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-rw-r--r--tvix/nix-compat/src/derivation/mod.rs12
-rw-r--r--tvix/nix-compat/src/derivation/output.rs7
-rw-r--r--tvix/nix-compat/src/derivation/parse_error.rs2
-rw-r--r--tvix/nix-compat/src/derivation/parser.rs57
-rw-r--r--tvix/nix-compat/src/derivation/write.rs16
-rw-r--r--tvix/nix-compat/src/store_path/mod.rs323
-rw-r--r--tvix/nix-compat/src/store_path/utils.rs42
7 files changed, 219 insertions, 240 deletions
diff --git a/tvix/nix-compat/src/derivation/mod.rs b/tvix/nix-compat/src/derivation/mod.rs
index 6e12e3ea86e6..6baeaba38299 100644
--- a/tvix/nix-compat/src/derivation/mod.rs
+++ b/tvix/nix-compat/src/derivation/mod.rs
@@ -36,11 +36,11 @@ pub struct Derivation {
 
     /// Map from drv path to output names used from this derivation.
     #[serde(rename = "inputDrvs")]
-    pub input_derivations: BTreeMap<StorePath, BTreeSet<String>>,
+    pub input_derivations: BTreeMap<StorePath<String>, BTreeSet<String>>,
 
     /// Plain store paths of additional inputs.
     #[serde(rename = "inputSrcs")]
-    pub input_sources: BTreeSet<StorePath>,
+    pub input_sources: BTreeSet<StorePath<String>>,
 
     /// Maps output names to Output.
     pub outputs: BTreeMap<String, Output>,
@@ -127,7 +127,10 @@ impl Derivation {
     /// the `name` with a `.drv` suffix as name, all [Derivation::input_sources] and
     /// keys of [Derivation::input_derivations] as references, and the ATerm string of
     /// the [Derivation] as content.
-    pub fn calculate_derivation_path(&self, name: &str) -> Result<StorePath, DerivationError> {
+    pub fn calculate_derivation_path(
+        &self,
+        name: &str,
+    ) -> Result<StorePath<String>, DerivationError> {
         // append .drv to the name
         let name = &format!("{}.drv", name);
 
@@ -141,7 +144,6 @@ impl Derivation {
             .collect();
 
         build_text_path(name, self.to_aterm_bytes(), references)
-            .map(|s| s.to_owned())
             .map_err(|_e| DerivationError::InvalidOutputName(name.to_string()))
     }
 
@@ -210,7 +212,7 @@ impl Derivation {
                 self.input_derivations
                     .iter()
                     .map(|(drv_path, output_names)| {
-                        let hash = fn_lookup_hash_derivation_modulo(&drv_path.into());
+                        let hash = fn_lookup_hash_derivation_modulo(&drv_path.as_ref());
 
                         (hash, output_names.to_owned())
                     }),
diff --git a/tvix/nix-compat/src/derivation/output.rs b/tvix/nix-compat/src/derivation/output.rs
index 266617f587f8..0b81ef3c3155 100644
--- a/tvix/nix-compat/src/derivation/output.rs
+++ b/tvix/nix-compat/src/derivation/output.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 use crate::nixhash::CAHash;
-use crate::store_path::StorePathRef;
 use crate::{derivation::OutputError, store_path::StorePath};
 use serde::de::Unexpected;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
@@ -10,7 +9,7 @@ use std::borrow::Cow;
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, Default, Eq, PartialEq, Serialize)]
 pub struct Output {
     /// Store path of build result.
-    pub path: Option<StorePath>,
+    pub path: Option<StorePath<String>>,
 
     #[serde(flatten)]
     pub ca_hash: Option<CAHash>, // we can only represent a subset here.
@@ -33,10 +32,10 @@ impl<'de> Deserialize<'de> for Output {
                 &"a string",
             ))?;
 
-        let path = StorePathRef::from_absolute_path(path.as_bytes())
+        let path = StorePath::from_absolute_path(path.as_bytes())
             .map_err(|_| serde::de::Error::invalid_value(Unexpected::Str(path), &"StorePath"))?;
         Ok(Self {
-            path: Some(path.to_owned()),
+            path: Some(path),
             ca_hash: CAHash::from_map::<D>(&fields)?,
         })
     }
diff --git a/tvix/nix-compat/src/derivation/parse_error.rs b/tvix/nix-compat/src/derivation/parse_error.rs
index fc97f1a9883b..f625d9aeb724 100644
--- a/tvix/nix-compat/src/derivation/parse_error.rs
+++ b/tvix/nix-compat/src/derivation/parse_error.rs
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ pub enum ErrorKind {
     DuplicateInputDerivationOutputName(String, String),
 
     #[error("duplicate input source: {0}")]
-    DuplicateInputSource(StorePath),
+    DuplicateInputSource(StorePath<String>),
 
     #[error("nix hash error: {0}")]
     NixHashError(nixhash::Error),
diff --git a/tvix/nix-compat/src/derivation/parser.rs b/tvix/nix-compat/src/derivation/parser.rs
index 7fc56389d17a..4fff7181ba40 100644
--- a/tvix/nix-compat/src/derivation/parser.rs
+++ b/tvix/nix-compat/src/derivation/parser.rs
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ use thiserror;
 
 use crate::derivation::parse_error::{into_nomerror, ErrorKind, NomError, NomResult};
 use crate::derivation::{write, CAHash, Derivation, Output};
-use crate::store_path::{self, StorePath, StorePathRef};
+use crate::store_path::{self, StorePath};
 use crate::{aterm, nixhash};
 
