Mark official release

No real need for keeping a separate header for such a simple class.

This requires changing a bit `OrSuggestions<T>::operator*` to not throw
an `Error` to prevent a cyclic dependency. But since this error is only
thrown on programmer error, we can replace the whole method by a direct
call to `std::get` which will raise its own assertion if needs be.

doc/manual/generate-builtins.nix

@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ builtins:
 concatStrings (map
   (name:
     let builtin = builtins.${name}; in
-    "<dt><code>${name} "
+    "<dt id=\"builtins-${name}\"><a href=\"#builtins-${name}\"><code>${name} "
     + concatStringsSep " " (map (s: "<var>${s}</var>") builtin.args)
-    + "</code></dt>"
+    + "</code></a></dt>"
     + "<dd>\n\n"
     + builtin.doc
     + "\n\n</dd>"

doc/manual/local.mk

@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ $(d)/builtins.json: $(bindir)/nix
 	@mv $@.tmp $@
 
 # Generate the HTML manual.
+html: $(docdir)/manual/index.html
 install: $(docdir)/manual/index.html
 
 # Generate 'nix' manpages.

doc/manual/src/SUMMARY.md.in

@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
   - [Hacking](contributing/hacking.md)
   - [CLI guideline](contributing/cli-guideline.md)
 - [Release Notes](release-notes/release-notes.md)
-  - [Release X.Y (202?-??-??)](release-notes/rl-next.md)
+  - [Release 2.7 (2022-03-07)](release-notes/rl-2.7.md)
   - [Release 2.6 (2022-01-24)](release-notes/rl-2.6.md)
   - [Release 2.5 (2021-12-13)](release-notes/rl-2.5.md)
   - [Release 2.4 (2021-11-01)](release-notes/rl-2.4.md)

doc/manual/src/release-notes/rl-2.7.md

@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+# Release X.Y (2022-03-07)
+
+* Nix will now make some helpful suggestions when you mistype
+  something on the command line. For instance, if you type `nix build
+  nixpkgs#thunderbrd`, it will suggest `thunderbird`.
+
+* A number of "default" flake output attributes have been
+  renamed. These are:
+
+  * `defaultPackage.<system>` → `packages.<system>.default`
+  * `defaultApps.<system>` → `apps.<system>.default`
+  * `defaultTemplate` → `templates.default`
+  * `defaultBundler.<system>` → `bundlers.<system>.default`
+  * `overlay` → `overlays.default`
+  * `devShell.<system>` → `devShells.<system>.default`
+
+  The old flake output attributes still work, but `nix flake check`
+  will warn about them.
+
+* Breaking API change: `nix bundle` now supports bundlers of the form
+  `bundler.<system>.<name>= derivation: another-derivation;`. This
+  supports additional functionality to inspect evaluation information
+  during bundling. A new
+  [repository](https://github.com/NixOS/bundlers) has various bundlers
+  implemented.
+
+* `nix store ping` now reports the version of the remote Nix daemon.
+
+* `nix flake {init,new}` now display information about which files have been
+  created.
+
+* Templates can now define a `welcomeText` attribute, which is printed out by
+  `nix flake {init,new} --template <template>`.

doc/manual/src/release-notes/rl-next.md

@@ -1,15 +1 @@
 # Release X.Y (202?-??-??)
-
-* `nix bundle` breaking API change now supports bundlers of the form
-  `bundler.<system>.<name>= derivation: another-derivation;`. This supports
-  additional functionality to inspect evaluation information during bundling. A
-  new [repository](https://github.com/NixOS/bundlers) has various bundlers
-  implemented.
-
-* `nix store ping` now reports the version of the remote Nix daemon.
-
-* `nix flake {init,new}` now display information about which files have been
-  created.
-
-* Templates can now define a `welcomeText` attribute, which is printed out by
-  `nix flake {init,new} --template <template>`.

flake.nix

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
         then ""
         else "pre${builtins.substring 0 8 (self.lastModifiedDate or self.lastModified or "19700101")}_${self.shortRev or "dirty"}";
 
-      officialRelease = false;
+      officialRelease = true;
 
       linux64BitSystems = [ "x86_64-linux" "aarch64-linux" ];
       linuxSystems = linux64BitSystems ++ [ "i686-linux" ];

mk/run_test.sh

@@ -14,9 +14,27 @@ if [ -t 1 ]; then
     yellow=""
     normal=""
 fi
-(cd tests && env ${TESTS_ENVIRONMENT} init.sh 2>/dev/null > /dev/null)
-log="$(cd $(dirname $1) && env ${TESTS_ENVIRONMENT} $(basename $1) 2>&1)"
-status=$?
+
+run_test () {
+    (cd tests && env ${TESTS_ENVIRONMENT} init.sh 2>/dev/null > /dev/null)
+    log="$(cd $(dirname $1) && env ${TESTS_ENVIRONMENT} $(basename $1) 2>&1)"
+    status=$?
+}
+
+run_test "$1"
+
+# Hack: Retry the test if it fails with “unexpected EOF reading a line” as these
+# appear randomly without anyone knowing why.
+# See https://github.com/NixOS/nix/issues/3605 for more info
+if [[ $status -ne 0 && $status -ne 99 && \
+    "$(uname)" == "Darwin" && \
+    "$log" =~ "unexpected EOF reading a line" \
+]]; then
+    echo "$post_run_msg [${yellow}FAIL$normal] (possibly flaky, so will be retried)"
+    echo "$log" | sed 's/^/    /'
+    run_test "$1"
+fi
+
 if [ $status -eq 0 ]; then
   echo "$post_run_msg [${green}PASS$normal]"
 elif [ $status -eq 99 ]; then

perl/lib/Nix/Store.xs

@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ SV * convertHash(char * algo, char * s, int toBase32)
     PPCODE:
         try {
             auto h = Hash::parseAny(s, parseHashType(algo));
-            string s = h.to_string(toBase32 ? Base32 : Base16, false);
+            auto s = h.to_string(toBase32 ? Base32 : Base16, false);
             XPUSHs(sv_2mortal(newSVpv(s.c_str(), 0)));
         } catch (Error & e) {
             croak("%s", e.what());

scripts/create-darwin-volume.sh

@@ -246,7 +246,8 @@ get_volume_pass() {
 verify_volume_pass() {
     local volume_special="$1" # (i.e., disk1s7)
     local volume_uuid="$2"
-    /usr/sbin/diskutil apfs unlockVolume "$volume_special" -verify -stdinpassphrase -user "$volume_uuid"
+    _sudo "to confirm the password actually unlocks the volume" \
+        /usr/sbin/diskutil apfs unlockVolume "$volume_special" -verify -stdinpassphrase -user "$volume_uuid"
 }
 
 volume_pass_works() {
@@ -685,22 +686,27 @@ encrypt_volume() {
     local volume_uuid="$1"
     local volume_label="$2"
     local password
+
+    task "Encrypt the Nix volume" >&2
+
     # Note: mount/unmount are late additions to support the right order
     # of operations for creating the volume and then baking its uuid into
     # other artifacts; not as well-trod wrt to potential errors, race
     # conditions, etc.
 
-    /usr/sbin/diskutil mount "$volume_label"
+    _sudo "to mount your Nix volume for encrypting" \
+        /usr/sbin/diskutil mount "$volume_label"
 
     password="$(/usr/bin/xxd -l 32 -p -c 256 /dev/random)"
     _sudo "to add your Nix volume's password to Keychain" \
         /usr/bin/security -i <<EOF
 add-generic-password -a "$volume_label" -s "$volume_uuid" -l "$volume_label encryption password" -D "Encrypted volume password" -j "Added automatically by the Nix installer for use by $NIX_VOLUME_MOUNTD_DEST" -w "$password" -T /System/Library/CoreServices/APFSUserAgent -T /System/Library/CoreServices/CSUserAgent -T /usr/bin/security "/Library/Keychains/System.keychain"
 EOF
-    builtin printf "%s" "$password" | _sudo "to encrypt your Nix volume" \
+    builtin printf "%s" "$password" | _sudo "to actually encrypt your Nix volume" \
         /usr/sbin/diskutil apfs encryptVolume "$volume_label" -user disk -stdinpassphrase
 
-    /usr/sbin/diskutil unmount force "$volume_label"
+    _sudo "to unmount the encrypted volume" \
+        /usr/sbin/diskutil unmount force "$volume_label"
 }
 
 create_volume() {

scripts/install-multi-user.sh

@@ -23,10 +23,10 @@ readonly RED='\033[31m'
 # installer allows overriding build user count to speed up installation
 # as creating each user takes non-trivial amount of time on macos
 readonly NIX_USER_COUNT=${NIX_USER_COUNT:-32}
-readonly NIX_BUILD_GROUP_ID="30000"
+readonly NIX_BUILD_GROUP_ID="${NIX_BUILD_GROUP_ID:-30000}"
 readonly NIX_BUILD_GROUP_NAME="nixbld"
 # darwin installer needs to override these
-NIX_FIRST_BUILD_UID="30001"
+NIX_FIRST_BUILD_UID="${NIX_FIRST_BUILD_UID:-30001}"
 NIX_BUILD_USER_NAME_TEMPLATE="nixbld%d"
 # Please don't change this. We don't support it, because the
 # default shell profile that comes with Nix doesn't support it.

src/build-remote/build-remote.cc

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #include "pathlocks.hh"
 #include "globals.hh"
 #include "serialise.hh"
+#include "build-result.hh"
 #include "store-api.hh"
 #include "derivations.hh"
 #include "local-store.hh"
@@ -32,7 +33,7 @@ std::string escapeUri(std::string uri)
     return uri;
 }
 
-static string currentLoad;
+static std::string currentLoad;
 
 static AutoCloseFD openSlotLock(const Machine & m, uint64_t slot)
 {
@@ -97,7 +98,7 @@ static int main_build_remote(int argc, char * * argv)
         }
 
         std::optional<StorePath> drvPath;
-        string storeUri;
+        std::string storeUri;
 
         while (true) {
 
@@ -183,7 +184,7 @@ static int main_build_remote(int argc, char * * argv)
                     else
                     {
                         // build the hint template.
-                        string errorText =
+                        std::string errorText =
                             "Failed to find a machine for remote build!\n"
                             "derivation: %s\nrequired (system, features): (%s, %s)";
                         errorText += "\n%s available machines:";
@@ -193,7 +194,7 @@ static int main_build_remote(int argc, char * * argv)
                             errorText += "\n(%s, %s, %s, %s)";
 
                         // add the template values.
-                        string drvstr;
+                        std::string drvstr;
                         if (drvPath.has_value())
                             drvstr = drvPath->to_string();
                         else
@@ -208,7 +209,7 @@ static int main_build_remote(int argc, char * * argv)
 
                         for (auto & m : machines)
                             error
-                                % concatStringsSep<std::vector<string>>(", ", m.systemTypes)
+                                % concatStringsSep<std::vector<std::string>>(", ", m.systemTypes)
                                 % m.maxJobs
                                 % concatStringsSep<StringSet>(", ", m.supportedFeatures)
                                 % concatStringsSep<StringSet>(", ", m.mandatoryFeatures);

src/libcmd/command.cc

@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ void BuiltPathsCommand::run(ref<Store> store)
         for (auto & p : store->queryAllValidPaths())
             paths.push_back(BuiltPath::Opaque{p});
     } else {
-        paths = toBuiltPaths(getEvalStore(), store, realiseMode, operateOn, installables);
+        paths = Installable::toBuiltPaths(getEvalStore(), store, realiseMode, operateOn, installables);
         if (recursive) {
             // XXX: This only computes the store path closure, ignoring
             // intermediate realisations

src/libcmd/command.hh

@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 #include "common-eval-args.hh"
 #include "path.hh"
 #include "flake/lockfile.hh"
-#include "store-api.hh"
 
 #include <optional>
 
@@ -82,14 +81,6 @@ struct MixFlakeOptions : virtual Args, EvalCommand
     { return {}; }
 };
 
-/* How to handle derivations in commands that operate on store paths. */
-enum class OperateOn {
-    /* Operate on the output path. */
-    Output,
-    /* Operate on the .drv path. */
-    Derivation
-};
-
 struct SourceExprCommand : virtual Args, MixFlakeOptions
 {
     std::optional<Path> file;
@@ -113,19 +104,6 @@ struct SourceExprCommand : virtual Args, MixFlakeOptions
     void completeInstallable(std::string_view prefix);
 };
 
-enum class Realise {
-    /* Build the derivation. Postcondition: the
-       derivation outputs exist. */
-    Outputs,
-    /* Don't build the derivation. Postcondition: the store derivation
-       exists. */
-    Derivation,
-    /* Evaluate in dry-run mode. Postcondition: nothing. */
-    // FIXME: currently unused, but could be revived if we can
-    // evaluate derivations in-memory.
-    Nothing
-};
-
 /* A command that operates on a list of "installables", which can be
    store paths, attribute paths, Nix expressions, etc. */
 struct InstallablesCommand : virtual Args, SourceExprCommand
@@ -238,38 +216,6 @@ static RegisterCommand registerCommand2(std::vector<std::string> && name)
     return RegisterCommand(std::move(name), [](){ return make_ref<T>(); });
 }
 
-BuiltPaths build(
-    ref<Store> evalStore,
-    ref<Store> store, Realise mode,
-    const std::vector<std::shared_ptr<Installable>> & installables,
-    BuildMode bMode = bmNormal);
-
-std::set<StorePath> toStorePaths(
-    ref<Store> evalStore,
-    ref<Store> store,
-    Realise mode,
-    OperateOn operateOn,
-    const std::vector<std::shared_ptr<Installable>> & installables);
-
-StorePath toStorePath(
-    ref<Store> evalStore,
-    ref<Store> store,
-    Realise mode,
-    OperateOn operateOn,
-    std::shared_ptr<Installable> installable);
-
-std::set<StorePath> toDerivations(
-    ref<Store> store,
-    const std::vector<std::shared_ptr<Installable>> & installables,
-    bool useDeriver = false);
-
-BuiltPaths toBuiltPaths(
-    ref<Store> evalStore,
-    ref<Store> store,
-    Realise mode,
-    OperateOn operateOn,
-    const std::vector<std::shared_ptr<Installable>> & installables);
-
 /* Helper function to generate args that invoke $EDITOR on
    filename:lineno. */
 Strings editorFor(const Pos & pos);

src/libcmd/installables.cc

@@ -158,7 +158,10 @@ SourceExprCommand::SourceExprCommand()
 
 Strings SourceExprCommand::getDefaultFlakeAttrPaths()
 {
-    return {"defaultPackage." + settings.thisSystem.get()};
+    return {
+        "packages." + settings.thisSystem.get() + ".default",
+        "defaultPackage." + settings.thisSystem.get()
+    };
 }
 
 Strings SourceExprCommand::getDefaultFlakeAttrPathPrefixes()
@@ -269,9 +272,9 @@ void completeFlakeRefWithFragment(
                 auto attr = root->findAlongAttrPath(attrPath);
                 if (!attr) continue;
 
-                for (auto & attr2 : attr->getAttrs()) {
+                for (auto & attr2 : (*attr)->getAttrs()) {
                     if (hasPrefix(attr2, lastAttr)) {
-                        auto attrPath2 = attr->getAttrPath(attr2);
+                        auto attrPath2 = (*attr)->getAttrPath(attr2);
                         /* Strip the attrpath prefix. */
                         attrPath2.erase(attrPath2.begin(), attrPath2.begin() + attrPathPrefix.size());
                         completions->add(flakeRefS + "#" + concatStringsSep(".", attrPath2));
@@ -465,11 +468,10 @@ std::vector<InstallableValue::DerivationInfo> InstallableAttrPath::toDerivations
 
     std::vector<DerivationInfo> res;
     for (auto & drvInfo : drvInfos) {
-        res.push_back({
-            state->store->parseStorePath(drvInfo.queryDrvPath()),
-            state->store->maybeParseStorePath(drvInfo.queryOutPath()),
-            drvInfo.queryOutputName()
-        });
+        auto drvPath = drvInfo.queryDrvPath();
+        if (!drvPath)
+            throw Error("'%s' is not a derivation", what());
+        res.push_back({ *drvPath, drvInfo.queryOutputName() });
     }
 
     return res;
@@ -566,31 +568,37 @@ std::tuple<std::string, FlakeRef, InstallableValue::DerivationInfo> InstallableF
     auto cache = openEvalCache(*state, lockedFlake);
     auto root = cache->getRoot();
 
+    Suggestions suggestions;
+
     for (auto & attrPath : getActualAttrPaths()) {
         debug("trying flake output attribute '%s'", attrPath);
 
-        auto attr = root->findAlongAttrPath(
+        auto attrOrSuggestions = root->findAlongAttrPath(
             parseAttrPath(*state, attrPath),
             true
         );
 
-        if (!attr) continue;
+        if (!attrOrSuggestions) {
+            suggestions += attrOrSuggestions.getSuggestions();
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        auto attr = *attrOrSuggestions;
 
         if (!attr->isDerivation())
             throw Error("flake output attribute '%s' is not a derivation", attrPath);
 
         auto drvPath = attr->forceDerivation();
 
-        auto drvInfo = DerivationInfo{
+        auto drvInfo = DerivationInfo {
             std::move(drvPath),
-            state->store->maybeParseStorePath(attr->getAttr(state->sOutPath)->getString()),
             attr->getAttr(state->sOutputName)->getString()
         };
 
         return {attrPath, lockedFlake->flake.lockedRef, std::move(drvInfo)};
     }
 
-    throw Error("flake '%s' does not provide attribute %s",
+    throw Error(suggestions, "flake '%s' does not provide attribute %s",
         flakeRef, showAttrPaths(getActualAttrPaths()));
 }
 
@@ -609,17 +617,24 @@ std::pair<Value *, Pos> InstallableFlake::toValue(EvalState & state)
 
     auto emptyArgs = state.allocBindings(0);
 
+    Suggestions suggestions;
+
     for (auto & attrPath : getActualAttrPaths()) {
         try {
             auto [v, pos] = findAlongAttrPath(state, attrPath, *emptyArgs, *vOutputs);
             state.forceValue(*v, pos);
             return {v, pos};
         } catch (AttrPathNotFound & e) {
+            suggestions += e.info().suggestions;
         }
     }
 
-    throw Error("flake '%s' does not provide attribute %s",
-        flakeRef, showAttrPaths(getActualAttrPaths()));
+    throw Error(
+        suggestions,
+        "flake '%s' does not provide attribute %s",
+        flakeRef,
+        showAttrPaths(getActualAttrPaths())
+    );
 }
 
 std::vector<std::pair<std::shared_ptr<eval_cache::AttrCursor>, std::string>>
@@ -634,7 +649,7 @@ InstallableFlake::getCursors(EvalState & state)
 
     for (auto & attrPath : getActualAttrPaths()) {
         auto attr = root->findAlongAttrPath(parseAttrPath(state, attrPath));
-        if (attr) res.push_back({attr, attrPath});
+        if (attr) res.push_back({*attr, attrPath});
     }
 
     return res;
@@ -784,7 +799,7 @@ BuiltPaths getBuiltPaths(ref<Store> evalStore, ref<Store> store, const DerivedPa
     return res;
 }
 
-BuiltPaths build(
+BuiltPaths Installable::build(
     ref<Store> evalStore,
     ref<Store> store,
     Realise mode,
@@ -809,7 +824,7 @@ BuiltPaths build(
     return getBuiltPaths(evalStore, store, pathsToBuild);
 }
 
-BuiltPaths toBuiltPaths(
+BuiltPaths Installable::toBuiltPaths(
     ref<Store> evalStore,
     ref<Store> store,
     Realise mode,
@@ -817,19 +832,19 @@ BuiltPaths toBuiltPaths(
     const std::vector<std::shared_ptr<Installable>> & installables)
 {
     if (operateOn == OperateOn::Output)
-        return build(evalStore, store, mode, installables);
+        return Installable::build(evalStore, store, mode, installables);
     else {
         if (mode == Realise::Nothing)
             settings.readOnlyMode = true;
 
