Submodule doesn't work?

[astaugaard]

Hi I include a git submodule in my configuration
when I run

deploy --remote-build .?submodule=1#rpi-home

the configuration fails to check since my kakoune configuration is in another github repo (I have my homeManager configuration in the same file). Sorry if I'm just messing something up.

[PhilTaken]

is there an error message that we could work with here? neither I nor anyone I know really works with submodules, especially around nix 🤔

[astaugaard]

The error message that nix gives (while checking) is

error: path /nix/store/9jifl...49m-source/modules/kak does not exist

If I had to guess I would assume that the command that is being used to check the config doesn't include the ?submodules=1 part, because without that it doesn't copy the Git submodules into the nix store, which would give the error that it is currently having.

Also the reason that I'm using submodules is that I have another computer that I have to use occasionally that doesn't have nix setup on it, and I would like to be able to use my config for kakoune on it without having to deal with all of nix's stuff.

If you for want to see the flake that I was using for this it is in my "dotfiles" repository. https://github.com/astaugaard/dotfiles

[astaugaard]

ok I just noticed that I forgot the s on submodules, but the same error still applys when that is fixed.

so the command would be

deploy --remote-build .?submodules=1#rpi-home

and the complete log would be this:

warning: unknown flake output 'deploy'
error (ignored): error: end of string reached
error:
       … while checking flake output 'packages'
         at /nix/store/9jiflfivbz6y5pwc48bl3v5xaxapl49m-source/flake.nix:311:7:
          310|
          311|       packages.x86_64-linux.iso = nixos-generators.nixosGenerate {
             |       ^
          312|         system = "x86_64-linux";

       … while checking the derivation 'packages.x86_64-linux.iso'
         at /nix/store/9jiflfivbz6y5pwc48bl3v5xaxapl49m-source/flake.nix:311:7:
          310|
          311|       packages.x86_64-linux.iso = nixos-generators.nixosGenerate {
             |       ^
          312|         system = "x86_64-linux";

       … while evaluating the option `system.build.toplevel':

       … while evaluating definitions from `/nix/store/n1hshh978rylg6m6p8si83s8vks1xqbc-source/nixos/modules/system/activation/top-level.nix':

       … while evaluating the option `warnings':

       … while evaluating definitions from `/nix/store/n1hshh978rylg6m6p8si83s8vks1xqbc-source/nixos/modules/system/boot/systemd.nix':

       … while evaluating the option `systemd.services.home-manager-nixos.serviceConfig':

       … while evaluating definitions from `/nix/store/n1hshh978rylg6m6p8si83s8vks1xqbc-source/flake.nix':

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

       error: path '/nix/store/9jiflfivbz6y5pwc48bl3v5xaxapl49m-source/modules/kak' does not exist
🚀 ❌ [deploy] [ERROR] Failed to check deployment: Nix checking command resulted in a bad exit code: Some(1)