From e3e120e80dbbb53b4bfda4380d02e74eef4b5ffd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kiara Grouwstra <kiara.grouwstra@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 6 Apr 2025 19:41:09 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] allow passing specialArgs `extra_build_args = ["--arg",
 "specialArgs", "{}"]`

---
 deploy_nixos/nixos-instantiate.sh | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/deploy_nixos/nixos-instantiate.sh b/deploy_nixos/nixos-instantiate.sh
index 2039a25..2e7d5c3 100755
--- a/deploy_nixos/nixos-instantiate.sh
+++ b/deploy_nixos/nixos-instantiate.sh
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ shift 4
 
 
 command=(nix-instantiate --show-trace --expr '
-  { system, configuration, hermetic ? false, flake ? false, ... }:
+  { system, configuration, hermetic ? false, flake ? false, specialArgs ? {}, ... }:
   let
     importFromFlake = { nixosConfig }:
         let
@@ -28,7 +28,10 @@ command=(nix-instantiate --show-trace --expr '
          then importFromFlake { nixosConfig = configuration; }
          else if hermetic
           then import configuration
-          else import <nixpkgs/nixos> { inherit system configuration; };
+          else import <nixpkgs/nixos/lib/eval-config.nix> {
+            inherit system specialArgs;
+            modules = [ configuration ];
+          };
   in {
     inherit (builtins) currentSystem;