Merge branch 'master' into errors-phase-2

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE.md

@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-<!--
-
-# Filing a Nix issue
-
-*WAIT* Are you sure you're filing your issue in the right repository?
-
-We appreciate you taking the time to tell us about issues you encounter, but routing the issue to the right place will get you help sooner and save everyone time.
-
-This is the Nix repository, and issues here should be about Nix the build and package management *_tool_*.
-
-If you have a problem with a specific package on NixOS or when using Nix, you probably want to file an issue with _nixpkgs_, whose issue tracker is over at https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues.
-
-Examples of _Nix_ issues:
-
-- Nix segfaults when I run `nix-build -A blahblah`
-- The Nix language needs a new builtin: `builtins.foobar`
-- Regression in the behavior of `nix-env` in Nix 2.0
-
-Examples of _nixpkgs_ issues:
-
-- glibc is b0rked on aarch64
-- chromium in NixOS doesn't support U2F but google-chrome does!
-- The OpenJDK package on macOS is missing a key component
-
-Chances are if you're a newcomer to the Nix world, you'll probably want the [nixpkgs tracker](https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues). It also gets a lot more eyeball traffic so you'll probably get a response a lot more quickly.
-
--->

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.md

@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+---
+name: Bug report
+about: Create a report to help us improve
+title: ''
+labels: bug
+assignees: ''
+
+---
+
+**Describe the bug**
+
+A clear and concise description of what the bug is.
+
+If you have a problem with a specific package or NixOS,
+you probably want to file an issue at https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues. 
+
+**Steps To Reproduce**
+
+1. Go to '...'
+2. Click on '....'
+3. Scroll down to '....'
+4. See error
+
+**Expected behavior**
+
+A clear and concise description of what you expected to happen.
+
+**`nix-env --version` output**
+
+**Additional context**
+
+Add any other context about the problem here.

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/feature_request.md

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+---
+name: Feature request
+about: Suggest an idea for this project
+title: ''
+labels: improvement
+assignees: ''
+
+---
+
+**Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.**
+A clear and concise description of what the problem is. Ex. I'm always frustrated when [...]
+
+**Describe the solution you'd like**
+A clear and concise description of what you want to happen.
+
+**Describe alternatives you've considered**
+A clear and concise description of any alternative solutions or features you've considered.
+
+**Additional context**
+Add any other context or screenshots about the feature request here.

.travis.yml

@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-matrix:
-  include:
-    - language: osx
-      script: ./tests/install-darwin.sh
-    - language: nix
-      script: nix-build release.nix -A build.x86_64-linux
-notifications:
-  email: false

Makefile

@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@ makefiles = \
   local.mk \
   nix-rust/local.mk \
   src/libutil/local.mk \
+  src/libutil/tests/local.mk \
   src/libstore/local.mk \
+  src/libfetchers/local.mk \
   src/libmain/local.mk \
   src/libexpr/local.mk \
   src/nix/local.mk \
@@ -15,8 +17,7 @@ makefiles = \
   misc/upstart/local.mk \
   doc/manual/local.mk \
   tests/local.mk \
-  tests/plugins/local.mk \
+  tests/plugins/local.mk
-  src/error-demo/local.mk
 
 -include Makefile.config
 

Makefile.config.in

@@ -1,36 +1,38 @@
 AR = @AR@
 BDW_GC_LIBS = @BDW_GC_LIBS@
+BOOST_LDFLAGS = @BOOST_LDFLAGS@
 BUILD_SHARED_LIBS = @BUILD_SHARED_LIBS@
 CC = @CC@
 CFLAGS = @CFLAGS@
 CXX = @CXX@
 CXXFLAGS = @CXXFLAGS@
-LDFLAGS = @LDFLAGS@
+EDITLINE_LIBS = @EDITLINE_LIBS@
 ENABLE_S3 = @ENABLE_S3@
-HAVE_SODIUM = @HAVE_SODIUM@
+GTEST_LIBS = @GTEST_LIBS@
 HAVE_SECCOMP = @HAVE_SECCOMP@
-BOOST_LDFLAGS = @BOOST_LDFLAGS@
+HAVE_SODIUM = @HAVE_SODIUM@
+LDFLAGS = @LDFLAGS@
+LIBARCHIVE_LIBS = @LIBARCHIVE_LIBS@
+LIBBROTLI_LIBS = @LIBBROTLI_LIBS@
 LIBCURL_LIBS = @LIBCURL_LIBS@
+LIBLZMA_LIBS = @LIBLZMA_LIBS@
 OPENSSL_LIBS = @OPENSSL_LIBS@
 PACKAGE_NAME = @PACKAGE_NAME@
 PACKAGE_VERSION = @PACKAGE_VERSION@
 SODIUM_LIBS = @SODIUM_LIBS@
-LIBLZMA_LIBS = @LIBLZMA_LIBS@
 SQLITE3_LIBS = @SQLITE3_LIBS@
-LIBBROTLI_LIBS = @LIBBROTLI_LIBS@
-LIBARCHIVE_LIBS = @LIBARCHIVE_LIBS@
-EDITLINE_LIBS = @EDITLINE_LIBS@
 bash = @bash@
 bindir = @bindir@
-lsof = @lsof@
 datadir = @datadir@
 datarootdir = @datarootdir@
+doc_generate = @doc_generate@
 docdir = @docdir@
 exec_prefix = @exec_prefix@
 includedir = @includedir@
 libdir = @libdir@
 libexecdir = @libexecdir@
 localstatedir = @localstatedir@
+lsof = @lsof@
 mandir = @mandir@
 pkglibdir = $(libdir)/$(PACKAGE_NAME)
 prefix = @prefix@
@@ -38,6 +40,5 @@ sandbox_shell = @sandbox_shell@
 storedir = @storedir@
 sysconfdir = @sysconfdir@
 system = @system@
-doc_generate = @doc_generate@
 xmllint = @xmllint@
 xsltproc = @xsltproc@

README.md

@@ -1,21 +1,54 @@
+# Nix
+
 [![Open Collective supporters](https://opencollective.com/nixos/tiers/supporter/badge.svg?label=Supporters&color=brightgreen)](https://opencollective.com/nixos)
+[![Test](https://github.com/NixOS/nix/workflows/Test/badge.svg)](https://github.com/NixOS/nix/actions)
 
-Nix, the purely functional package manager
+Nix is a powerful package manager for Linux and other Unix systems that makes package
-------------------------------------------
+management reliable and reproducible. Please refer to the [Nix manual](https://nixos.org/nix/manual)
+for more details.
 
-Nix is a new take on package management that is fairly unique. Because of its
+## Installation
-purity aspects, a lot of issues found in traditional package managers don't
-appear with Nix.
 
-To find out more about the tool, usage and installation instructions, please
+On Linux and macOS the easiest way to Install Nix is to run the following shell command
-read the manual, which is available on the Nix website at
+(as a user other than root):
-<https://nixos.org/nix/manual>.
 
-## Contributing
+```
+$ curl -L https://nixos.org/nix/install | sh
+```
 
-Take a look at the [Hacking Section](https://nixos.org/nix/manual/#chap-hacking)
+Information on additional installation methods is available on the [Nix download page](https://nixos.org/download.html).
-of the manual. It helps you to get started with building Nix from source.
+
+## Building And Developing
+
+### Building Nix
+
+You can build Nix using one of the targets provided by [release.nix](./release.nix):
+
+```
+$ nix-build ./release.nix -A build.aarch64-linux
+$ nix-build ./release.nix -A build.x86_64-darwin
+$ nix-build ./release.nix -A build.i686-linux
+$ nix-build ./release.nix -A build.x86_64-linux
+```
+
+### Development Environment
+
+You can use the provided `shell.nix` to get a working development environment:
+
+```
+$ nix-shell
+$ ./bootstrap.sh
+$ ./configure
+$ make
+```
+
+## Additional Resources
+
+- [Nix manual](https://nixos.org/nix/manual)
+- [Nix jobsets on hydra.nixos.org](https://hydra.nixos.org/project/nix)
+- [NixOS Discourse](https://discourse.nixos.org/)
+- [IRC - #nixos on freenode.net](irc://irc.freenode.net/#nixos)
 
 ## License
 
-Nix is released under the LGPL v2.1
+Nix is released under the [LGPL v2.1](./COPYING).

configure.ac

@@ -266,6 +266,10 @@ if test "$gc" = yes; then
 fi
 
 
+# Look for gtest.
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES([GTEST], [gtest_main])
+
+
 # documentation generation switch
 AC_ARG_ENABLE(doc-gen, AC_HELP_STRING([--disable-doc-gen],
   [disable documentation generation]),

doc/manual/advanced-topics/post-build-hook.xml

@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ substituters = https://cache.nixos.org/ s3://example-nix-cache
 trusted-public-keys = cache.nixos.org-1:6NCHdD59X431o0gWypbMrAURkbJ16ZPMQFGspcDShjY= example-nix-cache-1:1/cKDz3QCCOmwcztD2eV6Coggp6rqc9DGjWv7C0G+rM=
 </programlisting>
 
-<para>we will restart the Nix daemon a later step.</para>
+<para>We will restart the Nix daemon in a later step.</para>
 </section>
 
 <section>
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ $ nix-store --delete /nix/store/ibcyipq5gf91838ldx40mjsp0b8w9n18-example
 
 <para>Now, copy the path back from the cache:</para>
 <screen>
-$ nix store --realize /nix/store/ibcyipq5gf91838ldx40mjsp0b8w9n18-example
+$ nix-store --realise /nix/store/ibcyipq5gf91838ldx40mjsp0b8w9n18-example
 copying path '/nix/store/m8bmqwrch6l3h8s0k3d673xpmipcdpsa-example from 's3://example-nix-cache'...
 warning: you did not specify '--add-root'; the result might be removed by the garbage collector
 /nix/store/m8bmqwrch6l3h8s0k3d673xpmipcdpsa-example

doc/manual/command-ref/conf-file.xml

@@ -19,26 +19,30 @@
 
 <refsection><title>Description</title>
 
-<para>Nix reads settings from two configuration files:</para>
+<para>By default Nix reads settings from the following places:</para>
 
-<itemizedlist>
+<para>The system-wide configuration file
+<filename><replaceable>sysconfdir</replaceable>/nix/nix.conf</filename>
+(i.e. <filename>/etc/nix/nix.conf</filename> on most systems), or
+<filename>$NIX_CONF_DIR/nix.conf</filename> if
+<envar>NIX_CONF_DIR</envar> is set. Values loaded in this file are not forwarded to the Nix daemon. The
+client assumes that the daemon has already loaded them.
+</para>
 
-  <listitem>
+<para>User-specific configuration files:</para>
-    <para>The system-wide configuration file
-    <filename><replaceable>sysconfdir</replaceable>/nix/nix.conf</filename>
-    (i.e. <filename>/etc/nix/nix.conf</filename> on most systems), or
-    <filename>$NIX_CONF_DIR/nix.conf</filename> if
-    <envar>NIX_CONF_DIR</envar> is set.</para>
-  </listitem>
 
-  <listitem>
+<para>
-    <para>The user configuration file
+  If <envar>NIX_USER_CONF_FILES</envar> is set, then each path separated by
-    <filename>$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/nix/nix.conf</filename>, or
+  <literal>:</literal> will be loaded in reverse order.
-    <filename>~/.config/nix/nix.conf</filename> if
+</para>
-    <envar>XDG_CONFIG_HOME</envar> is not set.</para>
-  </listitem>
 
-</itemizedlist>
+<para>
+  Otherwise it will look for <filename>nix/nix.conf</filename> files in
+  <envar>XDG_CONFIG_DIRS</envar> and <envar>XDG_CONFIG_HOME</envar>.
+
+  The default location is <filename>$HOME/.config/nix.conf</filename> if
+  those environment variables are unset.
+</para>
 
 <para>The configuration files consist of
 <literal><replaceable>name</replaceable> =

doc/manual/command-ref/env-common.xml

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 
     will cause Nix to look for paths relative to
     <filename>/home/eelco/Dev</filename> and
-    <filename>/etc/nixos</filename>, in that order.  It is also
+    <filename>/etc/nixos</filename>, in this order.  It is also
     possible to match paths against a prefix.  For example, the value
 
     <screen>
@@ -137,12 +137,19 @@ $ mount -o bind /mnt/otherdisk/nix /nix</screen>
 
 <varlistentry><term><envar>NIX_CONF_DIR</envar></term>
 
-  <listitem><para>Overrides the location of the Nix configuration
+  <listitem><para>Overrides the location of the system Nix configuration
   directory (default
   <filename><replaceable>prefix</replaceable>/etc/nix</filename>).</para></listitem>
 
 </varlistentry>
 
+<varlistentry><term><envar>NIX_USER_CONF_FILES</envar></term>
+
+  <listitem><para>Overrides the location of the user Nix configuration files
+  to load from (defaults to the XDG spec locations). The variable is treated
+  as a list separated by the <literal>:</literal> token.</para></listitem>
+
+</varlistentry>
 
 <varlistentry><term><envar>TMPDIR</envar></term>
 

doc/manual/command-ref/nix-store.xml

@@ -936,7 +936,7 @@ $ nix-store --add ./foo.c
 
 <para>The operation <option>--add-fixed</option> adds the specified paths to
 the Nix store.  Unlike <option>--add</option> paths are registered using the
-specified hashing algorithm, resulting in the same output path as a fixed output
+specified hashing algorithm, resulting in the same output path as a fixed-output
 derivation.  This can be used for sources that are not available from a public
 url or broke since the download expression was written.
 </para>

doc/manual/expressions/builtins.xml

@@ -422,6 +422,16 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation { … }
             </para>
           </listitem>
         </varlistentry>
+        <varlistentry>
+          <term>submodules</term>
+          <listitem>
+            <para>
+              A Boolean parameter that specifies whether submodules
+              should be checked out. Defaults to
+              <literal>false</literal>.
+            </para>
+          </listitem>
+        </varlistentry>
       </variablelist>
 
       <example>

doc/manual/installation/upgrading.xml

@@ -17,6 +17,11 @@
 
   <para>
     Single-user installations of Nix should run this:
-    <command>nix-channel --update; nix-env -iA nixpkgs.nix</command>
+    <command>nix-channel --update; nix-env -iA nixpkgs.nix nixpkgs.cacert</command>
+  </para>
+      
+  <para>
+    Multi-user Nix users on Linux should run this with sudo:
+    <command>nix-channel --update; nix-env -iA nixpkgs.nix nixpkgs.cacert; systemctl daemon-reload; systemctl restart nix-daemon</command>
   </para>
 </chapter>

doc/manual/release-notes/rl-0.8.xml

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 <para>NOTE: the hashing scheme in Nix 0.8 changed (as detailed below).
 As a result, <command>nix-pull</command> manifests and channels built
-for Nix 0.7 and below will now work anymore.  However, the Nix
+for Nix 0.7 and below will not work anymore.  However, the Nix
 expression language has not changed, so you can still build from
 source.  Also, existing user environments continue to work.  Nix 0.8
 will automatically upgrade the database schema of previous

maintainers/upload-release.pl

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #! /usr/bin/env nix-shell
-#! nix-shell -i perl -p perl perlPackages.LWPUserAgent perlPackages.LWPProtocolHttps perlPackages.FileSlurp gnupg1
+#! nix-shell -i perl -p perl perlPackages.LWPUserAgent perlPackages.LWPProtocolHttps perlPackages.FileSlurp perlPackages.NetAmazonS3 gnupg1
 
 use strict;
 use Data::Dumper;
@@ -9,12 +9,16 @@ use File::Slurp;
 use File::Copy;
 use JSON::PP;
 use LWP::UserAgent;
+use Net::Amazon::S3;
 
 my $evalId = $ARGV[0] or die "Usage: $0 EVAL-ID\n";
 
-my $releasesDir = "/home/eelco/mnt/releases";
+my $releasesBucketName = "nix-releases";
+my $channelsBucketName = "nix-channels";
 my $nixpkgsDir = "/home/eelco/Dev/nixpkgs-pristine";
 
+my $TMPDIR = $ENV{'TMPDIR'} // "/tmp";
+
 # FIXME: cut&paste from nixos-channel-scripts.
 sub fetch {
     my ($url, $type) = @_;
@@ -42,13 +46,31 @@ my $version = $1;
 
 print STDERR "Nix revision is $nixRev, version is $version\n";
 
-File::Path::make_path($releasesDir);
+my $releaseDir = "nix/$releaseName";
-if (system("mountpoint -q $releasesDir") != 0) {
-    system("sshfs hydra-mirror\@nixos.org:/releases $releasesDir") == 0 or die;
-}
 
-my $releaseDir = "$releasesDir/nix/$releaseName";
+my $tmpDir = "$TMPDIR/nix-release/$releaseName";
-File::Path::make_path($releaseDir);
+File::Path::make_path($tmpDir);
+
+# S3 setup.
+my $aws_access_key_id = $ENV{'AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID'} or die "No AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID given.";
+my $aws_secret_access_key = $ENV{'AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY'} or die "No AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY given.";
+
+my $s3 = Net::Amazon::S3->new(
+    { aws_access_key_id     => $aws_access_key_id,
+      aws_secret_access_key => $aws_secret_access_key,
+      retry                 => 1,
+      host                  => "s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com",
+    });
+
+my $releasesBucket = $s3->bucket($releasesBucketName) or die;
+
+my $s3_us = Net::Amazon::S3->new(
+    { aws_access_key_id     => $aws_access_key_id,
+      aws_secret_access_key => $aws_secret_access_key,
+      retry                 => 1,
+    });
+
+my $channelsBucket = $s3_us->bucket($channelsBucketName) or die;
 
 sub downloadFile {
     my ($jobName, $productNr, $dstName) = @_;
@@ -57,40 +79,49 @@ sub downloadFile {
 
     my $srcFile = $buildInfo->{buildproducts}->{$productNr}->{path} or die "job '$jobName' lacks product $productNr\n";
     $dstName //= basename($srcFile);
-    my $dstFile = "$releaseDir/" . $dstName;
+    my $tmpFile = "$tmpDir/$dstName";
 
-    if (! -e $dstFile) {
+    if (!-e $tmpFile) {
-        print STDERR "downloading $srcFile to $dstFile...\n";
+        print STDERR "downloading $srcFile to $tmpFile...\n";
-        system("NIX_REMOTE=https://cache.nixos.org/ nix cat-store '$srcFile' > '$dstFile.tmp'") == 0
+        system("NIX_REMOTE=https://cache.nixos.org/ nix cat-store '$srcFile' > '$tmpFile'") == 0
             or die "unable to fetch $srcFile\n";
-        rename("$dstFile.tmp", $dstFile) or die;
     }
 
     my $sha256_expected = $buildInfo->{buildproducts}->{$productNr}->{sha256hash} or die;
-    my $sha256_actual = `nix hash-file --base16 --type sha256 '$dstFile'`;
+    my $sha256_actual = `nix hash-file --base16 --type sha256 '$tmpFile'`;
     chomp $sha256_actual;
     if ($sha256_expected ne $sha256_actual) {
-        print STDERR "file $dstFile is corrupt, got $sha256_actual, expected $sha256_expected\n";
+        print STDERR "file $tmpFile is corrupt, got $sha256_actual, expected $sha256_expected\n";
         exit 1;
     }
 
-    write_file("$dstFile.sha256", $sha256_expected);
+    write_file("$tmpFile.sha256", $sha256_expected);
 
-    if (! -e "$dstFile.asc") {
+    if (! -e "$tmpFile.asc") {
-        system("gpg2 --detach-sign --armor $dstFile") == 0 or die "unable to sign $dstFile\n";
+        system("gpg2 --detach-sign --armor $tmpFile") == 0 or die "unable to sign $tmpFile\n";
     }
 
-    return ($dstFile, $sha256_expected);
+    return $sha256_expected;
 }
 
 downloadFile("tarball", "2"); # .tar.bz2
-my ($tarball, $tarballHash) = downloadFile("tarball", "3"); # .tar.xz
+my $tarballHash = downloadFile("tarball", "3"); # .tar.xz
 downloadFile("binaryTarball.i686-linux", "1");
 downloadFile("binaryTarball.x86_64-linux", "1");
 downloadFile("binaryTarball.aarch64-linux", "1");
 downloadFile("binaryTarball.x86_64-darwin", "1");
 downloadFile("installerScript", "1");
 
+for my $fn (glob "$tmpDir/*") {
+    my $name = basename($fn);
+    my $dstKey = "$releaseDir/" . $name;
+    unless (defined $releasesBucket->head_key($dstKey)) {
+        print STDERR "uploading $fn to s3://$releasesBucketName/$dstKey...\n";
+        $releasesBucket->add_key_filename($dstKey, $fn)
+            or die $releasesBucket->err . ": " . $releasesBucket->errstr;
+    }
+}
+
 exit if $version =~ /pre/;
 
 # Update Nixpkgs in a very hacky way.
@@ -125,18 +156,11 @@ write_file("$nixpkgsDir/nixos/modules/installer/tools/nix-fallback-paths.nix",
 
 system("cd $nixpkgsDir && git commit -a -m 'nix: $oldName -> $version'") == 0 or die;
 
-# Extract the HTML manual.
-File::Path::make_path("$releaseDir/manual");
-
-system("tar xvf $tarball --strip-components=3 -C $releaseDir/manual --wildcards '*/doc/manual/*.html' '*/doc/manual/*.css' '*/doc/manual/*.gif' '*/doc/manual/*.png'") == 0 or die;
-
-if (! -e "$releaseDir/manual/index.html") {
-    symlink("manual.html", "$releaseDir/manual/index.html") or die;
-}
-
 # Update the "latest" symlink.
-symlink("$releaseName", "$releasesDir/nix/latest-tmp") or die;
+$channelsBucket->add_key(
-rename("$releasesDir/nix/latest-tmp", "$releasesDir/nix/latest") or die;
+    "nix-latest/install", "",
+    { "x-amz-website-redirect-location" => "https://releases.nixos.org/$releaseDir/install" })
+    or die $channelsBucket->err . ": " . $channelsBucket->errstr;
 
 # Tag the release in Git.
 chdir("/home/eelco/Dev/nix-pristine") or die;

mk/programs.mk

@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@ define build-program
 	$$(trace-ld) $(CXX) -o $$@ $$(LDFLAGS) $$(GLOBAL_LDFLAGS) $$($(1)_OBJS) $$($(1)_LDFLAGS) $$(foreach lib, $$($(1)_LIBS), $$($$(lib)_LDFLAGS_USE))
 
   $(1)_INSTALL_DIR ?= $$(bindir)
+
+  ifdef $(1)_INSTALL_DIR
+
     $(1)_INSTALL_PATH := $$($(1)_INSTALL_DIR)/$(1)
 
     $$(eval $$(call create-dir, $$($(1)_INSTALL_DIR)))
@@ -54,6 +57,7 @@ define build-program
 	install -t $(DESTDIR)$$($(1)_INSTALL_DIR) $$<
 
     endif
+  endif
 
   # Propagate CFLAGS and CXXFLAGS to the individual object files.
   $$(foreach obj, $$($(1)_OBJS), $$(eval $$(obj)_CFLAGS=$$($(1)_CFLAGS)))
@@ -76,4 +80,10 @@ define build-program
   programs-list += $$($(1)_PATH)
   clean-files += $$($(1)_PATH) $$(_d)/*.o $$(_d)/.*.dep $$($(1)_DEPS) $$($(1)_OBJS)
   dist-files += $$(_srcs)
+
+  # Phony target to run this program (typically as a dependency of 'check').
+  .PHONY: $(1)_RUN
+  $(1)_RUN: $$($(1)_PATH)
+	$(trace-test) $$($(1)_PATH)
+
 endef

mk/tracing.mk

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ ifeq ($(V), 0)
   trace-javac   = @echo "  JAVAC " $@;
   trace-jar     = @echo "  JAR   " $@;
   trace-mkdir   = @echo "  MKDIR " $@;
+  trace-test    = @echo "  TEST  " $@;
 
   suppress  = @
 

nix-rust/local.mk

@@ -41,5 +41,5 @@ ifneq ($(OS), Darwin)
 check: rust-tests
 
 rust-tests:
-	cd nix-rust && CARGO_HOME=$$(if [[ -d vendor ]]; then echo vendor; fi) cargo test --release $$(if [[ -d vendor ]]; then echo --offline; fi)
+	$(trace-test) cd nix-rust && CARGO_HOME=$$(if [[ -d vendor ]]; then echo vendor; fi) cargo test --release $$(if [[ -d vendor ]]; then echo --offline; fi)
 endif

precompiled-headers.h

@@ -56,6 +56,3 @@
 #include <sys/wait.h>
 #include <termios.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
-
-#include "util.hh"
-#include "args.hh"

release-common.nix

@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ rec {
       # Tests
       git
       mercurial
+      gmock
     ]
     ++ lib.optionals stdenv.isLinux [libseccomp utillinuxMinimal]
     ++ lib.optional (stdenv.isLinux || stdenv.isDarwin) libsodium

release.nix

@@ -241,6 +241,11 @@ let
 
         src = nix;
 
+        preConfigure =
+          ''
+            ln -sfn ${vendoredCrates'}/vendor/ nix-rust/vendor
+          '';
+
         enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
         buildInputs = buildDeps ++ propagatedDeps;

src/libexpr/common-eval-args.cc

@@ -1,31 +1,36 @@
 #include "common-eval-args.hh"
 #include "shared.hh"
-#include "download.hh"
+#include "filetransfer.hh"
 #include "util.hh"
 #include "eval.hh"
+#include "fetchers.hh"
+#include "store-api.hh"
 
 namespace nix {
 
 MixEvalArgs::MixEvalArgs()
 {
-    mkFlag()
+    addFlag({
-        .longName("arg")
+        .longName = "arg",
-        .description("argument to be passed to Nix functions")
+        .description = "argument to be passed to Nix functions",
-        .labels({"name", "expr"})
+        .labels = {"name", "expr"},
-        .handler([&](std::vector<std::string> ss) { autoArgs[ss[0]] = 'E' + ss[1]; });
+        .handler = {[&](std::string name, std::string expr) { autoArgs[name] = 'E' + expr; }}
+    });
 
-    mkFlag()
+    addFlag({
-        .longName("argstr")
+        .longName = "argstr",
-        .description("string-valued argument to be passed to Nix functions")
+        .description = "string-valued argument to be passed to Nix functions",
-        .labels({"name", "string"})
+        .labels = {"name", "string"},
-        .handler([&](std::vector<std::string> ss) { autoArgs[ss[0]] = 'S' + ss[1]; });
+        .handler = {[&](std::string name, std::string s) { autoArgs[name] = 'S' + s; }},
+    });
 
-    mkFlag()
+    addFlag({
-        .shortName('I')
+        .longName = "include",
-        .longName("include")
+        .shortName = 'I',
-        .description("add a path to the list of locations used to look up <...> file names")
+        .description = "add a path to the list of locations used to look up <...> file names",
-        .label("path")
+        .labels = {"path"},
-        .handler([&](std::string s) { searchPath.push_back(s); });
+        .handler = {[&](std::string s) { searchPath.push_back(s); }}
+    });
 }
 
 Bindings * MixEvalArgs::getAutoArgs(EvalState & state)
@@ -46,9 +51,9 @@ Bindings * MixEvalArgs::getAutoArgs(EvalState & state)
 Path lookupFileArg(EvalState & state, string s)
 {
     if (isUri(s)) {
-        CachedDownloadRequest request(s);
+        return state.store->toRealPath(
-        request.unpack = true;
+            fetchers::downloadTarball(
-        return getDownloader()->downloadCached(state.store, request).path;
+                state.store, resolveUri(s), "source", false).storePath);
     } else if (s.size() > 2 && s.at(0) == '<' && s.at(s.size() - 1) == '>') {
         Path p = s.substr(1, s.size() - 2);
         return state.findFile(p);

src/libexpr/eval-inline.hh

@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ inline void EvalState::forceAttrs(Value & v)
 
 inline void EvalState::forceAttrs(Value & v, const Pos & pos)
 {
-    forceValue(v);
+    forceValue(v, pos);
     if (v.type != tAttrs)
         throwTypeError("value is %1% while a set was expected", v, pos);
 }
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ inline void EvalState::forceList(Value & v)
 
 inline void EvalState::forceList(Value & v, const Pos & pos)
 {
-    forceValue(v);
+    forceValue(v, pos);
     if (!v.isList())
         throwTypeError("value is %1% while a list was expected", v, pos);
 }

src/libexpr/eval.cc

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 #include "derivations.hh"
 #include "globals.hh"
 #include "eval-inline.hh"
-#include "download.hh"
+#include "filetransfer.hh"
 #include "json.hh"
 #include "function-trace.hh"
 
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@
 
 #if HAVE_BOEHMGC
 
+#define GC_INCLUDE_NEW
+
 #include <gc/gc.h>
 #include <gc/gc_cpp.h>
 
@@ -56,6 +58,12 @@ static char * dupStringWithLen(const char * s, size_t size)
 }
 
 
+RootValue allocRootValue(Value * v)
+{
+    return std::allocate_shared<Value *>(traceable_allocator<Value *>(), v);
+}
+
+
 static void printValue(std::ostream & str, std::set<const Value *> & active, const Value & v)
 {
     checkInterrupt();
@@ -1280,7 +1288,7 @@ void ExprWith::eval(EvalState & state, Env & env, Value & v)
 
 void ExprIf::eval(EvalState & state, Env & env, Value & v)
 {
-    (state.evalBool(env, cond) ? then : else_)->eval(state, env, v);
+    (state.evalBool(env, cond, pos) ? then : else_)->eval(state, env, v);
 }
 
 
@@ -1526,7 +1534,7 @@ NixFloat EvalState::forceFloat(Value & v, const Pos & pos)
 
 bool EvalState::forceBool(Value & v, const Pos & pos)
 {
-    forceValue(v);
+    forceValue(v, pos);
     if (v.type != tBool)
         throwTypeError("value is %1% while a Boolean was expected", v, pos);
     return v.boolean;
@@ -1541,7 +1549,7 @@ bool EvalState::isFunctor(Value & fun)
 
 void EvalState::forceFunction(Value & v, const Pos & pos)
 {
-    forceValue(v);
+    forceValue(v, pos);
     if (v.type != tLambda && v.type != tPrimOp && v.type != tPrimOpApp && !isFunctor(v))
         throwTypeError("value is %1% while a function was expected", v, pos);
 }
@@ -1618,7 +1626,7 @@ std::optional<string> EvalState::tryAttrsToString(const Pos & pos, Value & v,
 string EvalState::coerceToString(const Pos & pos, Value & v, PathSet & context,
     bool coerceMore, bool copyToStore)
 {
-    forceValue(v);
+    forceValue(v, pos);
 
     string s;
 

src/libexpr/json-to-value.cc

@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 #include <nlohmann/json.hpp>
 
 using json = nlohmann::json;
-using std::unique_ptr;
 
 namespace nix {
 
@@ -13,69 +12,69 @@ namespace nix {
 class JSONSax : nlohmann::json_sax<json> {
     class JSONState {
     protected:
-        unique_ptr<JSONState> parent;
+        std::unique_ptr<JSONState> parent;
-        Value * v;
+        RootValue v;
     public:
-        virtual unique_ptr<JSONState> resolve(EvalState &)
+        virtual std::unique_ptr<JSONState> resolve(EvalState &)
         {
             throw std::logic_error("tried to close toplevel json parser state");
-        };
+        }
-        explicit JSONState(unique_ptr<JSONState>&& p) : parent(std::move(p)), v(nullptr) {};
+        explicit JSONState(std::unique_ptr<JSONState> && p) : parent(std::move(p)) {}
-        explicit JSONState(Value* v) : v(v) {};
+        explicit JSONState(Value * v) : v(allocRootValue(v)) {}
-        JSONState(JSONState& p) = delete;
+        JSONState(JSONState & p) = delete;
-        Value& value(EvalState & state)
+        Value & value(EvalState & state)
         {
-            if (v == nullptr)
+            if (!v)
-                v = state.allocValue();
+                v = allocRootValue(state.allocValue());
-            return *v;
+            return **v;
-        };
+        }
-        virtual ~JSONState() {};
+        virtual ~JSONState() {}
-        virtual void add() {};
+        virtual void add() {}
     };
 
     class JSONObjectState : public JSONState {
         using JSONState::JSONState;
-        ValueMap attrs = ValueMap();
+        ValueMap attrs;
-        virtual unique_ptr<JSONState> resolve(EvalState & state) override
+        std::unique_ptr<JSONState> resolve(EvalState & state) override
         {
-            Value& v = parent->value(state);
+            Value & v = parent->value(state);
             state.mkAttrs(v, attrs.size());
             for (auto & i : attrs)
                 v.attrs->push_back(Attr(i.first, i.second));
             return std::move(parent);
         }
-        virtual void add() override { v = nullptr; };
+        void add() override { v = nullptr; }
     public:
-        void key(string_t& name, EvalState & state)
+        void key(string_t & name, EvalState & state)
         {
-            attrs[state.symbols.create(name)] = &value(state);
+            attrs.insert_or_assign(state.symbols.create(name), &value(state));
         }
     };
 
     class JSONListState : public JSONState {
-        ValueVector values = ValueVector();
+        ValueVector values;
-        virtual unique_ptr<JSONState> resolve(EvalState & state) override
+        std::unique_ptr<JSONState> resolve(EvalState & state) override
         {
-            Value& v = parent->value(state);
+            Value & v = parent->value(state);
             state.mkList(v, values.size());
             for (size_t n = 0; n < values.size(); ++n) {
                 v.listElems()[n] = values[n];
             }
             return std::move(parent);
         }
-        virtual void add() override {
+        void add() override {
-            values.push_back(v);
+            values.push_back(*v);
             v = nullptr;
-        };
+        }
     public:
-        JSONListState(unique_ptr<JSONState>&& p, std::size_t reserve) : JSONState(std::move(p))
+        JSONListState(std::unique_ptr<JSONState> && p, std::size_t reserve) : JSONState(std::move(p))
         {
             values.reserve(reserve);
         }
     };
 
     EvalState & state;
-    unique_ptr<JSONState> rs;
+    std::unique_ptr<JSONState> rs;
 
     template<typename T, typename... Args> inline bool handle_value(T f, Args... args)
     {
@@ -107,12 +106,12 @@ public:
         return handle_value(mkInt, val);
     }
 
-    bool number_float(number_float_t val, const string_t& s)
+    bool number_float(number_float_t val, const string_t & s)
     {
         return handle_value(mkFloat, val);
     }
 
-    bool string(string_t& val)
+    bool string(string_t & val)
     {
         return handle_value<void(Value&, const char*)>(mkString, val.c_str());
     }
@@ -123,7 +122,7 @@ public:
         return true;
     }
 
-    bool key(string_t& name)
+    bool key(string_t & name)
     {
         dynamic_cast<JSONObjectState*>(rs.get())->key(name, state);
         return true;

src/libexpr/local.mk

@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ libexpr_DIR := $(d)
 
 libexpr_SOURCES := $(wildcard $(d)/*.cc) $(wildcard $(d)/primops/*.cc) $(d)/lexer-tab.cc $(d)/parser-tab.cc
 
-libexpr_CXXFLAGS += -I src/libutil -I src/libstore -I src/libmain -I src/libexpr
+libexpr_CXXFLAGS += -I src/libutil -I src/libstore -I src/libfetchers -I src/libmain -I src/libexpr
 
-libexpr_LIBS = libutil libstore libnixrust
+libexpr_LIBS = libutil libstore libfetchers libnixrust
 
 libexpr_LDFLAGS =
 ifneq ($(OS), FreeBSD)

src/libexpr/nixexpr.hh

@@ -209,9 +209,10 @@ struct ExprList : Expr
 
 struct Formal
 {
+    Pos pos;
     Symbol name;
     Expr * def;
-    Formal(const Symbol & name, Expr * def) : name(name), def(def) { };
+    Formal(const Pos & pos, const Symbol & name, Expr * def) : pos(pos), name(name), def(def) { };
 };
 
 struct Formals
@@ -260,8 +261,9 @@ struct ExprWith : Expr
 
 struct ExprIf : Expr
 {
+    Pos pos;
     Expr * cond, * then, * else_;
-    ExprIf(Expr * cond, Expr * then, Expr * else_) : cond(cond), then(then), else_(else_) { };
+    ExprIf(const Pos & pos, Expr * cond, Expr * then, Expr * else_) : pos(pos), cond(cond), then(then), else_(else_) { };
     COMMON_METHODS
 };
 

src/libexpr/parser.y

@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ expr_function
   ;
 
 expr_if
-  : IF expr THEN expr ELSE expr { $$ = new ExprIf($2, $4, $6); }
+  : IF expr THEN expr ELSE expr { $$ = new ExprIf(CUR_POS, $2, $4, $6); }
   | expr_op
   ;
 