 #[derive(Debug, thiserror::Error)]
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ fn parse_output(i: &[u8]) -> NomResult<&[u8], (String, Output)> {
                             path: if output_path.is_empty() {
                                 None
                             } else {
-                                Some(string_to_store_path(i, output_path)?)
+                                Some(string_to_store_path(i, &output_path)?)
                             },
                             ca_hash: hash_with_mode,
                         },
@@ -131,12 +131,12 @@ fn parse_outputs(i: &[u8]) -> NomResult<&[u8], BTreeMap<String, Output>> {
 
     match res {
         Ok((rst, outputs_lst)) => {
-            let mut outputs: BTreeMap<String, Output> = BTreeMap::default();
+            let mut outputs = BTreeMap::default();
             for (output_name, output) in outputs_lst.into_iter() {
                 if outputs.contains_key(&output_name) {
                     return Err(nom::Err::Failure(NomError {
                         input: i,
-                        code: ErrorKind::DuplicateMapKey(output_name),
+                        code: ErrorKind::DuplicateMapKey(output_name.to_string()),
                     }));
                 }
                 outputs.insert(output_name, output);
@@ -148,11 +148,13 @@ fn parse_outputs(i: &[u8]) -> NomResult<&[u8], BTreeMap<String, Output>> {
     }
 }
 
-fn parse_input_derivations(i: &[u8]) -> NomResult<&[u8], BTreeMap<StorePath, BTreeSet<String>>> {
+fn parse_input_derivations(
+    i: &[u8],
+) -> NomResult<&[u8], BTreeMap<StorePath<String>, BTreeSet<String>>> {
     let (i, input_derivations_list) = parse_kv(aterm::parse_string_list)(i)?;
 
     // This is a HashMap of drv paths to a list of output names.
-    let mut input_derivations: BTreeMap<StorePath, BTreeSet<_>> = BTreeMap::new();
+    let mut input_derivations: BTreeMap<StorePath<String>, BTreeSet<_>> = BTreeMap::new();
 
     for (input_derivation, output_names) in input_derivations_list {
         let mut new_output_names = BTreeSet::new();
@@ -169,7 +171,7 @@ fn parse_input_derivations(i: &[u8]) -> NomResult<&[u8], BTreeMap<StorePath, BTr
             new_output_names.insert(output_name);
         }
 
-        let input_derivation: StorePath = string_to_store_path(i, input_derivation)?;
+        let input_derivation = string_to_store_path(i, input_derivation.as_str())?;
 
         input_derivations.insert(input_derivation, new_output_names);
     }
@@ -177,16 +179,16 @@ fn parse_input_derivations(i: &[u8]) -> NomResult<&[u8], BTreeMap<StorePath, BTr
     Ok((i, input_derivations))
 }
 
-fn parse_input_sources(i: &[u8]) -> NomResult<&[u8], BTreeSet<StorePath>> {
+fn parse_input_sources(i: &[u8]) -> NomResult<&[u8], BTreeSet<StorePath<String>>> {
     let (i, input_sources_lst) = aterm::parse_string_list(i).map_err(into_nomerror)?;
 
     let mut input_sources: BTreeSet<_> = BTreeSet::new();
     for input_source in input_sources_lst.into_iter() {
-        let input_source: StorePath = string_to_store_path(i, input_source)?;
+        let input_source = string_to_store_path(i, input_source.as_str())?;
         if input_sources.contains(&input_source) {
             return Err(nom::Err::Failure(NomError {
                 input: i,
-                code: ErrorKind::DuplicateInputSource(input_source),
+                code: ErrorKind::DuplicateInputSource(input_source.to_owned()),
             }));
         } else {
             input_sources.insert(input_source);
@@ -196,24 +198,27 @@ fn parse_input_sources(i: &[u8]) -> NomResult<&[u8], BTreeSet<StorePath>> {
     Ok((i, input_sources))
 }
 
-fn string_to_store_path(
-    i: &[u8],
-    path_str: String,
-) -> Result<StorePath, nom::Err<NomError<&[u8]>>> {
-    #[cfg(debug_assertions)]
-    let path_str2 = path_str.clone();
-
-    let path: StorePath = StorePathRef::from_absolute_path(path_str.as_bytes())
-        .map_err(|e: store_path::Error| {
+fn string_to_store_path<'a, 'i, S>(
+    i: &'i [u8],
+    path_str: &'a str,
+) -> Result<StorePath<S>, nom::Err<NomError<&'i [u8]>>>
+where
+    S: std::cmp::Eq
+        + std::fmt::Display
+        + std::clone::Clone
+        + std::ops::Deref<Target = str>
+        + std::convert::From<&'a str>,
+{
+    let path =
+        StorePath::from_absolute_path(path_str.as_bytes()).map_err(|e: store_path::Error| {
             nom::Err::Failure(NomError {
                 input: i,
                 code: e.into(),
             })
-        })?
-        .to_owned();
+        })?;
 