         BuiltPaths res;
-        for (auto & drvPath : toDerivations(store, installables, true))
+        for (auto & drvPath : Installable::toDerivations(store, installables, true))
             res.push_back(BuiltPath::Opaque{drvPath});
         return res;
     }
 }
 
-StorePathSet toStorePaths(
+StorePathSet Installable::toStorePaths(
     ref<Store> evalStore,
     ref<Store> store,
     Realise mode, OperateOn operateOn,
@@ -843,7 +858,7 @@ StorePathSet toStorePaths(
     return outPaths;
 }
 
-StorePath toStorePath(
+StorePath Installable::toStorePath(
     ref<Store> evalStore,
     ref<Store> store,
     Realise mode, OperateOn operateOn,
@@ -857,7 +872,7 @@ StorePath toStorePath(
     return *paths.begin();
 }
 
-StorePathSet toDerivations(
+StorePathSet Installable::toDerivations(
     ref<Store> store,
     const std::vector<std::shared_ptr<Installable>> & installables,
     bool useDeriver)

src/libcmd/installables.hh

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #include "path-with-outputs.hh"
 #include "derived-path.hh"
 #include "eval.hh"
+#include "store-api.hh"
 #include "flake/flake.hh"
 
 #include <optional>
@@ -29,6 +30,27 @@ struct UnresolvedApp
     App resolve(ref<Store> evalStore, ref<Store> store);
 };
 
+enum class Realise {
+    /* Build the derivation. Postcondition: the
+       derivation outputs exist. */
+    Outputs,
+    /* Don't build the derivation. Postcondition: the store derivation
+       exists. */
+    Derivation,
+    /* Evaluate in dry-run mode. Postcondition: nothing. */
+    // FIXME: currently unused, but could be revived if we can
+    // evaluate derivations in-memory.
+    Nothing
+};
+
+/* How to handle derivations in commands that operate on store paths. */
+enum class OperateOn {
+    /* Operate on the output path. */
+    Output,
+    /* Operate on the .drv path. */
+    Derivation
+};
+
 struct Installable
 {
     virtual ~Installable() { }
@@ -68,6 +90,39 @@ struct Installable
     {
         return FlakeRef::fromAttrs({{"type","indirect"}, {"id", "nixpkgs"}});
     }
+
+    static BuiltPaths build(
+        ref<Store> evalStore,
+        ref<Store> store,
+        Realise mode,
+        const std::vector<std::shared_ptr<Installable>> & installables,
+        BuildMode bMode = bmNormal);
+
+    static std::set<StorePath> toStorePaths(
+        ref<Store> evalStore,
+        ref<Store> store,
+        Realise mode,
+        OperateOn operateOn,
+        const std::vector<std::shared_ptr<Installable>> & installables);
+
+    static StorePath toStorePath(
+        ref<Store> evalStore,
+        ref<Store> store,
+        Realise mode,
+        OperateOn operateOn,
+        std::shared_ptr<Installable> installable);
+
+    static std::set<StorePath> toDerivations(
+        ref<Store> store,
+        const std::vector<std::shared_ptr<Installable>> & installables,
+        bool useDeriver = false);
+
+    static BuiltPaths toBuiltPaths(
+        ref<Store> evalStore,
+        ref<Store> store,
+        Realise mode,
+        OperateOn operateOn,
+        const std::vector<std::shared_ptr<Installable>> & installables);
 };
 
 struct InstallableValue : Installable
@@ -79,7 +134,6 @@ struct InstallableValue : Installable
     struct DerivationInfo
     {
         StorePath drvPath;
-        std::optional<StorePath> outPath;
         std::string outputName;
     };
 
@@ -131,4 +185,9 @@ ref<eval_cache::EvalCache> openEvalCache(
     EvalState & state,
     std::shared_ptr<flake::LockedFlake> lockedFlake);
 
+BuiltPaths getBuiltPaths(
+    ref<Store> evalStore,
+    ref<Store> store,
+    const DerivedPaths & hopefullyBuiltPaths);
+
 }

src/libexpr/attr-path.cc

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ namespace nix {
 static Strings parseAttrPath(std::string_view s)
 {
     Strings res;
-    string cur;
+    std::string cur;
     auto i = s.begin();
     while (i != s.end()) {
         if (*i == '.') {
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ std::vector<Symbol> parseAttrPath(EvalState & state, std::string_view s)
 }
 
 
-std::pair<Value *, Pos> findAlongAttrPath(EvalState & state, const string & attrPath,
+std::pair<Value *, Pos> findAlongAttrPath(EvalState & state, const std::string & attrPath,
     Bindings & autoArgs, Value & vIn)
 {
     Strings tokens = parseAttrPath(attrPath);
@@ -74,8 +74,14 @@ std::pair<Value *, Pos> findAlongAttrPath(EvalState & state, const string & attr
                 throw Error("empty attribute name in selection path '%1%'", attrPath);
 
             Bindings::iterator a = v->attrs->find(state.symbols.create(attr));
-            if (a == v->attrs->end())
-                throw AttrPathNotFound("attribute '%1%' in selection path '%2%' not found", attr, attrPath);
+            if (a == v->attrs->end()) {
+                std::set<std::string> attrNames;
+                for (auto & attr : *v->attrs)
+                    attrNames.insert(attr.name);
+
+                auto suggestions = Suggestions::bestMatches(attrNames, attr);
+                throw AttrPathNotFound(suggestions, "attribute '%1%' in selection path '%2%' not found", attr, attrPath);
+            }
             v = &*a->value;
             pos = *a->pos;
         }
@@ -121,7 +127,7 @@ Pos findPackageFilename(EvalState & state, Value & v, std::string what)
     std::string filename(pos, 0, colon);
     unsigned int lineno;
     try {
-        lineno = std::stoi(std::string(pos, colon + 1, string::npos));
+        lineno = std::stoi(std::string(pos, colon + 1, std::string::npos));
     } catch (std::invalid_argument & e) {
         throw ParseError("cannot parse line number '%s'", pos);
     }

src/libexpr/attr-path.hh

@@ -10,8 +10,11 @@ namespace nix {
 MakeError(AttrPathNotFound, Error);
 MakeError(NoPositionInfo, Error);
 
-std::pair<Value *, Pos> findAlongAttrPath(EvalState & state, const string & attrPath,
-    Bindings & autoArgs, Value & vIn);
+std::pair<Value *, Pos> findAlongAttrPath(
+    EvalState & state,
+    const std::string & attrPath,
+    Bindings & autoArgs,
+    Value & vIn);
 
 /* Heuristic to find the filename and lineno or a nix value. */
 Pos findPackageFilename(EvalState & state, Value & v, std::string what);

src/libexpr/attr-set.hh

@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ public:
         for (size_t n = 0; n < size_; n++)
             res.emplace_back(&attrs[n]);
         std::sort(res.begin(), res.end(), [](const Attr * a, const Attr * b) {
-            return (const string &) a->name < (const string &) b->name;
+            return (const std::string &) a->name < (const std::string &) b->name;
         });
         return res;
     }

src/libexpr/common-eval-args.cc

@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ Bindings * MixEvalArgs::getAutoArgs(EvalState & state)
     for (auto & i : autoArgs) {
         auto v = state.allocValue();
         if (i.second[0] == 'E')
-            state.mkThunk_(*v, state.parseExprFromString(string(i.second, 1), absPath(".")));
+            state.mkThunk_(*v, state.parseExprFromString(i.second.substr(1), absPath(".")));
         else
             v->mkString(((std::string_view) i.second).substr(1));
         res.insert(state.symbols.create(i.first), v);
@@ -85,17 +85,17 @@ Bindings * MixEvalArgs::getAutoArgs(EvalState & state)
     return res.finish();
 }
 
-Path lookupFileArg(EvalState & state, string s)
+Path lookupFileArg(EvalState & state, std::string_view s)
 {
     if (isUri(s)) {
         return state.store->toRealPath(
             fetchers::downloadTarball(
                 state.store, resolveUri(s), "source", false).first.storePath);
     } else if (s.size() > 2 && s.at(0) == '<' && s.at(s.size() - 1) == '>') {
-        Path p = s.substr(1, s.size() - 2);
+        Path p(s.substr(1, s.size() - 2));
         return state.findFile(p);
     } else
-        return absPath(s);
+        return absPath(std::string(s));
 }
 
 }

src/libexpr/common-eval-args.hh

@@ -22,6 +22,6 @@ private:
     std::map<std::string, std::string> autoArgs;
 };
 
-Path lookupFileArg(EvalState & state, string s);
+Path lookupFileArg(EvalState & state, std::string_view s);
 
 }

src/libexpr/eval-cache.cc

@@ -406,6 +406,16 @@ Value & AttrCursor::forceValue()
     return v;
 }
 
+Suggestions AttrCursor::getSuggestionsForAttr(Symbol name)
+{
+    auto attrNames = getAttrs();
+    std::set<std::string> strAttrNames;
+    for (auto & name : attrNames)
+        strAttrNames.insert(std::string(name));
+
+    return Suggestions::bestMatches(strAttrNames, name);
+}
+
 std::shared_ptr<AttrCursor> AttrCursor::maybeGetAttr(Symbol name, bool forceErrors)
 {
     if (root->db) {
@@ -446,6 +456,11 @@ std::shared_ptr<AttrCursor> AttrCursor::maybeGetAttr(Symbol name, bool forceErro
         return nullptr;
         //throw TypeError("'%s' is not an attribute set", getAttrPathStr());
 
+    for (auto & attr : *v.attrs) {
+        if (root->db)
+            root->db->setPlaceholder({cachedValue->first, attr.name});
+    }
+
     auto attr = v.attrs->get(name);
 
     if (!attr) {
@@ -464,7 +479,7 @@ std::shared_ptr<AttrCursor> AttrCursor::maybeGetAttr(Symbol name, bool forceErro
         cachedValue2 = {root->db->setPlaceholder({cachedValue->first, name}), placeholder_t()};
     }
 
-    return std::make_shared<AttrCursor>(
+    return make_ref<AttrCursor>(
         root, std::make_pair(shared_from_this(), name), attr->value, std::move(cachedValue2));
 }
 
@@ -473,27 +488,31 @@ std::shared_ptr<AttrCursor> AttrCursor::maybeGetAttr(std::string_view name)
     return maybeGetAttr(root->state.symbols.create(name));
 }
 
-std::shared_ptr<AttrCursor> AttrCursor::getAttr(Symbol name, bool forceErrors)
+ref<AttrCursor> AttrCursor::getAttr(Symbol name, bool forceErrors)
 {
     auto p = maybeGetAttr(name, forceErrors);
     if (!p)
         throw Error("attribute '%s' does not exist", getAttrPathStr(name));
-    return p;
+    return ref(p);
 }
 
-std::shared_ptr<AttrCursor> AttrCursor::getAttr(std::string_view name)
+ref<AttrCursor> AttrCursor::getAttr(std::string_view name)
 {
     return getAttr(root->state.symbols.create(name));
 }
 
-std::shared_ptr<AttrCursor> AttrCursor::findAlongAttrPath(const std::vector<Symbol> & attrPath, bool force)
+OrSuggestions<ref<AttrCursor>> AttrCursor::findAlongAttrPath(const std::vector<Symbol> & attrPath, bool force)
 {
     auto res = shared_from_this();
     for (auto & attr : attrPath) {
-        res = res->maybeGetAttr(attr, force);
-        if (!res) return {};
+        auto child = res->maybeGetAttr(attr, force);
+        if (!child) {
+            auto suggestions = res->getSuggestionsForAttr(attr);
+            return OrSuggestions<ref<AttrCursor>>::failed(suggestions);
+        }
+        res = child;
     }
-    return res;
+    return ref(res);
 }
 
 std::string AttrCursor::getString()
@@ -596,7 +615,7 @@ std::vector<Symbol> AttrCursor::getAttrs()
     for (auto & attr : *getValue().attrs)
         attrs.push_back(attr.name);
     std::sort(attrs.begin(), attrs.end(), [](const Symbol & a, const Symbol & b) {
-        return (const string &) a < (const string &) b;
+        return (const std::string &) a < (const std::string &) b;
     });
 
     if (root->db)

src/libexpr/eval-cache.hh

@@ -94,15 +94,17 @@ public:
 
     std::string getAttrPathStr(Symbol name) const;
 
+    Suggestions getSuggestionsForAttr(Symbol name);
+
     std::shared_ptr<AttrCursor> maybeGetAttr(Symbol name, bool forceErrors = false);
 
     std::shared_ptr<AttrCursor> maybeGetAttr(std::string_view name);
 
-    std::shared_ptr<AttrCursor> getAttr(Symbol name, bool forceErrors = false);
+    ref<AttrCursor> getAttr(Symbol name, bool forceErrors = false);
 
-    std::shared_ptr<AttrCursor> getAttr(std::string_view name);
+    ref<AttrCursor> getAttr(std::string_view name);
 
-    std::shared_ptr<AttrCursor> findAlongAttrPath(const std::vector<Symbol> & attrPath, bool force = false);
+    OrSuggestions<ref<AttrCursor>> findAlongAttrPath(const std::vector<Symbol> & attrPath, bool force = false);
 
     std::string getString();
 

src/libexpr/eval.cc

@@ -63,9 +63,15 @@ static char * dupString(const char * s)
 }
 
 
-static char * dupStringWithLen(const char * s, size_t size)
+// When there's no need to write to the string, we can optimize away empty
+// string allocations.
+// This function handles makeImmutableStringWithLen(null, 0) by returning the
+// empty string.
+static const char * makeImmutableStringWithLen(const char * s, size_t size)
 {
     char * t;
+    if (size == 0)
+        return "";
 #if HAVE_BOEHMGC
     t = GC_STRNDUP(s, size);
 #else
@@ -75,6 +81,10 @@ static char * dupStringWithLen(const char * s, size_t size)
     return t;
 }
 
+static inline const char * makeImmutableString(std::string_view s) {
+    return makeImmutableStringWithLen(s.data(), s.size());
+}
+
 
 RootValue allocRootValue(Value * v)
 {
@@ -86,15 +96,10 @@ RootValue allocRootValue(Value * v)
 }
 
 
-void printValue(std::ostream & str, std::set<const Value *> & active, const Value & v)
+void printValue(std::ostream & str, std::set<const void *> & seen, const Value & v)
 {
     checkInterrupt();
 
-    if (!active.insert(&v).second) {
-        str << "<CYCLE>";
-        return;
-    }
-
     switch (v.internalType) {
     case tInt:
         str << v.integer;
@@ -120,24 +125,32 @@ void printValue(std::ostream & str, std::set<const Value *> & active, const Valu
         str << "null";
         break;
     case tAttrs: {
-        str << "{ ";
-        for (auto & i : v.attrs->lexicographicOrder()) {
-            str << i->name << " = ";
-            printValue(str, active, *i->value);
-            str << "; ";
+        if (!v.attrs->empty() && !seen.insert(v.attrs).second)
+            str << "<REPEAT>";
+        else {
+            str << "{ ";
+            for (auto & i : v.attrs->lexicographicOrder()) {
+                str << i->name << " = ";
+                printValue(str, seen, *i->value);
+                str << "; ";
+            }
+            str << "}";
         }
-        str << "}";
         break;
     }
     case tList1:
     case tList2:
     case tListN:
-        str << "[ ";
-        for (auto v2 : v.listItems()) {
-            printValue(str, active, *v2);
-            str << " ";
+        if (v.listSize() && !seen.insert(v.listElems()).second)
+            str << "<REPEAT>";
+        else {
+            str << "[ ";
+            for (auto v2 : v.listItems()) {
+                printValue(str, seen, *v2);
+                str << " ";
+            }
+            str << "]";
         }
-        str << "]";
         break;
     case tThunk:
     case tApp:
@@ -161,20 +174,18 @@ void printValue(std::ostream & str, std::set<const Value *> & active, const Valu
     default:
         abort();
     }
-
-    active.erase(&v);
 }
 
 
 std::ostream & operator << (std::ostream & str, const Value & v)
 {
-    std::set<const Value *> active;
-    printValue(str, active, v);
+    std::set<const void *> seen;
+    printValue(str, seen, v);
     return str;
 }
 
 
-const Value *getPrimOp(const Value &v) {
+const Value * getPrimOp(const Value &v) {
     const Value * primOp = &v;
     while (primOp->isPrimOpApp()) {
         primOp = primOp->primOpApp.left;
@@ -183,7 +194,7 @@ const Value *getPrimOp(const Value &v) {
     return primOp;
 }
 
-string showType(ValueType type)
+std::string_view showType(ValueType type)
 {
     switch (type) {
         case nInt: return "an integer";
@@ -202,20 +213,20 @@ string showType(ValueType type)
 }
 
 
-string showType(const Value & v)
+std::string showType(const Value & v)
 {
     switch (v.internalType) {
         case tString: return v.string.context ? "a string with context" : "a string";
         case tPrimOp:
-            return fmt("the built-in function '%s'", string(v.primOp->name));
+            return fmt("the built-in function '%s'", std::string(v.primOp->name));
         case tPrimOpApp:
-            return fmt("the partially applied built-in function '%s'", string(getPrimOp(v)->primOp->name));
+            return fmt("the partially applied built-in function '%s'", std::string(getPrimOp(v)->primOp->name));
         case tExternal: return v.external->showType();
         case tThunk: return "a thunk";
         case tApp: return "a function application";
         case tBlackhole: return "a black hole";
     default:
-        return showType(v.type());
+        return std::string(showType(v.type()));
     }
 }
 
@@ -356,7 +367,7 @@ void initGC()
 
 /* Very hacky way to parse $NIX_PATH, which is colon-separated, but
    can contain URLs (e.g. "nixpkgs=https://bla...:foo=https://"). */
-static Strings parseNixPath(const string & s)
+static Strings parseNixPath(const std::string & s)
 {
     Strings res;
 
@@ -517,6 +528,14 @@ void EvalState::allowPath(const StorePath & storePath)
         allowedPaths->insert(store->toRealPath(storePath));
 }
 
+void EvalState::allowAndSetStorePathString(const StorePath &storePath, Value & v)
+{
+    allowPath(storePath);
+
+    auto path = store->printStorePath(storePath);
+    v.mkString(path, PathSet({path}));
+}
+
 Path EvalState::checkSourcePath(const Path & path_)
 {
     if (!allowedPaths) return path_;
@@ -606,7 +625,7 @@ Path EvalState::toRealPath(const Path & path, const PathSet & context)
 }
 
 
-Value * EvalState::addConstant(const string & name, Value & v)
+Value * EvalState::addConstant(const std::string & name, Value & v)
 {
     Value * v2 = allocValue();
     *v2 = v;
@@ -615,19 +634,19 @@ Value * EvalState::addConstant(const string & name, Value & v)
 }
 
 
-void EvalState::addConstant(const string & name, Value * v)
+void EvalState::addConstant(const std::string & name, Value * v)
 {
     staticBaseEnv.vars.emplace_back(symbols.create(name), baseEnvDispl);
     baseEnv.values[baseEnvDispl++] = v;
-    string name2 = string(name, 0, 2) == "__" ? string(name, 2) : name;
+    auto name2 = name.substr(0, 2) == "__" ? name.substr(2) : name;
     baseEnv.values[0]->attrs->push_back(Attr(symbols.create(name2), v));
 }
 
 
-Value * EvalState::addPrimOp(const string & name,
+Value * EvalState::addPrimOp(const std::string & name,
     size_t arity, PrimOpFun primOp)
 {
-    auto name2 = string(name, 0, 2) == "__" ? string(name, 2) : name;
+    auto name2 = name.substr(0, 2) == "__" ? name.substr(2) : name;
     Symbol sym = symbols.create(name2);
 
     /* Hack to make constants lazy: turn them into a application of
@@ -675,7 +694,7 @@ Value * EvalState::addPrimOp(PrimOp && primOp)
 }
 
 
-Value & EvalState::getBuiltin(const string & name)
+Value & EvalState::getBuiltin(const std::string & name)
 {
     return *baseEnv.values[0]->attrs->find(symbols.create(name))->value;
 }
@@ -703,12 +722,12 @@ std::optional<EvalState::Doc> EvalState::getDoc(Value & v)
    evaluator.  So here are some helper functions for throwing
    exceptions. */
 
