                If `false` (the default) then the target
                will be a symbolic link to the source directory. If
                `true` then the target will be a
                directory structure matching the source's but whose leafs
                are symbolic links to the files of the source directory.
              '';
            };

            ignorelinks = mkOption {
              type = types.bool;
              default = false;
              description = ''
                When `recursive` is enabled, adds `-ignorelinks` flag to lndir

                It causes lndir to not treat symbolic links in the source directory specially.
                The link created in the target directory will point back to the corresponding
                (symbolic link) file in the source directory. If the link is to a directory
              '';
            };

            onChange = mkOption {
              type = types.lines;
              default = "";
              description = ''
                Shell commands to run when file has changed between
                generations. The script will be run
                *after* the new files have been linked
                into place.

                Note, this code is always run when `recursive` is
                enabled.
              '';
            };

            force = mkOption {
              type = types.bool;
              default = false;
              description = ''
                Whether the target path should be unconditionally replaced
                by the managed file source. Warning, this will silently
                delete the target regardless of whether it is a file or
                link.
              '';
            };
          };

          config = {
            target = mkDefault name;
            source = mkIf (config.text != null) (
              mkDefault (
                pkgs.writeTextFile {
                  inherit (config) text;
                  executable = config.executable == true; # can be null
                  name = hm.strings.storeFileName name;
                }
              )
            );
          };
        }
      )
    );
}