     #[cfg(debug_assertions)]
-    assert_eq!(path_str2, path.to_absolute_path());
+    assert_eq!(path_str, path.to_absolute_path());
 
     Ok(path)
 }
@@ -375,11 +380,11 @@ mod tests {
         };
         static ref EXP_AB_MAP: BTreeMap<String, BString> = {
             let mut b = BTreeMap::new();
-            b.insert("a".to_string(), b"1".as_bstr().to_owned());
-            b.insert("b".to_string(), b"2".as_bstr().to_owned());
+            b.insert("a".to_string(), b"1".into());
+            b.insert("b".to_string(), b"2".into());
             b
         };
-        static ref EXP_INPUT_DERIVATIONS_SIMPLE: BTreeMap<StorePath, BTreeSet<String>> = {
+        static ref EXP_INPUT_DERIVATIONS_SIMPLE: BTreeMap<StorePath<String>, BTreeSet<String>> = {
             let mut b = BTreeMap::new();
             b.insert(
                 StorePath::from_bytes(b"8bjm87p310sb7r2r0sg4xrynlvg86j8k-hello-2.12.1.tar.gz.drv")
@@ -452,7 +457,7 @@ mod tests {
     #[case::simple(EXP_INPUT_DERIVATIONS_SIMPLE_ATERM.as_bytes(), &EXP_INPUT_DERIVATIONS_SIMPLE)]
     fn parse_input_derivations(
         #[case] input: &'static [u8],
-        #[case] expected: &BTreeMap<StorePath, BTreeSet<String>>,
+        #[case] expected: &BTreeMap<StorePath<String>, BTreeSet<String>>,
     ) {
         let (rest, parsed) = super::parse_input_derivations(input).expect("must parse");
 
diff --git a/tvix/nix-compat/src/derivation/write.rs b/tvix/nix-compat/src/derivation/write.rs
index 2ff68b6edba8..42dadcd76064 100644
--- a/tvix/nix-compat/src/derivation/write.rs
+++ b/tvix/nix-compat/src/derivation/write.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 use crate::aterm::escape_bytes;
 use crate::derivation::{ca_kind_prefix, output::Output};
 use crate::nixbase32;
-use crate::store_path::{StorePath, StorePathRef, STORE_DIR_WITH_SLASH};
+use crate::store_path::{StorePath, STORE_DIR_WITH_SLASH};
 use bstr::BString;
 use data_encoding::HEXLOWER;
 
@@ -34,7 +34,10 @@ pub(crate) trait AtermWriteable {
     fn aterm_write(&self, writer: &mut impl Write) -> std::io::Result<()>;
 }
 
-impl AtermWriteable for StorePathRef<'_> {
+impl<S> AtermWriteable for StorePath<S>
+where
+    S: std::cmp::Eq + std::ops::Deref<Target = str>,
+{
     fn aterm_write(&self, writer: &mut impl Write) -> std::io::Result<()> {
         write_char(writer, QUOTE)?;
         writer.write_all(STORE_DIR_WITH_SLASH.as_bytes())?;
@@ -46,13 +49,6 @@ impl AtermWriteable for StorePathRef<'_> {
     }
 }
 
-impl AtermWriteable for StorePath {
-    fn aterm_write(&self, writer: &mut impl Write) -> std::io::Result<()> {
-        let r: StorePathRef = self.into();
-        r.aterm_write(writer)
-    }
-}
-
 impl AtermWriteable for String {
     fn aterm_write(&self, writer: &mut impl Write) -> std::io::Result<()> {
         write_field(writer, self, true)
@@ -179,7 +175,7 @@ pub(crate) fn write_input_derivations(
 
 pub(crate) fn write_input_sources(
     writer: &mut impl Write,
-    input_sources: &BTreeSet<StorePath>,
+    input_sources: &BTreeSet<StorePath<String>>,
 ) -> Result<(), io::Error> {
     write_char(writer, BRACKET_OPEN)?;
     write_array_elements(
diff --git a/tvix/nix-compat/src/store_path/mod.rs b/tvix/nix-compat/src/store_path/mod.rs
index 707c41a92d74..177cc96ce20f 100644
--- a/tvix/nix-compat/src/store_path/mod.rs
+++ b/tvix/nix-compat/src/store_path/mod.rs
@@ -2,14 +2,15 @@ use crate::nixbase32;
 use data_encoding::{DecodeError, BASE64};
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use std::{
-    fmt,
-    path::PathBuf,
+    fmt::{self, Display},
+    ops::Deref,
+    path::Path,
     str::{self, FromStr},
 };
 use thiserror;
 
 #[cfg(target_family = "unix")]
-use std::os::unix::ffi::OsStringExt;
+use std::os::unix::ffi::OsStrExt;
 
 mod utils;
 
@@ -54,17 +55,26 @@ pub enum Error {
 /// A [StorePath] does not encode any additional subpath "inside" the store
 /// path.
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Eq, Hash)]
-pub struct StorePath {
+pub struct StorePath<S>
+where
+    S: std::cmp::Eq + std::cmp::PartialEq,
+{
     digest: [u8; DIGEST_SIZE],
-    name: Box<str>,
+    name: S,
 }
+/// Like [StorePath], but without a heap allocation for the name.
+/// Used by [StorePath] for parsing.
+pub type StorePathRef<'a> = StorePath<&'a str>;
 