-LocalNoInlineNoReturn(void throwEvalError(const char * s, const string & s2))
+LocalNoInlineNoReturn(void throwEvalError(const char * s, const std::string & s2))
 {
     throw EvalError(s, s2);
 }
 
-LocalNoInlineNoReturn(void throwEvalError(const Pos & pos, const char * s, const string & s2))
+LocalNoInlineNoReturn(void throwEvalError(const Pos & pos, const char * s, const std::string & s2))
 {
     throw EvalError({
         .msg = hintfmt(s, s2),
@@ -716,12 +735,12 @@ LocalNoInlineNoReturn(void throwEvalError(const Pos & pos, const char * s, const
     });
 }
 
-LocalNoInlineNoReturn(void throwEvalError(const char * s, const string & s2, const string & s3))
+LocalNoInlineNoReturn(void throwEvalError(const char * s, const std::string & s2, const std::string & s3))
 {
     throw EvalError(s, s2, s3);
 }
 
-LocalNoInlineNoReturn(void throwEvalError(const Pos & pos, const char * s, const string & s2, const string & s3))
+LocalNoInlineNoReturn(void throwEvalError(const Pos & pos, const char * s, const std::string & s2, const std::string & s3))
 {
     throw EvalError({
         .msg = hintfmt(s, s2, s3),
@@ -759,7 +778,7 @@ LocalNoInlineNoReturn(void throwTypeError(const char * s, const Value & v))
     throw TypeError(s, showType(v));
 }
 
-LocalNoInlineNoReturn(void throwAssertionError(const Pos & pos, const char * s, const string & s1))
+LocalNoInlineNoReturn(void throwAssertionError(const Pos & pos, const char * s, const std::string & s1))
 {
     throw AssertionError({
         .msg = hintfmt(s, s1),
@@ -767,7 +786,7 @@ LocalNoInlineNoReturn(void throwAssertionError(const Pos & pos, const char * s,
     });
 }
 
-LocalNoInlineNoReturn(void throwUndefinedVarError(const Pos & pos, const char * s, const string & s1))
+LocalNoInlineNoReturn(void throwUndefinedVarError(const Pos & pos, const char * s, const std::string & s1))
 {
     throw UndefinedVarError({
         .msg = hintfmt(s, s1),
@@ -775,7 +794,7 @@ LocalNoInlineNoReturn(void throwUndefinedVarError(const Pos & pos, const char *
     });
 }
 
-LocalNoInlineNoReturn(void throwMissingArgumentError(const Pos & pos, const char * s, const string & s1))
+LocalNoInlineNoReturn(void throwMissingArgumentError(const Pos & pos, const char * s, const std::string & s1))
 {
     throw MissingArgumentError({
         .msg = hintfmt(s, s1),
@@ -783,12 +802,12 @@ LocalNoInlineNoReturn(void throwMissingArgumentError(const Pos & pos, const char
     });
 }
 
-LocalNoInline(void addErrorTrace(Error & e, const char * s, const string & s2))
+LocalNoInline(void addErrorTrace(Error & e, const char * s, const std::string & s2))
 {
     e.addTrace(std::nullopt, s, s2);
 }
 
-LocalNoInline(void addErrorTrace(Error & e, const Pos & pos, const char * s, const string & s2))
+LocalNoInline(void addErrorTrace(Error & e, const Pos & pos, const char * s, const std::string & s2))
 {
     e.addTrace(pos, s, s2);
 }
@@ -796,7 +815,7 @@ LocalNoInline(void addErrorTrace(Error & e, const Pos & pos, const char * s, con
 
 void Value::mkString(std::string_view s)
 {
-    mkString(dupStringWithLen(s.data(), s.size()));
+    mkString(makeImmutableString(s));
 }
 
 
@@ -827,7 +846,7 @@ void Value::mkStringMove(const char * s, const PathSet & context)
 
 void Value::mkPath(std::string_view s)
 {
-    mkPath(dupStringWithLen(s.data(), s.size()));
+    mkPath(makeImmutableString(s));
 }
 
 
@@ -1221,7 +1240,7 @@ void ExprVar::eval(EvalState & state, Env & env, Value & v)
 }
 
 
-static string showAttrPath(EvalState & state, Env & env, const AttrPath & attrPath)
+static std::string showAttrPath(EvalState & state, Env & env, const AttrPath & attrPath)
 {
     std::ostringstream out;
     bool first = true;
@@ -1395,7 +1414,7 @@ void EvalState::callFunction(Value & fun, size_t nrArgs, Value * * args, Value &
                 if (loggerSettings.showTrace.get()) {
                     addErrorTrace(e, lambda.pos, "while evaluating %s",
                         (lambda.name.set()
-                            ? "'" + (string) lambda.name + "'"
+                            ? "'" + (const std::string &) lambda.name + "'"
                             : "anonymous lambda"));
                     addErrorTrace(e, pos, "from call site%s", "");
                 }
@@ -1883,7 +1902,7 @@ std::string_view EvalState::forceString(Value & v, const Pos & pos)
 
 /* Decode a context string ‘!<name>!<path>’ into a pair <path,
    name>. */
-std::pair<string, string> decodeContext(std::string_view s)
+std::pair<std::string, std::string> decodeContext(std::string_view s)
 {
     if (s.at(0) == '!') {
         size_t index = s.find("!", 1);
@@ -1946,7 +1965,7 @@ bool EvalState::isDerivation(Value & v)
 }
 
 
-std::optional<string> EvalState::tryAttrsToString(const Pos & pos, Value & v,
+std::optional<std::string> EvalState::tryAttrsToString(const Pos & pos, Value & v,
     PathSet & context, bool coerceMore, bool copyToStore)
 {
     auto i = v.attrs->find(sToString);
@@ -2001,7 +2020,7 @@ BackedStringView EvalState::coerceToString(const Pos & pos, Value & v, PathSet &
         if (v.type() == nNull) return "";
 
         if (v.isList()) {
-            string result;
+            std::string result;
             for (auto [n, v2] : enumerate(v.listItems())) {
                 result += *coerceToString(pos, *v2, context, coerceMore, copyToStore);
                 if (n < v.listSize() - 1
@@ -2017,7 +2036,7 @@ BackedStringView EvalState::coerceToString(const Pos & pos, Value & v, PathSet &
 }
 
 
-string EvalState::copyPathToStore(PathSet & context, const Path & path)
+std::string EvalState::copyPathToStore(PathSet & context, const Path & path)
 {
     if (nix::isDerivation(path))
         throwEvalError("file names are not allowed to end in '%1%'", drvExtension);
@@ -2043,13 +2062,25 @@ string EvalState::copyPathToStore(PathSet & context, const Path & path)
 
 Path EvalState::coerceToPath(const Pos & pos, Value & v, PathSet & context)
 {
-    string path = coerceToString(pos, v, context, false, false).toOwned();
+    auto path = coerceToString(pos, v, context, false, false).toOwned();
     if (path == "" || path[0] != '/')
         throwEvalError(pos, "string '%1%' doesn't represent an absolute path", path);
     return path;
 }
 
 
+StorePath EvalState::coerceToStorePath(const Pos & pos, Value & v, PathSet & context)
+{
+    auto path = coerceToString(pos, v, context, false, false).toOwned();
+    if (auto storePath = store->maybeParseStorePath(path))
+        return *storePath;
+    throw EvalError({
+        .msg = hintfmt("path '%1%' is not in the Nix store", path),
+        .errPos = pos
+    });
+}
+
+
 bool EvalState::eqValues(Value & v1, Value & v2)
 {
     forceValue(v1, noPos);
@@ -2213,11 +2244,11 @@ void EvalState::printStats()
                 for (auto & i : functionCalls) {
                     auto obj = list.object();
                     if (i.first->name.set())
-                        obj.attr("name", (const string &) i.first->name);
+                        obj.attr("name", (const std::string &) i.first->name);
                     else
                         obj.attr("name", nullptr);
                     if (i.first->pos) {
-                        obj.attr("file", (const string &) i.first->pos.file);
+                        obj.attr("file", (const std::string &) i.first->pos.file);
                         obj.attr("line", i.first->pos.line);
                         obj.attr("column", i.first->pos.column);
                     }
@@ -2229,7 +2260,7 @@ void EvalState::printStats()
                 for (auto & i : attrSelects) {
                     auto obj = list.object();
                     if (i.first) {
-                        obj.attr("file", (const string &) i.first.file);
+                        obj.attr("file", (const std::string &) i.first.file);
                         obj.attr("line", i.first.line);
                         obj.attr("column", i.first.column);
                     }
@@ -2246,7 +2277,7 @@ void EvalState::printStats()
 }
 
 
-string ExternalValueBase::coerceToString(const Pos & pos, PathSet & context, bool copyMore, bool copyToStore) const
+std::string ExternalValueBase::coerceToString(const Pos & pos, PathSet & context, bool copyMore, bool copyToStore) const
 {
     throw TypeError({
         .msg = hintfmt("cannot coerce %1% to a string", showType()),

src/libexpr/eval.hh

@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ public:
         const Pos & pos
     );
 
-    void addToSearchPath(const string & s);
+    void addToSearchPath(const std::string & s);
 
     SearchPath getSearchPath() { return searchPath; }
 
@@ -161,6 +161,9 @@ public:
        the real store path if `store` is a chroot store. */
     void allowPath(const StorePath & storePath);
 
+    /* Allow access to a store path and return it as a string. */
+    void allowAndSetStorePathString(const StorePath & storePath, Value & v);
+
     /* Check whether access to a path is allowed and throw an error if
        not. Otherwise return the canonicalised path. */
     Path checkSourcePath(const Path & path);
@@ -251,7 +254,7 @@ public:
        set with attribute `type = "derivation"'). */
     bool isDerivation(Value & v);
 
-    std::optional<string> tryAttrsToString(const Pos & pos, Value & v,
+    std::optional<std::string> tryAttrsToString(const Pos & pos, Value & v,
         PathSet & context, bool coerceMore = false, bool copyToStore = true);
 
     /* String coercion.  Converts strings, paths and derivations to a
@@ -262,13 +265,16 @@ public:
         bool coerceMore = false, bool copyToStore = true,
         bool canonicalizePath = true);
 
-    string copyPathToStore(PathSet & context, const Path & path);
+    std::string copyPathToStore(PathSet & context, const Path & path);
 
     /* Path coercion.  Converts strings, paths and derivations to a
        path.  The result is guaranteed to be a canonicalised, absolute
        path.  Nothing is copied to the store. */
     Path coerceToPath(const Pos & pos, Value & v, PathSet & context);
 
+    /* Like coerceToPath, but the result must be a store path. */
+    StorePath coerceToStorePath(const Pos & pos, Value & v, PathSet & context);
+
 public:
 
     /* The base environment, containing the builtin functions and
@@ -284,18 +290,18 @@ private:
 
     void createBaseEnv();
 
-    Value * addConstant(const string & name, Value & v);
+    Value * addConstant(const std::string & name, Value & v);
 
-    void addConstant(const string & name, Value * v);
+    void addConstant(const std::string & name, Value * v);
 
-    Value * addPrimOp(const string & name,
+    Value * addPrimOp(const std::string & name,
         size_t arity, PrimOpFun primOp);
 
     Value * addPrimOp(PrimOp && primOp);
 
 public:
 
-    Value & getBuiltin(const string & name);
+    Value & getBuiltin(const std::string & name);
 
     struct Doc
     {
@@ -414,12 +420,12 @@ private:
 
 
 /* Return a string representing the type of the value `v'. */
-string showType(ValueType type);
-string showType(const Value & v);
+std::string_view showType(ValueType type);
+std::string showType(const Value & v);
 
 /* Decode a context string ‘!<name>!<path>’ into a pair <path,
    name>. */
-std::pair<string, string> decodeContext(std::string_view s);
+std::pair<std::string, std::string> decodeContext(std::string_view s);
 
 /* If `path' refers to a directory, then append "/default.nix". */
 Path resolveExprPath(Path path);

src/libexpr/flake/config.cc

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #include "flake.hh"
 #include "globals.hh"
+#include "fetch-settings.hh"
 
 #include <nlohmann/json.hpp>
 
@@ -53,7 +54,7 @@ void ConfigFile::apply()
             auto trustedList = readTrustedList();
 
             bool trusted = false;
-            if (nix::settings.acceptFlakeConfig){
+            if (nix::fetchSettings.acceptFlakeConfig){
                 trusted = true;
             } else if (auto saved = get(get(trustedList, name).value_or(std::map<std::string, bool>()), valueS)) {
                 trusted = *saved;

src/libexpr/flake/flake.cc

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 #include "store-api.hh"
 #include "fetchers.hh"
 #include "finally.hh"
+#include "fetch-settings.hh"
 
 namespace nix {
 
@@ -254,7 +255,7 @@ static Flake getFlake(
         for (auto & setting : *nixConfig->value->attrs) {
             forceTrivialValue(state, *setting.value, *setting.pos);
             if (setting.value->type() == nString)
-                flake.config.settings.insert({setting.name, string(state.forceStringNoCtx(*setting.value, *setting.pos))});
+                flake.config.settings.insert({setting.name, std::string(state.forceStringNoCtx(*setting.value, *setting.pos))});
             else if (setting.value->type() == nPath) {
                 PathSet emptyContext = {};
                 flake.config.settings.emplace(
@@ -315,7 +316,7 @@ LockedFlake lockFlake(
 
     FlakeCache flakeCache;
 
-    auto useRegistries = lockFlags.useRegistries.value_or(settings.useRegistries);
+    auto useRegistries = lockFlags.useRegistries.value_or(fetchSettings.useRegistries);
 
     auto flake = getFlake(state, topRef, useRegistries, flakeCache);
 
@@ -501,7 +502,7 @@ LockedFlake lockFlake(
                            this input. */
                         debug("creating new input '%s'", inputPathS);
 
-                        if (!lockFlags.allowMutable && !input.ref->input.isImmutable())
+                        if (!lockFlags.allowMutable && !input.ref->input.isLocked())
                             throw Error("cannot update flake input '%s' in pure mode", inputPathS);
 
                         if (input.isFlake) {
@@ -591,7 +592,7 @@ LockedFlake lockFlake(
             if (lockFlags.writeLockFile) {
                 if (auto sourcePath = topRef.input.getSourcePath()) {
                     if (!newLockFile.isImmutable()) {
-                        if (settings.warnDirty)
+                        if (fetchSettings.warnDirty)
                             warn("will not write lock file of flake '%s' because it has a mutable input", topRef);
                     } else {
                         if (!lockFlags.updateLockFile)
@@ -618,7 +619,7 @@ LockedFlake lockFlake(
                         if (lockFlags.commitLockFile) {
                             std::string cm;
 
-                            cm = settings.commitLockFileSummary.get();
+                            cm = fetchSettings.commitLockFileSummary.get();
 
                             if (cm == "") {
                                 cm = fmt("%s: %s", relPath, lockFileExists ? "Update" : "Add");
@@ -650,7 +651,7 @@ LockedFlake lockFlake(
                            now. Corner case: we could have reverted from a
                            dirty to a clean tree! */
                         if (flake.lockedRef.input == prevLockedRef.input
-                            && !flake.lockedRef.input.isImmutable())
+                            && !flake.lockedRef.input.isLocked())
                             throw Error("'%s' did not change after I updated its 'flake.lock' file; is 'flake.lock' under version control?", flake.originalRef);
                     }
                 } else
@@ -707,16 +708,16 @@ static void prim_getFlake(EvalState & state, const Pos & pos, Value * * args, Va
 {
     state.requireExperimentalFeatureOnEvaluation(Xp::Flakes, "builtins.getFlake", pos);
 
-    string flakeRefS(state.forceStringNoCtx(*args[0], pos));
+    std::string flakeRefS(state.forceStringNoCtx(*args[0], pos));
     auto flakeRef = parseFlakeRef(flakeRefS, {}, true);
-    if (evalSettings.pureEval && !flakeRef.input.isImmutable())
-        throw Error("cannot call 'getFlake' on mutable flake reference '%s', at %s (use --impure to override)", flakeRefS, pos);
+    if (evalSettings.pureEval && !flakeRef.input.isLocked())
+        throw Error("cannot call 'getFlake' on unlocked flake reference '%s', at %s (use --impure to override)", flakeRefS, pos);
 
     callFlake(state,
         lockFlake(state, flakeRef,
             LockFlags {
                 .updateLockFile = false,
-                .useRegistries = !evalSettings.pureEval && settings.useRegistries,
+                .useRegistries = !evalSettings.pureEval && fetchSettings.useRegistries,
                 .allowMutable  = !evalSettings.pureEval,
             }),
         v);

src/libexpr/flake/flakeref.cc

@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ std::pair<FlakeRef, std::string> parseFlakeRefWithFragment(
     if (std::regex_match(url, match, flakeRegex)) {
         auto parsedURL = ParsedURL{
             .url = url,
-            .base = "flake:" + std::string(match[1]),
+            .base = "flake:" + match.str(1),
             .scheme = "flake",
             .authority = "",
             .path = match[1],
@@ -106,12 +106,12 @@ std::pair<FlakeRef, std::string> parseFlakeRefWithFragment(
 
         return std::make_pair(
             FlakeRef(Input::fromURL(parsedURL), ""),
-            percentDecode(std::string(match[6])));
+            percentDecode(match.str(6)));
     }
 
     else if (std::regex_match(url, match, pathUrlRegex)) {
         std::string path = match[1];
-        std::string fragment = percentDecode(std::string(match[3]));
+        std::string fragment = percentDecode(match.str(3));
 
         if (baseDir) {
             /* Check if 'url' is a path (either absolute or relative

src/libexpr/flake/lockfile.cc

@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ LockedNode::LockedNode(const nlohmann::json & json)
     , originalRef(getFlakeRef(json, "original", nullptr))
     , isFlake(json.find("flake") != json.end() ? (bool) json["flake"] : true)
 {
-    if (!lockedRef.input.isImmutable())
+    if (!lockedRef.input.isLocked())
         throw Error("lockfile contains mutable lock '%s'",
             fetchers::attrsToJSON(lockedRef.input.toAttrs()));
 }
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ bool LockFile::isImmutable() const
     for (auto & i : nodes) {
         if (i == root) continue;
         auto lockedNode = std::dynamic_pointer_cast<const LockedNode>(i);
-        if (lockedNode && !lockedNode->lockedRef.input.isImmutable()) return false;
+        if (lockedNode && !lockedNode->lockedRef.input.isLocked()) return false;
     }
 
     return true;

src/libexpr/get-drvs.cc

@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@
 namespace nix {
 
 
-DrvInfo::DrvInfo(EvalState & state, const string & attrPath, Bindings * attrs)
-    : state(&state), attrs(attrs), attrPath(attrPath)
+DrvInfo::DrvInfo(EvalState & state, std::string attrPath, Bindings * attrs)
+    : state(&state), attrs(attrs), attrPath(std::move(attrPath))
 {
 }
 
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ DrvInfo::DrvInfo(EvalState & state, ref<Store> store, const std::string & drvPat
 {
     auto [drvPath, selectedOutputs] = parsePathWithOutputs(*store, drvPathWithOutputs);
 
-    this->drvPath = store->printStorePath(drvPath);
+    this->drvPath = drvPath;
 
     auto drv = store->derivationFromPath(drvPath);
 
@@ -41,13 +41,11 @@ DrvInfo::DrvInfo(EvalState & state, ref<Store> store, const std::string & drvPat
         throw Error("derivation '%s' does not have output '%s'", store->printStorePath(drvPath), outputName);
     auto & [outputName, output] = *i;
 
-    auto optStorePath = output.path(*store, drv.name, outputName);
-    if (optStorePath)
-        outPath = store->printStorePath(*optStorePath);
+    outPath = {output.path(*store, drv.name, outputName)};
 }
 
 
-string DrvInfo::queryName() const
+std::string DrvInfo::queryName() const
 {
     if (name == "" && attrs) {
         auto i = attrs->find(state->sName);
@@ -58,7 +56,7 @@ string DrvInfo::queryName() const
 }
 