@@ -535,8 +535,8 @@ formals
   ;
 
 formal
-  : ID { $$ = new Formal(data->symbols.create($1), 0); }
+  : ID { $$ = new Formal(CUR_POS, data->symbols.create($1), 0); }
-  | ID '?' expr { $$ = new Formal(data->symbols.create($1), $3); }
+  | ID '?' expr { $$ = new Formal(CUR_POS, data->symbols.create($1), $3); }
   ;
 
 %%
@@ -548,7 +548,8 @@ formal
 #include <unistd.h>
 
 #include "eval.hh"
-#include "download.hh"
+#include "filetransfer.hh"
+#include "fetchers.hh"
 #include "store-api.hh"
 
 
@@ -692,16 +693,10 @@ std::pair<bool, std::string> EvalState::resolveSearchPathElem(const SearchPathEl
 
     if (isUri(elem.second)) {
         try {
-            CachedDownloadRequest request(elem.second);
+            res = { true, store->toRealPath(fetchers::downloadTarball(
-            request.unpack = true;
+                        store, resolveUri(elem.second), "source", false).storePath) };
-            res = { true, getDownloader()->downloadCached(store, request).path };
+        } catch (FileTransferError & e) {
-        } catch (DownloadError & e) {
+            printError("warning: Nix search path entry '%1%' cannot be downloaded, ignoring", elem.second);
-            logWarning(
-                ErrorInfo { 
-                    .name = "Download Error",
-                    .hint = hintfmt("warning: Nix search path entry '%1%' cannot be downloaded, ignoring", elem.second)
-            });
-
             res = { false, "" };
         }
     } else {

src/libexpr/primops.cc

@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 #include "archive.hh"
 #include "derivations.hh"
-#include "download.hh"
 #include "eval-inline.hh"
 #include "eval.hh"
 #include "globals.hh"
@@ -127,16 +126,16 @@ static void prim_scopedImport(EvalState & state, const Pos & pos, Value * * args
         }
         w.attrs->sort();
 
-        static Value * fun = nullptr;
+        static RootValue fun;
         if (!fun) {
-            fun = state.allocValue();
+            fun = allocRootValue(state.allocValue());
             state.eval(state.parseExprFromString(
                 #include "imported-drv-to-derivation.nix.gen.hh"
-                , "/"), *fun);
+                , "/"), **fun);
         }
 
-        state.forceFunction(*fun, pos);
+        state.forceFunction(**fun, pos);
-        mkApp(v, *fun, w);
+        mkApp(v, **fun, w);
         state.forceAttrs(v, pos);
     } else {
         state.forceAttrs(*args[0]);
@@ -259,7 +258,7 @@ void prim_exec(EvalState & state, const Pos & pos, Value * * args, Value & v)
 /* Return a string representing the type of the expression. */
 static void prim_typeOf(EvalState & state, const Pos & pos, Value * * args, Value & v)
 {
-    state.forceValue(*args[0]);
+    state.forceValue(*args[0], pos);
     string t;
     switch (args[0]->type) {
         case tInt: t = "int"; break;
@@ -287,7 +286,7 @@ static void prim_typeOf(EvalState & state, const Pos & pos, Value * * args, Valu
 /* Determine whether the argument is the null value. */
 static void prim_isNull(EvalState & state, const Pos & pos, Value * * args, Value & v)
 {
-    state.forceValue(*args[0]);
+    state.forceValue(*args[0], pos);
     mkBool(v, args[0]->type == tNull);
 }
 
@@ -295,7 +294,7 @@ static void prim_isNull(EvalState & state, const Pos & pos, Value * * args, Valu
 /* Determine whether the argument is a function. */
 static void prim_isFunction(EvalState & state, const Pos & pos, Value * * args, Value & v)
 {
-    state.forceValue(*args[0]);
+    state.forceValue(*args[0], pos);
     bool res;
     switch (args[0]->type) {
         case tLambda:
@@ -314,21 +313,21 @@ static void prim_isFunction(EvalState & state, const Pos & pos, Value * * args,
 /* Determine whether the argument is an integer. */
 static void prim_isInt(EvalState & state, const Pos & pos, Value * * args, Value & v)
 {
-    state.forceValue(*args[0]);
+    state.forceValue(*args[0], pos);
     mkBool(v, args[0]->type == tInt);
 }
 
 /* Determine whether the argument is a float. */
 static void prim_isFloat(EvalState & state, const Pos & pos, Value * * args, Value & v)
 {
-    state.forceValue(*args[0]);
+    state.forceValue(*args[0], pos);
     mkBool(v, args[0]->type == tFloat);
 }
 
 /* Determine whether the argument is a string. */
 static void prim_isString(EvalState & state, const Pos & pos, Value * * args, Value & v)
 {
-    state.forceValue(*args[0]);
+    state.forceValue(*args[0], pos);
     mkBool(v, args[0]->type == tString);
 }
 
@@ -336,14 +335,14 @@ static void prim_isString(EvalState & state, const Pos & pos, Value * * args, Va
 /* Determine whether the argument is a Boolean. */
 static void prim_isBool(EvalState & state, const Pos & pos, Value * * args, Value & v)
 {
-    state.forceValue(*args[0]);
+    state.forceValue(*args[0], pos);
     mkBool(v, args[0]->type == tBool);
 }
 
 /* Determine whether the argument is a path. */
 static void prim_isPath(EvalState & state, const Pos & pos, Value * * args, Value & v)
 {
-    state.forceValue(*args[0]);
+    state.forceValue(*args[0], pos);
     mkBool(v, args[0]->type == tPath);
 }
 
@@ -408,7 +407,7 @@ static void prim_genericClosure(EvalState & state, const Pos & pos, Value * * ar
                 .hint = hintfmt("attribute 'operator' required"),
                 .nixCode = NixCode { .errPos = pos }
             });
-    state.forceValue(*op->value);
+    state.forceValue(*op->value, pos);
 
     /* Construct the closure by applying the operator to element of
        `workSet', adding the result to `workSet', continuing until
@@ -431,7 +430,7 @@ static void prim_genericClosure(EvalState & state, const Pos & pos, Value * * ar
                     .hint = hintfmt("attribute 'key' required"),
                     .nixCode = NixCode { .errPos = pos }
                 });
-        state.forceValue(*key->value);
+        state.forceValue(*key->value, pos);
 
         if (!doneKeys.insert(key->value).second) continue;
         res.push_back(e);
@@ -443,7 +442,7 @@ static void prim_genericClosure(EvalState & state, const Pos & pos, Value * * ar
 
         /* Add the values returned by the operator to the work set. */
         for (unsigned int n = 0; n < call.listSize(); ++n) {
-            state.forceValue(*call.listElems()[n]);
+            state.forceValue(*call.listElems()[n], pos);
             workSet.push_back(call.listElems()[n]);
         }
     }
@@ -475,7 +474,7 @@ static void prim_throw(EvalState & state, const Pos & pos, Value * * args, Value
 static void prim_addErrorContext(EvalState & state, const Pos & pos, Value * * args, Value & v)
 {
     try {
-        state.forceValue(*args[1]);
+        state.forceValue(*args[1], pos);
         v = *args[1];
     } catch (Error & e) {
         PathSet context;
@@ -491,7 +490,7 @@ static void prim_tryEval(EvalState & state, const Pos & pos, Value * * args, Val
 {
     state.mkAttrs(v, 2);
     try {
-        state.forceValue(*args[0]);
+        state.forceValue(*args[0], pos);
         v.attrs->push_back(Attr(state.sValue, args[0]));
         mkBool(*state.allocAttr(v, state.symbols.create("success")), true);
     } catch (AssertionError & e) {
@@ -513,8 +512,8 @@ static void prim_getEnv(EvalState & state, const Pos & pos, Value * * args, Valu
 /* Evaluate the first argument, then return the second argument. */
 static void prim_seq(EvalState & state, const Pos & pos, Value * * args, Value & v)
 {
-    state.forceValue(*args[0]);
+    state.forceValue(*args[0], pos);
-    state.forceValue(*args[1]);
+    state.forceValue(*args[1], pos);
     v = *args[1];
 }
 
@@ -524,7 +523,7 @@ static void prim_seq(EvalState & state, const Pos & pos, Value * * args, Value &
 static void prim_deepSeq(EvalState & state, const Pos & pos, Value * * args, Value & v)
 {
     state.forceValueDeep(*args[0]);
-    state.forceValue(*args[1]);
+    state.forceValue(*args[1], pos);
     v = *args[1];
 }
 
@@ -533,12 +532,12 @@ static void prim_deepSeq(EvalState & state, const Pos & pos, Value * * args, Val
    return the second expression.  Useful for debugging. */
 static void prim_trace(EvalState & state, const Pos & pos, Value * * args, Value & v)
 {
-    state.forceValue(*args[0]);
+    state.forceValue(*args[0], pos);
     if (args[0]->type == tString)
         printError("trace: %1%", args[0]->string.s);
     else
         printError("trace: %1%", *args[0]);
-    state.forceValue(*args[1]);
+    state.forceValue(*args[1], pos);
     v = *args[1];
 }
 
@@ -653,7 +652,7 @@ static void prim_derivationStrict(EvalState & state, const Pos & pos, Value * *
         try {
 
             if (ignoreNulls) {
-                state.forceValue(*i->value);
+                state.forceValue(*i->value, pos);
                 if (i->value->type == tNull) continue;
             }
 
@@ -1124,8 +1123,10 @@ static void prim_toFile(EvalState & state, const Pos & pos, Value * * args, Valu
             throw EvalError(
                 ErrorInfo { 
                     .hint = hintfmt(
-                        "in 'toFile': the file '%1%' cannot refer to derivation outputs",  \
+                        "in 'toFile': the file named '%1%' must not contain a reference "
-                        name),
+                        "to a derivation but contains (%2%)"
+                        name,
+                        path),
                     .nixCode = NixCode { .errPos = pos }
                 });
         refs.insert(state.store->parseStorePath(path));
@@ -1201,7 +1202,7 @@ static void prim_filterSource(EvalState & state, const Pos & pos, Value * * args
                 .nixCode = NixCode { .errPos = pos }
             });
 
-    state.forceValue(*args[0]);
+    state.forceValue(*args[0], pos);
     if (args[0]->type != tLambda)
         throw TypeError(
             ErrorInfo { 
@@ -1239,7 +1240,7 @@ static void prim_path(EvalState & state, const Pos & pos, Value * * args, Value
         } else if (attr.name == state.sName)
             name = state.forceStringNoCtx(*attr.value, *attr.pos);
         else if (n == "filter") {
-            state.forceValue(*attr.value);
+            state.forceValue(*attr.value, pos);
             filterFun = attr.value;
         } else if (n == "recursive")
             recursive = state.forceBool(*attr.value, *attr.pos);
@@ -1324,7 +1325,7 @@ void prim_getAttr(EvalState & state, const Pos & pos, Value * * args, Value & v)
 
     // !!! add to stack trace?
     if (state.countCalls && i->pos) state.attrSelects[*i->pos]++;
-    state.forceValue(*i->value);
+    state.forceValue(*i->value, pos);
     v = *i->value;
 }
 
@@ -1354,7 +1355,7 @@ static void prim_hasAttr(EvalState & state, const Pos & pos, Value * * args, Val
 /* Determine whether the argument is a set. */
 static void prim_isAttrs(EvalState & state, const Pos & pos, Value * * args, Value & v)
 {
-    state.forceValue(*args[0]);
+    state.forceValue(*args[0], pos);
     mkBool(v, args[0]->type == tAttrs);
 }
 
@@ -1489,7 +1490,7 @@ static void prim_catAttrs(EvalState & state, const Pos & pos, Value * * args, Va
 */
 static void prim_functionArgs(EvalState & state, const Pos & pos, Value * * args, Value & v)
 {
-    state.forceValue(*args[0]);
+    state.forceValue(*args[0], pos);
     if (args[0]->type != tLambda)
         throw TypeError(
             ErrorInfo { 
@@ -1504,9 +1505,12 @@ static void prim_functionArgs(EvalState & state, const Pos & pos, Value * * args
     }
 
     state.mkAttrs(v, args[0]->lambda.fun->formals->formals.size());
-    for (auto & i : args[0]->lambda.fun->formals->formals)
+    for (auto & i : args[0]->lambda.fun->formals->formals) {
         // !!! should optimise booleans (allocate only once)
-        mkBool(*state.allocAttr(v, i.name), i.def);
+        Value * value = state.allocValue();
+        v.attrs->push_back(Attr(i.name, value, &i.pos));
+        mkBool(*value, i.def);
+    }
     v.attrs->sort();
 }
 
@@ -1537,7 +1541,7 @@ static void prim_mapAttrs(EvalState & state, const Pos & pos, Value * * args, Va
 /* Determine whether the argument is a list. */
 static void prim_isList(EvalState & state, const Pos & pos, Value * * args, Value & v)
 {
-    state.forceValue(*args[0]);
+    state.forceValue(*args[0], pos);
     mkBool(v, args[0]->isList());
 }
 
@@ -1551,8 +1555,7 @@ static void elemAt(EvalState & state, const Pos & pos, Value & list, int n, Valu
                 .hint = hintfmt("list index %1% is out of bounds", n), 
                 .nixCode = NixCode { .errPos = pos }
             });
-
+    state.forceValue(*list.listElems()[n], pos);
-    state.forceValue(*list.listElems()[n]);
     v = *list.listElems()[n];
 }
 
@@ -1680,9 +1683,9 @@ static void prim_foldlStrict(EvalState & state, const Pos & pos, Value * * args,
             vCur = n == args[2]->listSize() - 1 ? &v : state.allocValue();
             state.callFunction(vTmp, *args[2]->listElems()[n], *vCur, pos);
         }
-        state.forceValue(v);
+        state.forceValue(v, pos);
     } else {
-        state.forceValue(*args[1]);
+        state.forceValue(*args[1], pos);
         v = *args[1];
     }
 }
@@ -1752,7 +1755,7 @@ static void prim_sort(EvalState & state, const Pos & pos, Value * * args, Value
     auto len = args[1]->listSize();
     state.mkList(v, len);
     for (unsigned int n = 0; n < len; ++n) {
-        state.forceValue(*args[1]->listElems()[n]);
+        state.forceValue(*args[1]->listElems()[n], pos);
         v.listElems()[n] = args[1]->listElems()[n];
     }
 
@@ -1787,7 +1790,7 @@ static void prim_partition(EvalState & state, const Pos & pos, Value * * args, V
 
     for (unsigned int n = 0; n < len; ++n) {
         auto vElem = args[1]->listElems()[n];
-        state.forceValue(*vElem);
+        state.forceValue(*vElem, pos);
         Value res;
         state.callFunction(*args[0], *vElem, res, pos);
         if (state.forceBool(res, pos))
@@ -1928,8 +1931,8 @@ static void prim_bitXor(EvalState & state, const Pos & pos, Value * * args, Valu
 
 static void prim_lessThan(EvalState & state, const Pos & pos, Value * * args, Value & v)
 {
-    state.forceValue(*args[0]);
+    state.forceValue(*args[0], pos);
-    state.forceValue(*args[1]);
+    state.forceValue(*args[1], pos);
     CompareValues comp;
     mkBool(v, comp(args[0], args[1]));
 }
@@ -2249,77 +2252,6 @@ static void prim_splitVersion(EvalState & state, const Pos & pos, Value * * args
 }
 
 
-/*************************************************************
- * Networking
- *************************************************************/
-
-
-void fetch(EvalState & state, const Pos & pos, Value * * args, Value & v,
-    const string & who, bool unpack, const std::string & defaultName)
-{
-    CachedDownloadRequest request("");
-    request.unpack = unpack;
-    request.name = defaultName;
-
-    state.forceValue(*args[0]);
-
-    if (args[0]->type == tAttrs) {
-
-        state.forceAttrs(*args[0], pos);
-
-        for (auto & attr : *args[0]->attrs) {
-            string n(attr.name);
-            if (n == "url")
-                request.uri = state.forceStringNoCtx(*attr.value, *attr.pos);
-            else if (n == "sha256")
-                request.expectedHash = Hash(state.forceStringNoCtx(*attr.value, *attr.pos), htSHA256);
-            else if (n == "name")
-                request.name = state.forceStringNoCtx(*attr.value, *attr.pos);
-            else
-                throw EvalError(
-                    ErrorInfo { 
-                        .hint = hintfmt("unsupported argument '%1%' to '%2%'", attr.name, who), 
-                        .nixCode = NixCode { .errPos = pos }
-                    });
-
-        }
-
-        if (request.uri.empty())
-            throw EvalError(
-                ErrorInfo { 
-                    .hint = hintfmt("'url' argument required"), 
-                    .nixCode = NixCode { .errPos = pos }
-                });
-
-    } else
-        request.uri = state.forceStringNoCtx(*args[0], pos);
-
-    state.checkURI(request.uri);
-
-    if (evalSettings.pureEval && !request.expectedHash)
-        throw Error("in pure evaluation mode, '%s' requires a 'sha256' argument", who);
-
-    auto res = getDownloader()->downloadCached(state.store, request);
-
-    if (state.allowedPaths)
-        state.allowedPaths->insert(res.path);
-
-    mkString(v, res.storePath, PathSet({res.storePath}));
-}
-
-
-static void prim_fetchurl(EvalState & state, const Pos & pos, Value * * args, Value & v)
-{
-    fetch(state, pos, args, v, "fetchurl", false, "");
-}
-
-
-static void prim_fetchTarball(EvalState & state, const Pos & pos, Value * * args, Value & v)
-{
-    fetch(state, pos, args, v, "fetchTarball", true, "source");
-}
-
-
 /*************************************************************
  * Primop registration
  *************************************************************/
@@ -2502,10 +2434,6 @@ void EvalState::createBaseEnv()
     addPrimOp("derivationStrict", 1, prim_derivationStrict);
     addPrimOp("placeholder", 1, prim_placeholder);
 
-    // Networking
-    addPrimOp("__fetchurl", 1, prim_fetchurl);
-    addPrimOp("fetchTarball", 1, prim_fetchTarball);
-
     /* Add a wrapper around the derivation primop that computes the
        `drvPath' and `outPath' attributes lazily. */
     string path = canonPath(settings.nixDataDir + "/nix/corepkgs/derivation.nix", true);

src/libexpr/primops.hh

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ struct RegisterPrimOp
    them. */
 /* Load a ValueInitializer from a DSO and return whatever it initializes */
 void prim_importNative(EvalState & state, const Pos & pos, Value * * args, Value & v);
+
 /* Execute a program and parse its output */
 void prim_exec(EvalState & state, const Pos & pos, Value * * args, Value & v);
 

src/libexpr/primops/fetchGit.cc

@@ -1,203 +1,19 @@
 #include "primops.hh"
 #include "eval-inline.hh"
-#include "download.hh"
 #include "store-api.hh"
-#include "pathlocks.hh"
 #include "hash.hh"
-#include "tarfile.hh"
+#include "fetchers.hh"
-
+#include "url.hh"
-#include <sys/time.h>
-
-#include <regex>
-
-#include <nlohmann/json.hpp>
-
-using namespace std::string_literals;
 
 namespace nix {
 
-struct GitInfo
-{
-    Path storePath;
-    std::string rev;
-    std::string shortRev;
-    uint64_t revCount = 0;
-};
-
-std::regex revRegex("^[0-9a-fA-F]{40}$");
-
-GitInfo exportGit(ref<Store> store, const std::string & uri,
-    std::optional<std::string> ref, std::string rev,
-    const std::string & name)
-{
-    if (evalSettings.pureEval && rev == "")
-        throw Error("in pure evaluation mode, 'fetchGit' requires a Git revision");
-
-    if (!ref && rev == "" && hasPrefix(uri, "/") && pathExists(uri + "/.git")) {
-
-        bool clean = true;
-
-        try {
-            runProgram("git", true, { "-C", uri, "diff-index", "--quiet", "HEAD", "--" });
-        } catch (ExecError & e) {
-            if (!WIFEXITED(e.status) || WEXITSTATUS(e.status) != 1) throw;
-            clean = false;
-        }
-
-        if (!clean) {
-
-            /* This is an unclean working tree. So copy all tracked files. */
-            GitInfo gitInfo;
-            gitInfo.rev = "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000";
-            gitInfo.shortRev = std::string(gitInfo.rev, 0, 7);
-
-            auto files = tokenizeString<std::set<std::string>>(
-                runProgram("git", true, { "-C", uri, "ls-files", "-z" }), "\0"s);
-
-            PathFilter filter = [&](const Path & p) -> bool {
-                assert(hasPrefix(p, uri));
-                std::string file(p, uri.size() + 1);
-
-                auto st = lstat(p);
-
-                if (S_ISDIR(st.st_mode)) {
-                    auto prefix = file + "/";
-                    auto i = files.lower_bound(prefix);
-                    return i != files.end() && hasPrefix(*i, prefix);
-                }
-
-                return files.count(file);
-            };
-
-            gitInfo.storePath = store->printStorePath(store->addToStore("source", uri, true, htSHA256, filter));
-
-            return gitInfo;
-        }
-
-        // clean working tree, but no ref or rev specified.  Use 'HEAD'.
-        rev = chomp(runProgram("git", true, { "-C", uri, "rev-parse", "HEAD" }));
-        ref = "HEAD"s;
-    }
-
-    if (!ref) ref = "HEAD"s;
-
-    if (rev != "" && !std::regex_match(rev, revRegex))
-        throw Error("invalid Git revision '%s'", rev);
-
-    deletePath(getCacheDir() + "/nix/git");
-
-    Path cacheDir = getCacheDir() + "/nix/gitv2/" + hashString(htSHA256, uri).to_string(Base32, false);
-
-    if (!pathExists(cacheDir)) {
-        createDirs(dirOf(cacheDir));
-        runProgram("git", true, { "init", "--bare", cacheDir });
-    }
-
-    Path localRefFile;
-    if (ref->compare(0, 5, "refs/") == 0)
-        localRefFile = cacheDir + "/" + *ref;
-    else
-        localRefFile = cacheDir + "/refs/heads/" + *ref;
-
-    bool doFetch;
-    time_t now = time(0);
-    /* If a rev was specified, we need to fetch if it's not in the
-       repo. */
-    if (rev != "") {
-        try {
-            runProgram("git", true, { "-C", cacheDir, "cat-file", "-e", rev });
-            doFetch = false;
-        } catch (ExecError & e) {
-            if (WIFEXITED(e.status)) {
-                doFetch = true;
-            } else {
-                throw;
-            }
-        }
-    } else {
-        /* If the local ref is older than ‘tarball-ttl’ seconds, do a
-           git fetch to update the local ref to the remote ref. */
-        struct stat st;
-        doFetch = stat(localRefFile.c_str(), &st) != 0 ||
-            (uint64_t) st.st_mtime + settings.tarballTtl <= (uint64_t) now;
-    }
-    if (doFetch)
-    {
-        Activity act(*logger, lvlTalkative, actUnknown, fmt("fetching Git repository '%s'", uri));
-
-        // FIXME: git stderr messes up our progress indicator, so
-        // we're using --quiet for now. Should process its stderr.
-        runProgram("git", true, { "-C", cacheDir, "fetch", "--quiet", "--force", "--", uri, fmt("%s:%s", *ref, *ref) });
-
-        struct timeval times[2];
-        times[0].tv_sec = now;
-        times[0].tv_usec = 0;
-        times[1].tv_sec = now;
-        times[1].tv_usec = 0;
-
-        utimes(localRefFile.c_str(), times);
-    }
-
-    // FIXME: check whether rev is an ancestor of ref.
-    GitInfo gitInfo;
-    gitInfo.rev = rev != "" ? rev : chomp(readFile(localRefFile));
-    gitInfo.shortRev = std::string(gitInfo.rev, 0, 7);
-
-    printTalkative("using revision %s of repo '%s'", gitInfo.rev, uri);
-
-    std::string storeLinkName = hashString(htSHA512, name + std::string("\0"s) + gitInfo.rev).to_string(Base32, false);
-    Path storeLink = cacheDir + "/" + storeLinkName + ".link";
-    PathLocks storeLinkLock({storeLink}, fmt("waiting for lock on '%1%'...", storeLink)); // FIXME: broken
-
-    try {
-        auto json = nlohmann::json::parse(readFile(storeLink));
-
-        assert(json["name"] == name && json["rev"] == gitInfo.rev);
-
-        gitInfo.storePath = json["storePath"];
-
-        if (store->isValidPath(store->parseStorePath(gitInfo.storePath))) {
-            gitInfo.revCount = json["revCount"];
-            return gitInfo;
-        }
-
-    } catch (SysError & e) {
-        if (e.errNo != ENOENT) throw;
-    }
-
-    auto source = sinkToSource([&](Sink & sink) {
-        RunOptions gitOptions("git", { "-C", cacheDir, "archive", gitInfo.rev });
-        gitOptions.standardOut = &sink;
-        runProgram2(gitOptions);
-    });
-
-    Path tmpDir = createTempDir();
-    AutoDelete delTmpDir(tmpDir, true);
-
-    unpackTarfile(*source, tmpDir);
-
-    gitInfo.storePath = store->printStorePath(store->addToStore(name, tmpDir));
-
-    gitInfo.revCount = std::stoull(runProgram("git", true, { "-C", cacheDir, "rev-list", "--count", gitInfo.rev }));
-
-    nlohmann::json json;
-    json["storePath"] = gitInfo.storePath;
-    json["uri"] = uri;
-    json["name"] = name;
-    json["rev"] = gitInfo.rev;
-    json["revCount"] = gitInfo.revCount;
-
-    writeFile(storeLink, json.dump());
-
-    return gitInfo;
-}
-
 static void prim_fetchGit(EvalState & state, const Pos & pos, Value * * args, Value & v)
 {
     std::string url;
     std::optional<std::string> ref;
-    std::string rev;
+    std::optional<Hash> rev;
     std::string name = "source";
+    bool fetchSubmodules = false;
     PathSet context;
 
     state.forceValue(*args[0]);
@@ -213,9 +29,11 @@ static void prim_fetchGit(EvalState & state, const Pos & pos, Value * * args, Va
             else if (n == "ref")
                 ref = state.forceStringNoCtx(*attr.value, *attr.pos);
             else if (n == "rev")
-                rev = state.forceStringNoCtx(*attr.value, *attr.pos);
+                rev = Hash(state.forceStringNoCtx(*attr.value, *attr.pos), htSHA1);
             else if (n == "name")
                 name = state.forceStringNoCtx(*attr.value, *attr.pos);
+            else if (n == "submodules")
+                fetchSubmodules = state.forceBool(*attr.value, *attr.pos);
             else
                 throw EvalError(
                     ErrorInfo { 
@@ -238,17 +56,36 @@ static void prim_fetchGit(EvalState & state, const Pos & pos, Value * * args, Va
     // whitelist. Ah well.
     state.checkURI(url);
 
-    auto gitInfo = exportGit(state.store, url, ref, rev, name);
+    if (evalSettings.pureEval && !rev)
+        throw Error("in pure evaluation mode, 'fetchGit' requires a Git revision");
+
+    fetchers::Attrs attrs;
+    attrs.insert_or_assign("type", "git");
+    attrs.insert_or_assign("url", url.find("://") != std::string::npos ? url : "file://" + url);
+    if (ref) attrs.insert_or_assign("ref", *ref);
+    if (rev) attrs.insert_or_assign("rev", rev->gitRev());
+    if (fetchSubmodules) attrs.insert_or_assign("submodules", true);
+    auto input = fetchers::inputFromAttrs(attrs);
+
+    // FIXME: use name?
+    auto [tree, input2] = input->fetchTree(state.store);
 
     state.mkAttrs(v, 8);
-    mkString(*state.allocAttr(v, state.sOutPath), gitInfo.storePath, PathSet({gitInfo.storePath}));
+    auto storePath = state.store->printStorePath(tree.storePath);
-    mkString(*state.allocAttr(v, state.symbols.create("rev")), gitInfo.rev);
+    mkString(*state.allocAttr(v, state.sOutPath), storePath, PathSet({storePath}));
-    mkString(*state.allocAttr(v, state.symbols.create("shortRev")), gitInfo.shortRev);
+    // Backward compatibility: set 'rev' to
-    mkInt(*state.allocAttr(v, state.symbols.create("revCount")), gitInfo.revCount);
+    // 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 for a dirty tree.
+    auto rev2 = input2->getRev().value_or(Hash(htSHA1));
+    mkString(*state.allocAttr(v, state.symbols.create("rev")), rev2.gitRev());
+    mkString(*state.allocAttr(v, state.symbols.create("shortRev")), rev2.gitShortRev());
+    // Backward compatibility: set 'revCount' to 0 for a dirty tree.
+    mkInt(*state.allocAttr(v, state.symbols.create("revCount")),
+        tree.info.revCount.value_or(0));
+    mkBool(*state.allocAttr(v, state.symbols.create("submodules")), fetchSubmodules);
     v.attrs->sort();
 
     if (state.allowedPaths)
-        state.allowedPaths->insert(state.store->toRealPath(gitInfo.storePath));
+        state.allowedPaths->insert(tree.actualPath);
 }
 
 static RegisterPrimOp r("fetchGit", 1, prim_fetchGit);

src/libexpr/primops/fetchMercurial.cc

@@ -1,174 +1,18 @@
 #include "primops.hh"
 #include "eval-inline.hh"
-#include "download.hh"
 #include "store-api.hh"
-#include "pathlocks.hh"
+#include "fetchers.hh"
-
+#include "url.hh"
-#include <sys/time.h>
 
 #include <regex>
 
-#include <nlohmann/json.hpp>
-
-using namespace std::string_literals;
-
 namespace nix {
 
-struct HgInfo
-{
-    Path storePath;
-    std::string branch;
-    std::string rev;
-    uint64_t revCount = 0;
-};
-
-std::regex commitHashRegex("^[0-9a-fA-F]{40}$");
-
-HgInfo exportMercurial(ref<Store> store, const std::string & uri,
-    std::string rev, const std::string & name)
-{
-    if (evalSettings.pureEval && rev == "")
-        throw Error("in pure evaluation mode, 'fetchMercurial' requires a Mercurial revision");
-
-    if (rev == "" && hasPrefix(uri, "/") && pathExists(uri + "/.hg")) {
-
-        bool clean = runProgram("hg", true, { "status", "-R", uri, "--modified", "--added", "--removed" }) == "";
-
-        if (!clean) {
-
-            /* This is an unclean working tree. So copy all tracked
-               files. */
-
-            printTalkative("copying unclean Mercurial working tree '%s'", uri);
-
-            HgInfo hgInfo;
-            hgInfo.rev = "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000";
-            hgInfo.branch = chomp(runProgram("hg", true, { "branch", "-R", uri }));
-
-            auto files = tokenizeString<std::set<std::string>>(
-                runProgram("hg", true, { "status", "-R", uri, "--clean", "--modified", "--added", "--no-status", "--print0" }), "\0"s);
-
-            PathFilter filter = [&](const Path & p) -> bool {
-                assert(hasPrefix(p, uri));
-                std::string file(p, uri.size() + 1);
-
-                auto st = lstat(p);
-
-                if (S_ISDIR(st.st_mode)) {
-                    auto prefix = file + "/";
-                    auto i = files.lower_bound(prefix);
-                    return i != files.end() && hasPrefix(*i, prefix);
-                }
-
-                return files.count(file);
-            };
-
-            hgInfo.storePath = store->printStorePath(store->addToStore("source", uri, true, htSHA256, filter));
-
-            return hgInfo;
-        }
-    }
-
-    if (rev == "") rev = "default";
-
-    Path cacheDir = fmt("%s/nix/hg/%s", getCacheDir(), hashString(htSHA256, uri).to_string(Base32, false));
-
-    Path stampFile = fmt("%s/.hg/%s.stamp", cacheDir, hashString(htSHA512, rev).to_string(Base32, false));
-
-    /* If we haven't pulled this repo less than ‘tarball-ttl’ seconds,
-       do so now. */
-    time_t now = time(0);
-    struct stat st;
-    if (stat(stampFile.c_str(), &st) != 0 ||
-        (uint64_t) st.st_mtime + settings.tarballTtl <= (uint64_t) now)
-    {
-        /* Except that if this is a commit hash that we already have,
-           we don't have to pull again. */
-        if (!(std::regex_match(rev, commitHashRegex)
-                && pathExists(cacheDir)
-                && runProgram(
-                    RunOptions("hg", { "log", "-R", cacheDir, "-r", rev, "--template", "1" })
-                    .killStderr(true)).second == "1"))
-        {
-            Activity act(*logger, lvlTalkative, actUnknown, fmt("fetching Mercurial repository '%s'", uri));
-
-            if (pathExists(cacheDir)) {
-                try {
-                    runProgram("hg", true, { "pull", "-R", cacheDir, "--", uri });
-                }
-                catch (ExecError & e) {
-                    string transJournal = cacheDir + "/.hg/store/journal";
-                    /* hg throws "abandoned transaction" error only if this file exists */
-                    if (pathExists(transJournal)) {
-                        runProgram("hg", true, { "recover", "-R", cacheDir });
-                        runProgram("hg", true, { "pull", "-R", cacheDir, "--", uri });
-                    } else {
-                        throw ExecError(e.status, fmt("'hg pull' %s", statusToString(e.status)));
-                    }
-                }
-            } else {
-                createDirs(dirOf(cacheDir));
-                runProgram("hg", true, { "clone", "--noupdate", "--", uri, cacheDir });
-            }
-        }
-
-        writeFile(stampFile, "");
-    }
-
-    auto tokens = tokenizeString<std::vector<std::string>>(
-        runProgram("hg", true, { "log", "-R", cacheDir, "-r", rev, "--template", "{node} {rev} {branch}" }));
-    assert(tokens.size() == 3);
-
-    HgInfo hgInfo;
-    hgInfo.rev = tokens[0];
-    hgInfo.revCount = std::stoull(tokens[1]);
-    hgInfo.branch = tokens[2];
-
-    std::string storeLinkName = hashString(htSHA512, name + std::string("\0"s) + hgInfo.rev).to_string(Base32, false);
-    Path storeLink = fmt("%s/.hg/%s.link", cacheDir, storeLinkName);
-
-    try {
-        auto json = nlohmann::json::parse(readFile(storeLink));
-
-        assert(json["name"] == name && json["rev"] == hgInfo.rev);
-
-        hgInfo.storePath = json["storePath"];
-
-        if (store->isValidPath(store->parseStorePath(hgInfo.storePath))) {
-            printTalkative("using cached Mercurial store path '%s'", hgInfo.storePath);
-            return hgInfo;
-        }
-
-    } catch (SysError & e) {
-        if (e.errNo != ENOENT) throw;
-    }
-
-    Path tmpDir = createTempDir();
-    AutoDelete delTmpDir(tmpDir, true);
-
-    runProgram("hg", true, { "archive", "-R", cacheDir, "-r", rev, tmpDir });
-
-    deletePath(tmpDir + "/.hg_archival.txt");
-
-    hgInfo.storePath = store->printStorePath(store->addToStore(name, tmpDir));
-
-    nlohmann::json json;
-    json["storePath"] = hgInfo.storePath;
-    json["uri"] = uri;
-    json["name"] = name;
-    json["branch"] = hgInfo.branch;
-    json["rev"] = hgInfo.rev;
-    json["revCount"] = hgInfo.revCount;
-
-    writeFile(storeLink, json.dump());
-
-    return hgInfo;
-}
-
 static void prim_fetchMercurial(EvalState & state, const Pos & pos, Value * * args, Value & v)
 {
     std::string url;
-    std::string rev;
+    std::optional<Hash> rev;
+    std::optional<std::string> ref;
     std::string name = "source";
     PathSet context;
 
