From f13dc79904c668f70ba1e220429b5b02592a31e9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Robert Hensing <robert@roberthensing.nl>
Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2024 19:46:01 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Fix nix flake init eval for path value

---
 src/nix/flake.cc | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/nix/flake.cc b/src/nix/flake.cc
index 928f7c9fd..0ea60084b 100644
--- a/src/nix/flake.cc
+++ b/src/nix/flake.cc
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 #include "markdown.hh"
 #include "users.hh"
 #include "terminal.hh"
+#include "value/context.hh"
 
 #include <filesystem>
 #include <nlohmann/json.hpp>
@@ -884,7 +885,9 @@ struct CmdFlakeInitCommon : virtual Args, EvalCommand
         auto cursor = installable.getCursor(*evalState);
 
         auto templateDirAttr = cursor->getAttr("path");
-        auto templateDir = templateDirAttr->getString();
+        auto & v = templateDirAttr->forceValue();
+        NixStringContext ctx;
+        auto templateDir = evalState->coerceToString(noPos, v, ctx, "while casting the template value to a path", false, true).toOwned();
 
         if (!store->isInStore(templateDir))
             evalState->error<TypeError>(