-impl StorePath {
+impl<S> StorePath<S>
+where
+    S: std::cmp::Eq + Deref<Target = str>,
+{
     pub fn digest(&self) -> &[u8; DIGEST_SIZE] {
         &self.digest
     }
 
-    pub fn name(&self) -> &str {
+    pub fn name(&self) -> &S {
         &self.name
     }
 
@@ -74,60 +84,101 @@ impl StorePath {
             name: &self.name,
         }
     }
-}
 
-impl PartialOrd for StorePath {
-    fn partial_cmp(&self, other: &Self) -> Option<std::cmp::Ordering> {
-        Some(self.cmp(other))
+    pub fn to_owned(&self) -> StorePath<String> {
+        StorePath {
+            digest: self.digest,
+            name: self.name.to_string(),
+        }
     }
-}
 
-/// `StorePath`s are sorted by their reverse digest to match the sorting order
-/// of the nixbase32-encoded string.
-impl Ord for StorePath {
-    fn cmp(&self, other: &Self) -> std::cmp::Ordering {
-        self.as_ref().cmp(&other.as_ref())
+    /// Construct a [StorePath] by passing the `$digest-$name` string
+    /// that comes after [STORE_DIR_WITH_SLASH].
+    pub fn from_bytes<'a>(s: &'a [u8]) -> Result<Self, Error>
+    where
+        S: From<&'a str>,
+    {
+        // the whole string needs to be at least:
+        //
+        // - 32 characters (encoded hash)
+        // - 1 dash
+        // - 1 character for the name
+        if s.len() < ENCODED_DIGEST_SIZE + 2 {
+            Err(Error::InvalidLength)?
+        }
+
+        let digest = nixbase32::decode_fixed(&s[..ENCODED_DIGEST_SIZE])?;
+
+        if s[ENCODED_DIGEST_SIZE] != b'-' {
+            return Err(Error::MissingDash);
+        }
+
+        Ok(StorePath {
+            digest,
+            name: validate_name(&s[ENCODED_DIGEST_SIZE + 1..])?.into(),
+        })
     }
-}
 
-impl FromStr for StorePath {
-    type Err = Error;
+    /// Construct a [StorePathRef] from a name and digest.
+    /// The name is validated, and the digest checked for size.
+    pub fn from_name_and_digest<'a>(name: &'a str, digest: &[u8]) -> Result<Self, Error>
+    where
+        S: From<&'a str>,
+    {
+        let digest_fixed = digest.try_into().map_err(|_| Error::InvalidLength)?;
+        Self::from_name_and_digest_fixed(name, digest_fixed)
+    }
 
-    /// Construct a [StorePath] by passing the `$digest-$name` string
-    /// that comes after [STORE_DIR_WITH_SLASH].
-    fn from_str(s: &str) -> Result<Self, Self::Err> {
-        Self::from_bytes(s.as_bytes())
+    /// Construct a [StorePathRef] from a name and digest of correct length.
+    /// The name is validated.
+    pub fn from_name_and_digest_fixed<'a>(
+        name: &'a str,
+        digest: [u8; DIGEST_SIZE],
+    ) -> Result<Self, Error>
+    where
+        S: From<&'a str>,
+    {
+        Ok(Self {
+            name: validate_name(name.as_bytes())?.into(),
+            digest,
+        })
     }
-}
 
-impl StorePath {
-    /// Construct a [StorePath] by passing the `$digest-$name` string
-    /// that comes after [STORE_DIR_WITH_SLASH].
-    pub fn from_bytes(s: &[u8]) -> Result<StorePath, Error> {
-        Ok(StorePathRef::from_bytes(s)?.to_owned())
+    /// Construct a [StorePathRef] from an absolute store path string.
+    /// This is equivalent to calling [StorePathRef::from_bytes], but stripping
+    /// the [STORE_DIR_WITH_SLASH] prefix before.
+    pub fn from_absolute_path<'a>(s: &'a [u8]) -> Result<Self, Error>
+    where
+        S: From<&'a str>,
+    {
+        match s.strip_prefix(STORE_DIR_WITH_SLASH.as_bytes()) {
+            Some(s_stripped) => Self::from_bytes(s_stripped),
+            None => Err(Error::MissingStoreDir),
+        }
     }
 
     /// Decompose a string into a [StorePath] and a [PathBuf] containing the
     /// rest of the path, or an error.
     #[cfg(target_family = "unix")]
-    pub fn from_absolute_path_full(s: &str) -> Result<(StorePath, PathBuf), Error> {
+    pub fn from_absolute_path_full<'a>(s: &'a str) -> Result<(Self, &'a Path), Error>
+    where
+        S: From<&'a str>,
+    {
         // strip [STORE_DIR_WITH_SLASH] from s
+
         match s.strip_prefix(STORE_DIR_WITH_SLASH) {
             None => Err(Error::MissingStoreDir),
             Some(rest) => {
-                // put rest in a PathBuf
-                let mut p = PathBuf::new();
-                p.push(rest);
-
-                let mut it = p.components();
+                let mut it = Path::new(rest).components();
 