 
-string DrvInfo::querySystem() const
+std::string DrvInfo::querySystem() const
 {
     if (system == "" && attrs) {
         auto i = attrs->find(state->sSystem);
@@ -68,24 +66,35 @@ string DrvInfo::querySystem() const
 }
 
 
-string DrvInfo::queryDrvPath() const
+std::optional<StorePath> DrvInfo::queryDrvPath() const
 {
-    if (drvPath == "" && attrs) {
+    if (!drvPath && attrs) {
         Bindings::iterator i = attrs->find(state->sDrvPath);
         PathSet context;
-        drvPath = i != attrs->end() ? state->coerceToPath(*i->pos, *i->value, context) : "";
+        if (i == attrs->end())
+            drvPath = {std::nullopt};
+        else
+            drvPath = {state->coerceToStorePath(*i->pos, *i->value, context)};
     }
-    return drvPath;
+    return drvPath.value_or(std::nullopt);
 }
 
 
-string DrvInfo::queryOutPath() const
+StorePath DrvInfo::requireDrvPath() const
+{
+    if (auto drvPath = queryDrvPath())
+        return *drvPath;
+    throw Error("derivation does not contain a 'drvPath' attribute");
+}
+
+
+StorePath DrvInfo::queryOutPath() const
 {
     if (!outPath && attrs) {
         Bindings::iterator i = attrs->find(state->sOutPath);
         PathSet context;
         if (i != attrs->end())
-            outPath = state->coerceToPath(*i->pos, *i->value, context);
+            outPath = state->coerceToStorePath(*i->pos, *i->value, context);
     }
     if (!outPath)
         throw UnimplementedError("CA derivations are not yet supported");
@@ -104,7 +113,7 @@ DrvInfo::Outputs DrvInfo::queryOutputs(bool onlyOutputsToInstall)
             /* For each output... */
             for (auto elem : i->value->listItems()) {
                 /* Evaluate the corresponding set. */
-                string name(state->forceStringNoCtx(*elem, *i->pos));
+                std::string name(state->forceStringNoCtx(*elem, *i->pos));
                 Bindings::iterator out = attrs->find(state->symbols.create(name));
                 if (out == attrs->end()) continue; // FIXME: throw error?
                 state->forceAttrs(*out->value, *i->pos);
@@ -113,10 +122,10 @@ DrvInfo::Outputs DrvInfo::queryOutputs(bool onlyOutputsToInstall)
                 Bindings::iterator outPath = out->value->attrs->find(state->sOutPath);
                 if (outPath == out->value->attrs->end()) continue; // FIXME: throw error?
                 PathSet context;
-                outputs[name] = state->coerceToPath(*outPath->pos, *outPath->value, context);
+                outputs.emplace(name, state->coerceToStorePath(*outPath->pos, *outPath->value, context));
             }
         } else
-            outputs["out"] = queryOutPath();
+            outputs.emplace("out", queryOutPath());
     }
     if (!onlyOutputsToInstall || !attrs)
         return outputs;
@@ -138,7 +147,7 @@ DrvInfo::Outputs DrvInfo::queryOutputs(bool onlyOutputsToInstall)
 }
 
 
-string DrvInfo::queryOutputName() const
+std::string DrvInfo::queryOutputName() const
 {
     if (outputName == "" && attrs) {
         Bindings::iterator i = attrs->find(state->sOutputName);
@@ -190,7 +199,7 @@ bool DrvInfo::checkMeta(Value & v)
 }
 
 
-Value * DrvInfo::queryMeta(const string & name)
+Value * DrvInfo::queryMeta(const std::string & name)
 {
     if (!getMeta()) return 0;
     Bindings::iterator a = meta->find(state->symbols.create(name));
@@ -199,7 +208,7 @@ Value * DrvInfo::queryMeta(const string & name)
 }
 
 
-string DrvInfo::queryMetaString(const string & name)
+std::string DrvInfo::queryMetaString(const std::string & name)
 {
     Value * v = queryMeta(name);
     if (!v || v->type() != nString) return "";
@@ -207,7 +216,7 @@ string DrvInfo::queryMetaString(const string & name)
 }
 
 
-NixInt DrvInfo::queryMetaInt(const string & name, NixInt def)
+NixInt DrvInfo::queryMetaInt(const std::string & name, NixInt def)
 {
     Value * v = queryMeta(name);
     if (!v) return def;
@@ -221,7 +230,7 @@ NixInt DrvInfo::queryMetaInt(const string & name, NixInt def)
     return def;
 }
 
-NixFloat DrvInfo::queryMetaFloat(const string & name, NixFloat def)
+NixFloat DrvInfo::queryMetaFloat(const std::string & name, NixFloat def)
 {
     Value * v = queryMeta(name);
     if (!v) return def;
@@ -236,7 +245,7 @@ NixFloat DrvInfo::queryMetaFloat(const string & name, NixFloat def)
 }
 
 
-bool DrvInfo::queryMetaBool(const string & name, bool def)
+bool DrvInfo::queryMetaBool(const std::string & name, bool def)
 {
     Value * v = queryMeta(name);
     if (!v) return def;
@@ -251,7 +260,7 @@ bool DrvInfo::queryMetaBool(const string & name, bool def)
 }
 
 
-void DrvInfo::setMeta(const string & name, Value * v)
+void DrvInfo::setMeta(const std::string & name, Value * v)
 {
     getMeta();
     auto attrs = state->buildBindings(1 + (meta ? meta->size() : 0));
@@ -274,7 +283,7 @@ typedef std::set<Bindings *> Done;
    The result boolean indicates whether it makes sense
    for the caller to recursively search for derivations in `v'. */
 static bool getDerivation(EvalState & state, Value & v,
-    const string & attrPath, DrvInfos & drvs, Done & done,
+    const std::string & attrPath, DrvInfos & drvs, Done & done,
     bool ignoreAssertionFailures)
 {
     try {
@@ -311,7 +320,7 @@ std::optional<DrvInfo> getDerivation(EvalState & state, Value & v,
 }
 
 
-static string addToPath(const string & s1, const string & s2)
+static std::string addToPath(const std::string & s1, const std::string & s2)
 {
     return s1.empty() ? s2 : s1 + "." + s2;
 }
@@ -321,7 +330,7 @@ static std::regex attrRegex("[A-Za-z_][A-Za-z0-9-_+]*");
 
 
 static void getDerivations(EvalState & state, Value & vIn,
-    const string & pathPrefix, Bindings & autoArgs,
+    const std::string & pathPrefix, Bindings & autoArgs,
     DrvInfos & drvs, Done & done,
     bool ignoreAssertionFailures)
 {
@@ -346,7 +355,7 @@ static void getDerivations(EvalState & state, Value & vIn,
             debug("evaluating attribute '%1%'", i->name);
             if (!std::regex_match(std::string(i->name), attrRegex))
                 continue;
-            string pathPrefix2 = addToPath(pathPrefix, i->name);
+            std::string pathPrefix2 = addToPath(pathPrefix, i->name);
             if (combineChannels)
                 getDerivations(state, *i->value, pathPrefix2, autoArgs, drvs, done, ignoreAssertionFailures);
             else if (getDerivation(state, *i->value, pathPrefix2, drvs, done, ignoreAssertionFailures)) {
@@ -364,7 +373,7 @@ static void getDerivations(EvalState & state, Value & vIn,
 
     else if (v.type() == nList) {
         for (auto [n, elem] : enumerate(v.listItems())) {
-            string pathPrefix2 = addToPath(pathPrefix, fmt("%d", n));
+            std::string pathPrefix2 = addToPath(pathPrefix, fmt("%d", n));
             if (getDerivation(state, *elem, pathPrefix2, drvs, done, ignoreAssertionFailures))
                 getDerivations(state, *elem, pathPrefix2, autoArgs, drvs, done, ignoreAssertionFailures);
         }
@@ -374,7 +383,7 @@ static void getDerivations(EvalState & state, Value & vIn,
 }
 
 
-void getDerivations(EvalState & state, Value & v, const string & pathPrefix,
+void getDerivations(EvalState & state, Value & v, const std::string & pathPrefix,
     Bindings & autoArgs, DrvInfos & drvs, bool ignoreAssertionFailures)
 {
     Done done;

src/libexpr/get-drvs.hh

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #pragma once
 
 #include "eval.hh"
+#include "path.hh"
 
 #include <string>
 #include <map>
@@ -12,16 +13,16 @@ namespace nix {
 struct DrvInfo
 {
 public:
-    typedef std::map<string, Path> Outputs;
+    typedef std::map<std::string, StorePath> Outputs;
 
 private:
     EvalState * state;
 
-    mutable string name;
-    mutable string system;
-    mutable string drvPath;
-    mutable std::optional<string> outPath;
-    mutable string outputName;
+    mutable std::string name;
+    mutable std::string system;
+    mutable std::optional<std::optional<StorePath>> drvPath;
+    mutable std::optional<StorePath> outPath;
+    mutable std::string outputName;
     Outputs outputs;
 
     bool failed = false; // set if we get an AssertionError
@@ -33,36 +34,37 @@ private:
     bool checkMeta(Value & v);
 
 public:
-    string attrPath; /* path towards the derivation */
+    std::string attrPath; /* path towards the derivation */
 
     DrvInfo(EvalState & state) : state(&state) { };
-    DrvInfo(EvalState & state, const string & attrPath, Bindings * attrs);
+    DrvInfo(EvalState & state, std::string attrPath, Bindings * attrs);
     DrvInfo(EvalState & state, ref<Store> store, const std::string & drvPathWithOutputs);
 
-    string queryName() const;
-    string querySystem() const;
-    string queryDrvPath() const;
-    string queryOutPath() const;
-    string queryOutputName() const;
+    std::string queryName() const;
+    std::string querySystem() const;
+    std::optional<StorePath> queryDrvPath() const;
+    StorePath requireDrvPath() const;
+    StorePath queryOutPath() const;
+    std::string queryOutputName() const;
     /** Return the list of outputs. The "outputs to install" are determined by `meta.outputsToInstall`. */
     Outputs queryOutputs(bool onlyOutputsToInstall = false);
 
     StringSet queryMetaNames();
-    Value * queryMeta(const string & name);
-    string queryMetaString(const string & name);
-    NixInt queryMetaInt(const string & name, NixInt def);
-    NixFloat queryMetaFloat(const string & name, NixFloat def);
-    bool queryMetaBool(const string & name, bool def);
-    void setMeta(const string & name, Value * v);
+    Value * queryMeta(const std::string & name);
+    std::string queryMetaString(const std::string & name);
+    NixInt queryMetaInt(const std::string & name, NixInt def);
+    NixFloat queryMetaFloat(const std::string & name, NixFloat def);
+    bool queryMetaBool(const std::string & name, bool def);
+    void setMeta(const std::string & name, Value * v);
 
     /*
     MetaInfo queryMetaInfo(EvalState & state) const;
     MetaValue queryMetaInfo(EvalState & state, const string & name) const;
     */
 
-    void setName(const string & s) { name = s; }
-    void setDrvPath(const string & s) { drvPath = s; }
-    void setOutPath(const string & s) { outPath = s; }
+    void setName(const std::string & s) { name = s; }
+    void setDrvPath(StorePath path) { drvPath = {{std::move(path)}}; }
+    void setOutPath(StorePath path) { outPath = {{std::move(path)}}; }
 
     void setFailed() { failed = true; };
     bool hasFailed() { return failed; };
@@ -81,7 +83,7 @@ typedef std::list<DrvInfo> DrvInfos;
 std::optional<DrvInfo> getDerivation(EvalState & state,
     Value & v, bool ignoreAssertionFailures);
 
-void getDerivations(EvalState & state, Value & v, const string & pathPrefix,
+void getDerivations(EvalState & state, Value & v, const std::string & pathPrefix,
     Bindings & autoArgs, DrvInfos & drvs,
     bool ignoreAssertionFailures);
 

src/libexpr/nixexpr.cc

@@ -16,10 +16,10 @@ std::ostream & operator << (std::ostream & str, const Expr & e)
     return str;
 }
 
-static void showString(std::ostream & str, const string & s)
+static void showString(std::ostream & str, std::string_view s)
 {
     str << '"';
-    for (auto c : (string) s)
+    for (auto c : s)
         if (c == '"' || c == '\\' || c == '$') str << "\\" << c;
         else if (c == '\n') str << "\\n";
         else if (c == '\r') str << "\\r";
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ static void showString(std::ostream & str, const string & s)
     str << '"';
 }
 
-static void showId(std::ostream & str, const string & s)
+static void showId(std::ostream & str, std::string_view s)
 {
     if (s.empty())
         str << "\"\"";
@@ -103,11 +103,18 @@ void ExprAttrs::show(std::ostream & str) const
 {
     if (recursive) str << "rec ";
     str << "{ ";
-    for (auto & i : attrs)
-        if (i.second.inherited)
-            str << "inherit " << i.first << " " << "; ";
+    typedef const decltype(attrs)::value_type * Attr;
+    std::vector<Attr> sorted;
+    for (auto & i : attrs) sorted.push_back(&i);
+        std::sort(sorted.begin(), sorted.end(), [](Attr a, Attr b) {
+            return (const std::string &) a->first < (const std::string &) b->first;
+        });
+    for (auto & i : sorted) {
+        if (i->second.inherited)
+            str << "inherit " << i->first << " " << "; ";
         else
-            str << i.first << " = " << *i.second.e << "; ";
+            str << i->first << " = " << *i->second.e << "; ";
+    }
     for (auto & i : dynamicAttrs)
         str << "\"${" << *i.nameExpr << "}\" = " << *i.valueExpr << "; ";
     str << "}";
@@ -211,7 +218,7 @@ std::ostream & operator << (std::ostream & str, const Pos & pos)
         auto f = format(ANSI_BOLD "%1%" ANSI_NORMAL ":%2%:%3%");
         switch (pos.origin) {
             case foFile:
-                f % (string) pos.file;
+                f % (const std::string &) pos.file;
                 break;
             case foStdin:
             case foString:
@@ -227,7 +234,7 @@ std::ostream & operator << (std::ostream & str, const Pos & pos)
 }
 
 
-string showAttrPath(const AttrPath & attrPath)
+std::string showAttrPath(const AttrPath & attrPath)
 {
     std::ostringstream out;
     bool first = true;
@@ -461,9 +468,9 @@ void ExprLambda::setName(Symbol & name)
 }
 
 
-string ExprLambda::showNamePos() const
+std::string ExprLambda::showNamePos() const
 {
-    return (format("%1% at %2%") % (name.set() ? "'" + (string) name + "'" : "anonymous function") % pos).str();
+    return fmt("%1% at %2%", name.set() ? "'" + (std::string) name + "'" : "anonymous function", pos);
 }
 
 

src/libexpr/nixexpr.hh

@@ -26,18 +26,21 @@ struct Pos
     FileOrigin origin;
     Symbol file;
     unsigned int line, column;
-    Pos() : origin(foString), line(0), column(0) { };
+
+    Pos() : origin(foString), line(0), column(0) { }
     Pos(FileOrigin origin, const Symbol & file, unsigned int line, unsigned int column)
-        : origin(origin), file(file), line(line), column(column) { };
+        : origin(origin), file(file), line(line), column(column) { }
+
     operator bool() const
     {
         return line != 0;
     }
+
     bool operator < (const Pos & p2) const
     {
         if (!line) return p2.line;
         if (!p2.line) return false;
-        int d = ((string) file).compare((string) p2.file);
+        int d = ((const std::string &) file).compare((const std::string &) p2.file);
         if (d < 0) return true;
         if (d > 0) return false;
         if (line < p2.line) return true;
@@ -68,7 +71,7 @@ struct AttrName
 
 typedef std::vector<AttrName> AttrPath;
 
-string showAttrPath(const AttrPath & attrPath);
+std::string showAttrPath(const AttrPath & attrPath);
 
 
 /* Abstract syntax of Nix expressions. */
@@ -110,7 +113,7 @@ struct ExprFloat : Expr
 
 struct ExprString : Expr
 {
-    string s;
+    std::string s;
     Value v;
     ExprString(std::string s) : s(std::move(s)) { v.mkString(this->s.data()); };
     COMMON_METHODS
@@ -119,9 +122,9 @@ struct ExprString : Expr
 
 struct ExprPath : Expr
 {
-    string s;
+    std::string s;
     Value v;
-    ExprPath(const string & s) : s(s) { v.mkPath(this->s.c_str()); };
+    ExprPath(std::string s) : s(std::move(s)) { v.mkPath(this->s.c_str()); };
     COMMON_METHODS
     Value * maybeThunk(EvalState & state, Env & env);
 };
@@ -249,7 +252,7 @@ struct ExprLambda : Expr
     {
     };
     void setName(Symbol & name);
-    string showNamePos() const;
+    std::string showNamePos() const;
     inline bool hasFormals() const { return formals != nullptr; }
     COMMON_METHODS
 };

src/libexpr/parser.y

@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ static Expr * stripIndentation(const Pos & pos, SymbolTable & symbols,
         es2->emplace_back(i->first, e);
     };
     const auto trimString = [&] (const StringToken & t) {
-        string s2;
+        std::string s2;
         for (size_t j = 0; j < t.l; ++j) {
             if (atStartOfLine) {
                 if (t.p[j] == ' ') {
@@ -268,9 +268,9 @@ static Expr * stripIndentation(const Pos & pos, SymbolTable & symbols,
         /* Remove the last line if it is empty and consists only of
            spaces. */
         if (n == 1) {
-            string::size_type p = s2.find_last_of('\n');
-            if (p != string::npos && s2.find_first_not_of(' ', p + 1) == string::npos)
-                s2 = string(s2, 0, p + 1);
+            std::string::size_type p = s2.find_last_of('\n');
+            if (p != std::string::npos && s2.find_first_not_of(' ', p + 1) == std::string::npos)
+                s2 = std::string(s2, 0, p + 1);
         }
 
         es2->emplace_back(i->first, new ExprString(s2));
@@ -466,7 +466,7 @@ expr_simple
       $$ = new ExprConcatStrings(CUR_POS, false, $2);
   }
   | SPATH {
-      string path($1.p + 1, $1.l - 2);
+      std::string path($1.p + 1, $1.l - 2);
       $$ = new ExprCall(CUR_POS,
           new ExprVar(data->symbols.create("__findFile")),
           {new ExprVar(data->symbols.create("__nixPath")),
@@ -479,7 +479,7 @@ expr_simple
               .msg = hintfmt("URL literals are disabled"),
               .errPos = CUR_POS
           });
-      $$ = new ExprString(string($1));
+      $$ = new ExprString(std::string($1));
   }
   | '(' expr ')' { $$ = $2; }
   /* Let expressions `let {..., body = ...}' are just desugared
@@ -494,19 +494,19 @@ expr_simple
   ;
 
 string_parts
-  : STR { $$ = new ExprString(string($1)); }
+  : STR { $$ = new ExprString(std::string($1)); }
   | string_parts_interpolated { $$ = new ExprConcatStrings(CUR_POS, true, $1); }
   | { $$ = new ExprString(""); }
   ;
 
 string_parts_interpolated
   : string_parts_interpolated STR
-  { $$ = $1; $1->emplace_back(makeCurPos(@2, data), new ExprString(string($2))); }
+  { $$ = $1; $1->emplace_back(makeCurPos(@2, data), new ExprString(std::string($2))); }
   | string_parts_interpolated DOLLAR_CURLY expr '}' { $$ = $1; $1->emplace_back(makeCurPos(@2, data), $3); }
   | DOLLAR_CURLY expr '}' { $$ = new std::vector<std::pair<Pos, Expr *> >; $$->emplace_back(makeCurPos(@1, data), $2); }
   | STR DOLLAR_CURLY expr '}' {
       $$ = new std::vector<std::pair<Pos, Expr *> >;
-      $$->emplace_back(makeCurPos(@1, data), new ExprString(string($1)));
+      $$->emplace_back(makeCurPos(@1, data), new ExprString(std::string($1)));
       $$->emplace_back(makeCurPos(@2, data), $3);
     }
   ;
@@ -520,7 +520,7 @@ path_start
     $$ = new ExprPath(path);
   }
   | HPATH {
-    Path path(getHome() + string($1.p + 1, $1.l - 1));
+    Path path(getHome() + std::string($1.p + 1, $1.l - 1));
     $$ = new ExprPath(path);
   }
   ;
@@ -738,16 +738,16 @@ Expr * EvalState::parseStdin()
 }
 