@@ -182,8 +26,15 @@ static void prim_fetchMercurial(EvalState & state, const Pos & pos, Value * * ar
             string n(attr.name);
             if (n == "url")
                 url = state.coerceToString(*attr.pos, *attr.value, context, false, false);
-            else if (n == "rev")
+            else if (n == "rev") {
-                rev = state.forceStringNoCtx(*attr.value, *attr.pos);
+                // Ugly: unlike fetchGit, here the "rev" attribute can
+                // be both a revision or a branch/tag name.
+                auto value = state.forceStringNoCtx(*attr.value, *attr.pos);
+                if (std::regex_match(value, revRegex))
+                    rev = Hash(value, htSHA1);
+                else
+                    ref = value;
+            }
             else if (n == "name")
                 name = state.forceStringNoCtx(*attr.value, *attr.pos);
             else
@@ -209,18 +60,35 @@ static void prim_fetchMercurial(EvalState & state, const Pos & pos, Value * * ar
     // whitelist. Ah well.
     state.checkURI(url);
 
-    auto hgInfo = exportMercurial(state.store, url, rev, name);
+    if (evalSettings.pureEval && !rev)
+        throw Error("in pure evaluation mode, 'fetchMercurial' requires a Mercurial revision");
+
+    fetchers::Attrs attrs;
+    attrs.insert_or_assign("type", "hg");
+    attrs.insert_or_assign("url", url.find("://") != std::string::npos ? url : "file://" + url);
+    if (ref) attrs.insert_or_assign("ref", *ref);
+    if (rev) attrs.insert_or_assign("rev", rev->gitRev());
+    auto input = fetchers::inputFromAttrs(attrs);
+
+    // FIXME: use name
+    auto [tree, input2] = input->fetchTree(state.store);
 
     state.mkAttrs(v, 8);
-    mkString(*state.allocAttr(v, state.sOutPath), hgInfo.storePath, PathSet({hgInfo.storePath}));
+    auto storePath = state.store->printStorePath(tree.storePath);
-    mkString(*state.allocAttr(v, state.symbols.create("branch")), hgInfo.branch);
+    mkString(*state.allocAttr(v, state.sOutPath), storePath, PathSet({storePath}));
-    mkString(*state.allocAttr(v, state.symbols.create("rev")), hgInfo.rev);
+    if (input2->getRef())
-    mkString(*state.allocAttr(v, state.symbols.create("shortRev")), std::string(hgInfo.rev, 0, 12));
+        mkString(*state.allocAttr(v, state.symbols.create("branch")), *input2->getRef());
-    mkInt(*state.allocAttr(v, state.symbols.create("revCount")), hgInfo.revCount);
+    // Backward compatibility: set 'rev' to
+    // 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 for a dirty tree.
+    auto rev2 = input2->getRev().value_or(Hash(htSHA1));
+    mkString(*state.allocAttr(v, state.symbols.create("rev")), rev2.gitRev());
+    mkString(*state.allocAttr(v, state.symbols.create("shortRev")), std::string(rev2.gitRev(), 0, 12));
+    if (tree.info.revCount)
+        mkInt(*state.allocAttr(v, state.symbols.create("revCount")), *tree.info.revCount);
     v.attrs->sort();
 
     if (state.allowedPaths)
-        state.allowedPaths->insert(state.store->toRealPath(hgInfo.storePath));
+        state.allowedPaths->insert(tree.actualPath);
 }
 
 static RegisterPrimOp r("fetchMercurial", 1, prim_fetchMercurial);

src/libexpr/primops/fetchTree.cc

@@ -0,0 +1,165 @@
+#include "primops.hh"
+#include "eval-inline.hh"
+#include "store-api.hh"
+#include "fetchers.hh"
+#include "filetransfer.hh"
+
+#include <ctime>
+#include <iomanip>
+
+namespace nix {
+
+void emitTreeAttrs(
+    EvalState & state,
+    const fetchers::Tree & tree,
+    std::shared_ptr<const fetchers::Input> input,
+    Value & v)
+{
+    state.mkAttrs(v, 8);
+
+    auto storePath = state.store->printStorePath(tree.storePath);
+
+    mkString(*state.allocAttr(v, state.sOutPath), storePath, PathSet({storePath}));
+
+    assert(tree.info.narHash);
+    mkString(*state.allocAttr(v, state.symbols.create("narHash")),
+        tree.info.narHash.to_string(SRI));
+
+    if (input->getRev()) {
+        mkString(*state.allocAttr(v, state.symbols.create("rev")), input->getRev()->gitRev());
+        mkString(*state.allocAttr(v, state.symbols.create("shortRev")), input->getRev()->gitShortRev());
+    }
+
+    if (tree.info.revCount)
+        mkInt(*state.allocAttr(v, state.symbols.create("revCount")), *tree.info.revCount);
+
+    if (tree.info.lastModified)
+        mkString(*state.allocAttr(v, state.symbols.create("lastModified")),
+            fmt("%s", std::put_time(std::gmtime(&*tree.info.lastModified), "%Y%m%d%H%M%S")));
+
+    v.attrs->sort();
+}
+
+static void prim_fetchTree(EvalState & state, const Pos & pos, Value * * args, Value & v)
+{
+    settings.requireExperimentalFeature("flakes");
+
+    std::shared_ptr<const fetchers::Input> input;
+    PathSet context;
+
+    state.forceValue(*args[0]);
+
+    if (args[0]->type == tAttrs) {
+        state.forceAttrs(*args[0], pos);
+
+        fetchers::Attrs attrs;
+
+        for (auto & attr : *args[0]->attrs) {
+            state.forceValue(*attr.value);
+            if (attr.value->type == tString)
+                attrs.emplace(attr.name, attr.value->string.s);
+            else if (attr.value->type == tBool)
+                attrs.emplace(attr.name, attr.value->boolean);
+            else
+                throw TypeError("fetchTree argument '%s' is %s while a string or Boolean is expected",
+                    attr.name, showType(*attr.value));
+        }
+
+        if (!attrs.count("type"))
+            throw Error("attribute 'type' is missing in call to 'fetchTree', at %s", pos);
+
+        input = fetchers::inputFromAttrs(attrs);
+    } else
+        input = fetchers::inputFromURL(state.coerceToString(pos, *args[0], context, false, false));
+
+    if (evalSettings.pureEval && !input->isImmutable())
+        throw Error("in pure evaluation mode, 'fetchTree' requires an immutable input");
+
+    // FIXME: use fetchOrSubstituteTree
+    auto [tree, input2] = input->fetchTree(state.store);
+
+    if (state.allowedPaths)
+        state.allowedPaths->insert(tree.actualPath);
+
+    emitTreeAttrs(state, tree, input2, v);
+}
+
+static RegisterPrimOp r("fetchTree", 1, prim_fetchTree);
+
+static void fetch(EvalState & state, const Pos & pos, Value * * args, Value & v,
+    const string & who, bool unpack, std::string name)
+{
+    std::optional<std::string> url;
+    std::optional<Hash> expectedHash;
+
+    state.forceValue(*args[0]);
+
+    if (args[0]->type == tAttrs) {
+
+        state.forceAttrs(*args[0], pos);
+
+        for (auto & attr : *args[0]->attrs) {
+            string n(attr.name);
+            if (n == "url")
+                url = state.forceStringNoCtx(*attr.value, *attr.pos);
+            else if (n == "sha256")
+                expectedHash = Hash(state.forceStringNoCtx(*attr.value, *attr.pos), htSHA256);
+            else if (n == "name")
+                name = state.forceStringNoCtx(*attr.value, *attr.pos);
+            else
+                throw EvalError("unsupported argument '%s' to '%s', at %s",
+                    attr.name, who, *attr.pos);
+        }
+
+        if (!url)
+            throw EvalError("'url' argument required, at %s", pos);
+
+    } else
+        url = state.forceStringNoCtx(*args[0], pos);
+
+    url = resolveUri(*url);
+
+    state.checkURI(*url);
+
+    if (name == "")
+        name = baseNameOf(*url);
+
+    if (evalSettings.pureEval && !expectedHash)
+        throw Error("in pure evaluation mode, '%s' requires a 'sha256' argument", who);
+
+    auto storePath =
+        unpack
+        ? fetchers::downloadTarball(state.store, *url, name, (bool) expectedHash).storePath
+        : fetchers::downloadFile(state.store, *url, name, (bool) expectedHash).storePath;
+
+    auto path = state.store->toRealPath(storePath);
+
+    if (expectedHash) {
+        auto hash = unpack
+            ? state.store->queryPathInfo(storePath)->narHash
+            : hashFile(htSHA256, path);
+        if (hash != *expectedHash)
+            throw Error((unsigned int) 102, "hash mismatch in file downloaded from '%s':\n  wanted: %s\n  got:    %s",
+                *url, expectedHash->to_string(), hash.to_string());
+    }
+
+    if (state.allowedPaths)
+        state.allowedPaths->insert(path);
+
+    mkString(v, path, PathSet({path}));
+}
+
+static void prim_fetchurl(EvalState & state, const Pos & pos, Value * * args, Value & v)
+{
+    fetch(state, pos, args, v, "fetchurl", false, "");
+}
+
+static void prim_fetchTarball(EvalState & state, const Pos & pos, Value * * args, Value & v)
+{
+    fetch(state, pos, args, v, "fetchTarball", true, "source");
+}
+
+static RegisterPrimOp r2("__fetchurl", 1, prim_fetchurl);
+static RegisterPrimOp r3("fetchTarball", 1, prim_fetchTarball);
+
+}

src/libexpr/value.hh

@@ -253,12 +253,17 @@ void mkPath(Value & v, const char * s);
 
 
 #if HAVE_BOEHMGC
-typedef std::vector<Value *, gc_allocator<Value *> > ValueVector;
+typedef std::vector<Value *, traceable_allocator<Value *> > ValueVector;
-typedef std::map<Symbol, Value *, std::less<Symbol>, gc_allocator<std::pair<const Symbol, Value *> > > ValueMap;
+typedef std::map<Symbol, Value *, std::less<Symbol>, traceable_allocator<std::pair<const Symbol, Value *> > > ValueMap;
 #else
 typedef std::vector<Value *> ValueVector;
 typedef std::map<Symbol, Value *> ValueMap;
 #endif
 
 
+/* A value allocated in traceable memory. */
+typedef std::shared_ptr<Value *> RootValue;
+
+RootValue allocRootValue(Value * v);
+
 }

src/libfetchers/attrs.cc

@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+#include "attrs.hh"
+#include "fetchers.hh"
+
+#include <nlohmann/json.hpp>
+
+namespace nix::fetchers {
+
+Attrs jsonToAttrs(const nlohmann::json & json)
+{
+    Attrs attrs;
+
+    for (auto & i : json.items()) {
+        if (i.value().is_number())
+            attrs.emplace(i.key(), i.value().get<int64_t>());
+        else if (i.value().is_string())
+            attrs.emplace(i.key(), i.value().get<std::string>());
+        else if (i.value().is_boolean())
+            attrs.emplace(i.key(), i.value().get<bool>());
+        else
+            throw Error("unsupported input attribute type in lock file");
+    }
+
+    return attrs;
+}
+
+nlohmann::json attrsToJson(const Attrs & attrs)
+{
+    nlohmann::json json;
+    for (auto & attr : attrs) {
+        if (auto v = std::get_if<int64_t>(&attr.second)) {
+            json[attr.first] = *v;
+        } else if (auto v = std::get_if<std::string>(&attr.second)) {
+            json[attr.first] = *v;
+        } else if (auto v = std::get_if<Explicit<bool>>(&attr.second)) {
+            json[attr.first] = v->t;
+        } else abort();
+    }
+    return json;
+}
+
+std::optional<std::string> maybeGetStrAttr(const Attrs & attrs, const std::string & name)
+{
+    auto i = attrs.find(name);
+    if (i == attrs.end()) return {};
+    if (auto v = std::get_if<std::string>(&i->second))
+        return *v;
+    throw Error("input attribute '%s' is not a string %s", name, attrsToJson(attrs).dump());
+}
+
+std::string getStrAttr(const Attrs & attrs, const std::string & name)
+{
+    auto s = maybeGetStrAttr(attrs, name);
+    if (!s)
+        throw Error("input attribute '%s' is missing", name);
+    return *s;
+}
+
+std::optional<int64_t> maybeGetIntAttr(const Attrs & attrs, const std::string & name)
+{
+    auto i = attrs.find(name);
+    if (i == attrs.end()) return {};
+    if (auto v = std::get_if<int64_t>(&i->second))
+        return *v;
+    throw Error("input attribute '%s' is not an integer", name);
+}
+
+int64_t getIntAttr(const Attrs & attrs, const std::string & name)
+{
+    auto s = maybeGetIntAttr(attrs, name);
+    if (!s)
+        throw Error("input attribute '%s' is missing", name);
+    return *s;
+}
+
+std::optional<bool> maybeGetBoolAttr(const Attrs & attrs, const std::string & name)
+{
+    auto i = attrs.find(name);
+    if (i == attrs.end()) return {};
+    if (auto v = std::get_if<int64_t>(&i->second))
+        return *v;
+    throw Error("input attribute '%s' is not a Boolean", name);
+}
+
+bool getBoolAttr(const Attrs & attrs, const std::string & name)
+{
+    auto s = maybeGetBoolAttr(attrs, name);
+    if (!s)
+        throw Error("input attribute '%s' is missing", name);
+    return *s;
+}
+
+std::map<std::string, std::string> attrsToQuery(const Attrs & attrs)
+{
+    std::map<std::string, std::string> query;
+    for (auto & attr : attrs) {
+        if (auto v = std::get_if<int64_t>(&attr.second)) {
+            query.insert_or_assign(attr.first, fmt("%d", *v));
+        } else if (auto v = std::get_if<std::string>(&attr.second)) {
+            query.insert_or_assign(attr.first, *v);
+        } else if (auto v = std::get_if<Explicit<bool>>(&attr.second)) {
+            query.insert_or_assign(attr.first, v->t ? "1" : "0");
+        } else abort();
+    }
+    return query;
+}
+
+}

src/libfetchers/attrs.hh

@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include "types.hh"
+
+#include <variant>
+
+#include <nlohmann/json_fwd.hpp>
+
+namespace nix::fetchers {
+
+/* Wrap bools to prevent string literals (i.e. 'char *') from being
+   cast to a bool in Attr. */
+template<typename T>
+struct Explicit {
+    T t;
+};
+
+typedef std::variant<std::string, int64_t, Explicit<bool>> Attr;
+typedef std::map<std::string, Attr> Attrs;
+
+Attrs jsonToAttrs(const nlohmann::json & json);
+
+nlohmann::json attrsToJson(const Attrs & attrs);
+
+std::optional<std::string> maybeGetStrAttr(const Attrs & attrs, const std::string & name);
+
+std::string getStrAttr(const Attrs & attrs, const std::string & name);
+
+std::optional<int64_t> maybeGetIntAttr(const Attrs & attrs, const std::string & name);
+
+int64_t getIntAttr(const Attrs & attrs, const std::string & name);
+
+std::optional<bool> maybeGetBoolAttr(const Attrs & attrs, const std::string & name);
+
+bool getBoolAttr(const Attrs & attrs, const std::string & name);
+
+std::map<std::string, std::string> attrsToQuery(const Attrs & attrs);
+
+}

src/libfetchers/cache.cc

@@ -0,0 +1,121 @@
+#include "cache.hh"
+#include "sqlite.hh"
+#include "sync.hh"
+#include "store-api.hh"
+
+#include <nlohmann/json.hpp>
+
+namespace nix::fetchers {
+
+static const char * schema = R"sql(
+
+create table if not exists Cache (
+    input     text not null,
+    info      text not null,
+    path      text not null,
+    immutable integer not null,
+    timestamp integer not null,
+    primary key (input)
+);
+)sql";
+
+struct CacheImpl : Cache
+{
+    struct State
+    {
+        SQLite db;
+        SQLiteStmt add, lookup;
+    };
+
+    Sync<State> _state;
+
+    CacheImpl()
+    {
+        auto state(_state.lock());
+
+        auto dbPath = getCacheDir() + "/nix/fetcher-cache-v1.sqlite";
+        createDirs(dirOf(dbPath));
+
+        state->db = SQLite(dbPath);
+        state->db.isCache();
+        state->db.exec(schema);
+
+        state->add.create(state->db,
+            "insert or replace into Cache(input, info, path, immutable, timestamp) values (?, ?, ?, ?, ?)");
+
+        state->lookup.create(state->db,
+            "select info, path, immutable, timestamp from Cache where input = ?");
+    }
+
+    void add(
+        ref<Store> store,
+        const Attrs & inAttrs,
+        const Attrs & infoAttrs,
+        const StorePath & storePath,
+        bool immutable) override
+    {
+        _state.lock()->add.use()
+            (attrsToJson(inAttrs).dump())
+            (attrsToJson(infoAttrs).dump())
+            (store->printStorePath(storePath))
+            (immutable)
+            (time(0)).exec();
+    }
+
+    std::optional<std::pair<Attrs, StorePath>> lookup(
+        ref<Store> store,
+        const Attrs & inAttrs) override
+    {
+        if (auto res = lookupExpired(store, inAttrs)) {
+            if (!res->expired)
+                return std::make_pair(std::move(res->infoAttrs), std::move(res->storePath));
+            debug("ignoring expired cache entry '%s'",
+                attrsToJson(inAttrs).dump());
+        }
+        return {};
+    }
+
+    std::optional<Result> lookupExpired(
+        ref<Store> store,
+        const Attrs & inAttrs) override
+    {
+        auto state(_state.lock());
+
+        auto inAttrsJson = attrsToJson(inAttrs).dump();
+
+        auto stmt(state->lookup.use()(inAttrsJson));
+        if (!stmt.next()) {
+            debug("did not find cache entry for '%s'", inAttrsJson);
+            return {};
+        }
+
+        auto infoJson = stmt.getStr(0);
+        auto storePath = store->parseStorePath(stmt.getStr(1));
+        auto immutable = stmt.getInt(2) != 0;
+        auto timestamp = stmt.getInt(3);
+
+        store->addTempRoot(storePath);
+        if (!store->isValidPath(storePath)) {
+            // FIXME: we could try to substitute 'storePath'.
+            debug("ignoring disappeared cache entry '%s'", inAttrsJson);
+            return {};
+        }
+
+        debug("using cache entry '%s' -> '%s', '%s'",
+            inAttrsJson, infoJson, store->printStorePath(storePath));
+
+        return Result {
+            .expired = !immutable && (settings.tarballTtl.get() == 0 || timestamp + settings.tarballTtl < time(0)),
+            .infoAttrs = jsonToAttrs(nlohmann::json::parse(infoJson)),
+            .storePath = std::move(storePath)
+        };
+    }
+};
+
+ref<Cache> getCache()
+{
+    static auto cache = std::make_shared<CacheImpl>();
+    return ref<Cache>(cache);
+}
+
+}

src/libfetchers/cache.hh

@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include "fetchers.hh"
+
+namespace nix::fetchers {
+
+struct Cache
+{
+    virtual void add(
+        ref<Store> store,
+        const Attrs & inAttrs,
+        const Attrs & infoAttrs,
+        const StorePath & storePath,
+        bool immutable) = 0;
+
+    virtual std::optional<std::pair<Attrs, StorePath>> lookup(
+        ref<Store> store,
+        const Attrs & inAttrs) = 0;
+
+    struct Result
+    {
+        bool expired = false;
+        Attrs infoAttrs;
+        StorePath storePath;
+    };
+
+    virtual std::optional<Result> lookupExpired(
+        ref<Store> store,
+        const Attrs & inAttrs) = 0;
+};
+
+ref<Cache> getCache();
+
+}

src/libfetchers/fetchers.cc

@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+#include "fetchers.hh"
+#include "store-api.hh"
+
+#include <nlohmann/json.hpp>
+
+namespace nix::fetchers {
+
+std::unique_ptr<std::vector<std::unique_ptr<InputScheme>>> inputSchemes = nullptr;
+
+void registerInputScheme(std::unique_ptr<InputScheme> && inputScheme)
+{
+    if (!inputSchemes) inputSchemes = std::make_unique<std::vector<std::unique_ptr<InputScheme>>>();
+    inputSchemes->push_back(std::move(inputScheme));
+}
+
+std::unique_ptr<Input> inputFromURL(const ParsedURL & url)
+{
+    for (auto & inputScheme : *inputSchemes) {
+        auto res = inputScheme->inputFromURL(url);
+        if (res) return res;
+    }
+    throw Error("input '%s' is unsupported", url.url);
+}
+
+std::unique_ptr<Input> inputFromURL(const std::string & url)
+{
+    return inputFromURL(parseURL(url));
+}
+
+std::unique_ptr<Input> inputFromAttrs(const Attrs & attrs)
+{
+    auto attrs2(attrs);
+    attrs2.erase("narHash");
+    for (auto & inputScheme : *inputSchemes) {
+        auto res = inputScheme->inputFromAttrs(attrs2);
+        if (res) {
+            if (auto narHash = maybeGetStrAttr(attrs, "narHash"))
+                // FIXME: require SRI hash.
+                res->narHash = Hash(*narHash);
+            return res;
+        }
+    }
+    throw Error("input '%s' is unsupported", attrsToJson(attrs));
+}
+
+Attrs Input::toAttrs() const
+{
+    auto attrs = toAttrsInternal();
+    if (narHash)
+        attrs.emplace("narHash", narHash->to_string(SRI));
+    attrs.emplace("type", type());
+    return attrs;
+}
+
+std::pair<Tree, std::shared_ptr<const Input>> Input::fetchTree(ref<Store> store) const
+{
+    auto [tree, input] = fetchTreeInternal(store);
+
+    if (tree.actualPath == "")
+        tree.actualPath = store->toRealPath(tree.storePath);
+
+    if (!tree.info.narHash)
+        tree.info.narHash = store->queryPathInfo(tree.storePath)->narHash;
+
+    if (input->narHash)
+        assert(input->narHash == tree.info.narHash);
+
+    if (narHash && narHash != input->narHash)
+        throw Error("NAR hash mismatch in input '%s' (%s), expected '%s', got '%s'",
+            to_string(), tree.actualPath, narHash->to_string(SRI), input->narHash->to_string(SRI));
+
+    return {std::move(tree), input};
+}
+
+}

src/libfetchers/fetchers.hh

@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include "types.hh"
+#include "hash.hh"
+#include "path.hh"
+#include "tree-info.hh"
+#include "attrs.hh"
+#include "url.hh"
+
+#include <memory>
+
+namespace nix { class Store; }
+
+namespace nix::fetchers {
+
+struct Input;
+
+struct Tree
+{
+    Path actualPath;
+    StorePath storePath;
+    TreeInfo info;
+};
+
+struct Input : std::enable_shared_from_this<Input>
+{
+    std::optional<Hash> narHash; // FIXME: implement
+
+    virtual std::string type() const = 0;
+
+    virtual ~Input() { }
+
+    virtual bool operator ==(const Input & other) const { return false; }
+
+    /* Check whether this is a "direct" input, that is, not
+       one that goes through a registry. */
+    virtual bool isDirect() const { return true; }
+
+    /* Check whether this is an "immutable" input, that is,
+       one that contains a commit hash or content hash. */
+    virtual bool isImmutable() const { return (bool) narHash; }
+
+    virtual bool contains(const Input & other) const { return false; }
+
+    virtual std::optional<std::string> getRef() const { return {}; }
+
+    virtual std::optional<Hash> getRev() const { return {}; }
+
+    virtual ParsedURL toURL() const = 0;
+
+    std::string to_string() const
+    {
+        return toURL().to_string();
+    }
+
+    Attrs toAttrs() const;
+
+    std::pair<Tree, std::shared_ptr<const Input>> fetchTree(ref<Store> store) const;
+
+private:
+
+    virtual std::pair<Tree, std::shared_ptr<const Input>> fetchTreeInternal(ref<Store> store) const = 0;
+
+    virtual Attrs toAttrsInternal() const = 0;
+};
+
+struct InputScheme
+{
+    virtual ~InputScheme() { }
+
+    virtual std::unique_ptr<Input> inputFromURL(const ParsedURL & url) = 0;
+
+    virtual std::unique_ptr<Input> inputFromAttrs(const Attrs & attrs) = 0;
+};
+
+std::unique_ptr<Input> inputFromURL(const ParsedURL & url);
+
+std::unique_ptr<Input> inputFromURL(const std::string & url);
+
+std::unique_ptr<Input> inputFromAttrs(const Attrs & attrs);
+
+void registerInputScheme(std::unique_ptr<InputScheme> && fetcher);
+
+struct DownloadFileResult
+{
+    StorePath storePath;
+    std::string etag;
+    std::string effectiveUrl;
+};
+
+DownloadFileResult downloadFile(
+    ref<Store> store,
+    const std::string & url,
+    const std::string & name,
+    bool immutable);
+
+Tree downloadTarball(
+    ref<Store> store,
+    const std::string & url,
+    const std::string & name,
+    bool immutable);
+
+}

src/libfetchers/git.cc

@@ -0,0 +1,438 @@
+#include "fetchers.hh"
+#include "cache.hh"
+#include "globals.hh"
+#include "tarfile.hh"
+#include "store-api.hh"
+
+#include <sys/time.h>
+
+using namespace std::string_literals;
+
+namespace nix::fetchers {
+
+static std::string readHead(const Path & path)
+{
+    return chomp(runProgram("git", true, { "-C", path, "rev-parse", "--abbrev-ref", "HEAD" }));
+}
+
+static bool isNotDotGitDirectory(const Path & path)
+{
+    static const std::regex gitDirRegex("^(?:.*/)?\\.git$");
+
+    return not std::regex_match(path, gitDirRegex);
+}
+
+struct GitInput : Input
+{
+    ParsedURL url;
+    std::optional<std::string> ref;
+    std::optional<Hash> rev;
+    bool shallow = false;
+    bool submodules = false;
+
+    GitInput(const ParsedURL & url) : url(url)
+    { }
+
+    std::string type() const override { return "git"; }
+
+    bool operator ==(const Input & other) const override
+    {
+        auto other2 = dynamic_cast<const GitInput *>(&other);
+        return
+            other2
+            && url == other2->url
+            && rev == other2->rev
+            && ref == other2->ref;
+    }
+
+    bool isImmutable() const override
+    {
+        return (bool) rev || narHash;
+    }
+
+    std::optional<std::string> getRef() const override { return ref; }
+
+    std::optional<Hash> getRev() const override { return rev; }
+
+    ParsedURL toURL() const override
+    {
+        ParsedURL url2(url);
+        if (url2.scheme != "git") url2.scheme = "git+" + url2.scheme;
+        if (rev) url2.query.insert_or_assign("rev", rev->gitRev());
+        if (ref) url2.query.insert_or_assign("ref", *ref);
+        if (shallow) url2.query.insert_or_assign("shallow", "1");
+        return url2;
+    }
+
+    Attrs toAttrsInternal() const override
+    {
+        Attrs attrs;
+        attrs.emplace("url", url.to_string());
+        if (ref)
+            attrs.emplace("ref", *ref);
+        if (rev)
+            attrs.emplace("rev", rev->gitRev());
+        if (shallow)
+            attrs.emplace("shallow", true);
+        if (submodules)
+            attrs.emplace("submodules", true);
+        return attrs;
+    }
+
+    std::pair<bool, std::string> getActualUrl() const
+    {
+        // Don't clone file:// URIs (but otherwise treat them the
+        // same as remote URIs, i.e. don't use the working tree or
+        // HEAD).
+        static bool forceHttp = getEnv("_NIX_FORCE_HTTP") == "1"; // for testing
+        bool isLocal = url.scheme == "file" && !forceHttp;
+        return {isLocal, isLocal ? url.path : url.base};
+    }
+
+    std::pair<Tree, std::shared_ptr<const Input>> fetchTreeInternal(nix::ref<Store> store) const override
+    {
+        auto name = "source";
+
+        auto input = std::make_shared<GitInput>(*this);
+
+        assert(!rev || rev->type == htSHA1);
+
+        std::string cacheType = "git";
+        if (shallow) cacheType += "-shallow";
+        if (submodules) cacheType += "-submodules";
+
+        auto getImmutableAttrs = [&]()
+        {
+            return Attrs({
+                {"type", cacheType},
+                {"name", name},
+                {"rev", input->rev->gitRev()},
+            });
+        };
+
+        auto makeResult = [&](const Attrs & infoAttrs, StorePath && storePath)
+            -> std::pair<Tree, std::shared_ptr<const Input>>
+        {
+            assert(input->rev);
+            assert(!rev || rev == input->rev);
+            return {
+                Tree {
+                    .actualPath = store->toRealPath(storePath),
+                    .storePath = std::move(storePath),
+                    .info = TreeInfo {
+                        .revCount = shallow ? std::nullopt : std::optional(getIntAttr(infoAttrs, "revCount")),
+                        .lastModified = getIntAttr(infoAttrs, "lastModified"),
+                    },
+                },
+                input
+            };
+        };
+
+        if (rev) {
+            if (auto res = getCache()->lookup(store, getImmutableAttrs()))
+                return makeResult(res->first, std::move(res->second));
+        }
+
+        auto [isLocal, actualUrl_] = getActualUrl();
+        auto actualUrl = actualUrl_; // work around clang bug
+
+        // If this is a local directory and no ref or revision is
+        // given, then allow the use of an unclean working tree.
+        if (!input->ref && !input->rev && isLocal) {
+            bool clean = false;
+
+            /* Check whether this repo has any commits. There are
+               probably better ways to do this. */
+            auto gitDir = actualUrl + "/.git";
+            auto commonGitDir = chomp(runProgram(
+                "git",
+                true,
+                { "-C", actualUrl, "rev-parse", "--git-common-dir" }
+            ));
+            if (commonGitDir != ".git")
+                    gitDir = commonGitDir;
+
+            bool haveCommits = !readDirectory(gitDir + "/refs/heads").empty();
+
+            try {
+                if (haveCommits) {
+                    runProgram("git", true, { "-C", actualUrl, "diff-index", "--quiet", "HEAD", "--" });
+                    clean = true;
+                }
+            } catch (ExecError & e) {
+                if (!WIFEXITED(e.status) || WEXITSTATUS(e.status) != 1) throw;
+            }
+
+            if (!clean) {
+
+                /* This is an unclean working tree. So copy all tracked files. */
+
+                if (!settings.allowDirty)
+                    throw Error("Git tree '%s' is dirty", actualUrl);
+
+                if (settings.warnDirty)
+                    warn("Git tree '%s' is dirty", actualUrl);
+
+                auto gitOpts = Strings({ "-C", actualUrl, "ls-files", "-z" });
+                if (submodules)
+                    gitOpts.emplace_back("--recurse-submodules");
+
+                auto files = tokenizeString<std::set<std::string>>(
+                    runProgram("git", true, gitOpts), "\0"s);
+
+                PathFilter filter = [&](const Path & p) -> bool {
+                    assert(hasPrefix(p, actualUrl));
+                    std::string file(p, actualUrl.size() + 1);
+
+                    auto st = lstat(p);
+
+                    if (S_ISDIR(st.st_mode)) {
+                        auto prefix = file + "/";
+                        auto i = files.lower_bound(prefix);
+                        return i != files.end() && hasPrefix(*i, prefix);
+                    }
+
+                    return files.count(file);
+                };
+
+                auto storePath = store->addToStore("source", actualUrl, true, htSHA256, filter);
+
+                auto tree = Tree {
+                    .actualPath = store->printStorePath(storePath),
+                    .storePath = std::move(storePath),
+                    .info = TreeInfo {
+                        // FIXME: maybe we should use the timestamp of the last
+                        // modified dirty file?
+                        .lastModified = haveCommits ? std::stoull(runProgram("git", true, { "-C", actualUrl, "log", "-1", "--format=%ct", "HEAD" })) : 0,
+                    }
+                };
+
+                return {std::move(tree), input};
+            }
+        }
+
+        if (!input->ref) input->ref = isLocal ? readHead(actualUrl) : "master";
+
+        Attrs mutableAttrs({
+            {"type", cacheType},
+            {"name", name},
+            {"url", actualUrl},
+            {"ref", *input->ref},
+        });
+
+        Path repoDir;
+
+        if (isLocal) {
+
+            if (!input->rev)
+                input->rev = Hash(chomp(runProgram("git", true, { "-C", actualUrl, "rev-parse", *input->ref })), htSHA1);
+
+            repoDir = actualUrl;
+
+        } else {
+
+            if (auto res = getCache()->lookup(store, mutableAttrs)) {
+                auto rev2 = Hash(getStrAttr(res->first, "rev"), htSHA1);
+                if (!rev || rev == rev2) {
+                    input->rev = rev2;
+                    return makeResult(res->first, std::move(res->second));
+                }
+            }
+
+            Path cacheDir = getCacheDir() + "/nix/gitv3/" + hashString(htSHA256, actualUrl).to_string(Base32, false);
+            repoDir = cacheDir;
+
+            if (!pathExists(cacheDir)) {
+                createDirs(dirOf(cacheDir));
+                runProgram("git", true, { "init", "--bare", repoDir });
+            }
+
+            Path localRefFile =
+                input->ref->compare(0, 5, "refs/") == 0
+                ? cacheDir + "/" + *input->ref
+                : cacheDir + "/refs/heads/" + *input->ref;
+
+            bool doFetch;
+            time_t now = time(0);
+
+            /* If a rev was specified, we need to fetch if it's not in the
+               repo. */
+            if (input->rev) {
+                try {
+                    runProgram("git", true, { "-C", repoDir, "cat-file", "-e", input->rev->gitRev() });
+                    doFetch = false;
+                } catch (ExecError & e) {
+                    if (WIFEXITED(e.status)) {
+                        doFetch = true;
+                    } else {
+                        throw;
+                    }
+                }
+            } else {
+                /* If the local ref is older than ‘tarball-ttl’ seconds, do a
+                   git fetch to update the local ref to the remote ref. */
+                struct stat st;
+                doFetch = stat(localRefFile.c_str(), &st) != 0 ||
+                    (uint64_t) st.st_mtime + settings.tarballTtl <= (uint64_t) now;
+            }
+
+            if (doFetch) {
+                Activity act(*logger, lvlTalkative, actUnknown, fmt("fetching Git repository '%s'", actualUrl));
+
+                // FIXME: git stderr messes up our progress indicator, so
+                // we're using --quiet for now. Should process its stderr.
+                try {
+                    runProgram("git", true, { "-C", repoDir, "fetch", "--quiet", "--force", "--", actualUrl, fmt("%s:%s", *input->ref, *input->ref) });
+                } catch (Error & e) {
+                    if (!pathExists(localRefFile)) throw;
+                    warn("could not update local clone of Git repository '%s'; continuing with the most recent version", actualUrl);
+                }
+
+                struct timeval times[2];
+                times[0].tv_sec = now;
+                times[0].tv_usec = 0;
+                times[1].tv_sec = now;
+                times[1].tv_usec = 0;
+
+                utimes(localRefFile.c_str(), times);
+            }
+
+            if (!input->rev)
+                input->rev = Hash(chomp(readFile(localRefFile)), htSHA1);
+        }
+
+        bool isShallow = chomp(runProgram("git", true, { "-C", repoDir, "rev-parse", "--is-shallow-repository" })) == "true";
+
+        if (isShallow && !shallow)
+            throw Error("'%s' is a shallow Git repository, but a non-shallow repository is needed", actualUrl);
+
+        // FIXME: check whether rev is an ancestor of ref.
+
+        printTalkative("using revision %s of repo '%s'", input->rev->gitRev(), actualUrl);
+
+        /* Now that we know the ref, check again whether we have it in
+           the store. */
+        if (auto res = getCache()->lookup(store, getImmutableAttrs()))
+            return makeResult(res->first, std::move(res->second));
+
+        Path tmpDir = createTempDir();
+        AutoDelete delTmpDir(tmpDir, true);
+        PathFilter filter = defaultPathFilter;
+
+        if (submodules) {
+            Path tmpGitDir = createTempDir();
+            AutoDelete delTmpGitDir(tmpGitDir, true);
+
+            runProgram("git", true, { "init", tmpDir, "--separate-git-dir", tmpGitDir });
+            // TODO: repoDir might lack the ref (it only checks if rev
+            // exists, see FIXME above) so use a big hammer and fetch
+            // everything to ensure we get the rev.
+            runProgram("git", true, { "-C", tmpDir, "fetch", "--quiet", "--force",
+                                      "--update-head-ok", "--", repoDir, "refs/*:refs/*" });
+
+            runProgram("git", true, { "-C", tmpDir, "checkout", "--quiet", input->rev->gitRev() });
+            runProgram("git", true, { "-C", tmpDir, "remote", "add", "origin", actualUrl });
+            runProgram("git", true, { "-C", tmpDir, "submodule", "--quiet", "update", "--init", "--recursive" });
+
+            filter = isNotDotGitDirectory;
+        } else {
+            // FIXME: should pipe this, or find some better way to extract a
+            // revision.
+            auto source = sinkToSource([&](Sink & sink) {
+                RunOptions gitOptions("git", { "-C", repoDir, "archive", input->rev->gitRev() });
+                gitOptions.standardOut = &sink;
+                runProgram2(gitOptions);
+            });
+
+            unpackTarfile(*source, tmpDir);
+        }
+
+        auto storePath = store->addToStore(name, tmpDir, true, htSHA256, filter);
+
+        auto lastModified = std::stoull(runProgram("git", true, { "-C", repoDir, "log", "-1", "--format=%ct", input->rev->gitRev() }));
+
+        Attrs infoAttrs({
+            {"rev", input->rev->gitRev()},
+            {"lastModified", lastModified},
+        });
+
+        if (!shallow)
+            infoAttrs.insert_or_assign("revCount",
+                std::stoull(runProgram("git", true, { "-C", repoDir, "rev-list", "--count", input->rev->gitRev() })));
+
+        if (!this->rev)
+            getCache()->add(
+                store,
+                mutableAttrs,
+                infoAttrs,
+                storePath,
+                false);
+
+        getCache()->add(
+            store,
+            getImmutableAttrs(),
+            infoAttrs,
+            storePath,
+            true);
+
+        return makeResult(infoAttrs, std::move(storePath));
+    }
+};
+
+struct GitInputScheme : InputScheme
+{
+    std::unique_ptr<Input> inputFromURL(const ParsedURL & url) override
+    {
+        if (url.scheme != "git" &&
+            url.scheme != "git+http" &&
+            url.scheme != "git+https" &&
+            url.scheme != "git+ssh" &&
+            url.scheme != "git+file") return nullptr;
+
+        auto url2(url);
+        if (hasPrefix(url2.scheme, "git+")) url2.scheme = std::string(url2.scheme, 4);
+        url2.query.clear();
+
+        Attrs attrs;
+        attrs.emplace("type", "git");
+
+        for (auto &[name, value] : url.query) {
+            if (name == "rev" || name == "ref")
+                attrs.emplace(name, value);
+            else
+                url2.query.emplace(name, value);
+        }
+
+        attrs.emplace("url", url2.to_string());
+
+        return inputFromAttrs(attrs);
+    }
+
+    std::unique_ptr<Input> inputFromAttrs(const Attrs & attrs) override
+    {
+        if (maybeGetStrAttr(attrs, "type") != "git") return {};
+
+        for (auto & [name, value] : attrs)
+            if (name != "type" && name != "url" && name != "ref" && name != "rev" && name != "shallow" && name != "submodules")
+                throw Error("unsupported Git input attribute '%s'", name);
+
+        auto input = std::make_unique<GitInput>(parseURL(getStrAttr(attrs, "url")));
+        if (auto ref = maybeGetStrAttr(attrs, "ref")) {
+            if (!std::regex_match(*ref, refRegex))
+                throw BadURL("invalid Git branch/tag name '%s'", *ref);
+            input->ref = *ref;
+        }
+        if (auto rev = maybeGetStrAttr(attrs, "rev"))
+            input->rev = Hash(*rev, htSHA1);
+
+        input->shallow = maybeGetBoolAttr(attrs, "shallow").value_or(false);
+
+        input->submodules = maybeGetBoolAttr(attrs, "submodules").value_or(false);
+
+        return input;
+    }
+};
+
+static auto r1 = OnStartup([] { registerInputScheme(std::make_unique<GitInputScheme>()); });
+
+}