                 // The first component of the rest must be parse-able as a [StorePath]
                 if let Some(first_component) = it.next() {
                     // convert first component to StorePath
-                    let first_component_bytes = first_component.as_os_str().to_owned().into_vec();
-                    let store_path = StorePath::from_bytes(&first_component_bytes)?;
+                    let store_path = StorePath::from_bytes(first_component.as_os_str().as_bytes())?;
+
                     // collect rest
-                    let rest_buf: PathBuf = it.collect();
+                    let rest_buf = it.as_path();
+
                     Ok((store_path, rest_buf))
                 } else {
                     Err(Error::InvalidLength) // Well, or missing "/"?
@@ -139,139 +190,48 @@ impl StorePath {
     /// Returns an absolute store path string.
     /// That is just the string representation, prefixed with the store prefix
     /// ([STORE_DIR_WITH_SLASH]),
-    pub fn to_absolute_path(&self) -> String {
-        let sp_ref: StorePathRef = self.into();
-        sp_ref.to_absolute_path()
-    }
-}
-
-impl<'de> Deserialize<'de> for StorePath {
-    fn deserialize<D>(deserializer: D) -> Result<Self, D::Error>
-    where
-        D: serde::Deserializer<'de>,
-    {
-        let r = <StorePathRef<'de> as Deserialize<'de>>::deserialize(deserializer)?;
-        Ok(r.to_owned())
-    }
-}
-
-impl Serialize for StorePath {
-    fn serialize<S>(&self, serializer: S) -> Result<S::Ok, S::Error>
+    pub fn to_absolute_path(&self) -> String
     where
-        S: serde::Serializer,
+        S: Display,
     {
-        let r: StorePathRef = self.into();
-        r.serialize(serializer)
-    }
-}
-
-/// Like [StorePath], but without a heap allocation for the name.
-/// Used by [StorePath] for parsing.
-///
-#[derive(Debug, Eq, PartialEq, Clone, Copy, Hash)]
-pub struct StorePathRef<'a> {
-    digest: [u8; DIGEST_SIZE],
-    name: &'a str,
-}
-
-impl<'a> From<&'a StorePath> for StorePathRef<'a> {
-    fn from(&StorePath { digest, ref name }: &'a StorePath) -> Self {
-        StorePathRef { digest, name }
+        format!("{}{}", STORE_DIR_WITH_SLASH, self)
     }
 }
 
-impl<'a> PartialOrd for StorePathRef<'a> {
+impl<S> PartialOrd for StorePath<S>
+where
+    S: std::cmp::PartialEq + std::cmp::Eq,
+{
     fn partial_cmp(&self, other: &Self) -> Option<std::cmp::Ordering> {
         Some(self.cmp(other))
     }
 }
 
-/// `StorePathRef`s are sorted by their reverse digest to match the sorting order
+/// `StorePath`s are sorted by their reverse digest to match the sorting order
 /// of the nixbase32-encoded string.
-impl<'a> Ord for StorePathRef<'a> {
+impl<S> Ord for StorePath<S>
+where
+    S: std::cmp::PartialEq + std::cmp::Eq,
+{
     fn cmp(&self, other: &Self) -> std::cmp::Ordering {
         self.digest.iter().rev().cmp(other.digest.iter().rev())
     }
 }
 
-impl<'a> StorePathRef<'a> {
-    pub fn digest(&self) -> &[u8; DIGEST_SIZE] {
-        &self.digest
-    }
-
-    pub fn name(&self) -> &'a str {
-        self.name
-    }
-
-    pub fn to_owned(&self) -> StorePath {
-        StorePath {
-            digest: self.digest,
-            name: self.name.into(),
-        }
-    }
-
-    /// Construct a [StorePathRef] from a name and digest.
-    /// The name is validated, and the digest checked for size.
-    pub fn from_name_and_digest(name: &'a str, digest: &[u8]) -> Result<Self, Error> {
-        let digest_fixed = digest.try_into().map_err(|_| Error::InvalidLength)?;
-        Self::from_name_and_digest_fixed(name, digest_fixed)
-    }
-
-    /// Construct a [StorePathRef] from a name and digest of correct length.
-    /// The name is validated.
-    pub fn from_name_and_digest_fixed(
-        name: &'a str,
-        digest: [u8; DIGEST_SIZE],
-    ) -> Result<Self, Error> {
-        Ok(Self {
-            name: validate_name(name.as_bytes())?,
-            digest,
-        })
-    }
-
-    /// Construct a [StorePathRef] from an absolute store path string.
-    /// This is equivalent to calling [StorePathRef::from_bytes], but stripping
-    /// the [STORE_DIR_WITH_SLASH] prefix before.
-    pub fn from_absolute_path(s: &'a [u8]) -> Result<Self, Error> {
-        match s.strip_prefix(STORE_DIR_WITH_SLASH.as_bytes()) {
-            Some(s_stripped) => Self::from_bytes(s_stripped),
-            None => Err(Error::MissingStoreDir),
-        }
-    }
+impl<'a, 'b: 'a> FromStr for StorePath<String> {
+    type Err = Error;
 