 
-void EvalState::addToSearchPath(const string & s)
+void EvalState::addToSearchPath(const std::string & s)
 {
     size_t pos = s.find('=');
-    string prefix;
+    std::string prefix;
     Path path;
-    if (pos == string::npos) {
+    if (pos == std::string::npos) {
         path = s;
     } else {
-        prefix = string(s, 0, pos);
-        path = string(s, pos + 1);
+        prefix = std::string(s, 0, pos);
+        path = std::string(s, pos + 1);
     }
 
     searchPath.emplace_back(prefix, path);

src/libexpr/primops.cc

@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ static void mkOutputString(
     BindingsBuilder & attrs,
     const StorePath & drvPath,
     const BasicDerivation & drv,
-    const std::pair<string, DerivationOutput> & o)
+    const std::pair<std::string, DerivationOutput> & o)
 {
     auto optOutputPath = o.second.path(*state.store, drv.name, o.first);
     attrs.alloc(o.first).mkString(
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ void prim_importNative(EvalState & state, const Pos & pos, Value * * args, Value
 {
     auto path = realisePath(state, pos, *args[0]);
 
-    string sym(state.forceStringNoCtx(*args[1], pos));
+    std::string sym(state.forceStringNoCtx(*args[1], pos));
 
     void *handle = dlopen(path.c_str(), RTLD_LAZY | RTLD_LOCAL);
     if (!handle)
@@ -386,7 +386,7 @@ void prim_exec(EvalState & state, const Pos & pos, Value * * args, Value & v)
 static void prim_typeOf(EvalState & state, const Pos & pos, Value * * args, Value & v)
 {
     state.forceValue(*args[0], pos);
-    string t;
+    std::string t;
     switch (args[0]->type()) {
         case nInt: t = "int"; break;
         case nBool: t = "bool"; break;
@@ -707,7 +707,7 @@ static RegisterPrimOp primop_abort({
     .fun = [](EvalState & state, const Pos & pos, Value * * args, Value & v)
     {
         PathSet context;
-        string s = state.coerceToString(pos, *args[0], context).toOwned();
+        auto s = state.coerceToString(pos, *args[0], context).toOwned();
         throw Abort("evaluation aborted with the following error message: '%1%'", s);
     }
 });
@@ -725,7 +725,7 @@ static RegisterPrimOp primop_throw({
     .fun = [](EvalState & state, const Pos & pos, Value * * args, Value & v)
     {
       PathSet context;
-      string s = state.coerceToString(pos, *args[0], context).toOwned();
+      auto s = state.coerceToString(pos, *args[0], context).toOwned();
       throw ThrownError(s);
     }
 });
@@ -826,7 +826,7 @@ static RegisterPrimOp primop_tryEval({
 /* Return an environment variable.  Use with care. */
 static void prim_getEnv(EvalState & state, const Pos & pos, Value * * args, Value & v)
 {
-    string name(state.forceStringNoCtx(*args[0], pos));
+    std::string name(state.forceStringNoCtx(*args[0], pos));
     v.mkString(evalSettings.restrictEval || evalSettings.pureEval ? "" : getEnv(name).value_or(""));
 }
 
@@ -935,7 +935,7 @@ static void prim_derivationStrict(EvalState & state, const Pos & pos, Value * *
         pos
     );
 
-    string drvName;
+    std::string drvName;
     Pos & posDrvName(*attr->pos);
     try {
         drvName = state.forceStringNoCtx(*attr->value, pos);
@@ -973,7 +973,7 @@ static void prim_derivationStrict(EvalState & state, const Pos & pos, Value * *
 
     for (auto & i : args[0]->attrs->lexicographicOrder()) {
         if (i->name == state.sIgnoreNulls) continue;
-        const string & key = i->name;
+        const std::string & key = i->name;
         vomit("processing attribute '%1%'", key);
 
         auto handleHashMode = [&](const std::string_view s) {
@@ -1031,7 +1031,7 @@ static void prim_derivationStrict(EvalState & state, const Pos & pos, Value * *
             else if (i->name == state.sArgs) {
                 state.forceList(*i->value, pos);
                 for (auto elem : i->value->listItems()) {
-                    string s = state.coerceToString(posDrvName, *elem, context, true).toOwned();
+                    auto s = state.coerceToString(posDrvName, *elem, context, true).toOwned();
                     drv.args.push_back(s);
                 }
             }
@@ -1118,7 +1118,7 @@ static void prim_derivationStrict(EvalState & state, const Pos & pos, Value * *
 
         /* Handle derivation outputs of the form ‘!<name>!<path>’. */
         else if (path.at(0) == '!') {
-            std::pair<string, string> ctx = decodeContext(path);
+            auto ctx = decodeContext(path);
             drv.inputDrvs[state.store->parseStorePath(ctx.first)].insert(ctx.second);
         }
 
@@ -1440,8 +1440,8 @@ static RegisterPrimOp primop_dirOf({
 static void prim_readFile(EvalState & state, const Pos & pos, Value * * args, Value & v)
 {
     auto path = realisePath(state, pos, *args[0]);
-    string s = readFile(path);
-    if (s.find((char) 0) != string::npos)
+    auto s = readFile(path);
+    if (s.find((char) 0) != std::string::npos)
         throw Error("the contents of the file '%1%' cannot be represented as a Nix string", path);
     StorePathSet refs;
     if (state.store->isInStore(path)) {
@@ -1474,7 +1474,7 @@ static void prim_findFile(EvalState & state, const Pos & pos, Value * * args, Va
     for (auto v2 : args[0]->listItems()) {
         state.forceAttrs(*v2, pos);
 
-        string prefix;
+        std::string prefix;
         Bindings::iterator i = v2->attrs->find(state.sPrefix);
         if (i != v2->attrs->end())
             prefix = state.forceStringNoCtx(*i->value, pos);
@@ -1488,7 +1488,7 @@ static void prim_findFile(EvalState & state, const Pos & pos, Value * * args, Va
         );
 
         PathSet context;
-        string path = state.coerceToString(pos, *i->value, context, false, false).toOwned();
+        auto path = state.coerceToString(pos, *i->value, context, false, false).toOwned();
 
         try {
             auto rewrites = state.realiseContext(context);
@@ -1754,8 +1754,8 @@ static RegisterPrimOp primop_fromJSON({
 static void prim_toFile(EvalState & state, const Pos & pos, Value * * args, Value & v)
 {
     PathSet context;
-    string name(state.forceStringNoCtx(*args[0], pos));
-    string contents(state.forceString(*args[1], context, pos));
+    std::string name(state.forceStringNoCtx(*args[0], pos));
+    std::string contents(state.forceString(*args[1], context, pos));
 
     StorePathSet refs;
 
@@ -1863,7 +1863,7 @@ static RegisterPrimOp primop_toFile({
 static void addPath(
     EvalState & state,
     const Pos & pos,
-    const string & name,
+    const std::string & name,
     Path path,
     Value * filterFun,
     FileIngestionMethod method,
@@ -1919,20 +1919,15 @@ static void addPath(
         if (expectedHash)
             expectedStorePath = state.store->makeFixedOutputPath(method, *expectedHash, name);
 
-        Path dstPath;
         if (!expectedHash || !state.store->isValidPath(*expectedStorePath)) {
-            dstPath = state.store->printStorePath(settings.readOnlyMode
+            StorePath dstPath = settings.readOnlyMode
                 ? state.store->computeStorePathForPath(name, path, method, htSHA256, filter).first
-                : state.store->addToStore(name, path, method, htSHA256, filter, state.repair, refs));
-            if (expectedHash && expectedStorePath != state.store->parseStorePath(dstPath))
+                : state.store->addToStore(name, path, method, htSHA256, filter, state.repair, refs);
+            if (expectedHash && expectedStorePath != dstPath)
                 throw Error("store path mismatch in (possibly filtered) path added from '%s'", path);
+            state.allowAndSetStorePathString(dstPath, v);
         } else
-            dstPath = state.store->printStorePath(*expectedStorePath);
-
-        v.mkString(dstPath, {dstPath});
-
-        state.allowPath(dstPath);
-
+            state.allowAndSetStorePathString(*expectedStorePath, v);
     } catch (Error & e) {
         e.addTrace(pos, "while adding path '%s'", path);
         throw;
@@ -2016,14 +2011,14 @@ static void prim_path(EvalState & state, const Pos & pos, Value * * args, Value
 {
     state.forceAttrs(*args[0], pos);
     Path path;
-    string name;
+    std::string name;
     Value * filterFun = nullptr;
     auto method = FileIngestionMethod::Recursive;
     std::optional<Hash> expectedHash;
     PathSet context;
 
     for (auto & attr : *args[0]->attrs) {
-        const string & n(attr.name);
+        auto & n(attr.name);
         if (n == "path")
             path = state.coerceToPath(*attr.pos, *attr.value, context);
         else if (attr.name == state.sName)
@@ -3616,7 +3611,7 @@ static void prim_concatStringsSep(EvalState & state, const Pos & pos, Value * *
     auto sep = state.forceString(*args[0], context, pos);
     state.forceList(*args[1], pos);
 
-    string res;
+    std::string res;
     res.reserve((args[1]->listSize() + 32) * sep.size());
     bool first = true;
 
@@ -3649,12 +3644,12 @@ static void prim_replaceStrings(EvalState & state, const Pos & pos, Value * * ar
             .errPos = pos
         });
 
-    std::vector<string> from;
+    std::vector<std::string> from;
     from.reserve(args[0]->listSize());
     for (auto elem : args[0]->listItems())
         from.emplace_back(state.forceString(*elem, pos));
 
-    std::vector<std::pair<string, PathSet>> to;
+    std::vector<std::pair<std::string, PathSet>> to;
     to.reserve(args[1]->listSize());
     for (auto elem : args[1]->listItems()) {
         PathSet ctx;
@@ -3665,7 +3660,7 @@ static void prim_replaceStrings(EvalState & state, const Pos & pos, Value * * ar
     PathSet context;
     auto s = state.forceString(*args[2], context, pos);
 
-    string res;
+    std::string res;
     // Loops one past last character to handle the case where 'from' contains an empty string.
     for (size_t p = 0; p <= s.size(); ) {
         bool found = false;

src/libexpr/primops/context.cc

@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ static void prim_unsafeDiscardOutputDependency(EvalState & state, const Pos & po
 
     PathSet context2;
     for (auto & p : context)
-        context2.insert(p.at(0) == '=' ? string(p, 1) : p);
+        context2.insert(p.at(0) == '=' ? std::string(p, 1) : p);
 
     v.mkString(*s, context2);
 }
@@ -76,13 +76,13 @@ static void prim_getContext(EvalState & state, const Pos & pos, Value * * args,
     auto contextInfos = std::map<Path, ContextInfo>();
     for (const auto & p : context) {
         Path drv;
-        string output;
+        std::string output;
         const Path * path = &p;
         if (p.at(0) == '=') {
-            drv = string(p, 1);
+            drv = std::string(p, 1);
             path = &drv;
         } else if (p.at(0) == '!') {
-            std::pair<string, string> ctx = decodeContext(p);
+            std::pair<std::string, std::string> ctx = decodeContext(p);
             drv = ctx.first;
             output = ctx.second;
             path = &drv;
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ static void prim_appendContext(EvalState & state, const Pos & pos, Value * * arg
                         .errPos = *i.pos
                     });
                 }
-                context.insert("=" + string(i.name));
+                context.insert("=" + std::string(i.name));
             }
         }
 

src/libexpr/primops/fetchMercurial.cc

@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ static void prim_fetchMercurial(EvalState & state, const Pos & pos, Value * * ar
     fetchers::Attrs attrs;
     attrs.insert_or_assign("type", "hg");
     attrs.insert_or_assign("url", url.find("://") != std::string::npos ? url : "file://" + url);
-    attrs.insert_or_assign("name", string(name));
+    attrs.insert_or_assign("name", std::string(name));
     if (ref) attrs.insert_or_assign("ref", *ref);
     if (rev) attrs.insert_or_assign("rev", rev->gitRev());
     auto input = fetchers::Input::fromAttrs(std::move(attrs));

src/libexpr/primops/fetchTree.cc

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ void emitTreeAttrs(
     bool emptyRevFallback,
     bool forceDirty)
 {
-    assert(input.isImmutable());
+    assert(input.isLocked());
 
     auto attrs = state.buildBindings(8);
 
@@ -166,8 +166,8 @@ static void fetchTree(
     if (!evalSettings.pureEval && !input.isDirect())
         input = lookupInRegistries(state.store, input).first;
 
-    if (evalSettings.pureEval && !input.isImmutable())
-        throw Error("in pure evaluation mode, 'fetchTree' requires an immutable input, at %s", pos);
+    if (evalSettings.pureEval && !input.isLocked())
+        throw Error("in pure evaluation mode, 'fetchTree' requires a locked input, at %s", pos);
 
     auto [tree, input2] = input.fetch(state.store);
 
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ static void prim_fetchTree(EvalState & state, const Pos & pos, Value * * args, V
 static RegisterPrimOp primop_fetchTree("fetchTree", 1, prim_fetchTree);
 
 static void fetch(EvalState & state, const Pos & pos, Value * * args, Value & v,
-    const string & who, bool unpack, std::string name)
+    const std::string & who, bool unpack, std::string name)
 {
     std::optional<std::string> url;
     std::optional<Hash> expectedHash;
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ static void fetch(EvalState & state, const Pos & pos, Value * * args, Value & v,
         state.forceAttrs(*args[0], pos);
 
         for (auto & attr : *args[0]->attrs) {
-            string n(attr.name);
+            std::string n(attr.name);
             if (n == "url")
                 url = state.forceStringNoCtx(*attr.value, *attr.pos);
             else if (n == "sha256")
@@ -230,6 +230,21 @@ static void fetch(EvalState & state, const Pos & pos, Value * * args, Value & v,
     if (evalSettings.pureEval && !expectedHash)
         throw Error("in pure evaluation mode, '%s' requires a 'sha256' argument", who);
 
+    // early exit if pinned and already in the store
+    if (expectedHash && expectedHash->type == htSHA256) {
+        auto expectedPath =
+            unpack
+            ? state.store->makeFixedOutputPath(FileIngestionMethod::Recursive, *expectedHash, name, {})
+            : state.store->makeFixedOutputPath(FileIngestionMethod::Flat, *expectedHash, name, {});
+
+        if (state.store->isValidPath(expectedPath)) {
+            state.allowAndSetStorePathString(expectedPath, v);
+            return;
+        }
+    }
+
+    // TODO: fetching may fail, yet the path may be substitutable.
+    //       https://github.com/NixOS/nix/issues/4313
     auto storePath =
         unpack
         ? fetchers::downloadTarball(state.store, *url, name, (bool) expectedHash).first.storePath
@@ -244,10 +259,7 @@ static void fetch(EvalState & state, const Pos & pos, Value * * args, Value & v,
                 *url, expectedHash->to_string(Base32, true), hash.to_string(Base32, true));
     }
 
-    state.allowPath(storePath);
-
-    auto path = state.store->printStorePath(storePath);
-    v.mkString(path, PathSet({path}));
+    state.allowAndSetStorePathString(storePath, v);
 }
 
 static void prim_fetchurl(EvalState & state, const Pos & pos, Value * * args, Value & v)

src/libexpr/primops/fromTOML.cc

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ static void prim_fromTOML(EvalState & state, const Pos & pos, Value * * args, Va
 {
     auto toml = state.forceStringNoCtx(*args[0], pos);
 
-    std::istringstream tomlStream(string{toml});
+    std::istringstream tomlStream(std::string{toml});
 
     std::function<void(Value &, toml::value)> visit;
 

src/libexpr/value-to-xml.cc

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 namespace nix {
 
 
-static XMLAttrs singletonAttrs(const string & name, const string & value)
+static XMLAttrs singletonAttrs(const std::string & name, const std::string & value)
 {
     XMLAttrs attrs;
     attrs[name] = value;

src/libexpr/value.hh

@@ -114,8 +114,8 @@ struct Value
 private:
     InternalType internalType;
 
-friend std::string showType(const Value & v);
-friend void printValue(std::ostream & str, std::set<const Value *> & active, const Value & v);
+    friend std::string showType(const Value & v);
+    friend void printValue(std::ostream & str, std::set<const void *> & seen, const Value & v);
 
 public:
 

src/libfetchers/cache.cc

@@ -52,13 +52,13 @@ struct CacheImpl : Cache
         const Attrs & inAttrs,
         const Attrs & infoAttrs,
         const StorePath & storePath,
-        bool immutable) override
+        bool locked) override
     {
         _state.lock()->add.use()
             (attrsToJSON(inAttrs).dump())
             (attrsToJSON(infoAttrs).dump())
             (store->printStorePath(storePath))
-            (immutable)
+            (locked)
             (time(0)).exec();
     }
 
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ struct CacheImpl : Cache
 
         auto infoJSON = stmt.getStr(0);
         auto storePath = store->parseStorePath(stmt.getStr(1));
-        auto immutable = stmt.getInt(2) != 0;
+        auto locked = stmt.getInt(2) != 0;
         auto timestamp = stmt.getInt(3);
 
         store->addTempRoot(storePath);
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ struct CacheImpl : Cache
             inAttrsJSON, infoJSON, store->printStorePath(storePath));
 
         return Result {
-            .expired = !immutable && (settings.tarballTtl.get() == 0 || timestamp + settings.tarballTtl < time(0)),
+            .expired = !locked && (settings.tarballTtl.get() == 0 || timestamp + settings.tarballTtl < time(0)),
             .infoAttrs = jsonToAttrs(nlohmann::json::parse(infoJSON)),
             .storePath = std::move(storePath)
         };

src/libfetchers/cache.hh

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ struct Cache
         const Attrs & inAttrs,
         const Attrs & infoAttrs,
         const StorePath & storePath,
-        bool immutable) = 0;
+        bool locked) = 0;
 
     virtual std::optional<std::pair<Attrs, StorePath>> lookup(
         ref<Store> store,

src/libfetchers/fetch-settings.cc

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#include "fetch-settings.hh"
+
+namespace nix {
+
+FetchSettings::FetchSettings()
+{
+}
+
+FetchSettings fetchSettings;
+
+static GlobalConfig::Register rFetchSettings(&fetchSettings);
+
+}

src/libfetchers/fetch-settings.hh

@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include "types.hh"
+#include "config.hh"
+#include "util.hh"
+
+#include <map>
+#include <limits>
+
+#include <sys/types.h>
+
+namespace nix {
+
+struct FetchSettings : public Config
+{
+    FetchSettings();
+
+    Setting<StringMap> accessTokens{this, {}, "access-tokens",
+        R"(
+          Access tokens used to access protected GitHub, GitLab, or
+          other locations requiring token-based authentication.
+
+          Access tokens are specified as a string made up of
+          space-separated `host=token` values.  The specific token
+          used is selected by matching the `host` portion against the
+          "host" specification of the input. The actual use of the
+          `token` value is determined by the type of resource being
+          accessed:
+
+          * Github: the token value is the OAUTH-TOKEN string obtained
+            as the Personal Access Token from the Github server (see
+            https://docs.github.com/en/developers/apps/building-oauth-apps/authorizing-oauth-apps).
+
+          * Gitlab: the token value is either the OAuth2 token or the
+            Personal Access Token (these are different types tokens
+            for gitlab, see
+            https://docs.gitlab.com/12.10/ee/api/README.html#authentication).
+            The `token` value should be `type:tokenstring` where
+            `type` is either `OAuth2` or `PAT` to indicate which type
+            of token is being specified.
+
+          Example `~/.config/nix/nix.conf`:
+
+          ```
+          access-tokens = github.com=23ac...b289 gitlab.mycompany.com=PAT:A123Bp_Cd..EfG gitlab.com=OAuth2:1jklw3jk
+          ```
+
+          Example `~/code/flake.nix`:
+
+          ```nix
+          input.foo = {
+            type = "gitlab";
+            host = "gitlab.mycompany.com";
+            owner = "mycompany";
+            repo = "pro";
+          };
+          ```
+
+          This example specifies three tokens, one each for accessing
+          github.com, gitlab.mycompany.com, and sourceforge.net.
+
+          The `input.foo` uses the "gitlab" fetcher, which might
+          requires specifying the token type along with the token
+          value.
+          )"};
+
+    Setting<bool> allowDirty{this, true, "allow-dirty",
+        "Whether to allow dirty Git/Mercurial trees."};
+
+    Setting<bool> warnDirty{this, true, "warn-dirty",
+        "Whether to warn about dirty Git/Mercurial trees."};
+
+    Setting<std::string> flakeRegistry{this, "https://github.com/NixOS/flake-registry/raw/master/flake-registry.json", "flake-registry",
+        "Path or URI of the global flake registry."};
+
+    Setting<bool> useRegistries{this, true, "use-registries",
+        "Whether to use flake registries to resolve flake references."};
+
+    Setting<bool> acceptFlakeConfig{this, false, "accept-flake-config",
+        "Whether to accept nix configuration from a flake without prompting."};
+
+    Setting<std::string> commitLockFileSummary{
+        this, "", "commit-lockfile-summary",
+        R"(
+          The commit summary to use when committing changed flake lock files. If
+          empty, the summary is generated based on the action performed.
+        )"};
+};
+
+// FIXME: don't use a global variable.
+extern FetchSettings fetchSettings;
+
+}

src/libfetchers/fetchers.cc

@@ -24,11 +24,11 @@ static void fixupInput(Input & input)
     input.getType();
     input.getRef();
     if (input.getRev())
-        input.immutable = true;
+        input.locked = true;
     input.getRevCount();
     input.getLastModified();
     if (input.getNarHash())
-        input.immutable = true;
+        input.locked = true;
 }
 
