rnix 0.11.0

A Nix parser written in Rust
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rnix is a parser for the Nix language written in Rust.

This can be used to manipulate the Nix AST and can for example be used for:

  • Interactively render Nix on a GUI
  • Formatting Nix code
  • Rename identifiers

and a lot more!

rnix nowadays uses @matklad's rowan crate to ensure:

  • all span information is preserved, meaning you can use the AST to for example apply highlighting
  • printing out the AST prints out 100% the original code. This is not an over-exaggeration, even completely invalid nix code such as this README can be intact after a parsing session (though the AST will mark errnous nodes)
  • easy ways to walk the tree without resorting to recursion

Demo

Examples can be found in the examples/ directory.

You may also want to see nix-explorer: An example that highlights AST nodes in Nix code. This demonstrates how whitespaces and commands are preserved.

Hacking

Tests can be run with cargo test.

In order to update all .expect-files to the currently expected results, you may run UPDATE_TESTS=1 cargo test.

You can parse Nix expressions from standard input using the from-stdin example. To try that, run the following in your shell:

echo "[hello nix]" | cargo run --quiet --example from-stdin

Release Checklist

  • Ensure that all PRs that were scheduled for the release are merged (or optionally move them to another milestone).

  • Close the milestone for the release (if any).

  • Run cargo test on master (or the branch to release from) with all changes being pulled in.

  • Apply the following patch to nixpkgs-fmt:

    diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 0891350..edad471 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ repository = "https://github.com/nix-community/nixpkgs-fmt"
 [workspace]
 members = [ "./wasm" ]
 
+[patch.crates-io]
+rnix = { path = "/home/ma27/Projects/rnix-parser" }
+
 [dependencies]
 rnix = "0.9.0"
 smol_str = "0.1.17"

    and run cargo test.

    While it's planned to add fuzzing to rnix-parser as well, nixpkgs-fmt has a decent test-suite that would've helped to catch regressions in the past.

    Note: API changes are OK (and fixes should be contributed to nixpkgs-fmt), behavioral changes are not unless explicitly discussed before.

  • Update the CHANGELOG.md.

  • Bump the version number in Cargo.toml & re-run cargo build to refresh the lockfile.

  • Commit & run nix build.

  • Tag the release and push everything.

  • As soon as the CI has completed, run cargo publish.

RIP jd91mzm2

Sadly, the original author of this project, @jD91mZM2 has passed away. His online presence was anonymous and what we have left is his code. This is but one of his many repos that he contributed to.