2 files changed, 101 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/users/Profpatsch/aliases.nix b/users/Profpatsch/aliases.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6a1c2c1a63c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/users/Profpatsch/aliases.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+{ depot, pkgs, lib, ... }:
+
+let
+  bins = depot.nix.getBins pkgs.findutils [ "find" ];
+
+in
+depot.nix.readTree.drvTargets {
+
+  findia = depot.nix.writeExecline "findia"
+    {
+      readNArgs = 1;
+      # TODO: comment out, thanks to sterni blocking the runExecline change
+      # meta.description = ''
+      #   Find case-insensitive anywhere (globbing)
+
+      #   Usage: findia <pattern> <more find(1) arguments>
+      # '';
+    } [
+    bins.find
+    "-iname"
+    "*\${1}*"
+    "$@"
+  ];
+
+  findial = depot.nix.writeExecline "findial"
+    {
+      readNArgs = 1;
+      # TODO: comment out, thanks to sterni blocking the runExecline change
+      # meta.description = ''
+      #   Find case-insensitive anywhere (globbing), follow symlinks";
+
+      #   Usage: findial <pattern> <more find(1) arguments>
+      # '';
+    } [
+    bins.find
+    "-L"
+    "-iname"
+    "*\${1}*"
+    "$@"
+  ];
+
+  findian = depot.nix.writeExecline "findian"
+    {
+      readNArgs = 2;
+      # TODO: comment out, thanks to sterni blocking the runExecline change
+      # meta.description = ''
+      #   Find case-insensitive anywhere (globbing) in directory
+
+      #   Usage: findian <directory> <pattern> <more find(1) arguments>
+      # '';
+    } [
+    bins.find
+    "$1"
+    "-iname"
+    "*\${2}*"
+    "$@"
+  ];
+
+  findiap = depot.nix.writeExecline "findiap"
+    {
+      readNArgs = 2;
+      # TODO: comment out, thanks to sterni blocking the runExecline change
+      # meta.description = ''
+      #   Find case-insensitive anywhere (globbing) in directory, the pattern allows for paths.
+
+      #   Usage: findiap <directory> <pattern> <more find(1) arguments>
+      # '';
+    } [
+    bins.find
+    "$1"
+    "-ipath"
+    "*\${2}*"
+    "$@"
+  ];
+}
diff --git a/users/Profpatsch/nix-home/default.nix b/users/Profpatsch/nix-home/default.nix
index 8f52055ade31..fee70f3d6d5e 100644
--- a/users/Profpatsch/nix-home/default.nix
+++ b/users/Profpatsch/nix-home/default.nix
@@ -129,18 +129,38 @@ let
           "\${out}/\${stowPackage}"
         ]);
 
+  # this is a dumb way of generating a pure list of packages from a depot namespace.
+  readTreeNamespaceDrvs = namespace:
+    lib.pipe namespace [
+      (lib.filterAttrs (_: v: lib.isDerivation v))
+      (lib.mapAttrsToList (k: v: {
+        name = k;
+        drv = v;
+      }))
+    ];
+
 in
 
+
 # TODO: temp setup
 lib.pipe { } [
   (_: makeStowDir [{
     stowPackage = "scripts";
-    originalDir = pkgs.linkFarm "scripts-farm" [
-      {
-        name = "scripts/ytextr";
-        path = depot.users.Profpatsch.ytextr;
-      }
-    ];
+    originalDir = pkgs.linkFarm "scripts-farm"
+      ([
+        {
+          name = "scripts/ytextr";
+          path = depot.users.Profpatsch.ytextr;
+        }
+      ]
+      ++
+      (lib.pipe depot.users.Profpatsch.aliases [
+        readTreeNamespaceDrvs
+        (map ({ name, drv }: {
+          name = "scripts/${name}";
+          path = drv;
+        }))
+      ]));
   }])
   (d: runStow {
     stowDir = d;