From 1e0dc4783f04184f9912afc25ba07b318d71671d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rachel Lambda Samuelsson <depsterr@protonmail.com>
Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2024 18:16:28 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] shell functions for running and creating shells

---
 home-manager/shell.nix | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+)

diff --git a/home-manager/shell.nix b/home-manager/shell.nix
index c0cc426..116b712 100644
--- a/home-manager/shell.nix
+++ b/home-manager/shell.nix
@@ -21,6 +21,27 @@
     initExtra = ''
       source ~/.profile
       set -o vi
+
+      run() {
+        pkg="$1"
+        [ "$pkg" = "''${pkg##*#}" ] && pkg="nixpkgs#$pkg"
+        export NIXPKGS_ALLOW_UNFREE=1 NIXPKGS_ALLOW_BROKEN=1
+        nix run --impure "$pkg"
+      }
+
+      shell() {
+        i="$#"
+        while [ "$i" -gt 0 ]; do
+          pkg="$1"
+          [ "$pkg" = "''${pkg##*#}" ] && pkg="nixpkgs#$pkg"
+          shift
+          set -- "$@" "$pkg"
+          : $(( i -= 1 ))
+        done
+        export NIXPKGS_ALLOW_UNFREE=1 NIXPKGS_ALLOW_BROKEN=1
+        nix shell --impure "$@"
+      }
+
     '';
   };
   programs.direnv = {