lib.generators.toINIWithGlobalSection

Generate an INI-style config file from an attrset specifying the global section (no header), and an attrset of sections to an attrset of key-value pairs.

Inputs

1. Structured function argument

mkSectionName (optional, default: (name: escape [ "[" "]" ] name))

apply transformations (e.g. escapes) to section names

mkKeyValue (optional, default: {} "=")

format a setting line from key and value

listsAsDuplicateKeys (optional, default: false)

allow lists as values for duplicate keys

2. Structured function argument

globalSection (required)

global section key-value pairs

sections (optional, default: {})

attrset of sections to key-value pairs

Examples

generators.toINIWithGlobalSection {} {
  globalSection = {
    someGlobalKey = "hi";
  };
  sections = {
    foo = { hi = "${pkgs.hello}"; ciao = "bar"; };
    baz = { "also, integers" = 42; };
}

> someGlobalKey=hi
>
> [baz]
> also, integers=42
>
> [foo]
> ciao=bar
> hi=/nix/store/y93qql1p5ggfnaqjjqhxcw0vqw95rlz0-hello-2.10

If you don’t need a global section, you can also use generators.toINI directly, which only takes the part in sections.