src/libfetchers/github.cc

@@ -0,0 +1,195 @@
+#include "filetransfer.hh"
+#include "cache.hh"
+#include "fetchers.hh"
+#include "globals.hh"
+#include "store-api.hh"
+
+#include <nlohmann/json.hpp>
+
+namespace nix::fetchers {
+
+std::regex ownerRegex("[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z0-9_-]*", std::regex::ECMAScript);
+std::regex repoRegex("[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z0-9_-]*", std::regex::ECMAScript);
+
+struct GitHubInput : Input
+{
+    std::string owner;
+    std::string repo;
+    std::optional<std::string> ref;
+    std::optional<Hash> rev;
+
+    std::string type() const override { return "github"; }
+
+    bool operator ==(const Input & other) const override
+    {
+        auto other2 = dynamic_cast<const GitHubInput *>(&other);
+        return
+            other2
+            && owner == other2->owner
+            && repo == other2->repo
+            && rev == other2->rev
+            && ref == other2->ref;
+    }
+
+    bool isImmutable() const override
+    {
+        return (bool) rev || narHash;
+    }
+
+    std::optional<std::string> getRef() const override { return ref; }
+
+    std::optional<Hash> getRev() const override { return rev; }
+
+    ParsedURL toURL() const override
+    {
+        auto path = owner + "/" + repo;
+        assert(!(ref && rev));
+        if (ref) path += "/" + *ref;
+        if (rev) path += "/" + rev->to_string(Base16, false);
+        return ParsedURL {
+            .scheme = "github",
+            .path = path,
+        };
+    }
+
+    Attrs toAttrsInternal() const override
+    {
+        Attrs attrs;
+        attrs.emplace("owner", owner);
+        attrs.emplace("repo", repo);
+        if (ref)
+            attrs.emplace("ref", *ref);
+        if (rev)
+            attrs.emplace("rev", rev->gitRev());
+        return attrs;
+    }
+
+    std::pair<Tree, std::shared_ptr<const Input>> fetchTreeInternal(nix::ref<Store> store) const override
+    {
+        auto rev = this->rev;
+        auto ref = this->ref.value_or("master");
+
+        if (!rev) {
+            auto url = fmt("https://api.github.com/repos/%s/%s/commits/%s",
+                owner, repo, ref);
+            auto json = nlohmann::json::parse(
+                readFile(
+                    store->toRealPath(
+                        downloadFile(store, url, "source", false).storePath)));
+            rev = Hash(json["sha"], htSHA1);
+            debug("HEAD revision for '%s' is %s", url, rev->gitRev());
+        }
+
+        auto input = std::make_shared<GitHubInput>(*this);
+        input->ref = {};
+        input->rev = *rev;
+
+        Attrs immutableAttrs({
+            {"type", "git-tarball"},
+            {"rev", rev->gitRev()},
+        });
+
+        if (auto res = getCache()->lookup(store, immutableAttrs)) {
+            return {
+                Tree{
+                    .actualPath = store->toRealPath(res->second),
+                    .storePath = std::move(res->second),
+                    .info = TreeInfo {
+                        .lastModified = getIntAttr(res->first, "lastModified"),
+                    },
+                },
+                input
+            };
+        }
+
+        // FIXME: use regular /archive URLs instead? api.github.com
+        // might have stricter rate limits.
+
+        auto url = fmt("https://api.github.com/repos/%s/%s/tarball/%s",
+            owner, repo, rev->to_string(Base16, false));
+
+        std::string accessToken = settings.githubAccessToken.get();
+        if (accessToken != "")
+            url += "?access_token=" + accessToken;
+
+        auto tree = downloadTarball(store, url, "source", true);
+
+        getCache()->add(
+            store,
+            immutableAttrs,
+            {
+                {"rev", rev->gitRev()},
+                {"lastModified", *tree.info.lastModified}
+            },
+            tree.storePath,
+            true);
+
+        return {std::move(tree), input};
+    }
+};
+
+struct GitHubInputScheme : InputScheme
+{
+    std::unique_ptr<Input> inputFromURL(const ParsedURL & url) override
+    {
+        if (url.scheme != "github") return nullptr;
+
+        auto path = tokenizeString<std::vector<std::string>>(url.path, "/");
+        auto input = std::make_unique<GitHubInput>();
+
+        if (path.size() == 2) {
+        } else if (path.size() == 3) {
+            if (std::regex_match(path[2], revRegex))
+                input->rev = Hash(path[2], htSHA1);
+            else if (std::regex_match(path[2], refRegex))
+                input->ref = path[2];
+            else
+                throw BadURL("in GitHub URL '%s', '%s' is not a commit hash or branch/tag name", url.url, path[2]);
+        } else
+            throw BadURL("GitHub URL '%s' is invalid", url.url);
+
+        for (auto &[name, value] : url.query) {
+            if (name == "rev") {
+                if (input->rev)
+                    throw BadURL("GitHub URL '%s' contains multiple commit hashes", url.url);
+                input->rev = Hash(value, htSHA1);
+            }
+            else if (name == "ref") {
+                if (!std::regex_match(value, refRegex))
+                    throw BadURL("GitHub URL '%s' contains an invalid branch/tag name", url.url);
+                if (input->ref)
+                    throw BadURL("GitHub URL '%s' contains multiple branch/tag names", url.url);
+                input->ref = value;
+            }
+        }
+
+        if (input->ref && input->rev)
+            throw BadURL("GitHub URL '%s' contains both a commit hash and a branch/tag name", url.url);
+
+        input->owner = path[0];
+        input->repo = path[1];
+
+        return input;
+    }
+
+    std::unique_ptr<Input> inputFromAttrs(const Attrs & attrs) override
+    {
+        if (maybeGetStrAttr(attrs, "type") != "github") return {};
+
+        for (auto & [name, value] : attrs)
+            if (name != "type" && name != "owner" && name != "repo" && name != "ref" && name != "rev")
+                throw Error("unsupported GitHub input attribute '%s'", name);
+
+        auto input = std::make_unique<GitHubInput>();
+        input->owner = getStrAttr(attrs, "owner");
+        input->repo = getStrAttr(attrs, "repo");
+        input->ref = maybeGetStrAttr(attrs, "ref");
+        if (auto rev = maybeGetStrAttr(attrs, "rev"))
+            input->rev = Hash(*rev, htSHA1);
+        return input;
+    }
+};
+
+static auto r1 = OnStartup([] { registerInputScheme(std::make_unique<GitHubInputScheme>()); });
+
+}

src/libfetchers/local.mk

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+libraries += libfetchers
+
+libfetchers_NAME = libnixfetchers
+
+libfetchers_DIR := $(d)
+
+libfetchers_SOURCES := $(wildcard $(d)/*.cc)
+
+libfetchers_CXXFLAGS += -I src/libutil -I src/libstore
+
+libfetchers_LIBS = libutil libstore libnixrust

src/libfetchers/mercurial.cc

@@ -0,0 +1,303 @@
+#include "fetchers.hh"
+#include "cache.hh"
+#include "globals.hh"
+#include "tarfile.hh"
+#include "store-api.hh"
+
+#include <sys/time.h>
+
+using namespace std::string_literals;
+
+namespace nix::fetchers {
+
+struct MercurialInput : Input
+{
+    ParsedURL url;
+    std::optional<std::string> ref;
+    std::optional<Hash> rev;
+
+    MercurialInput(const ParsedURL & url) : url(url)
+    { }
+
+    std::string type() const override { return "hg"; }
+
+    bool operator ==(const Input & other) const override
+    {
+        auto other2 = dynamic_cast<const MercurialInput *>(&other);
+        return
+            other2
+            && url == other2->url
+            && rev == other2->rev
+            && ref == other2->ref;
+    }
+
+    bool isImmutable() const override
+    {
+        return (bool) rev || narHash;
+    }
+
+    std::optional<std::string> getRef() const override { return ref; }
+
+    std::optional<Hash> getRev() const override { return rev; }
+
+    ParsedURL toURL() const override
+    {
+        ParsedURL url2(url);
+        url2.scheme = "hg+" + url2.scheme;
+        if (rev) url2.query.insert_or_assign("rev", rev->gitRev());
+        if (ref) url2.query.insert_or_assign("ref", *ref);
+        return url;
+    }
+
+    Attrs toAttrsInternal() const override
+    {
+        Attrs attrs;
+        attrs.emplace("url", url.to_string());
+        if (ref)
+            attrs.emplace("ref", *ref);
+        if (rev)
+            attrs.emplace("rev", rev->gitRev());
+        return attrs;
+    }
+
+    std::pair<bool, std::string> getActualUrl() const
+    {
+        bool isLocal = url.scheme == "file";
+        return {isLocal, isLocal ? url.path : url.base};
+    }
+
+    std::pair<Tree, std::shared_ptr<const Input>> fetchTreeInternal(nix::ref<Store> store) const override
+    {
+        auto name = "source";
+
+        auto input = std::make_shared<MercurialInput>(*this);
+
+        auto [isLocal, actualUrl_] = getActualUrl();
+        auto actualUrl = actualUrl_; // work around clang bug
+
+        // FIXME: return lastModified.
+
+        // FIXME: don't clone local repositories.
+
+        if (!input->ref && !input->rev && isLocal && pathExists(actualUrl + "/.hg")) {
+
+            bool clean = runProgram("hg", true, { "status", "-R", actualUrl, "--modified", "--added", "--removed" }) == "";
+
+            if (!clean) {
+
+                /* This is an unclean working tree. So copy all tracked
+                   files. */
+
+                if (!settings.allowDirty)
+                    throw Error("Mercurial tree '%s' is unclean", actualUrl);
+
+                if (settings.warnDirty)
+                    warn("Mercurial tree '%s' is unclean", actualUrl);
+
+                input->ref = chomp(runProgram("hg", true, { "branch", "-R", actualUrl }));
+
+                auto files = tokenizeString<std::set<std::string>>(
+                    runProgram("hg", true, { "status", "-R", actualUrl, "--clean", "--modified", "--added", "--no-status", "--print0" }), "\0"s);
+
+                PathFilter filter = [&](const Path & p) -> bool {
+                    assert(hasPrefix(p, actualUrl));
+                    std::string file(p, actualUrl.size() + 1);
+
+                    auto st = lstat(p);
+
+                    if (S_ISDIR(st.st_mode)) {
+                        auto prefix = file + "/";
+                        auto i = files.lower_bound(prefix);
+                        return i != files.end() && hasPrefix(*i, prefix);
+                    }
+
+                    return files.count(file);
+                };
+
+                auto storePath = store->addToStore("source", actualUrl, true, htSHA256, filter);
+
+                return {Tree {
+                    .actualPath = store->printStorePath(storePath),
+                    .storePath = std::move(storePath),
+                }, input};
+            }
+        }
+
+        if (!input->ref) input->ref = "default";
+
+        auto getImmutableAttrs = [&]()
+        {
+            return Attrs({
+                {"type", "hg"},
+                {"name", name},
+                {"rev", input->rev->gitRev()},
+            });
+        };
+
+        auto makeResult = [&](const Attrs & infoAttrs, StorePath && storePath)
+            -> std::pair<Tree, std::shared_ptr<const Input>>
+        {
+            assert(input->rev);
+            assert(!rev || rev == input->rev);
+            return {
+                Tree{
+                    .actualPath = store->toRealPath(storePath),
+                    .storePath = std::move(storePath),
+                    .info = TreeInfo {
+                        .revCount = getIntAttr(infoAttrs, "revCount"),
+                    },
+                },
+                input
+            };
+        };
+
+        if (input->rev) {
+            if (auto res = getCache()->lookup(store, getImmutableAttrs()))
+                return makeResult(res->first, std::move(res->second));
+        }
+
+        assert(input->rev || input->ref);
+        auto revOrRef = input->rev ? input->rev->gitRev() : *input->ref;
+
+        Attrs mutableAttrs({
+            {"type", "hg"},
+            {"name", name},
+            {"url", actualUrl},
+            {"ref", *input->ref},
+        });
+
+        if (auto res = getCache()->lookup(store, mutableAttrs)) {
+            auto rev2 = Hash(getStrAttr(res->first, "rev"), htSHA1);
+            if (!rev || rev == rev2) {
+                input->rev = rev2;
+                return makeResult(res->first, std::move(res->second));
+            }
+        }
+
+        Path cacheDir = fmt("%s/nix/hg/%s", getCacheDir(), hashString(htSHA256, actualUrl).to_string(Base32, false));
+
+        /* If this is a commit hash that we already have, we don't
+           have to pull again. */
+        if (!(input->rev
+                && pathExists(cacheDir)
+                && runProgram(
+                    RunOptions("hg", { "log", "-R", cacheDir, "-r", input->rev->gitRev(), "--template", "1" })
+                    .killStderr(true)).second == "1"))
+        {
+            Activity act(*logger, lvlTalkative, actUnknown, fmt("fetching Mercurial repository '%s'", actualUrl));
+
+            if (pathExists(cacheDir)) {
+                try {
+                    runProgram("hg", true, { "pull", "-R", cacheDir, "--", actualUrl });
+                }
+                catch (ExecError & e) {
+                    string transJournal = cacheDir + "/.hg/store/journal";
+                    /* hg throws "abandoned transaction" error only if this file exists */
+                    if (pathExists(transJournal)) {
+                        runProgram("hg", true, { "recover", "-R", cacheDir });
+                        runProgram("hg", true, { "pull", "-R", cacheDir, "--", actualUrl });
+                    } else {
+                        throw ExecError(e.status, fmt("'hg pull' %s", statusToString(e.status)));
+                    }
+                }
+            } else {
+                createDirs(dirOf(cacheDir));
+                runProgram("hg", true, { "clone", "--noupdate", "--", actualUrl, cacheDir });
+            }
+        }
+
+        auto tokens = tokenizeString<std::vector<std::string>>(
+            runProgram("hg", true, { "log", "-R", cacheDir, "-r", revOrRef, "--template", "{node} {rev} {branch}" }));
+        assert(tokens.size() == 3);
+
+        input->rev = Hash(tokens[0], htSHA1);
+        auto revCount = std::stoull(tokens[1]);
+        input->ref = tokens[2];
+
+        if (auto res = getCache()->lookup(store, getImmutableAttrs()))
+            return makeResult(res->first, std::move(res->second));
+
+        Path tmpDir = createTempDir();
+        AutoDelete delTmpDir(tmpDir, true);
+
+        runProgram("hg", true, { "archive", "-R", cacheDir, "-r", input->rev->gitRev(), tmpDir });
+
+        deletePath(tmpDir + "/.hg_archival.txt");
+
+        auto storePath = store->addToStore(name, tmpDir);
+
+        Attrs infoAttrs({
+            {"rev", input->rev->gitRev()},
+            {"revCount", (int64_t) revCount},
+        });
+
+        if (!this->rev)
+            getCache()->add(
+                store,
+                mutableAttrs,
+                infoAttrs,
+                storePath,
+                false);
+
+        getCache()->add(
+            store,
+            getImmutableAttrs(),
+            infoAttrs,
+            storePath,
+            true);
+
+        return makeResult(infoAttrs, std::move(storePath));
+    }
+};
+
+struct MercurialInputScheme : InputScheme
+{
+    std::unique_ptr<Input> inputFromURL(const ParsedURL & url) override
+    {
+        if (url.scheme != "hg+http" &&
+            url.scheme != "hg+https" &&
+            url.scheme != "hg+ssh" &&
+            url.scheme != "hg+file") return nullptr;
+
+        auto url2(url);
+        url2.scheme = std::string(url2.scheme, 3);
+        url2.query.clear();
+
+        Attrs attrs;
+        attrs.emplace("type", "hg");
+
+        for (auto &[name, value] : url.query) {
+            if (name == "rev" || name == "ref")
+                attrs.emplace(name, value);
+            else
+                url2.query.emplace(name, value);
+        }
+
+        attrs.emplace("url", url2.to_string());
+
+        return inputFromAttrs(attrs);
+    }
+
+    std::unique_ptr<Input> inputFromAttrs(const Attrs & attrs) override
+    {
+        if (maybeGetStrAttr(attrs, "type") != "hg") return {};
+
+        for (auto & [name, value] : attrs)
+            if (name != "type" && name != "url" && name != "ref" && name != "rev")
+                throw Error("unsupported Mercurial input attribute '%s'", name);
+
+        auto input = std::make_unique<MercurialInput>(parseURL(getStrAttr(attrs, "url")));
+        if (auto ref = maybeGetStrAttr(attrs, "ref")) {
+            if (!std::regex_match(*ref, refRegex))
+                throw BadURL("invalid Mercurial branch/tag name '%s'", *ref);
+            input->ref = *ref;
+        }
+        if (auto rev = maybeGetStrAttr(attrs, "rev"))
+            input->rev = Hash(*rev, htSHA1);
+        return input;
+    }
+};
+
+static auto r1 = OnStartup([] { registerInputScheme(std::make_unique<MercurialInputScheme>()); });
+
+}

src/libfetchers/path.cc

@@ -0,0 +1,148 @@
+#include "fetchers.hh"
+#include "store-api.hh"
+
+namespace nix::fetchers {
+
+struct PathInput : Input
+{
+    Path path;
+
+    /* Allow the user to pass in "fake" tree info attributes. This is
+       useful for making a pinned tree work the same as the repository
+       from which is exported
+       (e.g. path:/nix/store/...-source?lastModified=1585388205&rev=b0c285...). */
+    std::optional<Hash> rev;
+    std::optional<uint64_t> revCount;
+    std::optional<time_t> lastModified;
+
+    std::string type() const override { return "path"; }
+
+    std::optional<Hash> getRev() const override { return rev; }
+
+    bool operator ==(const Input & other) const override
+    {
+        auto other2 = dynamic_cast<const PathInput *>(&other);
+        return
+            other2
+            && path == other2->path
+            && rev == other2->rev
+            && revCount == other2->revCount
+            && lastModified == other2->lastModified;
+    }
+
+    bool isImmutable() const override
+    {
+        return (bool) narHash;
+    }
+
+    ParsedURL toURL() const override
+    {
+        auto query = attrsToQuery(toAttrsInternal());
+        query.erase("path");
+        return ParsedURL {
+            .scheme = "path",
+            .path = path,
+            .query = query,
+        };
+    }
+
+    Attrs toAttrsInternal() const override
+    {
+        Attrs attrs;
+        attrs.emplace("path", path);
+        if (rev)
+            attrs.emplace("rev", rev->gitRev());
+        if (revCount)
+            attrs.emplace("revCount", *revCount);
+        if (lastModified)
+            attrs.emplace("lastModified", *lastModified);
+        return attrs;
+    }
+
+    std::pair<Tree, std::shared_ptr<const Input>> fetchTreeInternal(nix::ref<Store> store) const override
+    {
+        auto input = std::make_shared<PathInput>(*this);
+
+        // FIXME: check whether access to 'path' is allowed.
+
+        auto storePath = store->maybeParseStorePath(path);
+
+        if (storePath)
+            store->addTempRoot(*storePath);
+
+        if (!storePath || storePath->name() != "source" || !store->isValidPath(*storePath))
+            // FIXME: try to substitute storePath.
+            storePath = store->addToStore("source", path);
+
+        return
+            {
+                Tree {
+                    .actualPath = store->toRealPath(*storePath),
+                    .storePath = std::move(*storePath),
+                    .info = TreeInfo {
+                        .revCount = revCount,
+                        .lastModified = lastModified
+                    }
+                },
+                input
+            };
+    }
+
+};
+
+struct PathInputScheme : InputScheme
+{
+    std::unique_ptr<Input> inputFromURL(const ParsedURL & url) override
+    {
+        if (url.scheme != "path") return nullptr;
+
+        auto input = std::make_unique<PathInput>();
+        input->path = url.path;
+
+        for (auto & [name, value] : url.query)
+            if (name == "rev")
+                input->rev = Hash(value, htSHA1);
+            else if (name == "revCount") {
+                uint64_t revCount;
+                if (!string2Int(value, revCount))
+                    throw Error("path URL '%s' has invalid parameter '%s'", url.to_string(), name);
+                input->revCount = revCount;
+            }
+            else if (name == "lastModified") {
+                time_t lastModified;
+                if (!string2Int(value, lastModified))
+                    throw Error("path URL '%s' has invalid parameter '%s'", url.to_string(), name);
+                input->lastModified = lastModified;
+            }
+            else
+                throw Error("path URL '%s' has unsupported parameter '%s'", url.to_string(), name);
+
+        return input;
+    }
+
+    std::unique_ptr<Input> inputFromAttrs(const Attrs & attrs) override
+    {
+        if (maybeGetStrAttr(attrs, "type") != "path") return {};
+
+        auto input = std::make_unique<PathInput>();
+        input->path = getStrAttr(attrs, "path");
+
+        for (auto & [name, value] : attrs)
+            if (name == "rev")
+                input->rev = Hash(getStrAttr(attrs, "rev"), htSHA1);
+            else if (name == "revCount")
+                input->revCount = getIntAttr(attrs, "revCount");
+            else if (name == "lastModified")
+                input->lastModified = getIntAttr(attrs, "lastModified");
+            else if (name == "type" || name == "path")
+                ;
+            else
+                throw Error("unsupported path input attribute '%s'", name);
+
+        return input;
+    }
+};
+
+static auto r1 = OnStartup([] { registerInputScheme(std::make_unique<PathInputScheme>()); });
+
+}

src/libfetchers/tarball.cc

@@ -0,0 +1,275 @@
+#include "fetchers.hh"
+#include "cache.hh"
+#include "filetransfer.hh"
+#include "globals.hh"
+#include "store-api.hh"
+#include "archive.hh"
+#include "tarfile.hh"
+
+namespace nix::fetchers {
+
+DownloadFileResult downloadFile(
+    ref<Store> store,
+    const std::string & url,
+    const std::string & name,
+    bool immutable)
+{
+    // FIXME: check store
+
+    Attrs inAttrs({
+        {"type", "file"},
+        {"url", url},
+        {"name", name},
+    });
+
+    auto cached = getCache()->lookupExpired(store, inAttrs);
+
+    auto useCached = [&]() -> DownloadFileResult
+    {
+        return {
+            .storePath = std::move(cached->storePath),
+            .etag = getStrAttr(cached->infoAttrs, "etag"),
+            .effectiveUrl = getStrAttr(cached->infoAttrs, "url")
+        };
+    };
+
+    if (cached && !cached->expired)
+        return useCached();
+
+    FileTransferRequest request(url);
+    if (cached)
+        request.expectedETag = getStrAttr(cached->infoAttrs, "etag");
+    FileTransferResult res;
+    try {
+        res = getFileTransfer()->download(request);
+    } catch (FileTransferError & e) {
+        if (cached) {
+            warn("%s; using cached version", e.msg());
+            return useCached();
+        } else
+            throw;
+    }
+
+    // FIXME: write to temporary file.
+
+    Attrs infoAttrs({
+        {"etag", res.etag},
+        {"url", res.effectiveUri},
+    });
+
+    std::optional<StorePath> storePath;
+
+    if (res.cached) {
+        assert(cached);
+        assert(request.expectedETag == res.etag);
+        storePath = std::move(cached->storePath);
+    } else {
+        StringSink sink;
+        dumpString(*res.data, sink);
+        auto hash = hashString(htSHA256, *res.data);
+        ValidPathInfo info(store->makeFixedOutputPath(false, hash, name));
+        info.narHash = hashString(htSHA256, *sink.s);
+        info.narSize = sink.s->size();
+        info.ca = makeFixedOutputCA(false, hash);
+        store->addToStore(info, sink.s, NoRepair, NoCheckSigs);
+        storePath = std::move(info.path);
+    }
+
+    getCache()->add(
+        store,
+        inAttrs,
+        infoAttrs,
+        *storePath,
+        immutable);
+
+    if (url != res.effectiveUri)
+        getCache()->add(
+            store,
+            {
+                {"type", "file"},
+                {"url", res.effectiveUri},
+                {"name", name},
+            },
+            infoAttrs,
+            *storePath,
+            immutable);
+
+    return {
+        .storePath = std::move(*storePath),
+        .etag = res.etag,
+        .effectiveUrl = res.effectiveUri,
+    };
+}
+
+Tree downloadTarball(
+    ref<Store> store,
+    const std::string & url,
+    const std::string & name,
+    bool immutable)
+{
+    Attrs inAttrs({
+        {"type", "tarball"},
+        {"url", url},
+        {"name", name},
+    });
+
+    auto cached = getCache()->lookupExpired(store, inAttrs);
+
+    if (cached && !cached->expired)
+        return Tree {
+            .actualPath = store->toRealPath(cached->storePath),
+            .storePath = std::move(cached->storePath),
+            .info = TreeInfo {
+                .lastModified = getIntAttr(cached->infoAttrs, "lastModified"),
+            },
+        };
+
+    auto res = downloadFile(store, url, name, immutable);
+
+    std::optional<StorePath> unpackedStorePath;
+    time_t lastModified;
+
+    if (cached && res.etag != "" && getStrAttr(cached->infoAttrs, "etag") == res.etag) {
+        unpackedStorePath = std::move(cached->storePath);
+        lastModified = getIntAttr(cached->infoAttrs, "lastModified");
+    } else {
+        Path tmpDir = createTempDir();
+        AutoDelete autoDelete(tmpDir, true);
+        unpackTarfile(store->toRealPath(res.storePath), tmpDir);
+        auto members = readDirectory(tmpDir);
+        if (members.size() != 1)
+            throw nix::Error("tarball '%s' contains an unexpected number of top-level files", url);
+        auto topDir = tmpDir + "/" + members.begin()->name;
+        lastModified = lstat(topDir).st_mtime;
+        unpackedStorePath = store->addToStore(name, topDir, true, htSHA256, defaultPathFilter, NoRepair);
+    }
+
+    Attrs infoAttrs({
+        {"lastModified", lastModified},
+        {"etag", res.etag},
+    });
+
+    getCache()->add(
+        store,
+        inAttrs,
+        infoAttrs,
+        *unpackedStorePath,
+        immutable);
+
+    return Tree {
+        .actualPath = store->toRealPath(*unpackedStorePath),
+        .storePath = std::move(*unpackedStorePath),
+        .info = TreeInfo {
+            .lastModified = lastModified,
+        },
+    };
+}
+
+struct TarballInput : Input
+{
+    ParsedURL url;
+    std::optional<Hash> hash;
+
+    TarballInput(const ParsedURL & url) : url(url)
+    { }
+
+    std::string type() const override { return "tarball"; }
+
+    bool operator ==(const Input & other) const override
+    {
+        auto other2 = dynamic_cast<const TarballInput *>(&other);
+        return
+            other2
+            && to_string() == other2->to_string()
+            && hash == other2->hash;
+    }
+
+    bool isImmutable() const override
+    {
+        return hash || narHash;
+    }
+
+    ParsedURL toURL() const override
+    {
+        auto url2(url);
+        // NAR hashes are preferred over file hashes since tar/zip files
+        // don't have a canonical representation.
+        if (narHash)
+            url2.query.insert_or_assign("narHash", narHash->to_string(SRI));
+        else if (hash)
+            url2.query.insert_or_assign("hash", hash->to_string(SRI));
+        return url2;
+    }
+
+    Attrs toAttrsInternal() const override
+    {
+        Attrs attrs;
+        attrs.emplace("url", url.to_string());
+        if (hash)
+            attrs.emplace("hash", hash->to_string(SRI));
+        return attrs;
+    }
+
+    std::pair<Tree, std::shared_ptr<const Input>> fetchTreeInternal(nix::ref<Store> store) const override
+    {
+        auto tree = downloadTarball(store, url.to_string(), "source", false);
+
+        auto input = std::make_shared<TarballInput>(*this);
+        input->narHash = store->queryPathInfo(tree.storePath)->narHash;
+
+        return {std::move(tree), input};
+    }
+};
+
+struct TarballInputScheme : InputScheme
+{
+    std::unique_ptr<Input> inputFromURL(const ParsedURL & url) override
+    {
+        if (url.scheme != "file" && url.scheme != "http" && url.scheme != "https") return nullptr;
+
+        if (!hasSuffix(url.path, ".zip")
+            && !hasSuffix(url.path, ".tar")
+            && !hasSuffix(url.path, ".tar.gz")
+            && !hasSuffix(url.path, ".tar.xz")
+            && !hasSuffix(url.path, ".tar.bz2"))
+            return nullptr;
+
+        auto input = std::make_unique<TarballInput>(url);
+
+        auto hash = input->url.query.find("hash");
+        if (hash != input->url.query.end()) {
+            // FIXME: require SRI hash.
+            input->hash = Hash(hash->second);
+            input->url.query.erase(hash);
+        }
+
+        auto narHash = input->url.query.find("narHash");
+        if (narHash != input->url.query.end()) {
+            // FIXME: require SRI hash.
+            input->narHash = Hash(narHash->second);
+            input->url.query.erase(narHash);
+        }
+
+        return input;
+    }
+
+    std::unique_ptr<Input> inputFromAttrs(const Attrs & attrs) override
+    {
+        if (maybeGetStrAttr(attrs, "type") != "tarball") return {};
+
+        for (auto & [name, value] : attrs)
+            if (name != "type" && name != "url" && name != "hash")
+                throw Error("unsupported tarball input attribute '%s'", name);
+
+        auto input = std::make_unique<TarballInput>(parseURL(getStrAttr(attrs, "url")));
+        if (auto hash = maybeGetStrAttr(attrs, "hash"))
+            // FIXME: require SRI hash.
+            input->hash = Hash(*hash);
+
+        return input;
+    }
+};
+
+static auto r1 = OnStartup([] { registerInputScheme(std::make_unique<TarballInputScheme>()); });
+
+}

src/libfetchers/tree-info.cc

@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#include "tree-info.hh"
+#include "store-api.hh"
+
+#include <nlohmann/json.hpp>
+
+namespace nix::fetchers {
+
+StorePath TreeInfo::computeStorePath(Store & store) const
+{
+    assert(narHash);
+    return store.makeFixedOutputPath(true, narHash, "source");
+}
+
+}

src/libfetchers/tree-info.hh

@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include "path.hh"
+#include "hash.hh"
+
+#include <nlohmann/json_fwd.hpp>
+
+namespace nix { class Store; }
+
+namespace nix::fetchers {
+
+struct TreeInfo
+{
+    Hash narHash;
+    std::optional<uint64_t> revCount;
+    std::optional<time_t> lastModified;
+
+    bool operator ==(const TreeInfo & other) const
+    {
+        return
+            narHash == other.narHash
+            && revCount == other.revCount
+            && lastModified == other.lastModified;
+    }
+
+    StorePath computeStorePath(Store & store) const;
+};
+
+}

src/libmain/common-args.cc

@@ -6,42 +6,46 @@ namespace nix {
 MixCommonArgs::MixCommonArgs(const string & programName)
     : programName(programName)
 {
-    mkFlag()
+    addFlag({
-        .longName("verbose")
+        .longName = "verbose",
-        .shortName('v')
+        .shortName = 'v',
-        .description("increase verbosity level")
+        .description = "increase verbosity level",
-        .handler([]() { verbosity = (Verbosity) (verbosity + 1); });
+        .handler = {[]() { verbosity = (Verbosity) (verbosity + 1); }},
+    });
 
-    mkFlag()
+    addFlag({
-        .longName("quiet")
+        .longName = "quiet",
-        .description("decrease verbosity level")
+        .description = "decrease verbosity level",
-        .handler([]() { verbosity = verbosity > lvlError ? (Verbosity) (verbosity - 1) : lvlError; });
+        .handler = {[]() { verbosity = verbosity > lvlError ? (Verbosity) (verbosity - 1) : lvlError; }},
+    });
 
-    mkFlag()
+    addFlag({
-        .longName("debug")
+        .longName = "debug",
-        .description("enable debug output")
+        .description = "enable debug output",
-        .handler([]() { verbosity = lvlDebug; });
+        .handler = {[]() { verbosity = lvlDebug; }},
+    });
 
-    mkFlag()
+    addFlag({
-        .longName("option")
+        .longName = "option",
-        .labels({"name", "value"})
+        .description = "set a Nix configuration option (overriding nix.conf)",
-        .description("set a Nix configuration option (overriding nix.conf)")
+        .labels = {"name", "value"},
-        .arity(2)
+        .handler = {[](std::string name, std::string value) {
-        .handler([](std::vector<std::string> ss) {
             try {
-                globalConfig.set(ss[0], ss[1]);
+                globalConfig.set(name, value);
             } catch (UsageError & e) {
                 warn(e.what());
             }
+        }},
     });
 
