Make rootFS's showPath() render the paths from the original accessors

src/libexpr/eval.cc

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #include "profiles.hh"
 #include "print.hh"
 #include "filtering-source-accessor.hh"
+#include "forwarding-source-accessor.hh"
 #include "memory-source-accessor.hh"
 #include "gc-small-vector.hh"
 #include "url.hh"
@@ -180,6 +181,34 @@ static Symbol getName(const AttrName & name, EvalState & state, Env & env)
     }
 }
 
+struct PathDisplaySourceAccessor : ForwardingSourceAccessor
+{
+    ref<EvalState::StorePathAccessors> storePathAccessors;
+
+    PathDisplaySourceAccessor(
+        ref<SourceAccessor> next,
+        ref<EvalState::StorePathAccessors> storePathAccessors)
+        : ForwardingSourceAccessor(next)
+        , storePathAccessors(storePathAccessors)
+    {
+    }
+
+    std::string showPath(const CanonPath & path) override
+    {
+        /* Find the accessor that produced `path`, if any, and use it
+           to render a more informative path
+           (e.g. `«github:foo/bar»/flake.nix` rather than
+           `/nix/store/hash.../flake.nix`). */
+        auto ub = storePathAccessors->upper_bound(path);
+        if (ub != storePathAccessors->begin())
+            ub--;
+        if (ub != storePathAccessors->end() && path.isWithin(ub->first))
+            return ub->second->showPath(path.removePrefix(ub->first));
+        else
+            return next->showPath(path);
+    }
+};
+
 static constexpr size_t BASE_ENV_SIZE = 128;
 
 EvalState::EvalState(
@@ -245,6 +274,7 @@ EvalState::EvalState(
     }
     , repair(NoRepair)
     , emptyBindings(0)
+    , storePathAccessors(make_ref<StorePathAccessors>())
     , rootFS(
         ({
             /* In pure eval mode, we provide a filesystem that only
@@ -270,6 +300,8 @@ EvalState::EvalState(
                     : makeUnionSourceAccessor({accessor, storeFS});
             }
 
+            accessor = make_ref<PathDisplaySourceAccessor>(accessor, storePathAccessors);
+
             /* Apply access control if needed. */
             if (settings.restrictEval || settings.pureEval)
                 accessor = AllowListSourceAccessor::create(accessor, {},

src/libexpr/eval.hh

@@ -245,6 +245,16 @@ public:
     /** `"unknown"` */
     Value vStringUnknown;
 
+    using StorePathAccessors = std::map<CanonPath, ref<SourceAccessor>>;
+
+    /**
+     * A map back to the original `SourceAccessor`s used to produce
+     * store paths. We keep track of this to produce error messages
+     * that refer to the original flakerefs.
+     * FIXME: use Sync.
+     */
+    ref<StorePathAccessors> storePathAccessors;
+
     /**
      * The accessor for the root filesystem.
      */

src/libexpr/primops/fetchMercurial.cc

@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ static void prim_fetchMercurial(EvalState & state, const PosIdx pos, Value * * a
     if (rev) attrs.insert_or_assign("rev", rev->gitRev());
     auto input = fetchers::Input::fromAttrs(state.fetchSettings, std::move(attrs));
 
-    auto [storePath, input2] = input.fetchToStore(state.store);
+    auto [storePath, accessor, input2] = input.fetchToStore(state.store);
 
     auto attrs2 = state.buildBindings(8);
     state.mkStorePathString(storePath, attrs2.alloc(state.sOutPath));

src/libexpr/primops/fetchTree.cc

@@ -204,10 +204,12 @@ static void fetchTree(
             throw Error("input '%s' is not allowed to use the '__final' attribute", input.to_string());
     }
 
-    auto [storePath, input2] = input.fetchToStore(state.store);
+    auto [storePath, accessor, input2] = input.fetchToStore(state.store);
 
     state.allowPath(storePath);
 
+    state.storePathAccessors->insert_or_assign(CanonPath(state.store->printStorePath(storePath)), accessor);
+
     emitTreeAttrs(state, storePath, input2, v, params.emptyRevFallback, false);
 }
 

src/libfetchers/fetchers.cc

@@ -187,34 +187,30 @@ bool Input::contains(const Input & other) const
 }
 
 // FIXME: remove
-std::pair<StorePath, Input> Input::fetchToStore(ref<Store> store) const
+std::tuple<StorePath, ref<SourceAccessor>, Input> Input::fetchToStore(ref<Store> store) const
 {
     if (!scheme)
         throw Error("cannot fetch unsupported input '%s'", attrsToJSON(toAttrs()));
 
-    auto [storePath, input] = [&]() -> std::pair<StorePath, Input> {
-        try {
-            auto [accessor, result] = getAccessorUnchecked(store);
-
-            auto storePath = nix::fetchToStore(*store, SourcePath(accessor), FetchMode::Copy, result.getName());
+    try {
+        auto [accessor, result] = getAccessorUnchecked(store);
 