 Input Input::fromURL(const ParsedURL & url)
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ std::pair<Tree, Input> Input::fetch(ref<Store> store) const
                 input.to_string(), *prevRevCount);
     }
 
-    input.immutable = true;
+    input.locked = true;
 
     assert(input.hasAllInfo());
 
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ StorePath Input::computeStorePath(Store & store) const
 {
     auto narHash = getNarHash();
     if (!narHash)
-        throw Error("cannot compute store path for mutable input '%s'", to_string());
+        throw Error("cannot compute store path for unlocked input '%s'", to_string());
     return store.makeFixedOutputPath(FileIngestionMethod::Recursive, *narHash, getName());
 }
 

src/libfetchers/fetchers.hh

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ struct Input
 
     std::shared_ptr<InputScheme> scheme; // note: can be null
     Attrs attrs;
-    bool immutable = false;
+    bool locked = false;
     bool direct = true;
 
     /* path of the parent of this input, used for relative path resolution */
@@ -59,9 +59,9 @@ public:
        one that goes through a registry. */
     bool isDirect() const { return direct; }
 
-    /* Check whether this is an "immutable" input, that is,
+    /* Check whether this is a "locked" input, that is,
        one that contains a commit hash or content hash. */
-    bool isImmutable() const { return immutable; }
+    bool isLocked() const { return locked; }
 
     bool hasAllInfo() const;
 
@@ -69,6 +69,8 @@ public:
 
     bool contains(const Input & other) const;
 
+    /* Fetch the input into the Nix store, returning the location in
+       the Nix store and the locked input. */
     std::pair<Tree, Input> fetch(ref<Store> store) const;
 
     Input applyOverrides(
@@ -146,14 +148,14 @@ DownloadFileResult downloadFile(
     ref<Store> store,
     const std::string & url,
     const std::string & name,
-    bool immutable,
+    bool locked,
     const Headers & headers = {});
 
 std::pair<Tree, time_t> downloadTarball(
     ref<Store> store,
     const std::string & url,
     const std::string & name,
-    bool immutable,
+    bool locked,
     const Headers & headers = {});
 
 }

src/libfetchers/git.cc

@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 #include "url-parts.hh"
 #include "pathlocks.hh"
 
+#include "fetch-settings.hh"
+
 #include <sys/time.h>
 #include <sys/wait.h>
 
@@ -187,7 +189,7 @@ struct GitInputScheme : InputScheme
         if (submodules) cacheType += "-submodules";
         if (allRefs) cacheType += "-all-refs";
 
-        auto getImmutableAttrs = [&]()
+        auto getLockedAttrs = [&]()
         {
             return Attrs({
                 {"type", cacheType},
@@ -208,7 +210,7 @@ struct GitInputScheme : InputScheme
         };
 
         if (input.getRev()) {
-            if (auto res = getCache()->lookup(store, getImmutableAttrs()))
+            if (auto res = getCache()->lookup(store, getLockedAttrs()))
                 return makeResult(res->first, std::move(res->second));
         }
 
@@ -246,10 +248,10 @@ struct GitInputScheme : InputScheme
 
                 /* This is an unclean working tree. So copy all tracked files. */
 
-                if (!settings.allowDirty)
+                if (!fetchSettings.allowDirty)
                     throw Error("Git tree '%s' is dirty", actualUrl);
 
-                if (settings.warnDirty)
+                if (fetchSettings.warnDirty)
                     warn("Git tree '%s' is dirty", actualUrl);
 
                 auto gitOpts = Strings({ "-C", actualUrl, "ls-files", "-z" });
@@ -288,7 +290,7 @@ struct GitInputScheme : InputScheme
 
         if (!input.getRef()) input.attrs.insert_or_assign("ref", isLocal ? readHead(actualUrl) : "master");
 
-        Attrs mutableAttrs({
+        Attrs unlockedAttrs({
             {"type", cacheType},
             {"name", name},
             {"url", actualUrl},
@@ -307,7 +309,7 @@ struct GitInputScheme : InputScheme
 
         } else {
 
-            if (auto res = getCache()->lookup(store, mutableAttrs)) {
+            if (auto res = getCache()->lookup(store, unlockedAttrs)) {
                 auto rev2 = Hash::parseAny(getStrAttr(res->first, "rev"), htSHA1);
                 if (!input.getRev() || input.getRev() == rev2) {
                     input.attrs.insert_or_assign("rev", rev2.gitRev());
@@ -404,7 +406,7 @@ struct GitInputScheme : InputScheme
 
         /* Now that we know the ref, check again whether we have it in
            the store. */
-        if (auto res = getCache()->lookup(store, getImmutableAttrs()))
+        if (auto res = getCache()->lookup(store, getLockedAttrs()))
             return makeResult(res->first, std::move(res->second));
 
         Path tmpDir = createTempDir();
@@ -476,14 +478,14 @@ struct GitInputScheme : InputScheme
         if (!_input.getRev())
             getCache()->add(
                 store,
-                mutableAttrs,
+                unlockedAttrs,
                 infoAttrs,
                 storePath,
                 false);
 
         getCache()->add(
             store,
-            getImmutableAttrs(),
+            getLockedAttrs(),
             infoAttrs,
             storePath,
             true);

src/libfetchers/github.cc

@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 #include "filetransfer.hh"
 #include "cache.hh"
-#include "fetchers.hh"
 #include "globals.hh"
 #include "store-api.hh"
 #include "types.hh"
 #include "url-parts.hh"
 
+#include "fetchers.hh"
+#include "fetch-settings.hh"
+
 #include <optional>
 #include <nlohmann/json.hpp>
 #include <fstream>
@@ -157,7 +159,7 @@ struct GitArchiveInputScheme : InputScheme
 
     std::optional<std::string> getAccessToken(const std::string & host) const
     {
-        auto tokens = settings.accessTokens.get();
+        auto tokens = fetchSettings.accessTokens.get();
         if (auto token = get(tokens, host))
             return *token;
         return {};
@@ -193,12 +195,12 @@ struct GitArchiveInputScheme : InputScheme
         input.attrs.erase("ref");
         input.attrs.insert_or_assign("rev", rev->gitRev());
 
-        Attrs immutableAttrs({
+        Attrs lockedAttrs({
             {"type", "git-tarball"},
             {"rev", rev->gitRev()},
         });
 
-        if (auto res = getCache()->lookup(store, immutableAttrs)) {
+        if (auto res = getCache()->lookup(store, lockedAttrs)) {
             input.attrs.insert_or_assign("lastModified", getIntAttr(res->first, "lastModified"));
             return {std::move(res->second), input};
         }
@@ -211,7 +213,7 @@ struct GitArchiveInputScheme : InputScheme
 
         getCache()->add(
             store,
-            immutableAttrs,
+            lockedAttrs,
             {
                 {"rev", rev->gitRev()},
                 {"lastModified", uint64_t(lastModified)}

src/libfetchers/mercurial.cc

@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 #include "store-api.hh"
 #include "url-parts.hh"
 
+#include "fetch-settings.hh"
+
 #include <sys/time.h>
 
 using namespace std::string_literals;
@@ -26,7 +28,7 @@ static RunOptions hgOptions(const Strings & args)
 }
 
 // runProgram wrapper that uses hgOptions instead of stock RunOptions.
-static string runHg(const Strings & args, const std::optional<std::string> & input = {})
+static std::string runHg(const Strings & args, const std::optional<std::string> & input = {})
 {
     RunOptions opts = hgOptions(args);
     opts.input = input;
@@ -165,10 +167,10 @@ struct MercurialInputScheme : InputScheme
                 /* This is an unclean working tree. So copy all tracked
                    files. */
 
-                if (!settings.allowDirty)
+                if (!fetchSettings.allowDirty)
                     throw Error("Mercurial tree '%s' is unclean", actualUrl);
 
-                if (settings.warnDirty)
+                if (fetchSettings.warnDirty)
                     warn("Mercurial tree '%s' is unclean", actualUrl);
 
                 input.attrs.insert_or_assign("ref", chomp(runHg({ "branch", "-R", actualUrl })));
@@ -199,7 +201,7 @@ struct MercurialInputScheme : InputScheme
 
         if (!input.getRef()) input.attrs.insert_or_assign("ref", "default");
 
-        auto getImmutableAttrs = [&]()
+        auto getLockedAttrs = [&]()
         {
             return Attrs({
                 {"type", "hg"},
@@ -218,20 +220,20 @@ struct MercurialInputScheme : InputScheme
         };
 
         if (input.getRev()) {
-            if (auto res = getCache()->lookup(store, getImmutableAttrs()))
+            if (auto res = getCache()->lookup(store, getLockedAttrs()))
                 return makeResult(res->first, std::move(res->second));
         }
 
         auto revOrRef = input.getRev() ? input.getRev()->gitRev() : *input.getRef();
 
-        Attrs mutableAttrs({
+        Attrs unlockedAttrs({
             {"type", "hg"},
             {"name", name},
             {"url", actualUrl},
             {"ref", *input.getRef()},
         });
 
-        if (auto res = getCache()->lookup(store, mutableAttrs)) {
+        if (auto res = getCache()->lookup(store, unlockedAttrs)) {
             auto rev2 = Hash::parseAny(getStrAttr(res->first, "rev"), htSHA1);
             if (!input.getRev() || input.getRev() == rev2) {
                 input.attrs.insert_or_assign("rev", rev2.gitRev());
@@ -254,7 +256,7 @@ struct MercurialInputScheme : InputScheme
                     runHg({ "pull", "-R", cacheDir, "--", actualUrl });
                 }
                 catch (ExecError & e) {
-                    string transJournal = cacheDir + "/.hg/store/journal";
+                    auto transJournal = cacheDir + "/.hg/store/journal";
                     /* hg throws "abandoned transaction" error only if this file exists */
                     if (pathExists(transJournal)) {
                         runHg({ "recover", "-R", cacheDir });
@@ -277,7 +279,7 @@ struct MercurialInputScheme : InputScheme
         auto revCount = std::stoull(tokens[1]);
         input.attrs.insert_or_assign("ref", tokens[2]);
 
-        if (auto res = getCache()->lookup(store, getImmutableAttrs()))
+        if (auto res = getCache()->lookup(store, getLockedAttrs()))
             return makeResult(res->first, std::move(res->second));
 
         Path tmpDir = createTempDir();
@@ -297,14 +299,14 @@ struct MercurialInputScheme : InputScheme
         if (!_input.getRev())
             getCache()->add(
                 store,
-                mutableAttrs,
+                unlockedAttrs,
                 infoAttrs,
                 storePath,
                 false);
 
         getCache()->add(
             store,
-            getImmutableAttrs(),
+            getLockedAttrs(),
             infoAttrs,
             storePath,
             true);

src/libfetchers/registry.cc

@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 #include "store-api.hh"
 #include "local-fs-store.hh"
 
+#include "fetch-settings.hh"
+
 #include <nlohmann/json.hpp>
 
 namespace nix::fetchers {
@@ -150,7 +152,7 @@ void overrideRegistry(
 static std::shared_ptr<Registry> getGlobalRegistry(ref<Store> store)
 {
     static auto reg = [&]() {
-        auto path = settings.flakeRegistry.get();
+        auto path = fetchSettings.flakeRegistry.get();
 
         if (!hasPrefix(path, "/")) {
             auto storePath = downloadFile(store, path, "flake-registry.json", false).storePath;

src/libfetchers/tarball.cc

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ DownloadFileResult downloadFile(
     ref<Store> store,
     const std::string & url,
     const std::string & name,
-    bool immutable,
+    bool locked,
     const Headers & headers)
 {
     // FIXME: check store
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ DownloadFileResult downloadFile(
         inAttrs,
         infoAttrs,
         *storePath,
-        immutable);
+        locked);
 
     if (url != res.effectiveUri)
         getCache()->add(
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ DownloadFileResult downloadFile(
             },
             infoAttrs,
             *storePath,
-            immutable);
+            locked);
 
     return {
         .storePath = std::move(*storePath),
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ std::pair<Tree, time_t> downloadTarball(
     ref<Store> store,
     const std::string & url,
     const std::string & name,
-    bool immutable,
+    bool locked,
     const Headers & headers)
 {
     Attrs inAttrs({
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ std::pair<Tree, time_t> downloadTarball(
             getIntAttr(cached->infoAttrs, "lastModified")
         };
 
-    auto res = downloadFile(store, url, name, immutable, headers);
+    auto res = downloadFile(store, url, name, locked, headers);
 
     std::optional<StorePath> unpackedStorePath;
     time_t lastModified;
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ std::pair<Tree, time_t> downloadTarball(
         inAttrs,
         infoAttrs,
         *unpackedStorePath,
-        immutable);
+        locked);
 
     return {
         Tree { .actualPath = store->toRealPath(*unpackedStorePath), .storePath = std::move(*unpackedStorePath) },
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ struct TarballInputScheme : InputScheme
 
         Input input;
         input.attrs = attrs;
-        //input.immutable = (bool) maybeGetStrAttr(input.attrs, "hash");
+        //input.locked = (bool) maybeGetStrAttr(input.attrs, "hash");
         return input;
     }
 

src/libmain/common-args.cc

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 namespace nix {
 
-MixCommonArgs::MixCommonArgs(const string & programName)
+MixCommonArgs::MixCommonArgs(const std::string & programName)
     : programName(programName)
 {
     addFlag({

src/libmain/common-args.hh

@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ class MixCommonArgs : public virtual Args
 {
     void initialFlagsProcessed() override;
 public:
-    string programName;
-    MixCommonArgs(const string & programName);
+    std::string programName;
+    MixCommonArgs(const std::string & programName);
 protected:
     virtual void pluginsInited() {}
 };

src/libmain/shared.cc

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #include "globals.hh"
 #include "shared.hh"
 #include "store-api.hh"
+#include "gc-store.hh"
 #include "util.hh"
 #include "loggers.hh"
 
@@ -94,7 +95,7 @@ void printMissing(ref<Store> store, const StorePathSet & willBuild,
 }
 
 
-string getArg(const string & opt,
+std::string getArg(const std::string & opt,
     Strings::iterator & i, const Strings::iterator & end)
 {
     ++i;
@@ -322,14 +323,14 @@ void parseCmdLine(int argc, char * * argv,
 }
 
 
-void parseCmdLine(const string & programName, const Strings & args,
+void parseCmdLine(const std::string & programName, const Strings & args,
     std::function<bool(Strings::iterator & arg, const Strings::iterator & end)> parseArg)
 {
     LegacyArgs(programName, parseArg).parseCmdline(args);
 }
 
 
-void printVersion(const string & programName)
+void printVersion(const std::string & programName)
 {
     std::cout << format("%1% (Nix) %2%") % programName % nixVersion << std::endl;
     if (verbosity > lvlInfo) {
@@ -352,7 +353,7 @@ void printVersion(const string & programName)
 }
 
 
-void showManPage(const string & name)
+void showManPage(const std::string & name)
 {
     restoreProcessContext();
     setenv("MANPATH", settings.nixManDir.c_str(), 1);
@@ -361,13 +362,13 @@ void showManPage(const string & name)
 }
 
 
-int handleExceptions(const string & programName, std::function<void()> fun)
+int handleExceptions(const std::string & programName, std::function<void()> fun)
 {
     ReceiveInterrupts receiveInterrupts; // FIXME: need better place for this
 
     ErrorInfo::programName = baseNameOf(programName);
 
-    string error = ANSI_RED "error:" ANSI_NORMAL " ";
+    std::string error = ANSI_RED "error:" ANSI_NORMAL " ";
     try {
         try {
             fun();
@@ -407,7 +408,7 @@ RunPager::RunPager()
     if (!isatty(STDOUT_FILENO)) return;
     char * pager = getenv("NIX_PAGER");
     if (!pager) pager = getenv("PAGER");
-    if (pager && ((string) pager == "" || (string) pager == "cat")) return;
+    if (pager && ((std::string) pager == "" || (std::string) pager == "cat")) return;
 
     Pipe toPager;
     toPager.create();

src/libmain/shared.hh

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ public:
     virtual ~Exit();
 };
 
-int handleExceptions(const string & programName, std::function<void()> fun);
+int handleExceptions(const std::string & programName, std::function<void()> fun);
 
 /* Don't forget to call initPlugins() after settings are initialized! */
 void initNix();
@@ -30,10 +30,10 @@ void initNix();
 void parseCmdLine(int argc, char * * argv,
     std::function<bool(Strings::iterator & arg, const Strings::iterator & end)> parseArg);
 
-void parseCmdLine(const string & programName, const Strings & args,
+void parseCmdLine(const std::string & programName, const Strings & args,
     std::function<bool(Strings::iterator & arg, const Strings::iterator & end)> parseArg);
 
-void printVersion(const string & programName);
+void printVersion(const std::string & programName);
 
 /* Ugh.  No better place to put this. */
 void printGCWarning();
@@ -50,10 +50,10 @@ void printMissing(ref<Store> store, const StorePathSet & willBuild,
     const StorePathSet & willSubstitute, const StorePathSet & unknown,
     uint64_t downloadSize, uint64_t narSize, Verbosity lvl = lvlInfo);
 
-string getArg(const string & opt,
+std::string getArg(const std::string & opt,
     Strings::iterator & i, const Strings::iterator & end);
 
-template<class N> N getIntArg(const string & opt,
+template<class N> N getIntArg(const std::string & opt,
     Strings::iterator & i, const Strings::iterator & end, bool allowUnit)
 {
     ++i;
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ struct LegacyArgs : public MixCommonArgs
 
 
 /* Show the manual page for the specified program. */
-void showManPage(const string & name);
+void showManPage(const std::string & name);
 
 /* The constructor of this class starts a pager if stdout is a
    terminal and $PAGER is set. Stdout is redirected to the pager. */
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ extern volatile ::sig_atomic_t blockInt;
 
 /* GC helpers. */
 
-string showBytes(uint64_t bytes);
+std::string showBytes(uint64_t bytes);
 
 struct GCResults;
 

src/libstore/binary-cache-store.cc

@@ -385,8 +385,14 @@ void BinaryCacheStore::queryPathInfoUncached(const StorePath & storePath,
         }});
 }
 
