[HM] [Flake] The option `home-manager.users.nightly.programs.nvf' does not exist.

[pog5]

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Description

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👟 Reproduction steps

1. Get my flake at this git commit: https://github.com/pog5/flake/tree/4422b4794de455620147ac23e8b86525b49d99dd
2. sudo nixos-rebuild switch --flake (path to the folder where you cloned the repo)
3. The error occurs.

👀 Expected behavior

I expected nvf to be integrated with my system and for it to be available via the nvim (and vi command as I configured it).

😓 Actual Behavior

The build fails, either due to "`home-manager.users.nightly.programs.nvf' does not exist." or because of infinite recursion.

💻 Metadata

• system: "x86_64-linux" - host os: Linux 6.12.12, NixOS, 25.05 (Warbler), 25.05.20250208.a79cfe0 - multi-user?: yes - sandbox: yes - version: nix-env (Lix, like Nix) 2.92.0 System type: x86_64-linux Additional system types: i686-linux, x86_64-v1-linux, x86_64-v2-linux, x86_64-v3-linux Features: gc, signed-caches System configuration file: /etc/nix/nix.conf User configuration files: /home/nightly/.config/nix/nix.conf:/nix/store/a0c3vx6b8lhwwmy20xw07gqgm9d7gq7k-kglobalacceld-6.2.5/etc/xdg/nix/nix.conf:/nix/store/a0c3vx6b8lhwwmy20xw07gqgm9d7gq7k-kglobalacceld-6.2.5/etc/xdg/nix/nix.conf:/home/nightly/.config/kdedefaults/nix/nix.conf:/nix/store/5i3frmphrhv7mhjrixs1piqk9h9h9rq3-plasma-workspace-6.2.5/etc/xdg/nix/nix.conf:/nix/store/a0c3vx6b8lhwwmy20xw07gqgm9d7gq7k-kglobalacceld-6.2.5/etc/xdg/nix/nix.conf:/nix/store/csczs3h35yhgniyrx1z70263sfbplzp8-baloo-6.10.0/etc/xdg/nix/nix.conf:/nix/store/5i3frmphrhv7mhjrixs1piqk9h9h9rq3-plasma-workspace-6.2.5/etc/xdg/nix/nix.conf:/nix/store/a0c3vx6b8lhwwmy20xw07gqgm9d7gq7k-kglobalacceld-6.2.5/etc/xdg/nix/nix.conf:/nix/store/csczs3h35yhgniyrx1z70263sfbplzp8-baloo-6.10.0/etc/xdg/nix/nix.conf:/home/nightly/.config/kdedefaults/nix/nix.conf:/etc/xdg/nix/nix.conf:/home/nightly/.nix-profile/etc/xdg/nix/nix.conf:/nix/profile/etc/xdg/nix/nix.conf:/home/nightly/.local/state/nix/profile/etc/xdg/nix/nix.conf:/etc/profiles/per-user/nightly/etc/xdg/nix/nix.conf:/nix/var/nix/profiles/default/etc/xdg/nix/nix.conf:/run/current-system/sw/etc/xdg/nix/nix.conf Store directory: /nix/store State directory: /nix/var/nix Data directory: /nix/store/r7dh04pv6v6hc3w2v97423im7khkgd2s-lix-2.92.0/share - channels(root): "nixos" - nixpkgs: /nix/store/j33wzkzndh41cyyy7i18bqm1srlv84cq-source

📝 Relevant log output

building the system configuration...
error:
       … while calling the 'head' builtin
         at /nix/store/j33wzkzndh41cyyy7i18bqm1srlv84cq-source/lib/attrsets.nix:1574:11:
         1573|         || pred here (elemAt values 1) (head values) then
         1574|           head values
             |           ^
         1575|         else

       … while evaluating the attribute 'value'
         at /nix/store/j33wzkzndh41cyyy7i18bqm1srlv84cq-source/lib/modules.nix:846:9:
          845|     in warnDeprecation opt //
          846|       { value = addErrorContext "while evaluating the option `${showOption loc}':" value;
             |         ^
          847|         inherit (res.defsFinal') highestPrio;

       (stack trace truncated; use '--show-trace' to show the full trace)

       error: The option `home-manager.users.nightly.programs.nvf' does not exist. Definition values:
       - In `/nix/store/81k7qg8z177ncqiiwzq3417yb5qyym4z-source/machine/users/nightly/homemgr/programs/neovim.nix':
           {
             enable = true;
             enableManpages = true;
             settings = {
               vim = {
           ...

[NotAShelf]

You have only imported the NixOS module. That will make programs.nvf only inside the NixOS module system, not Home-Manager. Two modules are mutually exclusive, and specific to the platform they are designed for. Home-Manager module will not work if imported in the NixOS module system, and vice versa.

To resolve the issue either

• Use programs.nvf as a part of your NixOS modules after importing `nvf.nixosModules.default
• Import nvf.homeManagerModukes.default *inside your Home-Manager configuration.

[pog5]

Where should I import nvf.homeManagerModukes.default? If I just do imports = [ nvf.homeManagerModukes.default ]; inside of my machine/users/nightly/homemgr/programs/neovim.nix file (and add nvf as a input to the file), I just get a infinite recursion error which was my original issue.

[bwfiq]

Hi @pog5,

You can import it as in the following flake config:

{
  description = "simple NixOS flake with home-manager";

  inputs = {
    nixpkgs.url = "github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixos-unstable";
    home-manager.url = "github:nix-community/home-manager";
    home-manager.inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
    hyprland.url = "github:hyprwm/Hyprland";
    hyprland-plugins = {
      url = "github:hyprwm/hyprland-plugins";
      inputs.hyprland.follows = "hyprland";
    };
    nvf.url = "github:NotAShelf/nvf";
    nvf.inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
  };

  outputs = { self, nixpkgs, home-manager, ... } @ inputs: {
    nixosConfigurations.nemesis = nixpkgs.lib.nixosSystem {
      specialArgs = { inherit inputs; };
      modules = [
        ./hosts/nemesis

        home-manager.nixosModules.home-manager {
          home-manager.useGlobalPkgs = true;
          home-manager.useUserPackages = true;
          home-manager.users.rafiq.imports = [
            inputs.nvf.homeManagerModules.default
            ./users/rafiq
          ];
        }
      ];
    };
  };
}

The key part here is changing the following:

-home-manager.users.<username> = import <./path/to/home-manager/config>;
+home-manager.users.<username>.imports = [
+  inputs.nvf.homeManagerModules.default
+  <./path/to/home-manager/config>
+];

[pog5]

Thank you so much!!