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nix-prefetch-url: Add --name option

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This allows overriding the name component of the resulting Nix store
path, which is necessary if the base name of the URI contains
"illegal" characters.
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Eelco Dolstra 2015-10-07 14:55:33 +02:00
parent e4abf8610b
commit f08449ccbd
2 changed files with 19 additions and 3 deletions
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doc/manual/command-ref/nix-prefetch-url.xml
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@ -91,6 +91,18 @@ downloaded file in the Nix store is also printed.</para>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry><term><option>--name</option></term>
<listitem><para>Override the name of the file in the Nix store. By
default, this is
<literal><replaceable>hash</replaceable>-<replaceable>basename</replaceable></literal>,
where <replaceable>basename</replaceable> is the last component of
<replaceable>url</replaceable>. Overriding the name is necessary
when <replaceable>basename</replaceable> contains characters that
are not allowed in Nix store paths.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</refsection>

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src/nix-prefetch-url/nix-prefetch-url.cc
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@ -75,6 +75,8 @@ int main(int argc, char * * argv)
}
else if (*arg == "--unpack")
unpack = true;
else if (*arg == "--name")
name = getArg(*arg, arg, end);
else if (parseAutoArgs(arg, end, autoArgs_))
;
else if (parseSearchPathArg(arg, end, searchPath))
@ -125,9 +127,11 @@ int main(int argc, char * * argv)
unpack = state.forceString(*attr->value) == "recursive";
/* Extract the name. */
attr = v.attrs->find(state.symbols.create("name"));
if (attr != v.attrs->end())
name = state.forceString(*attr->value);
if (name.empty()) {
attr = v.attrs->find(state.symbols.create("name"));
if (attr != v.attrs->end())
name = state.forceString(*attr->value);
}
}
/* Figure out a name in the Nix store. */