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hms and hmx ​

mods/hms.nix defines the repo's preferred rebuild helpers.

These are convenience wrappers for people already using this repo day to day. If you are only exploring, the plain nix build .#... commands in Daily Workflows are the simpler starting point.

What Gets Exposed ​

  • hmx.<host>, host-specific switch scripts for both NixOS and nix-darwin machines.
  • hms, a helper that pulls the repo and switches the current machine.

Here, switch means "build the configuration and activate it on the machine".

Behavioral Notes ​

  • Uses nvd diff before switching.
  • Supports forced switching with POG_FORCE=1.
  • Handles both NixOS and darwin activation flows.

Typical Usage ​

bash
# switch the current machine using the repo's preferred helper
hms

# build and run a specific host switch output directly
$(nix build --no-link --print-out-paths --extra-experimental-features nix-command --extra-experimental-features flakes .#hmx.<host>)/bin/switch

Source ​