-    mkFlag()
+    addFlag({
-        .longName("max-jobs")
+        .longName = "max-jobs",
-        .shortName('j')
+        .shortName = 'j',
-        .label("jobs")
+        .description = "maximum number of parallel builds",
-        .description("maximum number of parallel builds")
+        .labels = Strings{"jobs"},
-        .handler([=](std::string s) {
+        .handler = {[=](std::string s) {
             settings.set("max-jobs", s);
+        }}
     });
 
     std::string cat = "config";

src/libmain/shared.cc

@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ void initNix()
        sshd). This breaks build users because they don't have access
        to the TMPDIR, in particular in ‘nix-store --serve’. */
 #if __APPLE__
-    if (getuid() == 0 && hasPrefix(getEnv("TMPDIR").value_or("/tmp"), "/var/folders/"))
+    if (hasPrefix(getEnv("TMPDIR").value_or("/tmp"), "/var/folders/"))
         unsetenv("TMPDIR");
 #endif
 }
@@ -165,28 +165,32 @@ LegacyArgs::LegacyArgs(const std::string & programName,
     std::function<bool(Strings::iterator & arg, const Strings::iterator & end)> parseArg)
     : MixCommonArgs(programName), parseArg(parseArg)
 {
-    mkFlag()
+    addFlag({
-        .longName("no-build-output")
+        .longName = "no-build-output",
-        .shortName('Q')
+        .shortName = 'Q',
-        .description("do not show build output")
+        .description = "do not show build output",
-        .set(&settings.verboseBuild, false);
+        .handler = {&settings.verboseBuild, false},
+    });
 
-    mkFlag()
+    addFlag({
-        .longName("keep-failed")
+        .longName = "keep-failed",
-        .shortName('K')
+        .shortName ='K',
-        .description("keep temporary directories of failed builds")
+        .description = "keep temporary directories of failed builds",
-        .set(&(bool&) settings.keepFailed, true);
+        .handler = {&(bool&) settings.keepFailed, true},
+    });
 
-    mkFlag()
+    addFlag({
-        .longName("keep-going")
+        .longName = "keep-going",
-        .shortName('k')
+        .shortName ='k',
-        .description("keep going after a build fails")
+        .description = "keep going after a build fails",
-        .set(&(bool&) settings.keepGoing, true);
+        .handler = {&(bool&) settings.keepGoing, true},
+    });
 
-    mkFlag()
+    addFlag({
-        .longName("fallback")
+        .longName = "fallback",
-        .description("build from source if substitution fails")
+        .description = "build from source if substitution fails",
-        .set(&(bool&) settings.tryFallback, true);
+        .handler = {&(bool&) settings.tryFallback, true},
+    });
 
     auto intSettingAlias = [&](char shortName, const std::string & longName,
         const std::string & description, const std::string & dest) {
@@ -205,11 +209,12 @@ LegacyArgs::LegacyArgs(const std::string & programName,
     mkFlag(0, "no-gc-warning", "disable warning about not using '--add-root'",
         &gcWarning, false);
 
-    mkFlag()
+    addFlag({
-        .longName("store")
+        .longName = "store",
-        .label("store-uri")
+        .description = "URI of the Nix store to use",
-        .description("URI of the Nix store to use")
+        .labels = {"store-uri"},
-        .dest(&(std::string&) settings.storeUri);
+        .handler = {&(std::string&) settings.storeUri},
+    });
 }
 
 
@@ -260,7 +265,10 @@ void printVersion(const string & programName)
         cfg.push_back("signed-caches");
 #endif
         std::cout << "Features: " << concatStringsSep(", ", cfg) << "\n";
-        std::cout << "Configuration file: " << settings.nixConfDir + "/nix.conf" << "\n";
+        std::cout << "System configuration file: " << settings.nixConfDir + "/nix.conf" << "\n";
+        std::cout << "User configuration files: " <<
+            concatStringsSep(":", settings.nixUserConfFiles)
+            << "\n";
         std::cout << "Store directory: " << settings.nixStore << "\n";
         std::cout << "State directory: " << settings.nixStateDir << "\n";
     }

src/libstore/build.cc

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 #include "affinity.hh"
 #include "builtins.hh"
 #include "builtins/buildenv.hh"
-#include "download.hh"
+#include "filetransfer.hh"
 #include "finally.hh"
 #include "compression.hh"
 #include "json.hh"
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <sys/utsname.h>
-#include <sys/select.h>
 #include <sys/resource.h>
 #include <sys/socket.h>
 #include <sys/un.h>
@@ -43,6 +42,7 @@
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <cstring>
 #include <termios.h>
+#include <poll.h>
 
 #include <pwd.h>
 #include <grp.h>
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ public:
     {
         actDerivations.progress(doneBuilds, expectedBuilds + doneBuilds, runningBuilds, failedBuilds);
         actSubstitutions.progress(doneSubstitutions, expectedSubstitutions + doneSubstitutions, runningSubstitutions, failedSubstitutions);
-        act.setExpected(actDownload, expectedDownloadSize + doneDownloadSize);
+        act.setExpected(actFileTransfer, expectedDownloadSize + doneDownloadSize);
         act.setExpected(actCopyPath, expectedNarSize + doneNarSize);
     }
 };
@@ -1701,6 +1701,7 @@ void DerivationGoal::buildDone()
         }
 
         if (buildMode == bmCheck) {
+            deleteTmpDir(true);
             done(BuildResult::Built);
             return;
         }
@@ -2187,7 +2188,7 @@ void DerivationGoal::startBuilder()
     if (needsHashRewrite()) {
 
         if (pathExists(homeDir))
-            throw Error("directory '%1%' exists; please remove it", homeDir);
+            throw Error("home directory '%1%' exists; please remove it to assure purity of builds without sandboxing", homeDir);
 
         /* We're not doing a chroot build, but we have some valid
            output paths.  Since we can't just overwrite or delete
@@ -2274,10 +2275,13 @@ void DerivationGoal::startBuilder()
 
         if (chown(slaveName.c_str(), buildUser->getUID(), 0))
             throw SysError("changing owner of pseudoterminal slave");
-    } else {
+    }
+#if __APPLE__
+    else {
         if (grantpt(builderOut.readSide.get()))
             throw SysError("granting access to pseudoterminal slave");
     }
+#endif
 
     #if 0
     // Mount the pt in the sandbox so that the "tty" command works.
@@ -3176,7 +3180,7 @@ void DerivationGoal::runChild()
                 // Only use nss functions to resolve hosts and
                 // services. Don’t use it for anything else that may
                 // be configured for this system. This limits the
-                // potential impurities introduced in fixed outputs.
+                // potential impurities introduced in fixed-outputs.
                 writeFile(chrootRootDir + "/etc/nsswitch.conf", "hosts: files dns\nservices: files\n");
 
                 ss.push_back("/etc/services");
@@ -3561,6 +3565,29 @@ StorePathSet parseReferenceSpecifiers(Store & store, const BasicDerivation & drv
 }
 
 
+static void moveCheckToStore(const Path & src, const Path & dst)
+{
+    /* For the rename of directory to succeed, we must be running as root or
+       the directory must be made temporarily writable (to update the
+       directory's parent link ".."). */
+    struct stat st;
+    if (lstat(src.c_str(), &st) == -1) {
+        throw SysError(format("getting attributes of path '%1%'") % src);
+    }
+
+    bool changePerm = (geteuid() && S_ISDIR(st.st_mode) && !(st.st_mode & S_IWUSR));
+
+    if (changePerm)
+        chmod_(src, st.st_mode | S_IWUSR);
+
+    if (rename(src.c_str(), dst.c_str()))
+        throw SysError(format("renaming '%1%' to '%2%'") % src % dst);
+
+    if (changePerm)
+        chmod_(dst, st.st_mode);
+}
+
+
 void DerivationGoal::registerOutputs()
 {
     /* When using a build hook, the build hook can register the output
@@ -3683,7 +3710,8 @@ void DerivationGoal::registerOutputs()
                 /* The output path should be a regular file without execute permission. */
                 if (!S_ISREG(st.st_mode) || (st.st_mode & S_IXUSR) != 0)
                     throw BuildError(
-                        "output path '%1%' should be a non-executable regular file",
+                        "output path '%1%' should be a non-executable regular file "
+                        "since recursive hashing is not enabled (outputHashMode=flat)",
                         path);
             }
 
@@ -3744,8 +3772,7 @@ void DerivationGoal::registerOutputs()
                 if (settings.runDiffHook || settings.keepFailed) {
                     Path dst = worker.store.toRealPath(path + checkSuffix);
                     deletePath(dst);
-                    if (rename(actualPath.c_str(), dst.c_str()))
+                    moveCheckToStore(actualPath, dst);
-                        throw SysError("renaming '%1%' to '%2%'", actualPath, dst);
 
                     handleDiffHook(
                         buildUser ? buildUser->getUID() : getuid(),
@@ -3753,10 +3780,10 @@ void DerivationGoal::registerOutputs()
                         path, dst, worker.store.printStorePath(drvPath), tmpDir);
 
                     throw NotDeterministic("derivation '%s' may not be deterministic: output '%s' differs from '%s'",
-                        worker.store.printStorePath(drvPath), path, dst);
+                        worker.store.printStorePath(drvPath), worker.store.toRealPath(path), dst);
                 } else
                     throw NotDeterministic("derivation '%s' may not be deterministic: output '%s' differs",
-                        worker.store.printStorePath(drvPath), path);
+                        worker.store.printStorePath(drvPath), worker.store.toRealPath(path));
             }
 
             /* Since we verified the build, it's now ultimately trusted. */
@@ -4808,8 +4835,7 @@ void Worker::waitForInput()
        terminated. */
 
     bool useTimeout = false;
-    struct timeval timeout;
+    long timeout = 0;
-    timeout.tv_usec = 0;
     auto before = steady_time_point::clock::now();
 
     /* If we're monitoring for silence on stdout/stderr, or if there
@@ -4827,7 +4853,7 @@ void Worker::waitForInput()
             nearest = std::min(nearest, i.timeStarted + std::chrono::seconds(settings.buildTimeout));
     }
     if (nearest != steady_time_point::max()) {
-        timeout.tv_sec = std::max(1L, (long) std::chrono::duration_cast<std::chrono::seconds>(nearest - before).count());
+        timeout = std::max(1L, (long) std::chrono::duration_cast<std::chrono::seconds>(nearest - before).count());
         useTimeout = true;
     }
 
@@ -4838,30 +4864,28 @@ void Worker::waitForInput()
         if (lastWokenUp == steady_time_point::min())
             printError("waiting for locks or build slots...");
         if (lastWokenUp == steady_time_point::min() || lastWokenUp > before) lastWokenUp = before;
-        timeout.tv_sec = std::max(1L,
+        timeout = std::max(1L,
             (long) std::chrono::duration_cast<std::chrono::seconds>(
                 lastWokenUp + std::chrono::seconds(settings.pollInterval) - before).count());
     } else lastWokenUp = steady_time_point::min();
 
     if (useTimeout)
-        vomit("sleeping %d seconds", timeout.tv_sec);
+        vomit("sleeping %d seconds", timeout);
 
     /* Use select() to wait for the input side of any logger pipe to
        become `available'.  Note that `available' (i.e., non-blocking)
        includes EOF. */
-    fd_set fds;
+    std::vector<struct pollfd> pollStatus;
-    FD_ZERO(&fds);
+    std::map <int, int> fdToPollStatus;
-    int fdMax = 0;
     for (auto & i : children) {
         for (auto & j : i.fds) {
-            if (j >= FD_SETSIZE)
+            pollStatus.push_back((struct pollfd) { .fd = j, .events = POLLIN });
-                throw Error("reached FD_SETSIZE limit");
+            fdToPollStatus[j] = pollStatus.size() - 1;
-            FD_SET(j, &fds);
-            if (j >= fdMax) fdMax = j + 1;
         }
     }
 
-    if (select(fdMax, &fds, 0, 0, useTimeout ? &timeout : 0) == -1) {
+    if (poll(pollStatus.data(), pollStatus.size(),
+            useTimeout ? timeout * 1000 : -1) == -1) {
         if (errno == EINTR) return;
         throw SysError("waiting for input");
     }
@@ -4882,7 +4906,7 @@ void Worker::waitForInput()
         set<int> fds2(j->fds);
         std::vector<unsigned char> buffer(4096);
         for (auto & k : fds2) {
-            if (FD_ISSET(k, &fds)) {
+            if (pollStatus.at(fdToPollStatus.at(k)).revents) {
                 ssize_t rd = read(k, buffer.data(), buffer.size());
                 // FIXME: is there a cleaner way to handle pt close
                 // than EIO? Is this even standard?

src/libstore/builtins/fetchurl.cc

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #include "builtins.hh"
-#include "download.hh"
+#include "filetransfer.hh"
 #include "store-api.hh"
 #include "archive.hh"
 #include "compression.hh"
@@ -26,9 +26,9 @@ void builtinFetchurl(const BasicDerivation & drv, const std::string & netrcData)
     auto mainUrl = getAttr("url");
     bool unpack = get(drv.env, "unpack").value_or("") == "1";
 
-    /* Note: have to use a fresh downloader here because we're in
+    /* Note: have to use a fresh fileTransfer here because we're in
        a forked process. */
-    auto downloader = makeDownloader();
+    auto fileTransfer = makeFileTransfer();
 
     auto fetch = [&](const std::string & url) {
 
@@ -36,13 +36,13 @@ void builtinFetchurl(const BasicDerivation & drv, const std::string & netrcData)
 
             /* No need to do TLS verification, because we check the hash of
                the result anyway. */
-            DownloadRequest request(url);
+            FileTransferRequest request(url);
             request.verifyTLS = false;
             request.decompress = false;
 
             auto decompressor = makeDecompressionSink(
                 unpack && hasSuffix(mainUrl, ".xz") ? "xz" : "none", sink);
-            downloader->download(std::move(request), *decompressor);
+            fileTransfer->download(std::move(request), *decompressor);
             decompressor->finish();
         });
 

src/libstore/derivations.cc

@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ Hash hashDerivationModulo(Store & store, const Derivation & drv, bool maskOutput
         if (h == drvHashes.end()) {
             assert(store.isValidPath(i.first));
             h = drvHashes.insert_or_assign(i.first.clone(), hashDerivationModulo(store,
-                readDerivation(store, store.toRealPath(store.printStorePath(i.first))), false)).first;
+                readDerivation(store, store.toRealPath(i.first)), false)).first;
         }
         inputs2.insert_or_assign(h->second.to_string(Base16, false), i.second);
     }

src/libstore/filetransfer.cc

@@ -1,14 +1,10 @@
-#include "download.hh"
+#include "filetransfer.hh"
 #include "util.hh"
 #include "globals.hh"
-#include "hash.hh"
 #include "store-api.hh"
-#include "archive.hh"
 #include "s3.hh"
 #include "compression.hh"
-#include "pathlocks.hh"
 #include "finally.hh"
-#include "tarfile.hh"
 
 #ifdef ENABLE_S3
 #include <aws/core/client/ClientConfiguration.h>
@@ -31,13 +27,9 @@ using namespace std::string_literals;
 
 namespace nix {
 
-DownloadSettings downloadSettings;
+FileTransferSettings fileTransferSettings;
 
-static GlobalConfig::Register r1(&downloadSettings);
+static GlobalConfig::Register r1(&fileTransferSettings);
-
-CachedDownloadRequest::CachedDownloadRequest(const std::string & uri)
-    : uri(uri), ttl(settings.tarballTtl)
-{ }
 
 std::string resolveUri(const std::string & uri)
 {
@@ -47,21 +39,21 @@ std::string resolveUri(const std::string & uri)
         return uri;
 }
 
-struct CurlDownloader : public Downloader
+struct curlFileTransfer : public FileTransfer
 {
     CURLM * curlm = 0;
 
     std::random_device rd;
     std::mt19937 mt19937;
 
-    struct DownloadItem : public std::enable_shared_from_this<DownloadItem>
+    struct TransferItem : public std::enable_shared_from_this<TransferItem>
     {
-        CurlDownloader & downloader;
+        curlFileTransfer & fileTransfer;
-        DownloadRequest request;
+        FileTransferRequest request;
-        DownloadResult result;
+        FileTransferResult result;
         Activity act;
         bool done = false; // whether either the success or failure function has been called
-        Callback<DownloadResult> callback;
+        Callback<FileTransferResult> callback;
         CURL * req = 0;
         bool active = false; // whether the handle has been added to the multi object
         std::string status;
@@ -80,19 +72,26 @@ struct CurlDownloader : public Downloader
 
         curl_off_t writtenToSink = 0;
 
-        DownloadItem(CurlDownloader & downloader,
+        TransferItem(curlFileTransfer & fileTransfer,
-            const DownloadRequest & request,
+            const FileTransferRequest & request,
-            Callback<DownloadResult> && callback)
+            Callback<FileTransferResult> && callback)
-            : downloader(downloader)
+            : fileTransfer(fileTransfer)
             , request(request)
-            , act(*logger, lvlTalkative, actDownload,
+            , act(*logger, lvlTalkative, actFileTransfer,
                 fmt(request.data ? "uploading '%s'" : "downloading '%s'", request.uri),
                 {request.uri}, request.parentAct)
             , callback(std::move(callback))
             , finalSink([this](const unsigned char * data, size_t len) {
                 if (this->request.dataCallback) {
+                    long httpStatus = 0;
+                    curl_easy_getinfo(req, CURLINFO_RESPONSE_CODE, &httpStatus);
+
+                    /* Only write data to the sink if this is a
+                       successful response. */
+                    if (httpStatus == 0 || httpStatus == 200 || httpStatus == 201 || httpStatus == 206) {
                         writtenToSink += len;
                         this->request.dataCallback((char *) data, len);
+                    }
                 } else
                     this->result.data->append((char *) data, len);
               })
@@ -103,17 +102,17 @@ struct CurlDownloader : public Downloader
                 requestHeaders = curl_slist_append(requestHeaders, ("Content-Type: " + request.mimeType).c_str());
         }
 
-        ~DownloadItem()
+        ~TransferItem()
         {
             if (req) {
                 if (active)
-                    curl_multi_remove_handle(downloader.curlm, req);
+                    curl_multi_remove_handle(fileTransfer.curlm, req);
                 curl_easy_cleanup(req);
             }
             if (requestHeaders) curl_slist_free_all(requestHeaders);
             try {
                 if (!done)
-                    fail(DownloadError(Interrupted, "download of '%s' was interrupted", request.uri));
+                    fail(FileTransferError(Interrupted, "download of '%s' was interrupted", request.uri));
             } catch (...) {
                 ignoreException();
             }
@@ -157,7 +156,7 @@ struct CurlDownloader : public Downloader
 
         static size_t writeCallbackWrapper(void * contents, size_t size, size_t nmemb, void * userp)
         {
-            return ((DownloadItem *) userp)->writeCallback(contents, size, nmemb);
+            return ((TransferItem *) userp)->writeCallback(contents, size, nmemb);
         }
 
         size_t headerCallback(void * contents, size_t size, size_t nmemb)
@@ -199,7 +198,7 @@ struct CurlDownloader : public Downloader
 
         static size_t headerCallbackWrapper(void * contents, size_t size, size_t nmemb, void * userp)
         {
-            return ((DownloadItem *) userp)->headerCallback(contents, size, nmemb);
+            return ((TransferItem *) userp)->headerCallback(contents, size, nmemb);
         }
 
         int progressCallback(double dltotal, double dlnow)
@@ -214,7 +213,7 @@ struct CurlDownloader : public Downloader
 
         static int progressCallbackWrapper(void * userp, double dltotal, double dlnow, double ultotal, double ulnow)
         {
-            return ((DownloadItem *) userp)->progressCallback(dltotal, dlnow);
+            return ((TransferItem *) userp)->progressCallback(dltotal, dlnow);
         }
 
         static int debugCallback(CURL * handle, curl_infotype type, char * data, size_t size, void * userptr)
@@ -238,7 +237,7 @@ struct CurlDownloader : public Downloader
 
         static size_t readCallbackWrapper(char *buffer, size_t size, size_t nitems, void * userp)
         {
-            return ((DownloadItem *) userp)->readCallback(buffer, size, nitems);
+            return ((TransferItem *) userp)->readCallback(buffer, size, nitems);
         }
 
         void init()
@@ -249,7 +248,7 @@ struct CurlDownloader : public Downloader
 
             if (verbosity >= lvlVomit) {
                 curl_easy_setopt(req, CURLOPT_VERBOSE, 1);
-                curl_easy_setopt(req, CURLOPT_DEBUGFUNCTION, DownloadItem::debugCallback);
+                curl_easy_setopt(req, CURLOPT_DEBUGFUNCTION, TransferItem::debugCallback);
             }
 
             curl_easy_setopt(req, CURLOPT_URL, request.uri.c_str());
@@ -258,19 +257,19 @@ struct CurlDownloader : public Downloader
             curl_easy_setopt(req, CURLOPT_NOSIGNAL, 1);
             curl_easy_setopt(req, CURLOPT_USERAGENT,
                 ("curl/" LIBCURL_VERSION " Nix/" + nixVersion +
-                    (downloadSettings.userAgentSuffix != "" ? " " + downloadSettings.userAgentSuffix.get() : "")).c_str());
+                    (fileTransferSettings.userAgentSuffix != "" ? " " + fileTransferSettings.userAgentSuffix.get() : "")).c_str());
             #if LIBCURL_VERSION_NUM >= 0x072b00
             curl_easy_setopt(req, CURLOPT_PIPEWAIT, 1);
             #endif
             #if LIBCURL_VERSION_NUM >= 0x072f00
-            if (downloadSettings.enableHttp2)
+            if (fileTransferSettings.enableHttp2)
                 curl_easy_setopt(req, CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION, CURL_HTTP_VERSION_2TLS);
             else
                 curl_easy_setopt(req, CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION, CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1);
             #endif
-            curl_easy_setopt(req, CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION, DownloadItem::writeCallbackWrapper);
+            curl_easy_setopt(req, CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION, TransferItem::writeCallbackWrapper);
             curl_easy_setopt(req, CURLOPT_WRITEDATA, this);
-            curl_easy_setopt(req, CURLOPT_HEADERFUNCTION, DownloadItem::headerCallbackWrapper);
+            curl_easy_setopt(req, CURLOPT_HEADERFUNCTION, TransferItem::headerCallbackWrapper);
             curl_easy_setopt(req, CURLOPT_HEADERDATA, this);
 
             curl_easy_setopt(req, CURLOPT_PROGRESSFUNCTION, progressCallbackWrapper);
@@ -298,10 +297,10 @@ struct CurlDownloader : public Downloader
                 curl_easy_setopt(req, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, 0);
             }
 
-            curl_easy_setopt(req, CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT, downloadSettings.connectTimeout.get());
+            curl_easy_setopt(req, CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT, fileTransferSettings.connectTimeout.get());
 
             curl_easy_setopt(req, CURLOPT_LOW_SPEED_LIMIT, 1L);
-            curl_easy_setopt(req, CURLOPT_LOW_SPEED_TIME, downloadSettings.stalledDownloadTimeout.get());
+            curl_easy_setopt(req, CURLOPT_LOW_SPEED_TIME, fileTransferSettings.stalledDownloadTimeout.get());
 
             /* If no file exist in the specified path, curl continues to work
                anyway as if netrc support was disabled. */
@@ -402,14 +401,14 @@ struct CurlDownloader : public Downloader
 
                 auto exc =
                     code == CURLE_ABORTED_BY_CALLBACK && _isInterrupted
-                    ? DownloadError(Interrupted, fmt("%s of '%s' was interrupted", request.verb(), request.uri))
+                    ? FileTransferError(Interrupted, fmt("%s of '%s' was interrupted", request.verb(), request.uri))
                     : httpStatus != 0
-                    ? DownloadError(err,
+                    ? FileTransferError(err,
                         fmt("unable to %s '%s': HTTP error %d",
                             request.verb(), request.uri, httpStatus)
                         + (code == CURLE_OK ? "" : fmt(" (curl error: %s)", curl_easy_strerror(code)))
                         )
-                    : DownloadError(err,
+                    : FileTransferError(err,
                         fmt("unable to %s '%s': %s (%d)",
                             request.verb(), request.uri, curl_easy_strerror(code), code));
 
@@ -423,13 +422,13 @@ struct CurlDownloader : public Downloader
                         || writtenToSink == 0
                         || (acceptRanges && encoding.empty())))
                 {
-                    int ms = request.baseRetryTimeMs * std::pow(2.0f, attempt - 1 + std::uniform_real_distribution<>(0.0, 0.5)(downloader.mt19937));
+                    int ms = request.baseRetryTimeMs * std::pow(2.0f, attempt - 1 + std::uniform_real_distribution<>(0.0, 0.5)(fileTransfer.mt19937));
                     if (writtenToSink)
                         warn("%s; retrying from offset %d in %d ms", exc.what(), writtenToSink, ms);
                     else
                         warn("%s; retrying in %d ms", exc.what(), ms);
                     embargo = std::chrono::steady_clock::now() + std::chrono::milliseconds(ms);
-                    downloader.enqueueItem(shared_from_this());
+                    fileTransfer.enqueueItem(shared_from_this());
                 }
                 else
                     fail(exc);
@@ -440,12 +439,12 @@ struct CurlDownloader : public Downloader
     struct State
     {
         struct EmbargoComparator {
-            bool operator() (const std::shared_ptr<DownloadItem> & i1, const std::shared_ptr<DownloadItem> & i2) {
+            bool operator() (const std::shared_ptr<TransferItem> & i1, const std::shared_ptr<TransferItem> & i2) {
                 return i1->embargo > i2->embargo;
             }
         };
         bool quit = false;
-        std::priority_queue<std::shared_ptr<DownloadItem>, std::vector<std::shared_ptr<DownloadItem>>, EmbargoComparator> incoming;
+        std::priority_queue<std::shared_ptr<TransferItem>, std::vector<std::shared_ptr<TransferItem>>, EmbargoComparator> incoming;
     };
 
     Sync<State> state_;
@@ -457,7 +456,7 @@ struct CurlDownloader : public Downloader
 
     std::thread workerThread;
 
-    CurlDownloader()
+    curlFileTransfer()
         : mt19937(rd())
     {
         static std::once_flag globalInit;
@@ -470,7 +469,7 @@ struct CurlDownloader : public Downloader
         #endif
         #if LIBCURL_VERSION_NUM >= 0x071e00 // Max connections requires >= 7.30.0
         curl_multi_setopt(curlm, CURLMOPT_MAX_TOTAL_CONNECTIONS,
-            downloadSettings.httpConnections.get());
+            fileTransferSettings.httpConnections.get());
         #endif
 
         wakeupPipe.create();
@@ -479,7 +478,7 @@ struct CurlDownloader : public Downloader
         workerThread = std::thread([&]() { workerThreadEntry(); });
     }
 
-    ~CurlDownloader()
+    ~curlFileTransfer()
     {
         stopWorkerThread();
 
@@ -505,7 +504,7 @@ struct CurlDownloader : public Downloader
             stopWorkerThread();
         });
 
-        std::map<CURL *, std::shared_ptr<DownloadItem>> items;
+        std::map<CURL *, std::shared_ptr<TransferItem>> items;
 
         bool quit = false;
 
@@ -562,7 +561,7 @@ struct CurlDownloader : public Downloader
                     throw SysError("reading curl wakeup socket");
             }
 
-            std::vector<std::shared_ptr<DownloadItem>> incoming;
+            std::vector<std::shared_ptr<TransferItem>> incoming;
             auto now = std::chrono::steady_clock::now();
 
             {
@@ -615,7 +614,7 @@ struct CurlDownloader : public Downloader
         }
     }
 
-    void enqueueItem(std::shared_ptr<DownloadItem> item)
+    void enqueueItem(std::shared_ptr<TransferItem> item)
     {
         if (item->request.data
             && !hasPrefix(item->request.uri, "http://")
@@ -647,8 +646,8 @@ struct CurlDownloader : public Downloader
     }
 #endif
 
-    void enqueueDownload(const DownloadRequest & request,
+    void enqueueFileTransfer(const FileTransferRequest & request,
-        Callback<DownloadResult> callback) override
+        Callback<FileTransferResult> callback) override
     {
         /* Ugly hack to support s3:// URIs. */
         if (hasPrefix(request.uri, "s3://")) {
@@ -666,9 +665,9 @@ struct CurlDownloader : public Downloader
 
                 // FIXME: implement ETag
                 auto s3Res = s3Helper.getObject(bucketName, key);
-                DownloadResult res;
+                FileTransferResult res;
                 if (!s3Res.data)
-                    throw DownloadError(NotFound, fmt("S3 object '%s' does not exist", request.uri));
+                    throw FileTransferError(NotFound, fmt("S3 object '%s' does not exist", request.uri));
                 res.data = s3Res.data;
                 callback(std::move(res));
 #else
@@ -678,26 +677,26 @@ struct CurlDownloader : public Downloader
             return;
         }
 
-        enqueueItem(std::make_shared<DownloadItem>(*this, request, std::move(callback)));
+        enqueueItem(std::make_shared<TransferItem>(*this, request, std::move(callback)));
     }
 };
 
-ref<Downloader> getDownloader()
+ref<FileTransfer> getFileTransfer()
 {
-    static ref<Downloader> downloader = makeDownloader();
+    static ref<FileTransfer> fileTransfer = makeFileTransfer();
-    return downloader;
+    return fileTransfer;
 }
 
-ref<Downloader> makeDownloader()
+ref<FileTransfer> makeFileTransfer()
 {
-    return make_ref<CurlDownloader>();
+    return make_ref<curlFileTransfer>();
 }
 
-std::future<DownloadResult> Downloader::enqueueDownload(const DownloadRequest & request)
+std::future<FileTransferResult> FileTransfer::enqueueFileTransfer(const FileTransferRequest & request)
 {
-    auto promise = std::make_shared<std::promise<DownloadResult>>();
+    auto promise = std::make_shared<std::promise<FileTransferResult>>();
-    enqueueDownload(request,
+    enqueueFileTransfer(request,
-        {[promise](std::future<DownloadResult> fut) {
+        {[promise](std::future<FileTransferResult> fut) {
             try {
                 promise->set_value(fut.get());
             } catch (...) {
@@ -707,15 +706,21 @@ std::future<DownloadResult> Downloader::enqueueDownload(const DownloadRequest &
     return promise->get_future();
 }
 
-DownloadResult Downloader::download(const DownloadRequest & request)
+FileTransferResult FileTransfer::download(const FileTransferRequest & request)
 {
-    return enqueueDownload(request).get();
+    return enqueueFileTransfer(request).get();
 }
 
-void Downloader::download(DownloadRequest && request, Sink & sink)
+FileTransferResult FileTransfer::upload(const FileTransferRequest & request)
+{
+    /* Note: this method is the same as download, but helps in readability */
+    return enqueueFileTransfer(request).get();
+}
+
+void FileTransfer::download(FileTransferRequest && request, Sink & sink)
 {
     /* Note: we can't call 'sink' via request.dataCallback, because
-       that would cause the sink to execute on the downloader
+       that would cause the sink to execute on the fileTransfer
        thread. If 'sink' is a coroutine, this will fail. Also, if the
        sink is expensive (e.g. one that does decompression and writing
        to the Nix store), it would stall the download thread too much.
@@ -761,8 +766,8 @@ void Downloader::download(DownloadRequest && request, Sink & sink)
         state->avail.notify_one();
     };
 
-    enqueueDownload(request,
+    enqueueFileTransfer(request,
-        {[_state](std::future<DownloadResult> fut) {
+        {[_state](std::future<FileTransferResult> fut) {
             auto state(_state->lock());
             state->quit = true;
             try {
@@ -807,140 +812,6 @@ void Downloader::download(DownloadRequest && request, Sink & sink)
     }
 }
 
-CachedDownloadResult Downloader::downloadCached(
-    ref<Store> store, const CachedDownloadRequest & request)
-{
-    auto url = resolveUri(request.uri);
-
-    auto name = request.name;
-    if (name == "") {
-        auto p = url.rfind('/');
-        if (p != string::npos) name = string(url, p + 1);
-    }
-
-    std::optional<StorePath> expectedStorePath;
-    if (request.expectedHash) {
-        expectedStorePath = store->makeFixedOutputPath(request.unpack, request.expectedHash, name);
-        if (store->isValidPath(*expectedStorePath)) {
-            CachedDownloadResult result;
-            result.storePath = store->printStorePath(*expectedStorePath);
-            result.path = store->toRealPath(result.storePath);
-            return result;
-        }
-    }
-
-    Path cacheDir = getCacheDir() + "/nix/tarballs";
-    createDirs(cacheDir);
-
-    string urlHash = hashString(htSHA256, name + std::string("\0"s) + url).to_string(Base32, false);
-
-    Path dataFile = cacheDir + "/" + urlHash + ".info";
-    Path fileLink = cacheDir + "/" + urlHash + "-file";
-
-    PathLocks lock({fileLink}, fmt("waiting for lock on '%1%'...", fileLink));
-
-    std::optional<StorePath> storePath;
-
-    string expectedETag;
-
-    bool skip = false;
-
-    CachedDownloadResult result;
-
-    if (pathExists(fileLink) && pathExists(dataFile)) {
-        storePath = store->parseStorePath(readLink(fileLink));
-        // FIXME
-        store->addTempRoot(*storePath);
-        if (store->isValidPath(*storePath)) {
-            auto ss = tokenizeString<vector<string>>(readFile(dataFile), "\n");
-            if (ss.size() >= 3 && ss[0] == url) {
-                time_t lastChecked;
-                if (string2Int(ss[2], lastChecked) && (uint64_t) lastChecked + request.ttl >= (uint64_t) time(0)) {
-                    skip = true;
-                    result.effectiveUri = request.uri;
-                    result.etag = ss[1];
-                } else if (!ss[1].empty()) {
-                    debug(format("verifying previous ETag '%1%'") % ss[1]);
-                    expectedETag = ss[1];
-                }
-            }
-        } else
-            storePath.reset();
-    }
-
-    if (!skip) {
-
-        try {
-            DownloadRequest request2(url);
-            request2.expectedETag = expectedETag;
-            auto res = download(request2);
-            result.effectiveUri = res.effectiveUri;
-            result.etag = res.etag;
-
-            if (!res.cached) {
-                StringSink sink;
-                dumpString(*res.data, sink);
-                Hash hash = hashString(request.expectedHash ? request.expectedHash.type : htSHA256, *res.data);
-                ValidPathInfo info(store->makeFixedOutputPath(false, hash, name));
-                info.narHash = hashString(htSHA256, *sink.s);
-                info.narSize = sink.s->size();
-                info.ca = makeFixedOutputCA(false, hash);
-                store->addToStore(info, sink.s, NoRepair, NoCheckSigs);
-                storePath = info.path.clone();
-            }
-
-            assert(storePath);
-            replaceSymlink(store->printStorePath(*storePath), fileLink);
-
-            writeFile(dataFile, url + "\n" + res.etag + "\n" + std::to_string(time(0)) + "\n");
-        } catch (DownloadError & e) {
-            if (!storePath) throw;
-            warn("warning: %s; using cached result", e.msg());
-            result.etag = expectedETag;
-        }
-    }
-
-    if (request.unpack) {
-        Path unpackedLink = cacheDir + "/" + ((std::string) storePath->to_string()) + "-unpacked";
-        PathLocks lock2({unpackedLink}, fmt("waiting for lock on '%1%'...", unpackedLink));
-        std::optional<StorePath> unpackedStorePath;
-        if (pathExists(unpackedLink)) {
-            unpackedStorePath = store->parseStorePath(readLink(unpackedLink));
-            // FIXME
-            store->addTempRoot(*unpackedStorePath);
-            if (!store->isValidPath(*unpackedStorePath))
-                unpackedStorePath.reset();
-        }
-        if (!unpackedStorePath) {
-            printInfo("unpacking '%s'...", url);
-            Path tmpDir = createTempDir();
-            AutoDelete autoDelete(tmpDir, true);
-            unpackTarfile(store->toRealPath(store->printStorePath(*storePath)), tmpDir);
-            auto members = readDirectory(tmpDir);
-            if (members.size() != 1)
-                throw nix::Error("tarball '%s' contains an unexpected number of top-level files", url);
-            auto topDir = tmpDir + "/" + members.begin()->name;
-            unpackedStorePath = store->addToStore(name, topDir, true, htSHA256, defaultPathFilter, NoRepair);
-        }
-        replaceSymlink(store->printStorePath(*unpackedStorePath), unpackedLink);
-        storePath = std::move(*unpackedStorePath);
-    }
-
-    if (expectedStorePath && *storePath != *expectedStorePath) {
-        unsigned int statusCode = 102;
-        Hash gotHash = request.unpack
-            ? hashPath(request.expectedHash.type, store->toRealPath(store->printStorePath(*storePath))).first
-            : hashFile(request.expectedHash.type, store->toRealPath(store->printStorePath(*storePath)));
-        throw nix::Error(statusCode, "hash mismatch in file downloaded from '%s':\n  wanted: %s\n  got:    %s",
-            url, request.expectedHash.to_string(), gotHash.to_string());
-    }
-
-    result.storePath = store->printStorePath(*storePath);
-    result.path = store->toRealPath(result.storePath);
-    return result;
-}
-
-
 bool isUri(const string & s)
 {
     if (s.compare(0, 8, "channel:") == 0) return true;

src/libstore/filetransfer.hh

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 namespace nix {
 
-struct DownloadSettings : Config
+struct FileTransferSettings : Config
 {
     Setting<bool> enableHttp2{this, true, "http2",
         "Whether to enable HTTP/2 support."};
@@ -31,15 +31,15 @@ struct DownloadSettings : Config
         "How often Nix will attempt to download a file before giving up."};
 };
 