-    /// Construct a [StorePathRef] by passing the `$digest-$name` string
+    /// Construct a [StorePath] by passing the `$digest-$name` string
     /// that comes after [STORE_DIR_WITH_SLASH].
-    pub fn from_bytes(s: &'a [u8]) -> Result<Self, Error> {
-        // the whole string needs to be at least:
-        //
-        // - 32 characters (encoded hash)
-        // - 1 dash
-        // - 1 character for the name
-        if s.len() < ENCODED_DIGEST_SIZE + 2 {
-            Err(Error::InvalidLength)?
-        }
-
-        let digest = nixbase32::decode_fixed(&s[..ENCODED_DIGEST_SIZE])?;
-
-        if s[ENCODED_DIGEST_SIZE] != b'-' {
-            return Err(Error::MissingDash);
-        }
-
-        Ok(StorePathRef {
-            digest,
-            name: validate_name(&s[ENCODED_DIGEST_SIZE + 1..])?,
-        })
-    }
-
-    /// Returns an absolute store path string.
-    /// That is just the string representation, prefixed with the store prefix
-    /// ([STORE_DIR_WITH_SLASH]),
-    pub fn to_absolute_path(&self) -> String {
-        format!("{}{}", STORE_DIR_WITH_SLASH, self)
+    fn from_str(s: &str) -> Result<Self, Self::Err> {
+        StorePath::<String>::from_bytes(s.as_bytes())
     }
 }
 
-impl<'de: 'a, 'a> Deserialize<'de> for StorePathRef<'a> {
+impl<'a, 'de: 'a, S> Deserialize<'de> for StorePath<S>
+where
+    S: std::cmp::Eq + Deref<Target = str> + From<&'a str>,
+{
     fn deserialize<D>(deserializer: D) -> Result<Self, D::Error>
     where
         D: serde::Deserializer<'de>,
@@ -284,16 +244,19 @@ impl<'de: 'a, 'a> Deserialize<'de> for StorePathRef<'a> {
                 &"store path prefix",
             )
         })?;
-        StorePathRef::from_bytes(stripped.as_bytes()).map_err(|_| {
+        StorePath::from_bytes(stripped.as_bytes()).map_err(|_| {
             serde::de::Error::invalid_value(serde::de::Unexpected::Str(string), &"StorePath")
         })
     }
 }
 
-impl Serialize for StorePathRef<'_> {
-    fn serialize<S>(&self, serializer: S) -> Result<S::Ok, S::Error>
+impl<S> Serialize for StorePath<S>
+where
+    S: std::cmp::Eq + Deref<Target = str> + Display,
+{
+    fn serialize<SR>(&self, serializer: SR) -> Result<SR::Ok, SR::Error>
     where
-        S: serde::Serializer,
+        SR: serde::Serializer,
     {
         let string: String = self.to_absolute_path();
         string.serialize(serializer)
@@ -347,13 +310,10 @@ pub(crate) fn validate_name(s: &(impl AsRef<[u8]> + ?Sized)) -> Result<&str, Err
     Ok(unsafe { str::from_utf8_unchecked(s) })
 }
 
-impl fmt::Display for StorePath {
-    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
-        StorePathRef::from(self).fmt(f)
-    }
-}
-
-impl fmt::Display for StorePathRef<'_> {
+impl<S> fmt::Display for StorePath<S>
+where
+    S: fmt::Display + std::cmp::Eq,
+{
     /// The string representation of a store path starts with a digest (20
     /// bytes), [crate::nixbase32]-encoded, followed by a `-`,
     /// and ends with the name.
@@ -386,12 +346,12 @@ mod tests {
     fn happy_path() {
         let example_nix_path_str =
             "00bgd045z0d4icpbc2yyz4gx48ak44la-net-tools-1.60_p20170221182432";
-        let nixpath = StorePath::from_bytes(example_nix_path_str.as_bytes())
+        let nixpath = StorePathRef::from_bytes(example_nix_path_str.as_bytes())
             .expect("Error parsing example string");
 
         let expected_digest: [u8; DIGEST_SIZE] = hex!("8a12321522fd91efbd60ebb2481af88580f61600");
 
-        assert_eq!("net-tools-1.60_p20170221182432", nixpath.name());
+        assert_eq!("net-tools-1.60_p20170221182432", *nixpath.name());
         assert_eq!(nixpath.digest, expected_digest);
 
         assert_eq!(example_nix_path_str, nixpath.to_string())
@@ -426,8 +386,8 @@ mod tests {
             if w.len() < 2 {
                 continue;
             }
-            let (pa, _) = StorePath::from_absolute_path_full(w[0]).expect("parseable");
-            let (pb, _) = StorePath::from_absolute_path_full(w[1]).expect("parseable");
+            let (pa, _) = StorePathRef::from_absolute_path_full(w[0]).expect("parseable");
+            let (pb, _) = StorePathRef::from_absolute_path_full(w[1]).expect("parseable");
             assert_eq!(
                 Ordering::Less,
                 pa.cmp(&pb),
@@ -448,36 +408,38 @@ mod tests {
     /// https://github.com/NixOS/nix/pull/9867 (revert-of-revert)
     #[test]
     fn starts_with_dot() {
-        StorePath::from_bytes(b"fli4bwscgna7lpm7v5xgnjxrxh0yc7ra-.gitignore")
+        StorePathRef::from_bytes(b"fli4bwscgna7lpm7v5xgnjxrxh0yc7ra-.gitignore")
             .expect("must succeed");
     }
 
