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Possibly resolves #768

I've changed how we handle Nix commands a bit to ensure that passthrough and evaluation arguments are consistently applied in various build scenarios where I thought we were lacking correctness. It comes with the risk of inconsistent --update and --offline combination but since there is nothing that prevents the user from running nix flake update && nix build ... --offline I decided not to prevent this behaviour.

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NixBuildPassthroughArgs now generates command-specific arguments and identifies network restrictions. Updates, evaluations, remote operations, and Darwin, Home Manager, and NixOS workflows forward these arguments. Store maintenance uses shared Nix command builders.

Passthrough argument propagation

Layer / File(s) Summary
Argument generation contracts
crates/nh-core/src/args.rs
Adds evaluation, update, legacy evaluation, and remote build argument generators, network restriction detection, and filtering tests.
Update and evaluation APIs
crates/nh-core/src/update.rs, crates/nh-core/src/util.rs
Adds argument-aware update and image-variant APIs while retaining existing wrappers.
Remote build and copy propagation
crates/nh-remote/src/copy.rs, crates/nh-remote/src/remote.rs
Forwards Nix arguments through derivation evaluation, remote builds, profile activation, and closure copies.
Platform workflow integration
crates/nh-darwin/src/darwin.rs, crates/nh-home/src/home.rs, crates/nh-nixos/src/nixos.rs, CHANGELOG.md
Passes passthrough arguments through updates and builds, disables substitutes for network-restricted remote builds, and records the change.
Shared Nix command construction
crates/nh-clean/src/clean.rs
Constructs store garbage collection and optimization commands through NixCommand.

Suggested reviewers: faukah

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 17cf3

Remote workflows can evaluate a different derivation from the one implied by the caller's passthrough arguments, potentially building or deploying unintended configuration. The update path can also change lock-file state before a later phase fails, while trust-sensitive options now cross into remote execution. The PR should not merge until the evaluation-argument mismatch is fixed and the lock-file and remote-option behavior is explicitly accepted or constrained.

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Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly summarizes the main changes: tighter Nix command construction and consistent passthrough argument propagation.
Description check ✅ Passed The description is related to the changeset. It explains the goal of consistent passthrough and evaluation argument handling and notes the intended --update and --offline behavior.
Linked Issues check ✅ Passed The changes address [#768] by propagating network-restriction arguments through evaluation, updates, remote copying, builds, activation, and related Nix command construction. Network-restricted remote…
Out of Scope Changes check ✅ Passed The changes remain within the stated scope of consistent Nix passthrough and evaluation argument propagation. The command-construction refactoring and changelog update support the same objective.
Docstring Coverage ✅ Passed Docstring coverage is 100.00% which is sufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 44 functions across 9 files.
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The changes address [#768] by propagating network-restriction arguments through evaluation, updates, remote copying, builds, activation, and related Nix command construction. Network-restricted remote builds also disable substitutes.

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- Around line 170-215: Update Args::generate_evaluation_args to append
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crates/nh-core/src/args.rs (1)

408-423: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Extend regression coverage for recreate_lock_file.

Set recreate_lock_file: true in both fixtures. Assert that legacy evaluation arguments omit it and update arguments retain it. The evaluation test covers the new flag, but these two filtering methods have separate contracts.

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In `@crates/nh-core/src/args.rs` around lines 408 - 423, Extend the regression
fixtures for both filtering-method tests, including the test around
legacy_evaluation_args and the corresponding update-arguments test, with
recreate_lock_file set to true. Assert that generate_legacy_evaluation_args
omits this flag while the update-arguments method retains it, preserving each
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- Around line 408-423: Extend the regression fixtures for both filtering-method
tests, including the test around legacy_evaluation_args and the corresponding
update-arguments test, with recreate_lock_file set to true. Assert that
generate_legacy_evaluation_args omits this flag while the update-arguments
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In `@crates/nh-remote/src/remote.rs`:
- Line 1655: Update the non-nom remote build path around build_on_remote_simple
to accept and forward a separate execution-argument vector to build_nix_command,
preserving evaluation and network-restriction flags such as --no-net while
excluding output-format flags such as --json. Update both call sites as needed
and add a branch-level test covering simple command assembly.
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crates/nh-home/src/home.rs (1)

142-147: 🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift

Keep remote derivation evaluation consistent with local evaluation.

The three workflows pass self.extra_args to local or remote execution but omit them from the evaluation arguments passed to build_remote_with_args. Evaluation-affecting flags can therefore select a different remote derivation.

  • crates/nh-home/src/home.rs#L142-L147: pass the complete eval_args vector to build_remote_with_args.
  • crates/nh-darwin/src/darwin.rs#L134-L139: combine self.extra_args with generated evaluation arguments before the remote call.
  • crates/nh-nixos/src/nixos.rs#L611-L616: combine self.extra_args with generated evaluation arguments before the remote call.
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In `@crates/nh-home/src/home.rs` around lines 142 - 147, Keep remote derivation
evaluation consistent with local evaluation by passing the complete evaluation
arguments, including self.extra_args, to build_remote_with_args in
crates/nh-home/src/home.rs lines 142-147, crates/nh-darwin/src/darwin.rs lines
134-139, and crates/nh-nixos/src/nixos.rs lines 611-616; reuse the existing
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generate_evaluation_args() before each Darwin and NixOS remote call.
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In `@crates/nh-home/src/home.rs`:
- Around line 142-147: Keep remote derivation evaluation consistent with local
evaluation by passing the complete evaluation arguments, including
self.extra_args, to build_remote_with_args in crates/nh-home/src/home.rs lines
142-147, crates/nh-darwin/src/darwin.rs lines 134-139, and
crates/nh-nixos/src/nixos.rs lines 611-616; reuse the existing eval_args vector
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Darwin and NixOS remote call.

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@faukah unless you have more comments I'd like to merge this and start preparing to cut a new release.

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