feat(nix/getBins): add getBins

This is a simple-stupid “unix import system” for nix, for referencing
binaries in `/bin/` by their name and lifting them to a Nix attrset.

Allows for simple aliasing of executable names.

Change-Id: Ifa23cb377201c3b08050c5026e9751e736afaf56
Reviewed-on: https://cl.tvl.fyi/c/depot/+/664
Reviewed-by: tazjin <mail@tazj.in>
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Profpatsch 2020-06-27 23:14:41 +02:00
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{ writeScriptBin, assertEq, it, runTestsuite, getBins }:
let
drv = writeScriptBin "hello" "its me";
drv2 = writeScriptBin "goodbye" "tschau";
bins = getBins drv [
"hello"
{ use = "hello"; as = "also-hello"; }
]
// getBins drv2 [ "goodbye" ]
;
simple = it "path is equal to the executable name" [
(assertEq "path"
bins.hello
"${drv}/bin/hello")
(assertEq "content"
(builtins.readFile bins.hello)
"its me")
];
useAs = it "use/as can be used to rename attributes" [
(assertEq "path"
bins.also-hello
"${drv}/bin/hello")
];
secondDrv = it "by merging attrsets you can build up bins" [
(assertEq "path"
bins.goodbye
"${drv2}/bin/goodbye")
];
in
runTestsuite "getBins" [
simple
useAs
secondDrv
]