     #[test]
     fn empty_name() {
-        StorePath::from_bytes(b"00bgd045z0d4icpbc2yy-").expect_err("must fail");
+        StorePathRef::from_bytes(b"00bgd045z0d4icpbc2yy-").expect_err("must fail");
     }
 
     #[test]
     fn excessive_length() {
-        StorePath::from_bytes(b"00bgd045z0d4icpbc2yy-aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa")
+        StorePathRef::from_bytes(b"00bgd045z0d4icpbc2yy-aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa")
             .expect_err("must fail");
     }
 
     #[test]
     fn invalid_hash_length() {
-        StorePath::from_bytes(b"00bgd045z0d4icpbc2yy-net-tools-1.60_p20170221182432")
+        StorePathRef::from_bytes(b"00bgd045z0d4icpbc2yy-net-tools-1.60_p20170221182432")
             .expect_err("must fail");
     }
 
     #[test]
     fn invalid_encoding_hash() {
-        StorePath::from_bytes(b"00bgd045z0d4icpbc2yyz4gx48aku4la-net-tools-1.60_p20170221182432")
-            .expect_err("must fail");
+        StorePathRef::from_bytes(
+            b"00bgd045z0d4icpbc2yyz4gx48aku4la-net-tools-1.60_p20170221182432",
+        )
+        .expect_err("must fail");
     }
 
     #[test]
     fn more_than_just_the_bare_nix_store_path() {
-        StorePath::from_bytes(
+        StorePathRef::from_bytes(
             b"00bgd045z0d4icpbc2yyz4gx48aku4la-net-tools-1.60_p20170221182432/bin/arp",
         )
         .expect_err("must fail");
@@ -485,7 +447,7 @@ mod tests {
 
     #[test]
     fn no_dash_between_hash_and_name() {
-        StorePath::from_bytes(b"00bgd045z0d4icpbc2yyz4gx48ak44lanet-tools-1.60_p20170221182432")
+        StorePathRef::from_bytes(b"00bgd045z0d4icpbc2yyz4gx48ak44lanet-tools-1.60_p20170221182432")
             .expect_err("must fail");
     }
 
@@ -534,7 +496,7 @@ mod tests {
 
     #[test]
     fn serialize_owned() {
-        let nixpath_actual = StorePath::from_bytes(
+        let nixpath_actual = StorePathRef::from_bytes(
             b"00bgd045z0d4icpbc2yyz4gx48ak44la-net-tools-1.60_p20170221182432",
         )
         .expect("can parse");
@@ -578,7 +540,8 @@ mod tests {
         let store_path_str_json =
             "\"/nix/store/00bgd045z0d4icpbc2yyz4gx48ak44la-net-tools-1.60_p20170221182432\"";
 
-        let store_path: StorePath = serde_json::from_str(store_path_str_json).expect("valid json");
+        let store_path: StorePath<String> =
+            serde_json::from_str(store_path_str_json).expect("valid json");
 
         assert_eq!(
             "/nix/store/00bgd045z0d4icpbc2yyz4gx48ak44la-net-tools-1.60_p20170221182432",
@@ -601,7 +564,7 @@ mod tests {
         StorePath::from_bytes(b"00bgd045z0d4icpbc2yyz4gx48ak44la-net-tools-1.60_p20170221182432").unwrap(), PathBuf::from("bin/arp/"))]
     fn from_absolute_path_full(
         #[case] s: &str,
-        #[case] exp_store_path: StorePath,
+        #[case] exp_store_path: StorePath<&str>,
         #[case] exp_path: PathBuf,
     ) {
         let (actual_store_path, actual_path) =
@@ -615,15 +578,15 @@ mod tests {
     fn from_absolute_path_errors() {
         assert_eq!(
             Error::InvalidLength,
-            StorePath::from_absolute_path_full("/nix/store/").expect_err("must fail")
+            StorePathRef::from_absolute_path_full("/nix/store/").expect_err("must fail")
         );
         assert_eq!(
             Error::InvalidLength,
-            StorePath::from_absolute_path_full("/nix/store/foo").expect_err("must fail")
+            StorePathRef::from_absolute_path_full("/nix/store/foo").expect_err("must fail")
         );
         assert_eq!(
             Error::MissingStoreDir,
-            StorePath::from_absolute_path_full(
+            StorePathRef::from_absolute_path_full(
                 "00bgd045z0d4icpbc2yyz4gx48ak44la-net-tools-1.60_p20170221182432"
             )
             .expect_err("must fail")
diff --git a/tvix/nix-compat/src/store_path/utils.rs b/tvix/nix-compat/src/store_path/utils.rs
index d6f390db85c2..4bfbb72fcdde 100644
--- a/tvix/nix-compat/src/store_path/utils.rs
+++ b/tvix/nix-compat/src/store_path/utils.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 use crate::nixbase32;
 use crate::nixhash::{CAHash, NixHash};
-use crate::store_path::{Error, StorePathRef, STORE_DIR};
+use crate::store_path::{Error, StorePath, StorePathRef, STORE_DIR};
 use data_encoding::HEXLOWER;
 use sha2::{Digest, Sha256};
 use thiserror;
@@ -43,11 +43,17 @@ pub fn compress_hash<const OUTPUT_SIZE: usize>(input: &[u8]) -> [u8; OUTPUT_SIZE
 /// derivation or a literal text file that may contain references.
 /// If you don't want to have to pass the entire contents, you might want to use
 /// [build_ca_path] instead.
-pub fn build_text_path<S: AsRef<str>, I: IntoIterator<Item = S>, C: AsRef<[u8]>>(
-    name: &str,
+pub fn build_text_path<'a, S, SP, I, C>(
+    name: &'a str,
     content: C,
     references: I,
-) -> Result<StorePathRef<'_>, BuildStorePathError> {
+) -> Result<StorePath<SP>, BuildStorePathError>
+where
+    S: AsRef<str>,
+    SP: std::cmp::Eq + std::ops::Deref<Target = str> + std::convert::From<&'a str>,
+    I: IntoIterator<Item = S>,
+    C: AsRef<[u8]>,
+{
     // produce the sha256 digest of the contents
     let content_digest = Sha256::new_with_prefix(content).finalize().into();
 