-extern DownloadSettings downloadSettings;
+extern FileTransferSettings fileTransferSettings;
 
-struct DownloadRequest
+struct FileTransferRequest
 {
     std::string uri;
     std::string expectedETag;
     bool verifyTLS = true;
     bool head = false;
-    size_t tries = downloadSettings.tries;
+    size_t tries = fileTransferSettings.tries;
     unsigned int baseRetryTimeMs = 250;
     ActivityId parentAct;
     bool decompress = true;
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ struct DownloadRequest
     std::string mimeType;
     std::function<void(char *, size_t)> dataCallback;
 
-    DownloadRequest(const std::string & uri)
+    FileTransferRequest(const std::string & uri)
         : uri(uri), parentAct(getCurActivity()) { }
 
     std::string verb()
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ struct DownloadRequest
     }
 };
 
-struct DownloadResult
+struct FileTransferResult
 {
     bool cached = false;
     std::string etag;
@@ -65,76 +65,52 @@ struct DownloadResult
     uint64_t bodySize = 0;
 };
 
-struct CachedDownloadRequest
-{
-    std::string uri;
-    bool unpack = false;
-    std::string name;
-    Hash expectedHash;
-    unsigned int ttl;
-
-    CachedDownloadRequest(const std::string & uri);
-    CachedDownloadRequest() = delete;
-};
-
-struct CachedDownloadResult
-{
-    // Note: 'storePath' may be different from 'path' when using a
-    // chroot store.
-    Path storePath;
-    Path path;
-    std::optional<std::string> etag;
-    std::string effectiveUri;
-};
-
 class Store;
 
-struct Downloader
+struct FileTransfer
 {
-    virtual ~Downloader() { }
+    virtual ~FileTransfer() { }
 
-    /* Enqueue a download request, returning a future to the result of
+    /* Enqueue a data transfer request, returning a future to the result of
-       the download. The future may throw a DownloadError
+       the download. The future may throw a FileTransferError
        exception. */
-    virtual void enqueueDownload(const DownloadRequest & request,
+    virtual void enqueueFileTransfer(const FileTransferRequest & request,
-        Callback<DownloadResult> callback) = 0;
+        Callback<FileTransferResult> callback) = 0;
 
-    std::future<DownloadResult> enqueueDownload(const DownloadRequest & request);
+    std::future<FileTransferResult> enqueueFileTransfer(const FileTransferRequest & request);
 
     /* Synchronously download a file. */
-    DownloadResult download(const DownloadRequest & request);
+    FileTransferResult download(const FileTransferRequest & request);
+
+    /* Synchronously upload a file. */
+    FileTransferResult upload(const FileTransferRequest & request);
 
     /* Download a file, writing its data to a sink. The sink will be
        invoked on the thread of the caller. */
-    void download(DownloadRequest && request, Sink & sink);
+    void download(FileTransferRequest && request, Sink & sink);
-
-    /* Check if the specified file is already in ~/.cache/nix/tarballs
-       and is more recent than ‘tarball-ttl’ seconds. Otherwise,
-       use the recorded ETag to verify if the server has a more
-       recent version, and if so, download it to the Nix store. */
-    CachedDownloadResult downloadCached(ref<Store> store, const CachedDownloadRequest & request);
 
     enum Error { NotFound, Forbidden, Misc, Transient, Interrupted };
 };
 
-/* Return a shared Downloader object. Using this object is preferred
+/* Return a shared FileTransfer object. Using this object is preferred
    because it enables connection reuse and HTTP/2 multiplexing. */
-ref<Downloader> getDownloader();
+ref<FileTransfer> getFileTransfer();
 
-/* Return a new Downloader object. */
+/* Return a new FileTransfer object. */
-ref<Downloader> makeDownloader();
+ref<FileTransfer> makeFileTransfer();
 
-class DownloadError : public Error
+class FileTransferError : public Error
 {
 public:
-    Downloader::Error error;
+    FileTransfer::Error error;
-
+    FileTransferError(FileTransfer::Error error, const Args & ... args)
-    template<typename... Args>
+        : Error(fs), error(error)
-    DownloadError(Downloader::Error error, const Args & ... args)
-        : Error(args...), error(error)
     { }
 };
 
 bool isUri(const string & s);
 
+/* Resolve deprecated 'channel:<foo>' URLs. */
+std::string resolveUri(const std::string & uri);
+
 }

src/libstore/gc.cc

@@ -206,6 +206,11 @@ void LocalStore::findTempRoots(FDs & fds, Roots & tempRoots, bool censor)
     /* Read the `temproots' directory for per-process temporary root
        files. */
     for (auto & i : readDirectory(tempRootsDir)) {
+        if (i.name[0] == '.') {
+            // Ignore hidden files. Some package managers (notably portage) create
+            // those to keep the directory alive.
+            continue;
+        }
         Path path = tempRootsDir + "/" + i.name;
 
         pid_t pid = std::stoi(i.name);
@@ -418,7 +423,7 @@ void LocalStore::findRuntimeRoots(Roots & roots, bool censor)
 
                 try {
                     auto mapFile = fmt("/proc/%s/maps", ent->d_name);
-                    auto mapLines = tokenizeString<std::vector<string>>(readFile(mapFile, true), "\n");
+                    auto mapLines = tokenizeString<std::vector<string>>(readFile(mapFile), "\n");
                     for (const auto & line : mapLines) {
                         auto match = std::smatch{};
                         if (std::regex_match(line, match, mapRegex))
@@ -426,7 +431,7 @@ void LocalStore::findRuntimeRoots(Roots & roots, bool censor)
                     }
 
                     auto envFile = fmt("/proc/%s/environ", ent->d_name);
-                    auto envString = readFile(envFile, true);
+                    auto envString = readFile(envFile);
                     auto env_end = std::sregex_iterator{};
                     for (auto i = std::sregex_iterator{envString.begin(), envString.end(), storePathRegex}; i != env_end; ++i)
                         unchecked[i->str()].emplace(envFile);
@@ -888,7 +893,7 @@ void LocalStore::autoGC(bool sync)
         if (statvfs(realStoreDir.c_str(), &st))
             throw SysError("getting filesystem info about '%s'", realStoreDir);
 
-        return (uint64_t) st.f_bavail * st.f_bsize;
+        return (uint64_t) st.f_bavail * st.f_frsize;
     };
 
     std::shared_future<void> future;

src/libstore/globals.cc

@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ Settings::Settings()
     , nixLogDir(canonPath(getEnv("NIX_LOG_DIR").value_or(NIX_LOG_DIR)))
     , nixStateDir(canonPath(getEnv("NIX_STATE_DIR").value_or(NIX_STATE_DIR)))
     , nixConfDir(canonPath(getEnv("NIX_CONF_DIR").value_or(NIX_CONF_DIR)))
+    , nixUserConfFiles(getUserConfigFiles())
     , nixLibexecDir(canonPath(getEnv("NIX_LIBEXEC_DIR").value_or(NIX_LIBEXEC_DIR)))
     , nixBinDir(canonPath(getEnv("NIX_BIN_DIR").value_or(NIX_BIN_DIR)))
     , nixManDir(canonPath(NIX_MAN_DIR))
@@ -77,13 +78,29 @@ void loadConfFile()
        ~/.nix/nix.conf or the command line. */
     globalConfig.resetOverriden();
 
-    auto dirs = getConfigDirs();
+    auto files = settings.nixUserConfFiles;
-    // Iterate over them in reverse so that the ones appearing first in the path take priority
+    for (auto file = files.rbegin(); file != files.rend(); file++) {
-    for (auto dir = dirs.rbegin(); dir != dirs.rend(); dir++) {
+        globalConfig.applyConfigFile(*file);
-        globalConfig.applyConfigFile(*dir + "/nix/nix.conf");
     }
 }
 
+std::vector<Path> getUserConfigFiles()
+{
+    // Use the paths specified in NIX_USER_CONF_FILES if it has been defined
+    auto nixConfFiles = getEnv("NIX_USER_CONF_FILES");
+    if (nixConfFiles.has_value()) {
+        return tokenizeString<std::vector<string>>(nixConfFiles.value(), ":");
+    }
+
+    // Use the paths specified by the XDG spec
+    std::vector<Path> files;
+    auto dirs = getConfigDirs();
+    for (auto & dir : dirs) {
+        files.insert(files.end(), dir + "/nix/nix.conf");
+    }
+    return files;
+}
+
 unsigned int Settings::getDefaultCores()
 {
     return std::max(1U, std::thread::hardware_concurrency());
@@ -150,21 +167,24 @@ template<> void BaseSetting<SandboxMode>::toJSON(JSONPlaceholder & out)
 
 template<> void BaseSetting<SandboxMode>::convertToArg(Args & args, const std::string & category)
 {
-    args.mkFlag()
+    args.addFlag({
-        .longName(name)
+        .longName = name,
-        .description("Enable sandboxing.")
+        .description = "Enable sandboxing.",
-        .handler([=](std::vector<std::string> ss) { override(smEnabled); })
+        .category = category,
-        .category(category);
+        .handler = {[=]() { override(smEnabled); }}
-    args.mkFlag()
+    });
-        .longName("no-" + name)
+    args.addFlag({
-        .description("Disable sandboxing.")
+        .longName = "no-" + name,
-        .handler([=](std::vector<std::string> ss) { override(smDisabled); })
+        .description = "Disable sandboxing.",
-        .category(category);
+        .category = category,
-    args.mkFlag()
+        .handler = {[=]() { override(smDisabled); }}
-        .longName("relaxed-" + name)
+    });
-        .description("Enable sandboxing, but allow builds to disable it.")
+    args.addFlag({
-        .handler([=](std::vector<std::string> ss) { override(smRelaxed); })
+        .longName = "relaxed-" + name,
-        .category(category);
+        .description = "Enable sandboxing, but allow builds to disable it.",
+        .category = category,
+        .handler = {[=]() { override(smRelaxed); }}
+    });
 }
 
 void MaxBuildJobsSetting::set(const std::string & str)

src/libstore/globals.hh

@@ -53,9 +53,12 @@ public:
     /* The directory where state is stored. */
     Path nixStateDir;
 
-    /* The directory where configuration files are stored. */
+    /* The directory where system configuration files are stored. */
     Path nixConfDir;
 
+    /* A list of user configuration files to load. */
+    std::vector<Path> nixUserConfFiles;
+
     /* The directory where internal helper programs are stored. */
     Path nixLibexecDir;
 
@@ -351,12 +354,21 @@ public:
     Setting<Paths> pluginFiles{this, {}, "plugin-files",
         "Plugins to dynamically load at nix initialization time."};
 
+    Setting<std::string> githubAccessToken{this, "", "github-access-token",
+        "GitHub access token to get access to GitHub data through the GitHub API for github:<..> flakes."};
+
     Setting<Strings> experimentalFeatures{this, {}, "experimental-features",
         "Experimental Nix features to enable."};
 
     bool isExperimentalFeatureEnabled(const std::string & name);
 
     void requireExperimentalFeature(const std::string & name);
+
+    Setting<bool> allowDirty{this, true, "allow-dirty",
+        "Whether to allow dirty Git/Mercurial trees."};
+
+    Setting<bool> warnDirty{this, true, "warn-dirty",
+        "Whether to warn about dirty Git/Mercurial trees."};
 };
 
 
@@ -369,6 +381,9 @@ void initPlugins();
 
 void loadConfFile();
 
+// Used by the Settings constructor
+std::vector<Path> getUserConfigFiles();
+
 extern const string nixVersion;
 
 }

src/libstore/http-binary-cache-store.cc

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #include "binary-cache-store.hh"
-#include "download.hh"
+#include "filetransfer.hh"
 #include "globals.hh"
 #include "nar-info-disk-cache.hh"
 
@@ -85,14 +85,14 @@ protected:
         checkEnabled();
 
         try {
-            DownloadRequest request(cacheUri + "/" + path);
+            FileTransferRequest request(cacheUri + "/" + path);
             request.head = true;
-            getDownloader()->download(request);
+            getFileTransfer()->download(request);
             return true;
-        } catch (DownloadError & e) {
+        } catch (FileTransferError & e) {
             /* S3 buckets return 403 if a file doesn't exist and the
                bucket is unlistable, so treat 403 as 404. */
-            if (e.error == Downloader::NotFound || e.error == Downloader::Forbidden)
+            if (e.error == FileTransfer::NotFound || e.error == FileTransfer::Forbidden)
                 return false;
             maybeDisable();
             throw;
@@ -103,19 +103,19 @@ protected:
         const std::string & data,
         const std::string & mimeType) override
     {
-        auto req = DownloadRequest(cacheUri + "/" + path);
+        auto req = FileTransferRequest(cacheUri + "/" + path);
         req.data = std::make_shared<string>(data); // FIXME: inefficient
         req.mimeType = mimeType;
         try {
-            getDownloader()->download(req);
+            getFileTransfer()->upload(req);
-        } catch (DownloadError & e) {
+        } catch (FileTransferError & e) {
             throw UploadToHTTP("while uploading to HTTP binary cache at '%s': %s", cacheUri, e.msg());
         }
     }
 
-    DownloadRequest makeRequest(const std::string & path)
+    FileTransferRequest makeRequest(const std::string & path)
     {
-        DownloadRequest request(cacheUri + "/" + path);
+        FileTransferRequest request(cacheUri + "/" + path);
         return request;
     }
 
@@ -124,9 +124,9 @@ protected:
         checkEnabled();
         auto request(makeRequest(path));
         try {
-            getDownloader()->download(std::move(request), sink);
+            getFileTransfer()->download(std::move(request), sink);
-        } catch (DownloadError & e) {
+        } catch (FileTransferError & e) {
-            if (e.error == Downloader::NotFound || e.error == Downloader::Forbidden)
+            if (e.error == FileTransfer::NotFound || e.error == FileTransfer::Forbidden)
                 throw NoSuchBinaryCacheFile("file '%s' does not exist in binary cache '%s'", path, getUri());
             maybeDisable();
             throw;
@@ -142,12 +142,12 @@ protected:
 
         auto callbackPtr = std::make_shared<decltype(callback)>(std::move(callback));
 
-        getDownloader()->enqueueDownload(request,
+        getFileTransfer()->enqueueFileTransfer(request,
-            {[callbackPtr, this](std::future<DownloadResult> result) {
+            {[callbackPtr, this](std::future<FileTransferResult> result) {
                 try {
                     (*callbackPtr)(result.get().data);
-                } catch (DownloadError & e) {
+                } catch (FileTransferError & e) {
-                    if (e.error == Downloader::NotFound || e.error == Downloader::Forbidden)
+                    if (e.error == FileTransfer::NotFound || e.error == FileTransfer::Forbidden)
                         return (*callbackPtr)(std::shared_ptr<std::string>());
                     maybeDisable();
                     callbackPtr->rethrow();
@@ -174,4 +174,3 @@ static RegisterStoreImplementation regStore([](
 });
 
 }
-

src/libstore/s3-binary-cache-store.cc

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #include "nar-info-disk-cache.hh"
 #include "globals.hh"
 #include "compression.hh"
-#include "download.hh"
+#include "filetransfer.hh"
 #include "istringstream_nocopy.hh"
 
 #include <aws/core/Aws.h>
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ ref<Aws::Client::ClientConfiguration> S3Helper::makeConfig(const string & region
     return res;
 }
 
-S3Helper::DownloadResult S3Helper::getObject(
+S3Helper::FileTransferResult S3Helper::getObject(
     const std::string & bucketName, const std::string & key)
 {
     debug("fetching 's3://%s/%s'...", bucketName, key);
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ S3Helper::DownloadResult S3Helper::getObject(
         return Aws::New<std::stringstream>("STRINGSTREAM");
     });
 
-    DownloadResult res;
+    FileTransferResult res;
 
     auto now1 = std::chrono::steady_clock::now();
 

src/libstore/s3.hh

@@ -18,13 +18,13 @@ struct S3Helper
 
     ref<Aws::Client::ClientConfiguration> makeConfig(const std::string & region, const std::string & scheme, const std::string & endpoint);
 
-    struct DownloadResult
+    struct FileTransferResult
     {
         std::shared_ptr<std::string> data;
         unsigned int durationMs;
     };
 
-    DownloadResult getObject(
+    FileTransferResult getObject(
         const std::string & bucketName, const std::string & key);
 };
 

src/libstore/store-api.cc

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 #include "thread-pool.hh"
 #include "json.hh"
 #include "derivations.hh"
+#include "url.hh"
 
 #include <future>
 
@@ -40,7 +41,7 @@ Path Store::followLinksToStore(std::string_view _path) const
         path = absPath(target, dirOf(path));
     }
     if (!isInStore(path))
-        throw Error("path '%1%' is not in the Nix store", path);
+        throw NotInStore("path '%1%' is not in the Nix store", path);
     return path;
 }
 
@@ -870,27 +871,7 @@ std::pair<std::string, Store::Params> splitUriAndParams(const std::string & uri_
     Store::Params params;
     auto q = uri.find('?');
     if (q != std::string::npos) {
-        for (auto s : tokenizeString<Strings>(uri.substr(q + 1), "&")) {
+        params = decodeQuery(uri.substr(q + 1));
-            auto e = s.find('=');
-            if (e != std::string::npos) {
-                auto value = s.substr(e + 1);
-                std::string decoded;
-                for (size_t i = 0; i < value.size(); ) {
-                    if (value[i] == '%') {
-                        if (i + 2 >= value.size())
-                            throw Error("invalid URI parameter '%s'", value);
-                        try {
-                            decoded += std::stoul(std::string(value, i + 1, 2), 0, 16);
-                            i += 3;
-                        } catch (...) {
-                            throw Error("invalid URI parameter '%s'", value);
-                        }
-                    } else
-                        decoded += value[i++];
-                }
-                params[s.substr(0, e)] = decoded;
-            }
-        }
         uri = uri_.substr(0, q);
     }
     return {uri, params};

src/libstore/store-api.hh

@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ MakeError(InvalidPath, Error);
 MakeError(Unsupported, Error);
 MakeError(SubstituteGone, Error);
 MakeError(SubstituterDisabled, Error);
+MakeError(NotInStore, Error);
 
 
 struct BasicDerivation;

src/libutil/ansicolor.hh

@@ -1,13 +1,15 @@
 #pragma once
 
-namespace nix 
+namespace nix {
-{
+
-  /* Some ANSI escape sequences. */
+/* Some ANSI escape sequences. */
-  #define ANSI_NORMAL "\e[0m"
+#define ANSI_NORMAL "\e[0m"
-  #define ANSI_BOLD "\e[1m"
+#define ANSI_BOLD "\e[1m"
-  #define ANSI_FAINT "\e[2m"
+#define ANSI_FAINT "\e[2m"
-  #define ANSI_RED "\e[31;1m"
+#define ANSI_ITALIC "\e[3m"
-  #define ANSI_GREEN "\e[32;1m"
+#define ANSI_RED "\e[31;1m"
-  #define ANSI_YELLOW "\e[33;1m"
+#define ANSI_GREEN "\e[32;1m"
-  #define ANSI_BLUE "\e[34;1m"
+#define ANSI_YELLOW "\e[33;1m"
+#define ANSI_BLUE "\e[34;1m"
+
 }

src/libutil/args.cc

@@ -3,16 +3,14 @@
 
 namespace nix {
 
-Args::FlagMaker Args::mkFlag()
+void Args::addFlag(Flag && flag_)
-{
-    return FlagMaker(*this);
-}
-
-Args::FlagMaker::~FlagMaker()
 {
+    auto flag = std::make_shared<Flag>(std::move(flag_));
+    if (flag->handler.arity != ArityAny)
+        assert(flag->handler.arity == flag->labels.size());
     assert(flag->longName != "");
-    args.longFlags[flag->longName] = flag;
+    longFlags[flag->longName] = flag;
-    if (flag->shortName) args.shortFlags[flag->shortName] = flag;
+    if (flag->shortName) shortFlags[flag->shortName] = flag;
 }
 
 void Args::parseCmdline(const Strings & _cmdline)
@@ -61,7 +59,7 @@ void Args::parseCmdline(const Strings & _cmdline)
 
 void Args::printHelp(const string & programName, std::ostream & out)
 {
-    std::cout << "Usage: " << programName << " <FLAGS>...";
+    std::cout << fmt(ANSI_BOLD "Usage:" ANSI_NORMAL " %s " ANSI_ITALIC "FLAGS..." ANSI_NORMAL, programName);
     for (auto & exp : expectedArgs) {
         std::cout << renderLabels({exp.label});
         // FIXME: handle arity > 1
@@ -72,11 +70,11 @@ void Args::printHelp(const string & programName, std::ostream & out)
 
     auto s = description();
     if (s != "")
-        std::cout << "\nSummary: " << s << ".\n";
+        std::cout << "\n" ANSI_BOLD "Summary:" ANSI_NORMAL " " << s << ".\n";
 
     if (longFlags.size()) {
         std::cout << "\n";
-        std::cout << "Flags:\n";
+        std::cout << ANSI_BOLD "Flags:" ANSI_NORMAL "\n";
         printFlags(out);
     }
 }
@@ -101,16 +99,21 @@ bool Args::processFlag(Strings::iterator & pos, Strings::iterator end)
     auto process = [&](const std::string & name, const Flag & flag) -> bool {
         ++pos;
         std::vector<std::string> args;
-        for (size_t n = 0 ; n < flag.arity; ++n) {
+        for (size_t n = 0 ; n < flag.handler.arity; ++n) {
             if (pos == end) {
+<<<<<<< HEAD
                 if (flag.arity == ArityAny) break;
                 throw UsageError("flag '%1%' requires %2% argument(s)",
                     name,
                     flag.arity);
+=======
+                if (flag.handler.arity == ArityAny) break;
+                throw UsageError("flag '%s' requires %d argument(s)", name, flag.handler.arity);
+>>>>>>> master
             }
             args.push_back(*pos++);
         }
-        flag.handler(std::move(args));
+        flag.handler.fun(std::move(args));
         return true;
     };
 
@@ -158,17 +161,18 @@ bool Args::processArgs(const Strings & args, bool finish)
     return res;
 }
 
-Args::FlagMaker & Args::FlagMaker::mkHashTypeFlag(HashType * ht)
+Args::Flag Args::Flag::mkHashTypeFlag(std::string && longName, HashType * ht)
 {
-    arity(1);
+    return Flag {
-    label("type");
+        .longName = std::move(longName),
-    description("hash algorithm ('md5', 'sha1', 'sha256', or 'sha512')");
+        .description = "hash algorithm ('md5', 'sha1', 'sha256', or 'sha512')",
-    handler([ht](std::string s) {
+        .labels = {"hash-algo"},
+        .handler = {[ht](std::string s) {
             *ht = parseHashType(s);
             if (*ht == htUnknown)
                 throw UsageError("unknown hash type '%1%'", s);
-    });
+        }}
-    return *this;
+    };
 }
 
 Strings argvToStrings(int argc, char * * argv)
@@ -184,7 +188,7 @@ std::string renderLabels(const Strings & labels)
     std::string res;
     for (auto label : labels) {
         for (auto & c : label) c = std::toupper(c);
-        res += " <" + label + ">";
+        res += " " ANSI_ITALIC + label + ANSI_NORMAL;
     }
     return res;
 }
@@ -193,10 +197,10 @@ void printTable(std::ostream & out, const Table2 & table)
 {
     size_t max = 0;
     for (auto & row : table)
-        max = std::max(max, row.first.size());
+        max = std::max(max, filterANSIEscapes(row.first, true).size());
     for (auto & row : table) {
         out << "  " << row.first
-            << std::string(max - row.first.size() + 2, ' ')
+            << std::string(max - filterANSIEscapes(row.first, true).size() + 2, ' ')
             << row.second << "\n";
     }
 }
@@ -207,8 +211,7 @@ void Command::printHelp(const string & programName, std::ostream & out)
 
     auto exs = examples();
     if (!exs.empty()) {
-        out << "\n";
+        out << "\n" ANSI_BOLD "Examples:" ANSI_NORMAL "\n";
-        out << "Examples:\n";
         for (auto & ex : exs)
             out << "\n"
                 << "  " << ex.description << "\n" // FIXME: wrap
@@ -224,49 +227,55 @@ MultiCommand::MultiCommand(const Commands & commands)
         auto i = commands.find(ss[0]);
         if (i == commands.end())
             throw UsageError("'%s' is not a recognised command", ss[0]);
-        command = i->second();
+        command = {ss[0], i->second()};
-        command->_name = ss[0];
     }});
+
+    categories[Command::catDefault] = "Available commands";
 }
 
 void MultiCommand::printHelp(const string & programName, std::ostream & out)
 {
     if (command) {
-        command->printHelp(programName + " " + command->name(), out);
+        command->second->printHelp(programName + " " + command->first, out);
         return;
     }
 
-    out << "Usage: " << programName << " <COMMAND> <FLAGS>... <ARGS>...\n";
+    out << fmt(ANSI_BOLD "Usage:" ANSI_NORMAL " %s " ANSI_ITALIC "COMMAND FLAGS... ARGS..." ANSI_NORMAL "\n", programName);
 
-    out << "\n";
+    out << "\n" ANSI_BOLD "Common flags:" ANSI_NORMAL "\n";
-    out << "Common flags:\n";
     printFlags(out);
 
-    out << "\n";
+    std::map<Command::Category, std::map<std::string, ref<Command>>> commandsByCategory;
-    out << "Available commands:\n";
+
+    for (auto & [name, commandFun] : commands) {
+        auto command = commandFun();
+        commandsByCategory[command->category()].insert_or_assign(name, command);
+    }
+
+    for (auto & [category, commands] : commandsByCategory) {
+        out << fmt("\n" ANSI_BOLD "%s:" ANSI_NORMAL "\n", categories[category]);
 
         Table2 table;
-    for (auto & i : commands) {
+        for (auto & [name, command] : commands) {
-        auto command = i.second();
-        command->_name = i.first;
             auto descr = command->description();
             if (!descr.empty())
-            table.push_back(std::make_pair(command->name(), descr));
+                table.push_back(std::make_pair(name, descr));
         }
         printTable(out, table);
+    }
 }
 
 bool MultiCommand::processFlag(Strings::iterator & pos, Strings::iterator end)
 {
     if (Args::processFlag(pos, end)) return true;
-    if (command && command->processFlag(pos, end)) return true;
+    if (command && command->second->processFlag(pos, end)) return true;
     return false;
 }
 
 bool MultiCommand::processArgs(const Strings & args, bool finish)
 {
     if (command)
-        return command->processArgs(args, finish);
+        return command->second->processArgs(args, finish);
     else
         return Args::processArgs(args, finish);
 }

src/libutil/args.hh

@@ -32,13 +32,59 @@ protected:
     struct Flag
     {
         typedef std::shared_ptr<Flag> ptr;
+
+        struct Handler
+        {
+            std::function<void(std::vector<std::string>)> fun;
+            size_t arity;
+
+            Handler() {}
+
+            Handler(std::function<void(std::vector<std::string>)> && fun)
+                : fun(std::move(fun))
+                , arity(ArityAny)
+            { }
+
+            Handler(std::function<void()> && handler)
+                : fun([handler{std::move(handler)}](std::vector<std::string>) { handler(); })
+                , arity(0)
+            { }
+
+            Handler(std::function<void(std::string)> && handler)
+                : fun([handler{std::move(handler)}](std::vector<std::string> ss) {
+                    handler(std::move(ss[0]));
+                  })
+                , arity(1)
+            { }
+
+            Handler(std::function<void(std::string, std::string)> && handler)
+                : fun([handler{std::move(handler)}](std::vector<std::string> ss) {
+                    handler(std::move(ss[0]), std::move(ss[1]));
+                  })
+                , arity(2)
+            { }
+
+            template<class T>
+            Handler(T * dest)
+                : fun([=](std::vector<std::string> ss) { *dest = ss[0]; })
+                , arity(1)
+            { }
+
+            template<class T>
+            Handler(T * dest, const T & val)
+                : fun([=](std::vector<std::string> ss) { *dest = val; })
+                , arity(0)
+            { }
+        };
+
         std::string longName;
         char shortName = 0;
         std::string description;
-        Strings labels;
-        size_t arity = 0;
-        std::function<void(std::vector<std::string>)> handler;
         std::string category;
+        Strings labels;
+        Handler handler;
+
+        static Flag mkHashTypeFlag(std::string && longName, HashType * ht);
     };
 
     std::map<std::string, Flag::ptr> longFlags;
@@ -65,49 +111,7 @@ protected:
 
 public:
 
-    class FlagMaker
+    void addFlag(Flag && flag);
-    {
-        Args & args;
-        Flag::ptr flag;
-        friend class Args;
-        FlagMaker(Args & args) : args(args), flag(std::make_shared<Flag>()) { }
-    public:
-        ~FlagMaker();
-        FlagMaker & longName(const std::string & s) { flag->longName = s; return *this; }
-        FlagMaker & shortName(char s) { flag->shortName = s; return *this; }
-        FlagMaker & description(const std::string & s) { flag->description = s; return *this; }
-        FlagMaker & label(const std::string & l) { flag->arity = 1; flag->labels = {l}; return *this; }
-        FlagMaker & labels(const Strings & ls) { flag->arity = ls.size(); flag->labels = ls; return *this; }
-        FlagMaker & arity(size_t arity) { flag->arity = arity; return *this; }
-        FlagMaker & handler(std::function<void(std::vector<std::string>)> handler) { flag->handler = handler; return *this; }
-        FlagMaker & handler(std::function<void()> handler) { flag->handler = [handler](std::vector<std::string>) { handler(); }; return *this; }
-        FlagMaker & handler(std::function<void(std::string)> handler) {
-            flag->arity = 1;
-            flag->handler = [handler](std::vector<std::string> ss) { handler(std::move(ss[0])); };
-            return *this;
-        }
-        FlagMaker & category(const std::string & s) { flag->category = s; return *this; }
-
-        template<class T>
-        FlagMaker & dest(T * dest)
-        {
-            flag->arity = 1;
-            flag->handler = [=](std::vector<std::string> ss) { *dest = ss[0]; };
-            return *this;
-        }
-
-        template<class T>
-        FlagMaker & set(T * dest, const T & val)
-        {
-            flag->arity = 0;
-            flag->handler = [=](std::vector<std::string> ss) { *dest = val; };
-            return *this;
-        }
-
-        FlagMaker & mkHashTypeFlag(HashType * ht);
-    };
-
-    FlagMaker mkFlag();
 
     /* Helper functions for constructing flags / positional
        arguments. */
@@ -116,13 +120,13 @@ public:
         const std::string & label, const std::string & description,
         std::function<void(std::string)> fun)
     {
-        mkFlag()
+        addFlag({
-            .shortName(shortName)
+            .longName = longName,
-            .longName(longName)
+            .shortName = shortName,
-            .labels({label})
+            .description = description,
-            .description(description)
+            .labels = {label},
-            .arity(1)
+            .handler = {[=](std::string s) { fun(s); }}
-            .handler([=](std::vector<std::string> ss) { fun(ss[0]); });
+        });
     }
 
     void mkFlag(char shortName, const std::string & name,
@@ -135,11 +139,12 @@ public:
     void mkFlag(char shortName, const std::string & longName, const std::string & description,
         T * dest, const T & value)
     {
-        mkFlag()
+        addFlag({
-            .shortName(shortName)
+            .longName = longName,
-            .longName(longName)
+            .shortName = shortName,
-            .description(description)
+            .description = description,
-            .handler([=](std::vector<std::string> ss) { *dest = value; });
+            .handler = {[=]() { *dest = value; }}
+        });
     }
 
     template<class I>
@@ -155,17 +160,17 @@ public:
     void mkFlag(char shortName, const std::string & longName,
         const std::string & description, std::function<void(I)> fun)
     {
-        mkFlag()
+        addFlag({
-            .shortName(shortName)
+            .longName = longName,
-            .longName(longName)
+            .shortName = shortName,
-            .labels({"N"})
+            .description = description,
-            .description(description)
+            .labels = {"N"},
-            .arity(1)
+            .handler = {[=](std::string s) {
-            .handler([=](std::vector<std::string> ss) {
                 I n;
-                if (!string2Int(ss[0], n))
+                if (!string2Int(s, n))
                     throw UsageError("flag '--%s' requires a integer argument", longName);
                 fun(n);
+            }}
         });
     }
 
@@ -192,17 +197,10 @@ public:
    run() method. */
 struct Command : virtual Args
 {
-private:
-    std::string _name;
-
     friend class MultiCommand;
 
-public:
-
     virtual ~Command() { }
 
-    std::string name() { return _name; }
-
     virtual void prepare() { };
     virtual void run() = 0;
 
@@ -216,6 +214,12 @@ public:
 
     virtual Examples examples() { return Examples(); }
 
+    typedef int Category;
+
+    static constexpr Category catDefault = 0;
+
+    virtual Category category() { return catDefault; }
+
     void printHelp(const string & programName, std::ostream & out) override;
 };
 
@@ -228,7 +232,10 @@ class MultiCommand : virtual Args
 public:
     Commands commands;
 
-    std::shared_ptr<Command> command;
+    std::map<Command::Category, std::string> categories;
+
+    // Selected command, if any.
+    std::optional<std::pair<std::string, ref<Command>>> command;
 
     MultiCommand(const Commands & commands);
 

src/libutil/config.cc

@@ -177,12 +177,13 @@ void BaseSetting<T>::toJSON(JSONPlaceholder & out)
 template<typename T>
 void BaseSetting<T>::convertToArg(Args & args, const std::string & category)
 {
-    args.mkFlag()
+    args.addFlag({
-        .longName(name)
+        .longName = name,
-        .description(description)
+        .description = description,
-        .arity(1)
+        .category = category,
-        .handler([=](std::vector<std::string> ss) { overriden = true; set(ss[0]); })
+        .labels = {"value"},
-        .category(category);
+        .handler = {[=](std::string s) { overriden = true; set(s); }},
+    });
 }
 
 template<> void BaseSetting<std::string>::set(const std::string & str)
@@ -227,16 +228,18 @@ template<> std::string BaseSetting<bool>::to_string() const
 
 template<> void BaseSetting<bool>::convertToArg(Args & args, const std::string & category)
 {
-    args.mkFlag()
+    args.addFlag({
-        .longName(name)
+        .longName = name,
-        .description(description)
+        .description = description,
-        .handler([=](std::vector<std::string> ss) { override(true); })
+        .category = category,
-        .category(category);
+        .handler = {[=]() { override(true); }}
-    args.mkFlag()
+    });
-        .longName("no-" + name)
+    args.addFlag({
-        .description(description)
+        .longName = "no-" + name,
-        .handler([=](std::vector<std::string> ss) { override(false); })
+        .description = description,
-        .category(category);
+        .category = category,
+        .handler = {[=]() { override(false); }}
+    });
 }
 
 template<> void BaseSetting<Strings>::set(const std::string & str)

src/libutil/logging.cc

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 #include <atomic>
 #include <nlohmann/json.hpp>
-#include <sstream>
+#include <iostream>
 
 namespace nix {
 
@@ -25,6 +25,11 @@ void Logger::warn(const std::string & msg)
     log(lvlWarn, ANSI_YELLOW "warning:" ANSI_NORMAL " " + msg);
 }
 