-StorePath BinaryCacheStore::addToStore(const string & name, const Path & srcPath,
-    FileIngestionMethod method, HashType hashAlgo, PathFilter & filter, RepairFlag repair, const StorePathSet & references)
+StorePath BinaryCacheStore::addToStore(
+    std::string_view name,
+    const Path & srcPath,
+    FileIngestionMethod method,
+    HashType hashAlgo,
+    PathFilter & filter,
+    RepairFlag repair,
+    const StorePathSet & references)
 {
     /* FIXME: Make BinaryCacheStore::addToStoreCommon support
        non-recursive+sha256 so we can just use the default
@@ -418,8 +424,11 @@ StorePath BinaryCacheStore::addToStore(const string & name, const Path & srcPath
     })->path;
 }
 
-StorePath BinaryCacheStore::addTextToStore(const string & name, const string & s,
-    const StorePathSet & references, RepairFlag repair)
+StorePath BinaryCacheStore::addTextToStore(
+    std::string_view name,
+    std::string_view s,
+    const StorePathSet & references,
+    RepairFlag repair)
 {
     auto textHash = hashString(htSHA256, s);
     auto path = makeTextPath(name, textHash, references);

src/libstore/binary-cache-store.hh

@@ -101,12 +101,20 @@ public:
     StorePath addToStoreFromDump(Source & dump, std::string_view name,
         FileIngestionMethod method, HashType hashAlgo, RepairFlag repair, const StorePathSet & references) override;
 
-    StorePath addToStore(const string & name, const Path & srcPath,
-        FileIngestionMethod method, HashType hashAlgo,
-        PathFilter & filter, RepairFlag repair, const StorePathSet & references) override;
+    StorePath addToStore(
+        std::string_view name,
+        const Path & srcPath,
+        FileIngestionMethod method,
+        HashType hashAlgo,
+        PathFilter & filter,
+        RepairFlag repair,
+        const StorePathSet & references) override;
 
-    StorePath addTextToStore(const string & name, const string & s,
-        const StorePathSet & references, RepairFlag repair) override;
+    StorePath addTextToStore(
+        std::string_view name,
+        std::string_view s,
+        const StorePathSet & references,
+        RepairFlag repair) override;
 
     void registerDrvOutput(const Realisation & info) override;
 

src/libstore/build-result.hh

@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include "realisation.hh"
+
+#include <string>
+#include <chrono>
+
+
+namespace nix {
+
+struct BuildResult
+{
+    /* Note: don't remove status codes, and only add new status codes
+       at the end of the list, to prevent client/server
+       incompatibilities in the nix-store --serve protocol. */
+    enum Status {
+        Built = 0,
+        Substituted,
+        AlreadyValid,
+        PermanentFailure,
+        InputRejected,
+        OutputRejected,
+        TransientFailure, // possibly transient
+        CachedFailure, // no longer used
+        TimedOut,
+        MiscFailure,
+        DependencyFailed,
+        LogLimitExceeded,
+        NotDeterministic,
+        ResolvesToAlreadyValid,
+    } status = MiscFailure;
+    std::string errorMsg;
+
+    std::string toString() const {
+        auto strStatus = [&]() {
+            switch (status) {
+                case Built: return "Built";
+                case Substituted: return "Substituted";
+                case AlreadyValid: return "AlreadyValid";
+                case PermanentFailure: return "PermanentFailure";
+                case InputRejected: return "InputRejected";
+                case OutputRejected: return "OutputRejected";
+                case TransientFailure: return "TransientFailure";
+                case CachedFailure: return "CachedFailure";
+                case TimedOut: return "TimedOut";
+                case MiscFailure: return "MiscFailure";
+                case DependencyFailed: return "DependencyFailed";
+                case LogLimitExceeded: return "LogLimitExceeded";
+                case NotDeterministic: return "NotDeterministic";
+                case ResolvesToAlreadyValid: return "ResolvesToAlreadyValid";
+                default: return "Unknown";
+            };
+        }();
+        return strStatus + ((errorMsg == "") ? "" : " : " + errorMsg);
+    }
+
+    /* How many times this build was performed. */
+    unsigned int timesBuilt = 0;
+
+    /* If timesBuilt > 1, whether some builds did not produce the same
+       result. (Note that 'isNonDeterministic = false' does not mean
+       the build is deterministic, just that we don't have evidence of
+       non-determinism.) */
+    bool isNonDeterministic = false;
+
+    DrvOutputs builtOutputs;
+
+    /* The start/stop times of the build (or one of the rounds, if it
+       was repeated). */
+    time_t startTime = 0, stopTime = 0;
+
+    bool success() {
+        return status == Built || status == Substituted || status == AlreadyValid || status == ResolvesToAlreadyValid;
+    }
+};
+
+}

src/libstore/build/derivation-goal.cc

@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ DerivationGoal::~DerivationGoal()
 }
 
 
-string DerivationGoal::key()
+std::string DerivationGoal::key()
 {
     /* Ensure that derivations get built in order of their name,
        i.e. a derivation named "aardvark" always comes before
@@ -1013,7 +1013,7 @@ HookReply DerivationGoal::tryBuildHook()
 
         /* Read the first line of input, which should be a word indicating
            whether the hook wishes to perform the build. */
-        string reply;
+        std::string reply;
         while (true) {
             auto s = [&]() {
                 try {
@@ -1025,8 +1025,8 @@ HookReply DerivationGoal::tryBuildHook()
             }();
             if (handleJSONLogMessage(s, worker.act, worker.hook->activities, true))
                 ;
-            else if (string(s, 0, 2) == "# ") {
-                reply = string(s, 2);
+            else if (s.substr(0, 2) == "# ") {
+                reply = s.substr(2);
                 break;
             }
             else {
@@ -1140,10 +1140,10 @@ Path DerivationGoal::openLogFile()
         logDir = localStore->logDir;
     else
         logDir = settings.nixLogDir;
-    Path dir = fmt("%s/%s/%s/", logDir, LocalFSStore::drvsLogDir, string(baseName, 0, 2));
+    Path dir = fmt("%s/%s/%s/", logDir, LocalFSStore::drvsLogDir, baseName.substr(0, 2));
     createDirs(dir);
 
-    Path logFileName = fmt("%s/%s%s", dir, string(baseName, 2),
+    Path logFileName = fmt("%s/%s%s", dir, baseName.substr(2),
         settings.compressLog ? ".bz2" : "");
 
     fdLogFile = open(logFileName.c_str(), O_CREAT | O_WRONLY | O_TRUNC | O_CLOEXEC, 0666);
@@ -1175,10 +1175,11 @@ bool DerivationGoal::isReadDesc(int fd)
     return fd == hook->builderOut.readSide.get();
 }
 
-
-void DerivationGoal::handleChildOutput(int fd, const string & data)
+void DerivationGoal::handleChildOutput(int fd, std::string_view data)
 {
-    if (isReadDesc(fd))
+    // local & `ssh://`-builds are dealt with here.
+    auto isWrittenToLog = isReadDesc(fd);
+    if (isWrittenToLog)
     {
         logSize += data.size();
         if (settings.maxLogSize && logSize > settings.maxLogSize) {
@@ -1207,7 +1208,16 @@ void DerivationGoal::handleChildOutput(int fd, const string & data)
     if (hook && fd == hook->fromHook.readSide.get()) {
         for (auto c : data)
             if (c == '\n') {
-                handleJSONLogMessage(currentHookLine, worker.act, hook->activities, true);
+                auto json = parseJSONMessage(currentHookLine);
+                if (json) {
+                    auto s = handleJSONLogMessage(*json, worker.act, hook->activities, true);
+                    // ensure that logs from a builder using `ssh-ng://` as protocol
+                    // are also available to `nix log`.
+                    if (s && !isWrittenToLog && logSink && (*json)["type"] == resBuildLogLine) {
+                        auto f = (*json)["fields"];
+                        (*logSink)((f.size() > 0 ? f.at(0).get<std::string>() : "") + "\n");
+                    }
+                }
                 currentHookLine.clear();
             } else
                 currentHookLine += c;

src/libstore/build/derivation-goal.hh

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 #include "parsed-derivations.hh"
 #include "lock.hh"
+#include "build-result.hh"
 #include "store-api.hh"
 #include "pathlocks.hh"
 #include "goal.hh"
@@ -145,7 +146,7 @@ struct DerivationGoal : public Goal
 
     void timedOut(Error && ex) override;
 
-    string key() override;
+    std::string key() override;
 
     void work() override;
 
@@ -200,7 +201,7 @@ struct DerivationGoal : public Goal
     virtual bool isReadDesc(int fd);
 
     /* Callback used by the worker to write to the log. */
-    void handleChildOutput(int fd, const string & data) override;
+    void handleChildOutput(int fd, std::string_view data) override;
     void handleEOF(int fd) override;
     void flushLine();
 

src/libstore/build/drv-output-substitution-goal.cc

@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ void DrvOutputSubstitutionGoal::finished()
     amDone(ecSuccess);
 }
 
-string DrvOutputSubstitutionGoal::key()
+std::string DrvOutputSubstitutionGoal::key()
 {
     /* "a$" ensures substitution goals happen before derivation
        goals. */

src/libstore/build/drv-output-substitution-goal.hh

@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ public:
 
     void timedOut(Error && ex) override { abort(); };
 
-    string key() override;
+    std::string key() override;
 
     void work() override;
     void handleEOF(int fd) override;

src/libstore/build/goal.cc

@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ namespace nix {
 
 
 bool CompareGoalPtrs::operator() (const GoalPtr & a, const GoalPtr & b) const {
-    string s1 = a->key();
-    string s2 = b->key();
+    std::string s1 = a->key();
+    std::string s2 = b->key();
     return s1 < s2;
 }
 

src/libstore/build/goal.hh

@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ struct Goal : public std::enable_shared_from_this<Goal>
     unsigned int nrIncompleteClosure;
 
     /* Name of this goal for debugging purposes. */
-    string name;
+    std::string name;
 
     /* Whether the goal is finished. */
     ExitCode exitCode;
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ struct Goal : public std::enable_shared_from_this<Goal>
 
     virtual void waiteeDone(GoalPtr waitee, ExitCode result);
 
-    virtual void handleChildOutput(int fd, const string & data)
+    virtual void handleChildOutput(int fd, std::string_view data)
     {
         abort();
     }
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ struct Goal : public std::enable_shared_from_this<Goal>
 
     void trace(const FormatOrString & fs);
 
-    string getName()
+    std::string getName()
     {
         return name;
     }
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ struct Goal : public std::enable_shared_from_this<Goal>
        by the worker (important!), etc. */
     virtual void timedOut(Error && ex) = 0;
 
-    virtual string key() = 0;
+    virtual std::string key() = 0;
 
     void amDone(ExitCode result, std::optional<Error> ex = {});
 

src/libstore/build/local-derivation-goal.cc

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #include "local-derivation-goal.hh"
+#include "gc-store.hh"
 #include "hook-instance.hh"
 #include "worker.hh"
 #include "builtins.hh"
@@ -481,12 +482,12 @@ void LocalDerivationGoal::startBuilder()
            temporary build directory.  The text files have the format used
            by `nix-store --register-validity'.  However, the deriver
            fields are left empty. */
-        string s = get(drv->env, "exportReferencesGraph").value_or("");
+        auto s = get(drv->env, "exportReferencesGraph").value_or("");
         Strings ss = tokenizeString<Strings>(s);
         if (ss.size() % 2 != 0)
             throw BuildError("odd number of tokens in 'exportReferencesGraph': '%1%'", s);
         for (Strings::iterator i = ss.begin(); i != ss.end(); ) {
-            string fileName = *i++;
+            auto fileName = *i++;
             static std::regex regex("[A-Za-z_][A-Za-z0-9_.-]*");
             if (!std::regex_match(fileName, regex))
                 throw Error("invalid file name '%s' in 'exportReferencesGraph'", fileName);
@@ -517,10 +518,10 @@ void LocalDerivationGoal::startBuilder()
                 i.pop_back();
             }
             size_t p = i.find('=');
-            if (p == string::npos)
+            if (p == std::string::npos)
                 dirsInChroot[i] = {i, optional};
             else
-                dirsInChroot[string(i, 0, p)] = {string(i, p + 1), optional};
+                dirsInChroot[i.substr(0, p)] = {i.substr(p + 1), optional};
         }
         dirsInChroot[tmpDirInSandbox] = tmpDir;
 
@@ -671,9 +672,10 @@ void LocalDerivationGoal::startBuilder()
         auto state = stBegin;
         auto lines = runProgram(settings.preBuildHook, false, args);
         auto lastPos = std::string::size_type{0};
-        for (auto nlPos = lines.find('\n'); nlPos != string::npos;
-                nlPos = lines.find('\n', lastPos)) {
-            auto line = std::string{lines, lastPos, nlPos - lastPos};
+        for (auto nlPos = lines.find('\n'); nlPos != std::string::npos;
+                nlPos = lines.find('\n', lastPos))
+        {
+            auto line = lines.substr(lastPos, nlPos - lastPos);
             lastPos = nlPos + 1;
             if (state == stBegin) {
                 if (line == "extra-sandbox-paths" || line == "extra-chroot-dirs") {
@@ -686,10 +688,10 @@ void LocalDerivationGoal::startBuilder()
                     state = stBegin;
                 } else {
                     auto p = line.find('=');
-                    if (p == string::npos)
+                    if (p == std::string::npos)
                         dirsInChroot[line] = line;
                     else
-                        dirsInChroot[string(line, 0, p)] = string(line, p + 1);
+                        dirsInChroot[line.substr(0, p)] = line.substr(p + 1);
                 }
             }
         }
@@ -941,7 +943,7 @@ void LocalDerivationGoal::startBuilder()
     /* Check if setting up the build environment failed. */
     std::vector<std::string> msgs;
     while (true) {
-        string msg = [&]() {
+        std::string msg = [&]() {
             try {
                 return readLine(builderOut.readSide.get());
             } catch (Error & e) {
@@ -953,8 +955,8 @@ void LocalDerivationGoal::startBuilder()
                 throw;
             }
         }();
-        if (string(msg, 0, 1) == "\2") break;
-        if (string(msg, 0, 1) == "\1") {
+        if (msg.substr(0, 1) == "\2") break;
+        if (msg.substr(0, 1) == "\1") {
             FdSource source(builderOut.readSide.get());
             auto ex = readError(source);
             ex.addTrace({}, "while setting up the build environment");
@@ -990,7 +992,7 @@ void LocalDerivationGoal::initTmpDir() {
                 env[i.first] = i.second;
             } else {
                 auto hash = hashString(htSHA256, i.first);
-                string fn = ".attr-" + hash.to_string(Base32, false);
+                std::string fn = ".attr-" + hash.to_string(Base32, false);
                 Path p = tmpDir + "/" + fn;
                 writeFile(p, rewriteStrings(i.second, inputRewrites));
                 chownToBuilder(p);
@@ -1081,7 +1083,7 @@ void LocalDerivationGoal::writeStructuredAttrs()
         for (auto & [i, v] : json["outputs"].get<nlohmann::json::object_t>()) {
             /* The placeholder must have a rewrite, so we use it to cover both the
                cases where we know or don't know the output path ahead of time. */
-            rewritten[i] = rewriteStrings(v, inputRewrites);
+            rewritten[i] = rewriteStrings((std::string) v, inputRewrites);
         }
 
         json["outputs"] = rewritten;
@@ -1126,7 +1128,7 @@ struct RestrictedStoreConfig : virtual LocalFSStoreConfig
 /* A wrapper around LocalStore that only allows building/querying of
    paths that are in the input closures of the build or were added via
    recursive Nix calls. */
-struct RestrictedStore : public virtual RestrictedStoreConfig, public virtual LocalFSStore
+struct RestrictedStore : public virtual RestrictedStoreConfig, public virtual LocalFSStore, public virtual GcStore
 {
     ref<LocalStore> next;
 
@@ -1187,10 +1189,14 @@ struct RestrictedStore : public virtual RestrictedStoreConfig, public virtual Lo
     std::optional<StorePath> queryPathFromHashPart(const std::string & hashPart) override
     { throw Error("queryPathFromHashPart"); }
 
-    StorePath addToStore(const string & name, const Path & srcPath,
-        FileIngestionMethod method = FileIngestionMethod::Recursive, HashType hashAlgo = htSHA256,
-        PathFilter & filter = defaultPathFilter, RepairFlag repair = NoRepair,
-        const StorePathSet & references = StorePathSet()) override
+    StorePath addToStore(
+        std::string_view name,
+        const Path & srcPath,
+        FileIngestionMethod method,
+        HashType hashAlgo,
+        PathFilter & filter,
+        RepairFlag repair,
+        const StorePathSet & references) override
     { throw Error("addToStore"); }
 
     void addToStore(const ValidPathInfo & info, Source & narSource,
@@ -1200,17 +1206,24 @@ struct RestrictedStore : public virtual RestrictedStoreConfig, public virtual Lo
         goal.addDependency(info.path);
     }
 
-    StorePath addTextToStore(const string & name, const string & s,
-        const StorePathSet & references, RepairFlag repair = NoRepair) override
+    StorePath addTextToStore(
+        std::string_view name,
+        std::string_view s,
+        const StorePathSet & references,
+        RepairFlag repair = NoRepair) override
     {
         auto path = next->addTextToStore(name, s, references, repair);
         goal.addDependency(path);
         return path;
     }
 
-    StorePath addToStoreFromDump(Source & dump, std::string_view name,
-        FileIngestionMethod method = FileIngestionMethod::Recursive, HashType hashAlgo = htSHA256, RepairFlag repair = NoRepair,
-        const StorePathSet & references = StorePathSet()) override
+    StorePath addToStoreFromDump(
+        Source & dump,
+        std::string_view name,
+        FileIngestionMethod method,
+        HashType hashAlgo,
+        RepairFlag repair,
+        const StorePathSet & references) override
     {
         auto path = next->addToStoreFromDump(dump, name, method, hashAlgo, repair, references);
         goal.addDependency(path);
@@ -1921,7 +1934,7 @@ void LocalDerivationGoal::runChild()
                             "can't map '%1%' to '%2%': mismatched impure paths not supported on Darwin",
                             i.first, i.second.source);
 
-                    string path = i.first;
+                    std::string path = i.first;
                     struct stat st;
                     if (lstat(path.c_str(), &st)) {
                         if (i.second.optional && errno == ENOENT)
@@ -1973,7 +1986,7 @@ void LocalDerivationGoal::runChild()
                 args.push_back("IMPORT_DIR=" + settings.nixDataDir + "/nix/sandbox/");
                 if (allowLocalNetworking) {
                     args.push_back("-D");
-                    args.push_back(string("_ALLOW_LOCAL_NETWORKING=1"));
+                    args.push_back(std::string("_ALLOW_LOCAL_NETWORKING=1"));
                 }
                 args.push_back(drv->builder);
             } else {
@@ -1992,7 +2005,7 @@ void LocalDerivationGoal::runChild()
             args.push_back(rewriteStrings(i, inputRewrites));
 
         /* Indicate that we managed to set up the build environment. */
-        writeFull(STDERR_FILENO, string("\2\n"));
+        writeFull(STDERR_FILENO, std::string("\2\n"));
 
         /* Execute the program.  This should not return. */
         if (drv->isBuiltin()) {
@@ -2010,7 +2023,7 @@ void LocalDerivationGoal::runChild()
                 else if (drv->builder == "builtin:unpack-channel")
                     builtinUnpackChannel(drv2);
                 else
-                    throw Error("unsupported builtin builder '%1%'", string(drv->builder, 8));
+                    throw Error("unsupported builtin builder '%1%'", drv->builder.substr(8));
                 _exit(0);
             } catch (std::exception & e) {
                 writeFull(STDERR_FILENO, e.what() + std::string("\n"));
@@ -2371,14 +2384,10 @@ void LocalDerivationGoal::registerOutputs()
             [&](DerivationOutputCAFloating dof) {
                 return newInfoFromCA(dof);
             },
-                [&](DerivationOutputDeferred) {
+            [&](DerivationOutputDeferred) -> ValidPathInfo {
                 // No derivation should reach that point without having been
                 // rewritten first
                 assert(false);
-                // Ugly, but the compiler insists on having this return a value
-                // of type `ValidPathInfo` despite the `assert(false)`, so
-                // let's provide it
-                return *(ValidPathInfo*)0;
             },
         }, output.output);
 