-            auto narHash = store->queryPathInfo(storePath)->narHash;
-            result.attrs.insert_or_assign("narHash", narHash.to_string(HashFormat::SRI, true));
+        auto storePath = nix::fetchToStore(*store, SourcePath(accessor), FetchMode::Copy, result.getName());
 
-            result.attrs.insert_or_assign("__final", Explicit<bool>(true));
+        auto narHash = store->queryPathInfo(storePath)->narHash;
+        result.attrs.insert_or_assign("narHash", narHash.to_string(HashFormat::SRI, true));
 
-            assert(result.isFinal());
+        result.attrs.insert_or_assign("__final", Explicit<bool>(true));
 
-            checkLocks(*this, result);
+        assert(result.isFinal());
 
-            return {storePath, result};
-        } catch (Error & e) {
-            e.addTrace({}, "while fetching the input '%s'", to_string());
-            throw;
-        }
-    }();
+        checkLocks(*this, result);
 
-    return {std::move(storePath), input};
+        return {std::move(storePath), accessor, result};
+    } catch (Error & e) {
+        e.addTrace({}, "while fetching the input '%s'", to_string());
+        throw;
+    }
 }
 
 void Input::checkLocks(Input specified, Input & result)
@@ -323,6 +319,8 @@ std::pair<ref<SourceAccessor>, Input> Input::getAccessorUnchecked(ref<Store> sto
 
             accessor->fingerprint = getFingerprint(store);
 
+            accessor->setPathDisplay("«" + to_string() + "»");
+
             return {accessor, *this};
         } catch (Error & e) {
             debug("substitution of input '%s' failed: %s", to_string(), e.what());

src/libfetchers/fetchers.hh

@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ public:
      * Fetch the entire input into the Nix store, returning the
      * location in the Nix store and the locked input.
      */
-    std::pair<StorePath, Input> fetchToStore(ref<Store> store) const;
+    std::tuple<StorePath, ref<SourceAccessor>, Input> fetchToStore(ref<Store> store) const;
 
     /**
      * Check the locking attributes in `result` against

src/libflake/flake/flake.cc

@@ -92,6 +92,8 @@ static StorePath copyInputToStore(
 
     state.allowPath(storePath);
 
+    state.storePathAccessors->insert_or_assign(CanonPath(state.store->printStorePath(storePath)), accessor);
+
     auto narHash = state.store->queryPathInfo(storePath)->narHash;
     input.attrs.insert_or_assign("narHash", narHash.to_string(HashFormat::SRI, true));
 

src/libutil/forwarding-source-accessor.hh

@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include "source-accessor.hh"
+
+namespace nix {
+
+/**
+ * A source accessor that just forwards every operation to another
+ * accessor. This is not useful in itself but can be used as a
+ * superclass for accessors that do change some operations.
+ */
+struct ForwardingSourceAccessor : SourceAccessor
+{
+    ref<SourceAccessor> next;
+
+    ForwardingSourceAccessor(ref<SourceAccessor> next)
+        : next(next)
+    {
+    }
+
+    std::string readFile(const CanonPath & path) override
+    {
+        return next->readFile(path);
+    }
+
+    void readFile(const CanonPath & path, Sink & sink, std::function<void(uint64_t)> sizeCallback) override
+    {
+        next->readFile(path, sink, sizeCallback);
+    }
+
+    std::optional<Stat> maybeLstat(const CanonPath & path) override
+    {
+        return next->maybeLstat(path);
+    }
+
+    DirEntries readDirectory(const CanonPath & path) override
+    {
+        return next->readDirectory(path);
+    }
+
+    std::string readLink(const CanonPath & path) override
+    {
+        return next->readLink(path);
+    }
+
+    std::string showPath(const CanonPath & path) override
+    {
+        return next->showPath(path);
+    }
+
+    std::optional<std::filesystem::path> getPhysicalPath(const CanonPath & path) override
+    {
+        return next->getPhysicalPath(path);
+    }
+};
+
+}

src/libutil/meson.build

@@ -213,6 +213,7 @@ headers = [config_h] + files(
   'file-system.hh',
   'finally.hh',
   'fmt.hh',
+  'forwarding-source-accessor.hh',
   'fs-sink.hh',
   'git.hh',
   'hash.hh',

src/nix/flake.cc

@@ -1093,9 +1093,9 @@ struct CmdFlakeArchive : FlakeCommand, MixJSON, MixDryRun
                     auto storePath =
                         dryRun
                         ? (*inputNode)->lockedRef.input.computeStorePath(*store)
-                        : (*inputNode)->lockedRef.input.fetchToStore(store).first;
+                        : std::get<0>((*inputNode)->lockedRef.input.fetchToStore(store));
                     if (json) {
-                        auto& jsonObj3 = jsonObj2[inputName];
+                        auto & jsonObj3 = jsonObj2[inputName];
                         jsonObj3["path"] = store->printStorePath(storePath);
                         sources.insert(std::move(storePath));
                         jsonObj3["inputs"] = traverse(**inputNode);