+void Logger::writeToStdout(std::string_view s)
+{
+    std::cout << s << "\n";
+}
+
 class SimpleLogger : public Logger
 {
 public:
@@ -243,7 +248,7 @@ bool handleJSONLogMessage(const std::string & msg,
 
         if (action == "start") {
             auto type = (ActivityType) json["type"];
-            if (trusted || type == actDownload)
+            if (trusted || type == actFileTransfer)
                 activities.emplace(std::piecewise_construct,
                     std::forward_as_tuple(json["id"]),
                     std::forward_as_tuple(*logger, (Verbosity) json["level"], type,

src/libutil/logging.hh

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ namespace nix {
 typedef enum {
     actUnknown = 0,
     actCopyPath = 100,
-    actDownload = 101,
+    actFileTransfer = 101,
     actRealise = 102,
     actCopyPaths = 103,
     actBuilds = 104,
@@ -76,6 +76,16 @@ public:
     virtual void stopActivity(ActivityId act) { };
 
     virtual void result(ActivityId act, ResultType type, const Fields & fields) { };
+
+    virtual void writeToStdout(std::string_view s);
+
+    template<typename... Args>
+    inline void stdout(const std::string & fs, const Args & ... args)
+    {
+        boost::format f(fs);
+        formatHelper(f, args...);
+        writeToStdout(f.str());
+    }
 };
 
 ActivityId getCurActivity();

src/libutil/serialise.hh

@@ -148,6 +148,9 @@ struct StringSink : Sink
 {
     ref<std::string> s;
     StringSink() : s(make_ref<std::string>()) { };
+    explicit StringSink(const size_t reservedSize) : s(make_ref<std::string>()) {
+      s->reserve(reservedSize);
+    };
     StringSink(ref<std::string> s) : s(s) { };
     void operator () (const unsigned char * data, size_t len) override;
 };

src/libutil/tests/local.mk

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+check: libutil-tests_RUN
+
+programs += libutil-tests
+
+libutil-tests_DIR := $(d)
+
+libutil-tests_INSTALL_DIR :=
+
+libutil-tests_SOURCES := $(wildcard $(d)/*.cc)
+
+libutil-tests_CXXFLAGS += -I src/libutil
+
+libutil-tests_LIBS = libutil
+
+libutil-tests_LDFLAGS := $(GTEST_LIBS)

src/libutil/tests/tests.cc

@@ -0,0 +1,585 @@
+#include "util.hh"
+#include "types.hh"
+
+#include <gtest/gtest.h>
+
+namespace nix {
+
+    /* ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+     * absPath
+     * --------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
+    TEST(absPath, doesntChangeRoot) {
+        auto p = absPath("/");
+
+        ASSERT_EQ(p, "/");
+    }
+
+    TEST(absPath, turnsEmptyPathIntoCWD) {
+        char cwd[PATH_MAX+1];
+        auto p = absPath("");
+
+        ASSERT_EQ(p, getcwd((char*)&cwd, PATH_MAX));
+    }
+
+    TEST(absPath, usesOptionalBasePathWhenGiven) {
+        char _cwd[PATH_MAX+1];
+        char* cwd = getcwd((char*)&_cwd, PATH_MAX);
+
+        auto p = absPath("", cwd);
+
+        ASSERT_EQ(p, cwd);
+    }
+
+    TEST(absPath, isIdempotent) {
+        char _cwd[PATH_MAX+1];
+        char* cwd = getcwd((char*)&_cwd, PATH_MAX);
+        auto p1 = absPath(cwd);
+        auto p2 = absPath(p1);
+
+        ASSERT_EQ(p1, p2);
+    }
+
+
+    TEST(absPath, pathIsCanonicalised) {
+        auto path = "/some/path/with/trailing/dot/.";
+        auto p1 = absPath(path);
+        auto p2 = absPath(p1);
+
+        ASSERT_EQ(p1, "/some/path/with/trailing/dot");
+        ASSERT_EQ(p1, p2);
+    }
+
+    /* ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+     * canonPath
+     * --------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
+    TEST(canonPath, removesTrailingSlashes) {
+        auto path = "/this/is/a/path//";
+        auto p = canonPath(path);
+
+        ASSERT_EQ(p, "/this/is/a/path");
+    }
+
+    TEST(canonPath, removesDots) {
+        auto path = "/this/./is/a/path/./";
+        auto p = canonPath(path);
+
+        ASSERT_EQ(p, "/this/is/a/path");
+    }
+
+    TEST(canonPath, removesDots2) {
+        auto path = "/this/a/../is/a////path/foo/..";
+        auto p = canonPath(path);
+
+        ASSERT_EQ(p, "/this/is/a/path");
+    }
+
+    TEST(canonPath, requiresAbsolutePath) {
+        ASSERT_ANY_THROW(canonPath("."));
+        ASSERT_ANY_THROW(canonPath(".."));
+        ASSERT_ANY_THROW(canonPath("../"));
+        ASSERT_DEATH({ canonPath(""); }, "path != \"\"");
+    }
+
+    /* ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+     * dirOf
+     * --------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
+    TEST(dirOf, returnsEmptyStringForRoot) {
+        auto p = dirOf("/");
+
+        ASSERT_EQ(p, "/");
+    }
+
+    TEST(dirOf, returnsFirstPathComponent) {
+        auto p1 = dirOf("/dir/");
+        ASSERT_EQ(p1, "/dir");
+        auto p2 = dirOf("/dir");
+        ASSERT_EQ(p2, "/");
+        auto p3 = dirOf("/dir/..");
+        ASSERT_EQ(p3, "/dir");
+        auto p4 = dirOf("/dir/../");
+        ASSERT_EQ(p4, "/dir/..");
+    }
+
+    /* ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+     * baseNameOf
+     * --------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
+    TEST(baseNameOf, emptyPath) {
+        auto p1 = baseNameOf("");
+        ASSERT_EQ(p1, "");
+    }
+
+    TEST(baseNameOf, pathOnRoot) {
+        auto p1 = baseNameOf("/dir");
+        ASSERT_EQ(p1, "dir");
+    }
+
+    TEST(baseNameOf, relativePath) {
+        auto p1 = baseNameOf("dir/foo");
+        ASSERT_EQ(p1, "foo");
+    }
+
+    TEST(baseNameOf, pathWithTrailingSlashRoot) {
+        auto p1 = baseNameOf("/");
+        ASSERT_EQ(p1, "");
+    }
+
+    TEST(baseNameOf, trailingSlash) {
+        auto p1 = baseNameOf("/dir/");
+        ASSERT_EQ(p1, "dir");
+    }
+
+    /* ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+     * isInDir
+     * --------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
+    TEST(isInDir, trivialCase) {
+        auto p1 = isInDir("/foo/bar", "/foo");
+        ASSERT_EQ(p1, true);
+    }
+
+    TEST(isInDir, notInDir) {
+        auto p1 = isInDir("/zes/foo/bar", "/foo");
+        ASSERT_EQ(p1, false);
+    }
+
+    // XXX: hm, bug or feature? :) Looking at the implementation
+    // this might be problematic.
+    TEST(isInDir, emptyDir) {
+        auto p1 = isInDir("/zes/foo/bar", "");
+        ASSERT_EQ(p1, true);
+    }
+
+    /* ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+     * isDirOrInDir
+     * --------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
+    TEST(isDirOrInDir, trueForSameDirectory) {
+        ASSERT_EQ(isDirOrInDir("/nix", "/nix"), true);
+        ASSERT_EQ(isDirOrInDir("/", "/"), true);
+    }
+
+    TEST(isDirOrInDir, trueForEmptyPaths) {
+        ASSERT_EQ(isDirOrInDir("", ""), true);
+    }
+
+    TEST(isDirOrInDir, falseForDisjunctPaths) {
+        ASSERT_EQ(isDirOrInDir("/foo", "/bar"), false);
+    }
+
+    TEST(isDirOrInDir, relativePaths) {
+        ASSERT_EQ(isDirOrInDir("/foo/..", "/foo"), true);
+    }
+
+    // XXX: while it is possible to use "." or ".." in the
+    // first argument this doesn't seem to work in the second.
+    TEST(isDirOrInDir, DISABLED_shouldWork) {
+        ASSERT_EQ(isDirOrInDir("/foo/..", "/foo/."), true);
+
+    }
+
+    /* ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+     * pathExists
+     * --------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
+    TEST(pathExists, rootExists) {
+        ASSERT_TRUE(pathExists("/"));
+    }
+
+    TEST(pathExists, cwdExists) {
+        ASSERT_TRUE(pathExists("."));
+    }
+
+    TEST(pathExists, bogusPathDoesNotExist) {
+        ASSERT_FALSE(pathExists("/home/schnitzel/darmstadt/pommes"));
+    }
+
+    /* ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+     * concatStringsSep
+     * --------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
+    TEST(concatStringsSep, buildCommaSeparatedString) {
+        Strings strings;
+        strings.push_back("this");
+        strings.push_back("is");
+        strings.push_back("great");
+
+        ASSERT_EQ(concatStringsSep(",", strings), "this,is,great");
+    }
+
+    TEST(concatStringsSep, buildStringWithEmptySeparator) {
+        Strings strings;
+        strings.push_back("this");
+        strings.push_back("is");
+        strings.push_back("great");
+
+        ASSERT_EQ(concatStringsSep("", strings), "thisisgreat");
+    }
+
+    TEST(concatStringsSep, buildSingleString) {
+        Strings strings;
+        strings.push_back("this");
+
+        ASSERT_EQ(concatStringsSep(",", strings), "this");
+    }
+
+    /* ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+     * hasPrefix
+     * --------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
+    TEST(hasPrefix, emptyStringHasNoPrefix) {
+        ASSERT_FALSE(hasPrefix("", "foo"));
+    }
+
+    TEST(hasPrefix, emptyStringIsAlwaysPrefix) {
+        ASSERT_TRUE(hasPrefix("foo", ""));
+        ASSERT_TRUE(hasPrefix("jshjkfhsadf", ""));
+    }
+
+    TEST(hasPrefix, trivialCase) {
+        ASSERT_TRUE(hasPrefix("foobar", "foo"));
+    }
+
+    /* ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+     * hasSuffix
+     * --------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
+    TEST(hasSuffix, emptyStringHasNoSuffix) {
+        ASSERT_FALSE(hasSuffix("", "foo"));
+    }
+
+    TEST(hasSuffix, trivialCase) {
+        ASSERT_TRUE(hasSuffix("foo", "foo"));
+        ASSERT_TRUE(hasSuffix("foobar", "bar"));
+    }
+
+    /* ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+     * base64Encode
+     * --------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
+    TEST(base64Encode, emptyString) {
+        ASSERT_EQ(base64Encode(""), "");
+    }
+
+    TEST(base64Encode, encodesAString) {
+        ASSERT_EQ(base64Encode("quod erat demonstrandum"), "cXVvZCBlcmF0IGRlbW9uc3RyYW5kdW0=");
+    }
+
+    TEST(base64Encode, encodeAndDecode) {
+        auto s = "quod erat demonstrandum";
+        auto encoded = base64Encode(s);
+        auto decoded = base64Decode(encoded);
+
+        ASSERT_EQ(decoded, s);
+    }
+
+    /* ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+     * base64Decode
+     * --------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
+    TEST(base64Decode, emptyString) {
+        ASSERT_EQ(base64Decode(""), "");
+    }
+
+    TEST(base64Decode, decodeAString) {
+        ASSERT_EQ(base64Decode("cXVvZCBlcmF0IGRlbW9uc3RyYW5kdW0="), "quod erat demonstrandum");
+    }
+
+    /* ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+     * toLower
+     * --------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
+    TEST(toLower, emptyString) {
+        ASSERT_EQ(toLower(""), "");
+    }
+
+    TEST(toLower, nonLetters) {
+        auto s = "!@(*$#)(@#=\\234_";
+        ASSERT_EQ(toLower(s), s);
+    }
+
+    // std::tolower() doesn't handle unicode characters. In the context of
+    // store paths this isn't relevant but doesn't hurt to record this behavior
+    // here.
+    TEST(toLower, umlauts) {
+        auto s = "ÄÖÜ";
+        ASSERT_EQ(toLower(s), "ÄÖÜ");
+    }
+
+    /* ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+     * string2Float
+     * --------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
+    TEST(string2Float, emptyString) {
+        double n;
+        ASSERT_EQ(string2Float("", n), false);
+    }
+
+    TEST(string2Float, trivialConversions) {
+        double n;
+        ASSERT_EQ(string2Float("1.0", n), true);
+        ASSERT_EQ(n, 1.0);
+
+        ASSERT_EQ(string2Float("0.0", n), true);
+        ASSERT_EQ(n, 0.0);
+
+        ASSERT_EQ(string2Float("-100.25", n), true);
+        ASSERT_EQ(n, (-100.25));
+    }
+
+    /* ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+     * string2Int
+     * --------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
+    TEST(string2Int, emptyString) {
+        double n;
+        ASSERT_EQ(string2Int("", n), false);
+    }
+
+    TEST(string2Int, trivialConversions) {
+        double n;
+        ASSERT_EQ(string2Int("1", n), true);
+        ASSERT_EQ(n, 1);
+
+        ASSERT_EQ(string2Int("0", n), true);
+        ASSERT_EQ(n, 0);
+
+        ASSERT_EQ(string2Int("-100", n), true);
+        ASSERT_EQ(n, (-100));
+    }
+
+    /* ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+     * statusOk
+     * --------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
+    TEST(statusOk, zeroIsOk) {
+        ASSERT_EQ(statusOk(0), true);
+        ASSERT_EQ(statusOk(1), false);
+    }
+
+
+    /* ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+     * rewriteStrings
+     * --------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
+    TEST(rewriteStrings, emptyString) {
+        StringMap rewrites;
+        rewrites["this"] = "that";
+
+        ASSERT_EQ(rewriteStrings("", rewrites), "");
+    }
+
+    TEST(rewriteStrings, emptyRewrites) {
+        StringMap rewrites;
+
+        ASSERT_EQ(rewriteStrings("this and that", rewrites), "this and that");
+    }
+
+    TEST(rewriteStrings, successfulRewrite) {
+        StringMap rewrites;
+        rewrites["this"] = "that";
+
+        ASSERT_EQ(rewriteStrings("this and that", rewrites), "that and that");
+    }
+
+    TEST(rewriteStrings, doesntOccur) {
+        StringMap rewrites;
+        rewrites["foo"] = "bar";
+
+        ASSERT_EQ(rewriteStrings("this and that", rewrites), "this and that");
+    }
+
+    /* ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+     * replaceStrings
+     * --------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
+    TEST(replaceStrings, emptyString) {
+        ASSERT_EQ(replaceStrings("", "this", "that"), "");
+        ASSERT_EQ(replaceStrings("this and that", "", ""), "this and that");
+    }
+
+    TEST(replaceStrings, successfulReplace) {
+        ASSERT_EQ(replaceStrings("this and that", "this", "that"), "that and that");
+    }
+
+    TEST(replaceStrings, doesntOccur) {
+        ASSERT_EQ(replaceStrings("this and that", "foo", "bar"), "this and that");
+    }
+
+    /* ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+     * trim
+     * --------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
+    TEST(trim, emptyString) {
+        ASSERT_EQ(trim(""), "");
+    }
+
+    TEST(trim, removesWhitespace) {
+        ASSERT_EQ(trim("foo"), "foo");
+        ASSERT_EQ(trim("     foo "), "foo");
+        ASSERT_EQ(trim("     foo bar baz"), "foo bar baz");
+        ASSERT_EQ(trim("     \t foo bar baz\n"), "foo bar baz");
+    }
+
+    /* ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+     * chomp
+     * --------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
+    TEST(chomp, emptyString) {
+        ASSERT_EQ(chomp(""), "");
+    }
+
+    TEST(chomp, removesWhitespace) {
+        ASSERT_EQ(chomp("foo"), "foo");
+        ASSERT_EQ(chomp("foo "), "foo");
+        ASSERT_EQ(chomp(" foo "), " foo");
+        ASSERT_EQ(chomp(" foo bar baz  "), " foo bar baz");
+        ASSERT_EQ(chomp("\t foo bar baz\n"), "\t foo bar baz");
+    }
+
+    /* ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+     * quoteStrings
+     * --------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
+    TEST(quoteStrings, empty) {
+        Strings s = { };
+        Strings expected = { };
+
+        ASSERT_EQ(quoteStrings(s), expected);
+    }
+
+    TEST(quoteStrings, emptyStrings) {
+        Strings s = { "", "", "" };
+        Strings expected = { "''", "''", "''" };
+        ASSERT_EQ(quoteStrings(s), expected);
+
+    }
+
+    TEST(quoteStrings, trivialQuote) {
+        Strings s = { "foo", "bar", "baz" };
+        Strings expected = { "'foo'", "'bar'", "'baz'" };
+
+        ASSERT_EQ(quoteStrings(s), expected);
+    }
+
+    TEST(quoteStrings, quotedStrings) {
+        Strings s = { "'foo'", "'bar'", "'baz'" };
+        Strings expected = { "''foo''", "''bar''", "''baz''" };
+
+        ASSERT_EQ(quoteStrings(s), expected);
+    }
+
+    /* ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+     * tokenizeString
+     * --------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
+    TEST(tokenizeString, empty) {
+        Strings expected = { };
+
+        ASSERT_EQ(tokenizeString<Strings>(""), expected);
+    }
+
+    TEST(tokenizeString, tokenizeSpacesWithDefaults) {
+        auto s = "foo bar baz";
+        Strings expected = { "foo", "bar", "baz" };
+
+        ASSERT_EQ(tokenizeString<Strings>(s), expected);
+    }
+
+    TEST(tokenizeString, tokenizeTabsWithDefaults) {
+        auto s = "foo\tbar\tbaz";
+        Strings expected = { "foo", "bar", "baz" };
+
+        ASSERT_EQ(tokenizeString<Strings>(s), expected);
+    }
+
+    TEST(tokenizeString, tokenizeTabsSpacesWithDefaults) {
+        auto s = "foo\t bar\t baz";
+        Strings expected = { "foo", "bar", "baz" };
+
+        ASSERT_EQ(tokenizeString<Strings>(s), expected);
+    }
+
+    TEST(tokenizeString, tokenizeTabsSpacesNewlineWithDefaults) {
+        auto s = "foo\t\n bar\t\n baz";
+        Strings expected = { "foo", "bar", "baz" };
+
+        ASSERT_EQ(tokenizeString<Strings>(s), expected);
+    }
+
+    TEST(tokenizeString, tokenizeTabsSpacesNewlineRetWithDefaults) {
+        auto s = "foo\t\n\r bar\t\n\r baz";
+        Strings expected = { "foo", "bar", "baz" };
+
+        ASSERT_EQ(tokenizeString<Strings>(s), expected);
+
+        auto s2 = "foo \t\n\r bar \t\n\r baz";
+        Strings expected2 = { "foo", "bar", "baz" };
+
+        ASSERT_EQ(tokenizeString<Strings>(s2), expected2);
+    }
+
+    TEST(tokenizeString, tokenizeWithCustomSep) {
+        auto s = "foo\n,bar\n,baz\n";
+        Strings expected = { "foo\n", "bar\n", "baz\n" };
+
+        ASSERT_EQ(tokenizeString<Strings>(s, ","), expected);
+    }
+
+    /* ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+     * get
+     * --------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
+    TEST(get, emptyContainer) {
+        StringMap s = { };
+        auto expected = std::nullopt;
+
+        ASSERT_EQ(get(s, "one"), expected);
+    }
+
+    TEST(get, getFromContainer) {
+        StringMap s;
+        s["one"] = "yi";
+        s["two"] = "er";
+        auto expected = "yi";
+
+        ASSERT_EQ(get(s, "one"), expected);
+    }
+
+    /* ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+     * filterANSIEscapes
+     * --------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
+    TEST(filterANSIEscapes, emptyString) {
+        auto s = "";
+        auto expected = "";
+
+        ASSERT_EQ(filterANSIEscapes(s), expected);
+    }
+
+    TEST(filterANSIEscapes, doesntChangePrintableChars) {
+        auto s = "09 2q304ruyhr slk2-19024 kjsadh sar f";
+
+        ASSERT_EQ(filterANSIEscapes(s), s);
+    }
+
+    TEST(filterANSIEscapes, filtersColorCodes) {
+        auto s = "\u001b[30m A \u001b[31m B \u001b[32m C \u001b[33m D \u001b[0m";
+
+        ASSERT_EQ(filterANSIEscapes(s, true, 2), " A" );
+        ASSERT_EQ(filterANSIEscapes(s, true, 3), " A " );
+        ASSERT_EQ(filterANSIEscapes(s, true, 4), " A  " );
+        ASSERT_EQ(filterANSIEscapes(s, true, 5), " A  B" );
+        ASSERT_EQ(filterANSIEscapes(s, true, 8), " A  B  C" );
+    }
+
+    TEST(filterANSIEscapes, expandsTabs) {
+        auto s = "foo\tbar\tbaz";
+
+        ASSERT_EQ(filterANSIEscapes(s, true), "foo     bar     baz" );
+    }
+
+}

src/libutil/types.hh

@@ -25,4 +25,12 @@ typedef list<Path> Paths;
 typedef set<Path> PathSet;
 
 
+/* Helper class to run code at startup. */
+template<typename T>
+struct OnStartup
+{
+    OnStartup(T && t) { t(); }
+};
+
+
 }

src/libutil/url.cc

@@ -0,0 +1,137 @@
+#include "url.hh"
+#include "util.hh"
+
+namespace nix {
+
+std::regex refRegex(refRegexS, std::regex::ECMAScript);
+std::regex revRegex(revRegexS, std::regex::ECMAScript);
+std::regex flakeIdRegex(flakeIdRegexS, std::regex::ECMAScript);
+
+ParsedURL parseURL(const std::string & url)
+{
+    static std::regex uriRegex(
+        "((" + schemeRegex + "):"
+        + "(?:(?://(" + authorityRegex + ")(" + absPathRegex + "))|(/?" + pathRegex + ")))"
+        + "(?:\\?(" + queryRegex + "))?"
+        + "(?:#(" + queryRegex + "))?",
+        std::regex::ECMAScript);
+
+    std::smatch match;
+
+    if (std::regex_match(url, match, uriRegex)) {
+        auto & base = match[1];
+        std::string scheme = match[2];
+        auto authority = match[3].matched
+            ? std::optional<std::string>(match[3]) : std::nullopt;
+        std::string path = match[4].matched ? match[4] : match[5];
+        auto & query = match[6];
+        auto & fragment = match[7];
+
+        auto isFile = scheme.find("file") != std::string::npos;
+
+        if (authority && *authority != "" && isFile)
+            throw Error("file:// URL '%s' has unexpected authority '%s'",
+                url, *authority);
+
+        if (isFile && path.empty())
+            path = "/";
+
+        return ParsedURL{
+            .url = url,
+            .base = base,
+            .scheme = scheme,
+            .authority = authority,
+            .path = path,
+            .query = decodeQuery(query),
+            .fragment = percentDecode(std::string(fragment))
+        };
+    }
+
+    else
+        throw BadURL("'%s' is not a valid URL", url);
+}
+
+std::string percentDecode(std::string_view in)
+{
+    std::string decoded;
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < in.size(); ) {
+        if (in[i] == '%') {
+            if (i + 2 >= in.size())
+                throw BadURL("invalid URI parameter '%s'", in);
+            try {
+                decoded += std::stoul(std::string(in, i + 1, 2), 0, 16);
+                i += 3;
+            } catch (...) {
+                throw BadURL("invalid URI parameter '%s'", in);
+            }
+        } else
+            decoded += in[i++];
+    }
+    return decoded;
+}
+
+std::map<std::string, std::string> decodeQuery(const std::string & query)
+{
+    std::map<std::string, std::string> result;
+
+    for (auto s : tokenizeString<Strings>(query, "&")) {
+        auto e = s.find('=');
+        if (e != std::string::npos)
+            result.emplace(
+                s.substr(0, e),
+                percentDecode(std::string_view(s).substr(e + 1)));
+    }
+
+    return result;
+}
+
+std::string percentEncode(std::string_view s)
+{
+    std::string res;
+    for (auto & c : s)
+        if ((c >= 'a' && c <= 'z')
+            || (c >= 'A' && c <= 'Z')
+            || (c >= '0' && c <= '9')
+            || strchr("-._~!$&'()*+,;=:@", c))
+            res += c;
+        else
+            res += fmt("%%%02x", (unsigned int) c);
+    return res;
+}
+
+std::string encodeQuery(const std::map<std::string, std::string> & ss)
+{
+    std::string res;
+    bool first = true;
+    for (auto & [name, value] : ss) {
+        if (!first) res += '&';
+        first = false;
+        res += percentEncode(name);
+        res += '=';
+        res += percentEncode(value);
+    }
+    return res;
+}
+
+std::string ParsedURL::to_string() const
+{
+    return
+        scheme
+        + ":"
+        + (authority ? "//" + *authority : "")
+        + path
+        + (query.empty() ? "" : "?" + encodeQuery(query))
+        + (fragment.empty() ? "" : "#" + percentEncode(fragment));
+}
+
+bool ParsedURL::operator ==(const ParsedURL & other) const
+{
+    return
+        scheme == other.scheme
+        && authority == other.authority
+        && path == other.path
+        && query == other.query
+        && fragment == other.fragment;
+}
+
+}

src/libutil/url.hh

@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include "types.hh"
+
+#include <regex>
+
+namespace nix {
+
+struct ParsedURL
+{
+    std::string url;
+    std::string base; // URL without query/fragment
+    std::string scheme;
+    std::optional<std::string> authority;
+    std::string path;
+    std::map<std::string, std::string> query;
+    std::string fragment;
+
+    std::string to_string() const;
+
+    bool operator ==(const ParsedURL & other) const;
+};
+
+MakeError(BadURL, Error);
+
+std::string percentDecode(std::string_view in);
+
+std::map<std::string, std::string> decodeQuery(const std::string & query);
+
+ParsedURL parseURL(const std::string & url);
+
+// URI stuff.
+const static std::string pctEncoded = "(?:%[0-9a-fA-F][0-9a-fA-F])";
+const static std::string schemeRegex = "(?:[a-z+]+)";
+const static std::string ipv6AddressRegex = "(?:\\[[0-9a-fA-F:]+\\])";
+const static std::string unreservedRegex = "(?:[a-zA-Z0-9-._~])";
+const static std::string subdelimsRegex = "(?:[!$&'\"()*+,;=])";
+const static std::string hostnameRegex = "(?:(?:" + unreservedRegex + "|" + pctEncoded + "|" + subdelimsRegex + ")*)";
+const static std::string hostRegex = "(?:" + ipv6AddressRegex + "|" + hostnameRegex + ")";
+const static std::string userRegex = "(?:(?:" + unreservedRegex + "|" + pctEncoded + "|" + subdelimsRegex + "|:)*)";
+const static std::string authorityRegex = "(?:" + userRegex + "@)?" + hostRegex + "(?::[0-9]+)?";
+const static std::string pcharRegex = "(?:" + unreservedRegex + "|" + pctEncoded + "|" + subdelimsRegex + "|[:@])";
+const static std::string queryRegex = "(?:" + pcharRegex + "|[/? \"])*";
+const static std::string segmentRegex = "(?:" + pcharRegex + "+)";
+const static std::string absPathRegex = "(?:(?:/" + segmentRegex + ")*/?)";
+const static std::string pathRegex = "(?:" + segmentRegex + "(?:/" + segmentRegex + ")*/?)";
+
+// A Git ref (i.e. branch or tag name).
+const static std::string refRegexS = "[a-zA-Z0-9][a-zA-Z0-9_.-]*"; // FIXME: check
+extern std::regex refRegex;
+
+// A Git revision (a SHA-1 commit hash).
+const static std::string revRegexS = "[0-9a-fA-F]{40}";
+extern std::regex revRegex;
+
+// A ref or revision, or a ref followed by a revision.
+const static std::string refAndOrRevRegex = "(?:(" + revRegexS + ")|(?:(" + refRegexS + ")(?:/(" + revRegexS + "))?))";
+
+const static std::string flakeIdRegexS = "[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z0-9_-]*";
+extern std::regex flakeIdRegex;
+
+}

src/libutil/util.cc

@@ -250,16 +250,13 @@ bool isLink(const Path & path)
 }
 
 
-DirEntries readDirectory(const Path & path)
+DirEntries readDirectory(DIR *dir, const Path & path)
 {
     DirEntries entries;
     entries.reserve(64);
 
-    AutoCloseDir dir(opendir(path.c_str()));
-    if (!dir) throw SysError("opening directory '%1%'", path);
-
     struct dirent * dirent;
-    while (errno = 0, dirent = readdir(dir.get())) { /* sic */
+    while (errno = 0, dirent = readdir(dir)) { /* sic */
         checkInterrupt();
         string name = dirent->d_name;
         if (name == "." || name == "..") continue;
@@ -276,6 +273,14 @@ DirEntries readDirectory(const Path & path)
     return entries;
 }
 
+DirEntries readDirectory(const Path & path)
+{
+    AutoCloseDir dir(opendir(path.c_str()));
+    if (!dir) throw SysError(format("opening directory '%1%'") % path);
+
+    return readDirectory(dir.get(), path);
+}
+
 
 unsigned char getFileType(const Path & path)
 {
@@ -293,19 +298,16 @@ string readFile(int fd)
     if (fstat(fd, &st) == -1)
         throw SysError("statting file");
 
-    std::vector<unsigned char> buf(st.st_size);
+    return drainFD(fd, true, st.st_size);
-    readFull(fd, buf.data(), st.st_size);
-
-    return string((char *) buf.data(), st.st_size);
 }
 
 
-string readFile(const Path & path, bool drain)
+string readFile(const Path & path)
 {
     AutoCloseFD fd = open(path.c_str(), O_RDONLY | O_CLOEXEC);
     if (!fd)
-        throw SysError("opening file '%1%'", path);
+        throw SysError(format("opening file '%1%'") % path);
-    return drain ? drainFD(fd.get()) : readFile(fd.get());
+    return readFile(fd.get());
 }
 
 
@@ -372,12 +374,14 @@ void writeLine(int fd, string s)
 }
 
 
-static void _deletePath(const Path & path, unsigned long long & bytesFreed)
+static void _deletePath(int parentfd, const Path & path, unsigned long long & bytesFreed)
 {
     checkInterrupt();
 
+    string name(baseNameOf(path));
+
     struct stat st;
-    if (lstat(path.c_str(), &st) == -1) {
+    if (fstatat(parentfd, name.c_str(), &st, AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW) == -1) {
         if (errno == ENOENT) return;
         throw SysError("getting status of '%1%'", path);
     }
@@ -389,20 +393,45 @@ static void _deletePath(const Path & path, unsigned long long & bytesFreed)
         /* Make the directory accessible. */
         const auto PERM_MASK = S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR | S_IXUSR;
         if ((st.st_mode & PERM_MASK) != PERM_MASK) {
-            if (chmod(path.c_str(), st.st_mode | PERM_MASK) == -1)
+            if (fchmodat(parentfd, name.c_str(), st.st_mode | PERM_MASK, 0) == -1)
-                throw SysError("chmod '%1%'", path);
+                throw SysError(format("chmod '%1%'") % path);
         }
 
-        for (auto & i : readDirectory(path))
+        int fd = openat(parentfd, path.c_str(), O_RDONLY);
-            _deletePath(path + "/" + i.name, bytesFreed);
+        if (!fd)
+            throw SysError(format("opening directory '%1%'") % path);
+        AutoCloseDir dir(fdopendir(fd));
+        if (!dir)
+            throw SysError(format("opening directory '%1%'") % path);
+        for (auto & i : readDirectory(dir.get(), path))
+            _deletePath(dirfd(dir.get()), path + "/" + i.name, bytesFreed);
     }
 
-    if (remove(path.c_str()) == -1) {
+    int flags = S_ISDIR(st.st_mode) ? AT_REMOVEDIR : 0;
+    if (unlinkat(parentfd, name.c_str(), flags) == -1) {
         if (errno == ENOENT) return;
         throw SysError("cannot unlink '%1%'", path);
     }
 }
 
+static void _deletePath(const Path & path, unsigned long long & bytesFreed)
+{
+    Path dir = dirOf(path);
+    if (dir == "")
+        dir = "/";
+
+    AutoCloseFD dirfd(open(dir.c_str(), O_RDONLY));
+    if (!dirfd) {
+        // This really shouldn't fail silently, but it's left this way
+        // for backwards compatibility.
+        if (errno == ENOENT) return;
+
+        throw SysError(format("opening directory '%1%'") % path);
+    }
+
+    _deletePath(dirfd.get(), path, bytesFreed);
+}
+
 
 void deletePath(const Path & path)
 {
@@ -616,9 +645,9 @@ void writeFull(int fd, const string & s, bool allowInterrupts)
 }
 
 
-string drainFD(int fd, bool block)
+string drainFD(int fd, bool block, const size_t reserveSize)
 {
-    StringSink sink;
+    StringSink sink(reserveSize);
     drainFD(fd, sink, block);
     return std::move(*sink.s);
 }

src/libutil/util.hh

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 #include <sstream>
 #include <optional>
 #include <future>
+#include <iterator>
 
 #ifndef HAVE_STRUCT_DIRENT_D_TYPE
 #define DT_UNKNOWN 0
@@ -58,12 +59,12 @@ Path canonPath(const Path & path, bool resolveSymlinks = false);
 
 /* Return the directory part of the given canonical path, i.e.,
    everything before the final `/'.  If the path is the root or an
-   immediate child thereof (e.g., `/foo'), this means an empty string
+   immediate child thereof (e.g., `/foo'), this means `/'
-   is returned. */
+   is returned.*/
 Path dirOf(const Path & path);
 
 /* Return the base name of the given canonical path, i.e., everything
-   following the final `/'. */
+   following the final `/' (trailing slashes are removed). */
 std::string_view baseNameOf(std::string_view path);
 
 /* Check whether 'path' is a descendant of 'dir'. */
@@ -103,7 +104,7 @@ unsigned char getFileType(const Path & path);
 
 /* Read the contents of a file into a string. */
 string readFile(int fd);
-string readFile(const Path & path, bool drain = false);
+string readFile(const Path & path);
 void readFile(const Path & path, Sink & sink);
 
 /* Write a string to a file. */
@@ -162,7 +163,7 @@ MakeError(EndOfFile, Error);
 
 
 /* Read a file descriptor until EOF occurs. */
-string drainFD(int fd, bool block = true);
+string drainFD(int fd, bool block = true, const size_t reserveSize=0);
 
 void drainFD(int fd, Sink & sink, bool block = true);
 
@@ -389,17 +390,6 @@ string replaceStrings(const std::string & s,
 std::string rewriteStrings(const std::string & s, const StringMap & rewrites);
 
 
-/* If a set contains 'from', remove it and insert 'to'. */
-template<typename T>
-void replaceInSet(std::set<T> & set, const T & from, const T & to)
-{
-    auto i = set.find(from);
-    if (i == set.end()) return;
-    set.erase(i);
-    set.insert(to);
-}
-
-
 /* Convert the exit status of a child as returned by wait() into an
    error string. */
 string statusToString(int status);

src/nix-channel/nix-channel.cc

@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 #include "shared.hh"
 #include "globals.hh"
-#include "download.hh"
+#include "filetransfer.hh"
 #include "store-api.hh"
 #include "../nix/legacy.hh"
+#include "fetchers.hh"
 