@@ -55,12 +61,17 @@ pub fn build_text_path<S: AsRef<str>, I: IntoIterator<Item = S>, C: AsRef<[u8]>>
 }
 
 /// This builds a store path from a [CAHash] and a list of references.
-pub fn build_ca_path<'a, S: AsRef<str>, I: IntoIterator<Item = S>>(
+pub fn build_ca_path<'a, S, SP, I>(
     name: &'a str,
     ca_hash: &CAHash,
     references: I,
     self_reference: bool,
-) -> Result<StorePathRef<'a>, BuildStorePathError> {
+) -> Result<StorePath<SP>, BuildStorePathError>
+where
+    S: AsRef<str>,
+    SP: std::cmp::Eq + std::ops::Deref<Target = str> + std::convert::From<&'a str>,
+    I: IntoIterator<Item = S>,
+{
     // self references are only allowed for CAHash::Nar(NixHash::Sha256(_)).
     if self_reference && matches!(ca_hash, CAHash::Nar(NixHash::Sha256(_))) {
         return Err(BuildStorePathError::InvalidReference());
@@ -145,17 +156,20 @@ pub fn build_output_path<'a>(
 /// bytes.
 /// Inside a StorePath, that digest is printed nixbase32-encoded
 /// (32 characters).
-fn build_store_path_from_fingerprint_parts<'a>(
+fn build_store_path_from_fingerprint_parts<'a, S>(
     ty: &str,
     inner_digest: &[u8; 32],
     name: &'a str,
-) -> Result<StorePathRef<'a>, Error> {
+) -> Result<StorePath<S>, Error>
+where
+    S: std::cmp::Eq + std::ops::Deref<Target = str> + std::convert::From<&'a str>,
+{
     let fingerprint = format!(
         "{ty}:sha256:{}:{STORE_DIR}:{name}",
         HEXLOWER.encode(inner_digest)
     );
     // name validation happens in here.
-    StorePathRef::from_name_and_digest_fixed(
+    StorePath::from_name_and_digest_fixed(
         name,
         compress_hash(&Sha256::new_with_prefix(fingerprint).finalize()),
     )
@@ -216,7 +230,7 @@ mod test {
         // nix-repl> builtins.toFile "foo" "bar"
         // "/nix/store/vxjiwkjkn7x4079qvh1jkl5pn05j2aw0-foo"
 
-        let store_path = build_text_path("foo", "bar", Vec::<String>::new())
+        let store_path: StorePathRef = build_text_path("foo", "bar", Vec::<String>::new())
             .expect("build_store_path() should succeed");
 
         assert_eq!(
@@ -232,11 +246,11 @@ mod test {
         // nix-repl> builtins.toFile "baz" "${builtins.toFile "foo" "bar"}"
         // "/nix/store/5xd714cbfnkz02h2vbsj4fm03x3f15nf-baz"
 
-        let inner = build_text_path("foo", "bar", Vec::<String>::new())
+        let inner: StorePathRef = build_text_path("foo", "bar", Vec::<String>::new())
             .expect("path_with_references() should succeed");
         let inner_path = inner.to_absolute_path();
 
-        let outer = build_text_path("baz", &inner_path, vec![inner_path.as_str()])
+        let outer: StorePathRef = build_text_path("baz", &inner_path, vec![inner_path.as_str()])
             .expect("path_with_references() should succeed");
 
         assert_eq!(
@@ -247,7 +261,7 @@ mod test {
 
     #[test]
     fn build_sha1_path() {
-        let outer = build_ca_path(
+        let outer: StorePathRef = build_ca_path(
             "bar",
             &CAHash::Nar(NixHash::Sha1(hex!(
                 "0beec7b5ea3f0fdbc95d0dd47f3c5bc275da8a33"
@@ -272,7 +286,7 @@ mod test {
         //
         // $ nix store make-content-addressed /nix/store/5xd714cbfnkz02h2vbsj4fm03x3f15nf-baz
         // rewrote '/nix/store/5xd714cbfnkz02h2vbsj4fm03x3f15nf-baz' to '/nix/store/s89y431zzhmdn3k8r96rvakryddkpv2v-baz'
-        let outer = build_ca_path(
+        let outer: StorePathRef = build_ca_path(
             "baz",
             &CAHash::Nar(NixHash::Sha256(
                 nixbase32::decode(b"1xqkzcb3909fp07qngljr4wcdnrh1gdam1m2n29i6hhrxlmkgkv1")