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <regex>
@@ -86,12 +87,9 @@ static void update(const StringSet & channelNames)
         // We want to download the url to a file to see if it's a tarball while also checking if we
         // got redirected in the process, so that we can grab the various parts of a nix channel
         // definition from a consistent location if the redirect changes mid-download.
-        CachedDownloadRequest request(url);
+        auto result = fetchers::downloadFile(store, url, std::string(baseNameOf(url)), false);
-        request.ttl = 0;
+        auto filename = store->toRealPath(result.storePath);
-        auto dl = getDownloader();
+        url = result.effectiveUrl;
-        auto result = dl->downloadCached(store, request);
-        auto filename = result.path;
-        url = chomp(result.effectiveUri);
 
         // If the URL contains a version number, append it to the name
         // attribute (so that "nix-env -q" on the channels profile
@@ -114,11 +112,10 @@ static void update(const StringSet & channelNames)
         if (!unpacked) {
             // Download the channel tarball.
             try {
-                filename = dl->downloadCached(store, CachedDownloadRequest(url + "/nixexprs.tar.xz")).path;
+                filename = store->toRealPath(fetchers::downloadFile(store, url + "/nixexprs.tar.xz", "nixexprs.tar.xz", false).storePath);
-            } catch (DownloadError & e) {
+            } catch (FileTransferError & e) {
-                filename = dl->downloadCached(store, CachedDownloadRequest(url + "/nixexprs.tar.bz2")).path;
+                filename = store->toRealPath(fetchers::downloadFile(store, url + "/nixexprs.tar.bz2", "nixexprs.tar.bz2", false).storePath);
             }
-            chomp(filename);
         }
 
         // Regardless of where it came from, add the expression representing this channel to accumulated expression
@@ -185,6 +182,8 @@ static int _main(int argc, char ** argv)
             } else if (*arg == "--rollback") {
                 cmd = cRollback;
             } else {
+                if (hasPrefix(*arg, "-"))
+                    throw UsageError("unsupported argument '%s'", *arg);
                 args.push_back(std::move(*arg));
             }
             return true;

src/nix-env/nix-env.cc

@@ -721,28 +721,39 @@ static void uninstallDerivations(Globals & globals, Strings & selectors,
     while (true) {
         string lockToken = optimisticLockProfile(profile);
 
-        DrvInfos installedElems = queryInstalled(*globals.state, profile);
+        DrvInfos workingElems = queryInstalled(*globals.state, profile);
-        DrvInfos newElems;
 
-        for (auto & i : installedElems) {
+        for (auto & selector : selectors) {
-            DrvName drvName(i.queryName());
+            DrvInfos::iterator split = workingElems.begin();
-            bool found = false;
+            if (isPath(selector)) {
-            for (auto & j : selectors)
+                StorePath selectorStorePath = globals.state->store->followLinksToStorePath(selector);
-                /* !!! the repeated calls to followLinksToStorePath()
+                split = std::partition(
-                   are expensive, should pre-compute them. */
+                    workingElems.begin(), workingElems.end(),
-                if ((isPath(j) && globals.state->store->parseStorePath(i.queryOutPath()) == globals.state->store->followLinksToStorePath(j))
+                    [&selectorStorePath, globals](auto &elem) {
-                    || DrvName(j).matches(drvName))
+                        return selectorStorePath != globals.state->store->parseStorePath(elem.queryOutPath());
-                {
-                    printInfo("uninstalling '%s'", i.queryName());
-                    found = true;
-                    break;
                     }
-            if (!found) newElems.push_back(i);
+                );
+            } else {
+                DrvName selectorName(selector);
+                split = std::partition(
+                    workingElems.begin(), workingElems.end(),
+                    [&selectorName](auto &elem){
+                        DrvName elemName(elem.queryName());
+                        return !selectorName.matches(elemName);
+                    }
+                );
+            }
+            if (split == workingElems.end())
+                warn("selector '%s' matched no installed derivations", selector);
+            for (auto removedElem = split; removedElem != workingElems.end(); removedElem++) {
+                printInfo("uninstalling '%s'", removedElem->queryName());
+            }
+            workingElems.erase(split, workingElems.end());
         }
 
         if (globals.dryRun) return;
 
-        if (createUserEnv(*globals.state, newElems,
+        if (createUserEnv(*globals.state, workingElems,
                 profile, settings.envKeepDerivations, lockToken)) break;
     }
 }

src/nix-prefetch-url/nix-prefetch-url.cc

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #include "hash.hh"
 #include "shared.hh"
-#include "download.hh"
+#include "filetransfer.hh"
 #include "store-api.hh"
 #include "eval.hh"
 #include "eval-inline.hh"
@@ -180,9 +180,9 @@ static int _main(int argc, char * * argv)
 
                 FdSink sink(fd.get());
 
-                DownloadRequest req(actualUri);
+                FileTransferRequest req(actualUri);
                 req.decompress = false;
-                getDownloader()->download(std::move(req), sink);
+                getFileTransfer()->download(std::move(req), sink);
             }
 
             /* Optionally unpack the file. */

src/nix/add-to-store.cc

@@ -14,12 +14,13 @@ struct CmdAddToStore : MixDryRun, StoreCommand
     {
         expectArg("path", &path);
 
-        mkFlag()
+        addFlag({
-            .longName("name")
+            .longName = "name",
-            .shortName('n')
+            .shortName = 'n',
-            .description("name component of the store path")
+            .description = "name component of the store path",
-            .labels({"name"})
+            .labels = {"name"},
-            .dest(&namePart);
+            .handler = {&namePart},
+        });
     }
 
     std::string description() override
@@ -33,6 +34,8 @@ struct CmdAddToStore : MixDryRun, StoreCommand
         };
     }
 
+    Category category() override { return catUtility; }
+
     void run(ref<Store> store) override
     {
         if (!namePart) namePart = baseNameOf(path);
@@ -50,7 +53,7 @@ struct CmdAddToStore : MixDryRun, StoreCommand
         if (!dryRun)
             store->addToStore(info, sink.s);
 
-        std::cout << fmt("%s\n", store->printStorePath(info.path));
+        logger->stdout("%s", store->printStorePath(info.path));
     }
 };
 

src/nix/build.cc

@@ -11,17 +11,19 @@ struct CmdBuild : InstallablesCommand, MixDryRun, MixProfile
 
     CmdBuild()
     {
-        mkFlag()
+        addFlag({
-            .longName("out-link")
+            .longName = "out-link",
-            .shortName('o')
+            .shortName = 'o',
-            .description("path of the symlink to the build result")
+            .description = "path of the symlink to the build result",
-            .labels({"path"})
+            .labels = {"path"},
-            .dest(&outLink);
+            .handler = {&outLink},
+        });
 
-        mkFlag()
+        addFlag({
-            .longName("no-link")
+            .longName = "no-link",
-            .description("do not create a symlink to the build result")
+            .description = "do not create a symlink to the build result",
-            .set(&outLink, Path(""));
+            .handler = {&outLink, Path("")},
+        });
     }
 
     std::string description() override

src/nix/cat.cc

@@ -30,9 +30,11 @@ struct CmdCatStore : StoreCommand, MixCat
 
     std::string description() override
     {
-        return "print the contents of a store file on stdout";
+        return "print the contents of a file in the Nix store on stdout";
     }
 
+    Category category() override { return catUtility; }
+
     void run(ref<Store> store) override
     {
         cat(store->getFSAccessor());
@@ -51,9 +53,11 @@ struct CmdCatNar : StoreCommand, MixCat
 
     std::string description() override
     {
-        return "print the contents of a file inside a NAR file";
+        return "print the contents of a file inside a NAR file on stdout";
     }
 
+    Category category() override { return catUtility; }
+
     void run(ref<Store> store) override
     {
         cat(makeNarAccessor(make_ref<std::string>(readFile(narPath))));

src/nix/command.cc

@@ -35,16 +35,18 @@ StorePathsCommand::StorePathsCommand(bool recursive)
     : recursive(recursive)
 {
     if (recursive)
-        mkFlag()
+        addFlag({
-            .longName("no-recursive")
+            .longName = "no-recursive",
-            .description("apply operation to specified paths only")
+            .description = "apply operation to specified paths only",
-            .set(&this->recursive, false);
+            .handler = {&this->recursive, false},
+        });
     else
-        mkFlag()
+        addFlag({
-            .longName("recursive")
+            .longName = "recursive",
-            .shortName('r')
+            .shortName = 'r',
-            .description("apply operation to closure of the specified paths")
+            .description = "apply operation to closure of the specified paths",
-            .set(&this->recursive, true);
+            .handler = {&this->recursive, true},
+        });
 
     mkFlag(0, "all", "apply operation to the entire store", &all);
 }
@@ -101,11 +103,12 @@ Strings editorFor(const Pos & pos)
 
 MixProfile::MixProfile()
 {
-    mkFlag()
+    addFlag({
-        .longName("profile")
+        .longName = "profile",
-        .description("profile to update")
+        .description = "profile to update",
-        .labels({"path"})
+        .labels = {"path"},
-        .dest(&profile);
+        .handler = {&profile},
+    });
 }
 
 void MixProfile::updateProfile(const StorePath & storePath)
@@ -145,28 +148,30 @@ MixDefaultProfile::MixDefaultProfile()
     profile = getDefaultProfile();
 }
 
-MixEnvironment::MixEnvironment() : ignoreEnvironment(false) {
+MixEnvironment::MixEnvironment() : ignoreEnvironment(false)
-    mkFlag()
+{
-        .longName("ignore-environment")
+    addFlag({
-        .shortName('i')
+        .longName = "ignore-environment",
-        .description("clear the entire environment (except those specified with --keep)")
+        .shortName = 'i',
-        .set(&ignoreEnvironment, true);
+        .description = "clear the entire environment (except those specified with --keep)",
+        .handler = {&ignoreEnvironment, true},
+    });
 
-    mkFlag()
+    addFlag({
-        .longName("keep")
+        .longName = "keep",
-        .shortName('k')
+        .shortName = 'k',
-        .description("keep specified environment variable")
+        .description = "keep specified environment variable",
-        .arity(1)
+        .labels = {"name"},
-        .labels({"name"})
+        .handler = {[&](std::string s) { keep.insert(s); }},
-        .handler([&](std::vector<std::string> ss) { keep.insert(ss.front()); });
+    });
 
-    mkFlag()
+    addFlag({
-        .longName("unset")
+        .longName = "unset",
-        .shortName('u')
+        .shortName = 'u',
-        .description("unset specified environment variable")
+        .description = "unset specified environment variable",
-        .arity(1)
+        .labels = {"name"},
-        .labels({"name"})
+        .handler = {[&](std::string s) { unset.insert(s); }},
-        .handler([&](std::vector<std::string> ss) { unset.insert(ss.front()); });
+    });
 }
 
 void MixEnvironment::setEnviron() {

src/nix/command.hh

@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ namespace nix {
 
 extern std::string programPath;
 
+static constexpr Command::Category catSecondary = 100;
+static constexpr Command::Category catUtility = 101;
+static constexpr Command::Category catNixInstallation = 102;
+
 /* A command that requires a Nix store. */
 struct StoreCommand : virtual Command
 {
@@ -41,7 +45,7 @@ private:
 
     std::shared_ptr<EvalState> evalState;
 
-    Value * vSourceExpr = 0;
+    RootValue vSourceExpr;
 };
 
 enum RealiseMode { Build, NoBuild, DryRun };

src/nix/copy.cc

@@ -19,27 +19,32 @@ struct CmdCopy : StorePathsCommand
     CmdCopy()
         : StorePathsCommand(true)
     {
-        mkFlag()
+        addFlag({
-            .longName("from")
+            .longName = "from",
-            .labels({"store-uri"})
+            .description = "URI of the source Nix store",
-            .description("URI of the source Nix store")
+            .labels = {"store-uri"},
-            .dest(&srcUri);
+            .handler = {&srcUri},
-        mkFlag()
+        });
-            .longName("to")
-            .labels({"store-uri"})
-            .description("URI of the destination Nix store")
-            .dest(&dstUri);
 
-        mkFlag()
+        addFlag({
-            .longName("no-check-sigs")
+            .longName = "to",
-            .description("do not require that paths are signed by trusted keys")
+            .description = "URI of the destination Nix store",
-            .set(&checkSigs, NoCheckSigs);
+            .labels = {"store-uri"},
+            .handler = {&dstUri},
+        });
 
-        mkFlag()
+        addFlag({
-            .longName("substitute-on-destination")
+            .longName = "no-check-sigs",
-            .shortName('s')
+            .description = "do not require that paths are signed by trusted keys",
-            .description("whether to try substitutes on the destination store (only supported by SSH)")
+            .handler = {&checkSigs, NoCheckSigs},
-            .set(&substitute, Substitute);
+        });
+
+        addFlag({
+            .longName = "substitute-on-destination",
+            .shortName = 's',
+            .description = "whether to try substitutes on the destination store (only supported by SSH)",
+            .handler = {&substitute, Substitute},
+        });
     }
 
     std::string description() override
@@ -75,6 +80,8 @@ struct CmdCopy : StorePathsCommand
         };
     }
 
+    Category category() override { return catSecondary; }
+
     ref<Store> createStore() override
     {
         return srcUri.empty() ? StoreCommand::createStore() : openStore(srcUri);

src/nix/dev-shell.cc

@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ using namespace nix;
 
 struct Var
 {
-    bool exported;
+    bool exported = true;
+    bool associative = false;
     std::string value; // quoted string or array
 };
 
@@ -48,11 +49,17 @@ BuildEnvironment readEnvironment(const Path & path)
     static std::string quotedStringRegex =
         R"re((?:\$?'(?:[^'\\]|\\[abeEfnrtv\\'"?])*'))re";
 
-    static std::string arrayRegex =
+    static std::string indexedArrayRegex =
-        R"re((?:\(( *\[[^\]]+\]="(?:[^"\\]|\\.)*")*\)))re";
+        R"re((?:\(( *\[[0-9]+]="(?:[^"\\]|\\.)*")**\)))re";
 
     static std::regex varRegex(
-        "^(" + varNameRegex + ")=(" + simpleStringRegex + "|" + quotedStringRegex + "|" + arrayRegex + ")\n");
+        "^(" + varNameRegex + ")=(" + simpleStringRegex + "|" + quotedStringRegex + "|" + indexedArrayRegex + ")\n");
+
+    /* Note: we distinguish between an indexed and associative array
+       using the space before the closing parenthesis. Will
+       undoubtedly regret this some day. */
+    static std::regex assocArrayRegex(
+        "^(" + varNameRegex + ")=" + R"re((?:\(( *\[[^\]]+\]="(?:[^"\\]|\\.)*")* *\)))re" + "\n");
 
     static std::regex functionRegex(
         "^" + varNameRegex + " \\(\\) *\n");
@@ -68,7 +75,12 @@ BuildEnvironment readEnvironment(const Path & path)
 
         else if (std::regex_search(pos, file.cend(), match, varRegex)) {
             pos = match[0].second;
-            res.env.insert({match[1], Var { (bool) exported.count(match[1]), match[2] }});
+            res.env.insert({match[1], Var { .exported = exported.count(match[1]) > 0, .value = match[2] }});
+        }
+
+        else if (std::regex_search(pos, file.cend(), match, assocArrayRegex)) {
+            pos = match[0].second;
+            res.env.insert({match[1], Var { .associative = true, .value = match[2] }});
         }
 
         else if (std::regex_search(pos, file.cend(), match, functionRegex)) {
@@ -83,27 +95,26 @@ BuildEnvironment readEnvironment(const Path & path)
     return res;
 }
 
+const static std::string getEnvSh =
+    #include "get-env.sh.gen.hh"
+    ;
+
 /* Given an existing derivation, return the shell environment as
    initialised by stdenv's setup script. We do this by building a
    modified derivation with the same dependencies and nearly the same
    initial environment variables, that just writes the resulting
    environment to a file and exits. */
-StorePath getDerivationEnvironment(ref<Store> store, Derivation drv)
+StorePath getDerivationEnvironment(ref<Store> store, const StorePath & drvPath)
 {
+    auto drv = store->derivationFromPath(drvPath);
+
     auto builder = baseNameOf(drv.builder);
     if (builder != "bash")
         throw Error("'nix dev-shell' only works on derivations that use 'bash' as their builder");
 
-    drv.args = {
+    auto getEnvShPath = store->addTextToStore("get-env.sh", getEnvSh, {});
-        "-c",
+
-        "set -e; "
+    drv.args = {store->printStorePath(getEnvShPath)};
-        "export IN_NIX_SHELL=impure; "
-        "export dontAddDisableDepTrack=1; "
-        "if [[ -n $stdenv ]]; then "
-        "  source $stdenv/setup; "
-        "fi; "
-        "export > $out; "
-        "set >> $out "};
 
     /* Remove derivation checks. */
     drv.env.erase("allowedReferences");
@@ -111,15 +122,17 @@ StorePath getDerivationEnvironment(ref<Store> store, Derivation drv)
     drv.env.erase("disallowedReferences");
     drv.env.erase("disallowedRequisites");
 
-    // FIXME: handle structured attrs
-
     /* Rehash and write the derivation. FIXME: would be nice to use
        'buildDerivation', but that's privileged. */
-    auto drvName = drv.env["name"] + "-env";
+    auto drvName = std::string(drvPath.name());
+    assert(hasSuffix(drvName, ".drv"));
+    drvName.resize(drvName.size() - 4);
+    drvName += "-env";
     for (auto & output : drv.outputs)
         drv.env.erase(output.first);
     drv.env["out"] = "";
     drv.env["outputs"] = "out";
+    drv.inputSrcs.insert(std::move(getEnvShPath));
     Hash h = hashDerivationModulo(*store, drv, true);
     auto shellOutPath = store->makeOutputPath("out", h, drvName);
     drv.outputs.insert_or_assign("out", DerivationOutput(shellOutPath.clone(), "", ""));
@@ -159,15 +172,21 @@ struct Common : InstallableCommand, MixProfile
 
     void makeRcScript(const BuildEnvironment & buildEnvironment, std::ostream & out)
     {
+        out << "unset shellHook\n";
+
         out << "nix_saved_PATH=\"$PATH\"\n";
 
         for (auto & i : buildEnvironment.env) {
             if (!ignoreVars.count(i.first) && !hasPrefix(i.first, "BASH_")) {
+                if (i.second.associative)
+                    out << fmt("declare -A %s=(%s)\n", i.first, i.second.value);
+                else {
                     out << fmt("%s=%s\n", i.first, i.second.value);
                     if (i.second.exported)
                         out << fmt("export %s\n", i.first);
                 }
             }
+        }
 
         out << "PATH=\"$PATH:$nix_saved_PATH\"\n";
 
@@ -196,17 +215,19 @@ struct Common : InstallableCommand, MixProfile
 
             auto & drvPath = *drvs.begin();
 
-            return getDerivationEnvironment(store, store->derivationFromPath(drvPath));
+            return getDerivationEnvironment(store, drvPath);
         }
     }
 
-    BuildEnvironment getBuildEnvironment(ref<Store> store)
+    std::pair<BuildEnvironment, std::string> getBuildEnvironment(ref<Store> store)
     {
         auto shellOutPath = getShellOutPath(store);
 
+        auto strPath = store->printStorePath(shellOutPath);
+
         updateProfile(shellOutPath);
 
-        return readEnvironment(store->printStorePath(shellOutPath));
+        return {readEnvironment(strPath), strPath};
     }
 };
 
@@ -216,15 +237,15 @@ struct CmdDevShell : Common, MixEnvironment
 
     CmdDevShell()
     {
-        mkFlag()
+        addFlag({
-            .longName("command")
+            .longName = "command",
-            .shortName('c')
+            .shortName = 'c',
-            .description("command and arguments to be executed instead of an interactive shell")
+            .description = "command and arguments to be executed insted of an interactive shell",
-            .labels({"command", "args"})
+            .labels = {"command", "args"},
-            .arity(ArityAny)
+            .handler = {[&](std::vector<std::string> ss) {
-            .handler([&](std::vector<std::string> ss) {
                 if (ss.empty()) throw UsageError("--command requires at least one argument");
                 command = ss;
+            }}
         });
     }
 
@@ -253,7 +274,7 @@ struct CmdDevShell : Common, MixEnvironment
 
     void run(ref<Store> store) override
     {
-        auto buildEnvironment = getBuildEnvironment(store);
+        auto [buildEnvironment, gcroot] = getBuildEnvironment(store);
 
         auto [rcFileFd, rcFilePath] = createTempFile("nix-shell");
 
@@ -276,6 +297,8 @@ struct CmdDevShell : Common, MixEnvironment
         auto shell = getEnv("SHELL").value_or("bash");
 
         setEnviron();
+        // prevent garbage collection until shell exits
+        setenv("NIX_GCROOT", gcroot.data(), 1);
 
         auto args = Strings{std::string(baseNameOf(shell)), "--rcfile", rcFilePath};
 
@@ -305,9 +328,11 @@ struct CmdPrintDevEnv : Common
         };
     }
 
+    Category category() override { return catUtility; }
+
     void run(ref<Store> store) override
     {
-        auto buildEnvironment = getBuildEnvironment(store);
+        auto buildEnvironment = getBuildEnvironment(store).first;
 
         stopProgressBar();
 

src/nix/doctor.cc

@@ -40,9 +40,11 @@ struct CmdDoctor : StoreCommand
 
     std::string description() override
     {
-        return "check your system for potential problems and print a PASS or FAIL for each check.";
+        return "check your system for potential problems and print a PASS or FAIL for each check";
     }
 
+    Category category() override { return catNixInstallation; }
+
     void run(ref<Store> store) override
     {
         logger->log("Running checks against store uri: " + store->getUri());

src/nix/dump-path.cc

@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ struct CmdDumpPath : StorePathCommand
         };
     }
 
+    Category category() override { return catUtility; }
+
     void run(ref<Store> store, const StorePath & storePath) override
     {
         FdSink sink(STDOUT_FILENO);

src/nix/edit.cc

@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ struct CmdEdit : InstallableCommand
         };
     }
 
+    Category category() override { return catSecondary; }
+
     void run(ref<Store> store) override
     {
         auto state = getEvalState();

src/nix/eval.cc

@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ struct CmdEval : MixJSON, InstallableCommand
         };
     }
 
+    Category category() override { return catSecondary; }
+
     void run(ref<Store> store) override
     {
         if (raw && json)
@@ -55,16 +57,15 @@ struct CmdEval : MixJSON, InstallableCommand
         auto v = installable->toValue(*state).first;
         PathSet context;
 
-        stopProgressBar();
-
         if (raw) {
+            stopProgressBar();
             std::cout << state->coerceToString(noPos, *v, context);
         } else if (json) {
             JSONPlaceholder jsonOut(std::cout);
             printValueAsJSON(*state, true, *v, jsonOut, context);
         } else {
             state->forceValueDeep(*v);
-            std::cout << *v << "\n";
+            logger->stdout("%s", *v);
         }
     }
 };

src/nix/get-env.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+set -e
+if [ -e .attrs.sh ]; then source .attrs.sh; fi
+export IN_NIX_SHELL=impure
+export dontAddDisableDepTrack=1
+if [[ -n $stdenv ]]; then
+    source $stdenv/setup
+fi
+export > $out
+set >> $out

src/nix/hash.cc

@@ -23,9 +23,7 @@ struct CmdHash : Command
         mkFlag(0, "base64", "print hash in base-64", &base, Base64);
         mkFlag(0, "base32", "print hash in base-32 (Nix-specific)", &base, Base32);
         mkFlag(0, "base16", "print hash in base-16", &base, Base16);
-        mkFlag()
+        addFlag(Flag::mkHashTypeFlag("type", &ht));
-            .longName("type")
-            .mkHashTypeFlag(&ht);
         #if 0
         mkFlag()
             .longName("modulo")
@@ -43,6 +41,8 @@ struct CmdHash : Command
             : "print cryptographic hash of the NAR serialisation of a path";
     }
 
+    Category category() override { return catUtility; }
+
     void run() override
     {
         for (auto path : paths) {
@@ -60,8 +60,7 @@ struct CmdHash : Command
 
             Hash h = hashSink->finish().first;
             if (truncate && h.hashSize > 20) h = compressHash(h, 20);
-            std::cout << format("%1%\n") %
+            logger->stdout(h.to_string(base, base == SRI));
-                h.to_string(base, base == SRI);
         }
     }
 };
@@ -77,9 +76,7 @@ struct CmdToBase : Command
 
     CmdToBase(Base base) : base(base)
     {
-        mkFlag()
+        addFlag(Flag::mkHashTypeFlag("type", &ht));
-            .longName("type")
-            .mkHashTypeFlag(&ht);
         expectArgs("strings", &args);
     }
 
@@ -92,10 +89,12 @@ struct CmdToBase : Command
             "SRI");
     }
 
+    Category category() override { return catUtility; }
+
     void run() override
     {
         for (auto s : args)
-            std::cout << fmt("%s\n", Hash(s, ht).to_string(base, base == SRI));
+            logger->stdout(Hash(s, ht).to_string(base, base == SRI));
     }
 };
 

src/nix/installables.cc

@@ -12,26 +12,28 @@
 
 namespace nix {
 
+
 SourceExprCommand::SourceExprCommand()
 {
-    mkFlag()
+    addFlag({
-        .shortName('f')
+        .longName = "file",
-        .longName("file")
+        .shortName = 'f',
-        .label("file")
+        .description = "evaluate FILE rather than the default",
-        .description("evaluate FILE rather than the default")
+        .labels = {"file"},
-        .dest(&file);
+        .handler = {&file}
+    });
 }
 
 Value * SourceExprCommand::getSourceExpr(EvalState & state)
 {
-    if (vSourceExpr) return vSourceExpr;
+    if (vSourceExpr) return *vSourceExpr;
 
     auto sToplevel = state.symbols.create("_toplevel");
 
-    vSourceExpr = state.allocValue();
+    vSourceExpr = allocRootValue(state.allocValue());
 
     if (file != "")
-        state.evalFile(lookupFileArg(state, file), *vSourceExpr);
+        state.evalFile(lookupFileArg(state, file), **vSourceExpr);
 
     else {
 
@@ -39,9 +41,9 @@ Value * SourceExprCommand::getSourceExpr(EvalState & state)
 
         auto searchPath = state.getSearchPath();
 
-        state.mkAttrs(*vSourceExpr, 1024);
+        state.mkAttrs(**vSourceExpr, 1024);
 
-        mkBool(*state.allocAttr(*vSourceExpr, sToplevel), true);
+        mkBool(*state.allocAttr(**vSourceExpr, sToplevel), true);
 
         std::unordered_set<std::string> seen;
 
@@ -52,7 +54,7 @@ Value * SourceExprCommand::getSourceExpr(EvalState & state)
             mkPrimOpApp(*v1, state.getBuiltin("findFile"), state.getBuiltin("nixPath"));
             Value * v2 = state.allocValue();
             mkApp(*v2, *v1, mkString(*state.allocValue(), name));
-            mkApp(*state.allocAttr(*vSourceExpr, state.symbols.create(name)),
+            mkApp(*state.allocAttr(**vSourceExpr, state.symbols.create(name)),
                 state.getBuiltin("import"), *v2);
         };
 
@@ -66,10 +68,10 @@ Value * SourceExprCommand::getSourceExpr(EvalState & state)
             } else
                 addEntry(i.first);
 
-        vSourceExpr->attrs->sort();
+        (*vSourceExpr)->attrs->sort();
     }
 
-    return vSourceExpr;
+    return *vSourceExpr;
 }
 
 ref<EvalState> SourceExprCommand::getEvalState()

src/nix/local.mk

@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@ nix_SOURCES := \
   $(wildcard src/nix-prefetch-url/*.cc) \
   $(wildcard src/nix-store/*.cc) \
 
-nix_CXXFLAGS += -I src/libutil -I src/libstore -I src/libexpr -I src/libmain
+nix_CXXFLAGS += -I src/libutil -I src/libstore -I src/libfetchers -I src/libexpr -I src/libmain
 
-nix_LIBS = libexpr libmain libstore libutil libnixrust
+nix_LIBS = libexpr libmain libfetchers libstore libutil libnixrust
 
 nix_LDFLAGS = -pthread $(SODIUM_LIBS) $(EDITLINE_LIBS) $(BOOST_LDFLAGS) -lboost_context -lboost_thread -lboost_system
 
@@ -27,3 +27,5 @@ $(foreach name, \
 $(eval $(call install-symlink, $(bindir)/nix, $(libexecdir)/nix/build-remote))
 
 src/nix-env/user-env.cc: src/nix-env/buildenv.nix.gen.hh
+
+src/nix/dev-shell.cc: src/nix/get-env.sh.gen.hh

src/nix/log.cc

@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ struct CmdLog : InstallableCommand
         };
     }
 
+    Category category() override { return catSecondary; }
+
     void run(ref<Store> store) override
     {
         settings.readOnlyMode = true;

src/nix/ls.cc

@@ -34,16 +34,14 @@ struct MixLs : virtual Args, MixJSON
                         (st.isExecutable ? "-r-xr-xr-x" : "-r--r--r--") :
                     st.type == FSAccessor::Type::tSymlink ? "lrwxrwxrwx" :
                     "dr-xr-xr-x";
-                std::cout <<
+                auto line = fmt("%s %20d %s", tp, st.fileSize, relPath);
-                    (format("%s %20d %s") % tp % st.fileSize % relPath);
                 if (st.type == FSAccessor::Type::tSymlink)
-                    std::cout << " -> " << accessor->readLink(curPath)
+                    line += " -> " + accessor->readLink(curPath);
-                    ;
+                logger->stdout(line);
-                std::cout << "\n";
                 if (recursive && st.type == FSAccessor::Type::tDirectory)
                     doPath(st, curPath, relPath, false);
             } else {
-                std::cout << relPath << "\n";
+                logger->stdout(relPath);
                 if (recursive) {
                     auto st = accessor->stat(curPath);
                     if (st.type == FSAccessor::Type::tDirectory)
@@ -102,9 +100,11 @@ struct CmdLsStore : StoreCommand, MixLs
 
     std::string description() override
     {
-        return "show information about a store path";
+        return "show information about a path in the Nix store";
     }
 
+    Category category() override { return catUtility; }
+
     void run(ref<Store> store) override
     {
         list(store->getFSAccessor());
@@ -133,12 +133,14 @@ struct CmdLsNar : Command, MixLs
 
     std::string description() override
     {
-        return "show information about the contents of a NAR file";
+        return "show information about a path inside a NAR file";
     }
 
+    Category category() override { return catUtility; }
+
     void run() override
     {
-        list(makeNarAccessor(make_ref<std::string>(readFile(narPath, true))));
+        list(makeNarAccessor(make_ref<std::string>(readFile(narPath))));
     }
 };
 

src/nix/main.cc

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 #include "shared.hh"
 #include "store-api.hh"
 #include "progress-bar.hh"
-#include "download.hh"
+#include "filetransfer.hh"
 #include "finally.hh"
 
 #include <sys/types.h>
@@ -59,15 +59,22 @@ struct NixArgs : virtual MultiCommand, virtual MixCommonArgs
 
     NixArgs() : MultiCommand(*RegisterCommand::commands), MixCommonArgs("nix")
     {
-        mkFlag()
+        categories.clear();
-            .longName("help")
+        categories[Command::catDefault] = "Main commands";
-            .description("show usage information")
+        categories[catSecondary] = "Infrequently used commands";
-            .handler([&]() { showHelpAndExit(); });
+        categories[catUtility] = "Utility/scripting commands";
+        categories[catNixInstallation] = "Commands for upgrading or troubleshooting your Nix installation";
 
-        mkFlag()
+        addFlag({
-            .longName("help-config")
+            .longName = "help",
-            .description("show configuration options")
+            .description = "show usage information",
-            .handler([&]() {
+            .handler = {[&]() { showHelpAndExit(); }},
+        });
+
+        addFlag({
+            .longName = "help-config",
+            .description = "show configuration options",
+            .handler = {[&]() {
                 std::cout << "The following configuration options are available:\n\n";
                 Table2 tbl;
                 std::map<std::string, Config::SettingInfo> settings;
@@ -76,28 +83,33 @@ struct NixArgs : virtual MultiCommand, virtual MixCommonArgs
                     tbl.emplace_back(s.first, s.second.description);
                 printTable(std::cout, tbl);
                 throw Exit();
+            }},
         });
 
-        mkFlag()
+        addFlag({
-            .longName("print-build-logs")
+            .longName = "print-build-logs",
-            .shortName('L')
+            .shortName = 'L',
-            .description("print full build logs on stderr")
+            .description = "print full build logs on stderr",
-            .set(&printBuildLogs, true);
+            .handler = {&printBuildLogs, true},
+        });
 
-        mkFlag()
+        addFlag({
-            .longName("version")
+            .longName = "version",
-            .description("show version information")
+            .description = "show version information",
-            .handler([&]() { printVersion(programName); });
+            .handler = {[&]() { printVersion(programName); }},
+        });
 
-        mkFlag()
+        addFlag({
-            .longName("no-net")
+            .longName = "no-net",
-            .description("disable substituters and consider all previously downloaded files up-to-date")
+            .description = "disable substituters and consider all previously downloaded files up-to-date",
-            .handler([&]() { useNet = false; });
+            .handler = {[&]() { useNet = false; }},
+        });
 
-        mkFlag()
+        addFlag({
-            .longName("refresh")
+            .longName = "refresh",
-            .description("consider all previously downloaded files out-of-date")
+            .description = "consider all previously downloaded files out-of-date",
-            .handler([&]() { refresh = true; });
+            .handler = {[&]() { refresh = true; }},
+        });
     }
 
     void printFlags(std::ostream & out) override
@@ -105,8 +117,8 @@ struct NixArgs : virtual MultiCommand, virtual MixCommonArgs
         Args::printFlags(out);
         std::cout <<
             "\n"
-            "In addition, most configuration settings can be overriden using '--<name> <value>'.\n"
+            "In addition, most configuration settings can be overriden using '--" ANSI_ITALIC "name value" ANSI_NORMAL "'.\n"
-            "Boolean settings can be overriden using '--<name>' or '--no-<name>'. See 'nix\n"
+            "Boolean settings can be overriden using '--" ANSI_ITALIC "name" ANSI_NORMAL "' or '--no-" ANSI_ITALIC "name" ANSI_NORMAL "'. See 'nix\n"
             "--help-config' for a list of configuration settings.\n";
     }
 
@@ -115,10 +127,10 @@ struct NixArgs : virtual MultiCommand, virtual MixCommonArgs
         MultiCommand::printHelp(programName, out);
 
 #if 0
-        out << "\nFor full documentation, run 'man " << programName << "' or 'man " << programName << "-<COMMAND>'.\n";
+        out << "\nFor full documentation, run 'man " << programName << "' or 'man " << programName << "-" ANSI_ITALIC "COMMAND" ANSI_NORMAL "'.\n";
 #endif
 
-        std::cout << "\nNote: this program is EXPERIMENTAL and subject to change.\n";
+        std::cout << "\nNote: this program is " ANSI_RED "EXPERIMENTAL" ANSI_NORMAL " and subject to change.\n";
     }
 
     void showHelpAndExit()
@@ -176,17 +188,17 @@ void mainWrapped(int argc, char * * argv)
             settings.useSubstitutes = false;
         if (!settings.tarballTtl.overriden)
             settings.tarballTtl = std::numeric_limits<unsigned int>::max();
-        if (!downloadSettings.tries.overriden)
+        if (!fileTransferSettings.tries.overriden)
-            downloadSettings.tries = 0;
+            fileTransferSettings.tries = 0;
-        if (!downloadSettings.connectTimeout.overriden)
+        if (!fileTransferSettings.connectTimeout.overriden)
-            downloadSettings.connectTimeout = 1;
+            fileTransferSettings.connectTimeout = 1;
     }
 
     if (args.refresh)
         settings.tarballTtl = 0;
 
-    args.command->prepare();
+    args.command->second->prepare();
-    args.command->run();
+    args.command->second->run();
 }
 
 }

src/nix/make-content-addressable.cc

@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ struct CmdMakeContentAddressable : StorePathsCommand, MixJSON
             },
         };
     }
+
+    Category category() override { return catUtility; }
+
     void run(ref<Store> store, StorePaths storePaths) override
     {
         auto paths = store->topoSortPaths(storePathsToSet(storePaths));