@@ -2694,7 +2703,7 @@ void LocalDerivationGoal::checkOutputs(const std::map<Path, ValidPathInfo> & out
                     }
 
                 if (!badPaths.empty()) {
-                    string badPathsStr;
+                    std::string badPathsStr;
                     for (auto & i : badPaths) {
                         badPathsStr += "\n  ";
                         badPathsStr += worker.store.printStorePath(i);

src/libstore/build/local-derivation-goal.hh

@@ -58,11 +58,11 @@ struct LocalDerivationGoal : public DerivationGoal
     typedef map<Path, ChrootPath> DirsInChroot; // maps target path to source path
     DirsInChroot dirsInChroot;
 
-    typedef map<string, string> Environment;
+    typedef map<std::string, std::string> Environment;
     Environment env;
 
 #if __APPLE__
-    typedef string SandboxProfile;
+    typedef std::string SandboxProfile;
     SandboxProfile additionalSandboxProfile;
 #endif
 

src/libstore/build/substitution-goal.cc

@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ void PathSubstitutionGoal::finished()
 }
 
 
-void PathSubstitutionGoal::handleChildOutput(int fd, const string & data)
+void PathSubstitutionGoal::handleChildOutput(int fd, std::string_view data)
 {
 }
 

src/libstore/build/substitution-goal.hh

@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ public:
 
     void timedOut(Error && ex) override { abort(); };
 
-    string key() override
+    std::string key() override
     {
         /* "a$" ensures substitution goals happen before derivation
            goals. */
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ public:
     void finished();
 
     /* Callback used by the worker to write to the log. */
-    void handleChildOutput(int fd, const string & data) override;
+    void handleChildOutput(int fd, std::string_view data) override;
     void handleEOF(int fd) override;
 
     void cleanup() override;

src/libstore/build/worker.cc

@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ void Worker::waitForInput()
                 } else {
                     printMsg(lvlVomit, "%1%: read %2% bytes",
                         goal->getName(), rd);
-                    string data((char *) buffer.data(), rd);
+                    std::string data((char *) buffer.data(), rd);
                     j->lastOutput = after;
                     goal->handleChildOutput(k, data);
                 }

src/libstore/builtins/buildenv.cc

@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ void buildProfile(const Path & out, Packages && pkgs)
         createLinks(state, pkgDir, out, priority);
 
         try {
-            for (const auto & p : tokenizeString<std::vector<string>>(
+            for (const auto & p : tokenizeString<std::vector<std::string>>(
                     readFile(pkgDir + "/nix-support/propagated-user-env-packages"), " \n"))
                 if (!done.count(p))
                     postponed.insert(p);
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ void buildProfile(const Path & out, Packages && pkgs)
 
 void builtinBuildenv(const BasicDerivation & drv)
 {
-    auto getAttr = [&](const string & name) {
+    auto getAttr = [&](const std::string & name) {
         auto i = drv.env.find(name);
         if (i == drv.env.end()) throw Error("attribute '%s' missing", name);
         return i->second;

src/libstore/builtins/fetchurl.cc

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ void builtinFetchurl(const BasicDerivation & drv, const std::string & netrcData)
         writeFile(settings.netrcFile, netrcData, 0600);
     }
 
-    auto getAttr = [&](const string & name) {
+    auto getAttr = [&](const std::string & name) {
         auto i = drv.env.find(name);
         if (i == drv.env.end()) throw Error("attribute '%s' missing", name);
         return i->second;

src/libstore/builtins/unpack-channel.cc

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ namespace nix {
 
 void builtinUnpackChannel(const BasicDerivation & drv)
 {
-    auto getAttr = [&](const string & name) {
+    auto getAttr = [&](const std::string & name) {
         auto i = drv.env.find(name);
         if (i == drv.env.end()) throw Error("attribute '%s' missing", name);
         return i->second;

src/libstore/daemon.cc

@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 #include "daemon.hh"
 #include "monitor-fd.hh"
 #include "worker-protocol.hh"
+#include "build-result.hh"
 #include "store-api.hh"
+#include "gc-store.hh"
 #include "path-with-outputs.hh"
 #include "finally.hh"
 #include "archive.hh"
@@ -479,8 +481,8 @@ static void performOp(TunnelLogger * logger, ref<Store> store,
     }
 
     case wopAddTextToStore: {
-        string suffix = readString(from);
-        string s = readString(from);
+        std::string suffix = readString(from);
+        std::string s = readString(from);
         auto refs = worker_proto::read(*store, from, Phantom<StorePathSet> {});
         logger->startWork();
         auto path = store->addTextToStore(suffix, s, refs, NoRepair);
@@ -622,9 +624,12 @@ static void performOp(TunnelLogger * logger, ref<Store> store,
 
     case wopAddIndirectRoot: {
         Path path = absPath(readString(from));
+
         logger->startWork();
-        store->addIndirectRoot(path);
+        auto & gcStore = requireGcStore(*store);
+        gcStore.addIndirectRoot(path);
         logger->stopWork();
+
         to << 1;
         break;
     }
@@ -639,7 +644,8 @@ static void performOp(TunnelLogger * logger, ref<Store> store,
 
     case wopFindRoots: {
         logger->startWork();
-        Roots roots = store->findRoots(!trusted);
+        auto & gcStore = requireGcStore(*store);
+        Roots roots = gcStore.findRoots(!trusted);
         logger->stopWork();
 
         size_t size = 0;
@@ -670,7 +676,8 @@ static void performOp(TunnelLogger * logger, ref<Store> store,
         logger->startWork();
         if (options.ignoreLiveness)
             throw Error("you are not allowed to ignore liveness");
-        store->collectGarbage(options, results);
+        auto & gcStore = requireGcStore(*store);
+        gcStore.collectGarbage(options, results);
         logger->stopWork();
 
         to << results.paths << results.bytesFreed << 0 /* obsolete */;
@@ -698,8 +705,8 @@ static void performOp(TunnelLogger * logger, ref<Store> store,
         if (GET_PROTOCOL_MINOR(clientVersion) >= 12) {
             unsigned int n = readInt(from);
             for (unsigned int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
-                string name = readString(from);
-                string value = readString(from);
+                auto name = readString(from);
+                auto value = readString(from);
                 clientSettings.overrides.emplace(name, value);
             }
         }

src/libstore/derivations.cc

@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ bool derivationIsImpure(DerivationType dt) {
 
 bool BasicDerivation::isBuiltin() const
 {
-    return string(builder, 0, 8) == "builtin:";
+    return builder.substr(0, 8) == "builtin:";
 }
 
 
@@ -104,19 +104,19 @@ StorePath writeDerivation(Store & store,
 
 
 /* Read string `s' from stream `str'. */
-static void expect(std::istream & str, const string & s)
+static void expect(std::istream & str, std::string_view s)
 {
     char s2[s.size()];
     str.read(s2, s.size());
-    if (string(s2, s.size()) != s)
+    if (std::string(s2, s.size()) != s)
         throw FormatError("expected string '%1%'", s);
 }
 
 
 /* Read a C-style string from stream `str'. */
-static string parseString(std::istream & str)
+static std::string parseString(std::istream & str)
 {
-    string res;
+    std::string res;
     expect(str, "\"");
     int c;
     while ((c = str.get()) != '"')
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ static DerivationOutput parseDerivationOutput(const Store & store,
 {
     if (hashAlgo != "") {
         auto method = FileIngestionMethod::Flat;
-        if (string(hashAlgo, 0, 2) == "r:") {
+        if (hashAlgo.substr(0, 2) == "r:") {
             method = FileIngestionMethod::Recursive;
             hashAlgo = hashAlgo.substr(2);
         }
@@ -260,8 +260,8 @@ Derivation parseDerivation(const Store & store, std::string && s, std::string_vi
     /* Parse the environment variables. */
     expect(str, ",[");
     while (!endOfList(str)) {
-        expect(str, "("); string name = parseString(str);
-        expect(str, ","); string value = parseString(str);
+        expect(str, "("); auto name = parseString(str);
+        expect(str, ","); auto value = parseString(str);
         expect(str, ")");
         drv.env[name] = value;
     }
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ Derivation parseDerivation(const Store & store, std::string && s, std::string_vi
 }
 
 
-static void printString(string & res, std::string_view s)
+static void printString(std::string & res, std::string_view s)
 {
     boost::container::small_vector<char, 64 * 1024> buffer;
     buffer.reserve(s.size() * 2 + 2);
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ static void printString(string & res, std::string_view s)
 }
 
 
-static void printUnquotedString(string & res, std::string_view s)
+static void printUnquotedString(std::string & res, std::string_view s)
 {
     res += '"';
     res.append(s);
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ static void printUnquotedString(string & res, std::string_view s)
 
 
 template<class ForwardIterator>
-static void printStrings(string & res, ForwardIterator i, ForwardIterator j)
+static void printStrings(std::string & res, ForwardIterator i, ForwardIterator j)
 {
     res += '[';
     bool first = true;
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ static void printStrings(string & res, ForwardIterator i, ForwardIterator j)
 
 
 template<class ForwardIterator>
-static void printUnquotedStrings(string & res, ForwardIterator i, ForwardIterator j)
+static void printUnquotedStrings(std::string & res, ForwardIterator i, ForwardIterator j)
 {
     res += '[';
     bool first = true;
@@ -323,10 +323,10 @@ static void printUnquotedStrings(string & res, ForwardIterator i, ForwardIterato
 }
 
 
-string Derivation::unparse(const Store & store, bool maskOutputs,
+std::string Derivation::unparse(const Store & store, bool maskOutputs,
     std::map<std::string, StringSet> * actualInputs) const
 {
-    string s;
+    std::string s;
     s.reserve(65536);
     s += "Derive([";
 
@@ -401,7 +401,7 @@ string Derivation::unparse(const Store & store, bool maskOutputs,
 
 
 // FIXME: remove
-bool isDerivation(const string & fileName)
+bool isDerivation(const std::string & fileName)
 {
     return hasSuffix(fileName, drvExtension);
 }
@@ -593,7 +593,7 @@ std::map<std::string, Hash> staticOutputHashes(Store & store, const Derivation &
 }
 
 
-bool wantOutput(const string & output, const std::set<string> & wanted)
+bool wantOutput(const std::string & output, const std::set<std::string> & wanted)
 {
     return wanted.empty() || wanted.find(output) != wanted.end();
 }

src/libstore/derivations.hh

@@ -59,21 +59,19 @@ struct DerivationOutput
     std::optional<StorePath> path(const Store & store, std::string_view drvName, std::string_view outputName) const;
 };
 
-typedef std::map<string, DerivationOutput> DerivationOutputs;
+typedef std::map<std::string, DerivationOutput> DerivationOutputs;
 
 /* These are analogues to the previous DerivationOutputs data type, but they
    also contains, for each output, the (optional) store path in which it would
    be written. To calculate values of these types, see the corresponding
    functions in BasicDerivation */
-typedef std::map<string, std::pair<DerivationOutput, std::optional<StorePath>>>
+typedef std::map<std::string, std::pair<DerivationOutput, std::optional<StorePath>>>
   DerivationOutputsAndOptPaths;
 
 /* For inputs that are sub-derivations, we specify exactly which
    output IDs we are interested in. */
 typedef std::map<StorePath, StringSet> DerivationInputs;
 
-typedef std::map<string, string> StringPairs;
-
 enum struct DerivationType : uint8_t {
     InputAddressed,
     DeferredInputAddressed,
@@ -103,7 +101,7 @@ struct BasicDerivation
 {
     DerivationOutputs outputs; /* keyed on symbolic IDs */
     StorePathSet inputSrcs; /* inputs that are sources */
-    string platform;
+    std::string platform;
     Path builder;
     Strings args;
     StringPairs env;
@@ -164,7 +162,7 @@ StorePath writeDerivation(Store & store,
 Derivation parseDerivation(const Store & store, std::string && s, std::string_view name);
 
 // FIXME: remove
-bool isDerivation(const string & fileName);
+bool isDerivation(const std::string & fileName);
 
 /* Calculate the name that will be used for the store path for this
    output.
@@ -222,7 +220,7 @@ typedef std::map<StorePath, DrvHashModulo> DrvHashes;
 // FIXME: global, though at least thread-safe.
 extern Sync<DrvHashes> drvHashes;
 
-bool wantOutput(const string & output, const std::set<string> & wanted);
+bool wantOutput(const std::string & output, const std::set<std::string> & wanted);
 
 struct Source;
 struct Sink;

src/libstore/derived-path.cc

@@ -75,9 +75,9 @@ DerivedPath::Built DerivedPath::Built::parse(const Store & store, std::string_vi
     assert(n != s.npos);
     auto drvPath = store.parseStorePath(s.substr(0, n));
     auto outputsS = s.substr(n + 1);
-    std::set<string> outputs;
+    std::set<std::string> outputs;
     if (outputsS != "*")
-        outputs = tokenizeString<std::set<string>>(outputsS, ",");
+        outputs = tokenizeString<std::set<std::string>>(outputsS, ",");
     return {drvPath, outputs};
 }
 

src/libstore/dummy-store.cc

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ struct DummyStore : public virtual DummyStoreConfig, public virtual Store
         , Store(params)
     { }
 
-    string getUri() override
+    std::string getUri() override
     {
         return *uriSchemes().begin();
     }
@@ -43,8 +43,11 @@ struct DummyStore : public virtual DummyStoreConfig, public virtual Store
         RepairFlag repair, CheckSigsFlag checkSigs) override
     { unsupported("addToStore"); }
 
-    StorePath addTextToStore(const string & name, const string & s,
-        const StorePathSet & references, RepairFlag repair) override
+    StorePath addTextToStore(
+        std::string_view name,
+        std::string_view s,
+        const StorePathSet & references,
+        RepairFlag repair) override
     { unsupported("addTextToStore"); }
 
     void narFromPath(const StorePath & path, Sink & sink) override

src/libstore/filetransfer.cc

@@ -33,12 +33,12 @@ FileTransferSettings fileTransferSettings;
 
 static GlobalConfig::Register rFileTransferSettings(&fileTransferSettings);
 
-std::string resolveUri(const std::string & uri)
+std::string resolveUri(std::string_view uri)
 {
     if (uri.compare(0, 8, "channel:") == 0)
-        return "https://nixos.org/channels/" + std::string(uri, 8) + "/nixexprs.tar.xz";
+        return "https://nixos.org/channels/" + std::string(uri.substr(8)) + "/nixexprs.tar.xz";
     else
-        return uri;
+        return std::string(uri);
 }
 
 struct curlFileTransfer : public FileTransfer
@@ -197,15 +197,15 @@ struct curlFileTransfer : public FileTransfer
                 result.etag = "";
                 result.data.clear();
                 result.bodySize = 0;
-                statusMsg = trim(match[1]);
+                statusMsg = trim(match.str(1));
                 acceptRanges = false;
                 encoding = "";
             } else {
                 auto i = line.find(':');
-                if (i != string::npos) {
-                    string name = toLower(trim(string(line, 0, i)));
+                if (i != std::string::npos) {
+                    std::string name = toLower(trim(line.substr(0, i)));
                     if (name == "etag") {
-                        result.etag = trim(string(line, i + 1));
+                        result.etag = trim(line.substr(i + 1));
                         /* Hack to work around a GitHub bug: it sends
                            ETags, but ignores If-None-Match. So if we get
                            the expected ETag on a 200 response, then shut
@@ -218,8 +218,8 @@ struct curlFileTransfer : public FileTransfer
                             return 0;
                         }
                     } else if (name == "content-encoding")
-                        encoding = trim(string(line, i + 1));
-                    else if (name == "accept-ranges" && toLower(trim(std::string(line, i + 1))) == "bytes")
+                        encoding = trim(line.substr(i + 1));
+                    else if (name == "accept-ranges" && toLower(trim(line.substr(i + 1))) == "bytes")
                         acceptRanges = true;
                 }
             }
@@ -866,18 +866,18 @@ FileTransferError::FileTransferError(FileTransfer::Error error, std::optional<st
     // FIXME: Due to https://github.com/NixOS/nix/issues/3841 we don't know how
     // to print different messages for different verbosity levels. For now
     // we add some heuristics for detecting when we want to show the response.
-    if (response && (response->size() < 1024 || response->find("<html>") != string::npos))
+    if (response && (response->size() < 1024 || response->find("<html>") != std::string::npos))
         err.msg = hintfmt("%1%\n\nresponse body:\n\n%2%", normaltxt(hf.str()), chomp(*response));
     else
         err.msg = hf;
 }
 
-bool isUri(const string & s)
+bool isUri(std::string_view s)
 {
     if (s.compare(0, 8, "channel:") == 0) return true;
     size_t pos = s.find("://");
-    if (pos == string::npos) return false;
-    string scheme(s, 0, pos);
+    if (pos == std::string::npos) return false;
+    std::string scheme(s, 0, pos);
     return scheme == "http" || scheme == "https" || scheme == "file" || scheme == "channel" || scheme == "git" || scheme == "s3" || scheme == "ssh";
 }
 

src/libstore/filetransfer.hh

@@ -119,17 +119,17 @@ class FileTransferError : public Error
 {
 public:
     FileTransfer::Error error;
-    std::optional<string> response; // intentionally optional
+    std::optional<std::string> response; // intentionally optional
 
     template<typename... Args>
-    FileTransferError(FileTransfer::Error error, std::optional<string> response, const Args & ... args);
+    FileTransferError(FileTransfer::Error error, std::optional<std::string> response, const Args & ... args);
 
     virtual const char* sname() const override { return "FileTransferError"; }
 };
 
-bool isUri(const string & s);
+bool isUri(std::string_view s);
 
 /* Resolve deprecated 'channel:<foo>' URLs. */
-std::string resolveUri(const std::string & uri);
+std::string resolveUri(std::string_view uri);
 
 }

src/libstore/gc-store.cc

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#include "gc-store.hh"
+
+namespace nix {
+
+GcStore & requireGcStore(Store & store)
+{
+    auto * gcStore = dynamic_cast<GcStore *>(&store);
+    if (!gcStore)
+        throw UsageError("Garbage collection not supported by this store");
+    return *gcStore;
+}
+
+}

src/libstore/gc-store.hh

@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include "store-api.hh"
+
+
+namespace nix {
+
+
+typedef std::unordered_map<StorePath, std::unordered_set<std::string>> Roots;
+
+
+struct GCOptions
+{
+    /* Garbage collector operation:
+
+       - `gcReturnLive': return the set of paths reachable from
+         (i.e. in the closure of) the roots.
+
+       - `gcReturnDead': return the set of paths not reachable from
+         the roots.
+
+       - `gcDeleteDead': actually delete the latter set.
+
+       - `gcDeleteSpecific': delete the paths listed in
+          `pathsToDelete', insofar as they are not reachable.
+    */
+    typedef enum {
+        gcReturnLive,
+        gcReturnDead,
+        gcDeleteDead,
+        gcDeleteSpecific,
+    } GCAction;
+
+    GCAction action{gcDeleteDead};
+
+    /* If `ignoreLiveness' is set, then reachability from the roots is
+       ignored (dangerous!).  However, the paths must still be
+       unreferenced *within* the store (i.e., there can be no other
+       store paths that depend on them). */
+    bool ignoreLiveness{false};
+
+    /* For `gcDeleteSpecific', the paths to delete. */
+    StorePathSet pathsToDelete;
+
+    /* Stop after at least `maxFreed' bytes have been freed. */
+    uint64_t maxFreed{std::numeric_limits<uint64_t>::max()};
+};
+
+
+struct GCResults
+{
+    /* Depending on the action, the GC roots, or the paths that would
+       be or have been deleted. */
+    PathSet paths;
+
+    /* For `gcReturnDead', `gcDeleteDead' and `gcDeleteSpecific', the
+       number of bytes that would be or was freed. */
+    uint64_t bytesFreed = 0;
+};
+
+
+struct GcStore : public virtual Store
+{
+    /* Add an indirect root, which is merely a symlink to `path' from
+       /nix/var/nix/gcroots/auto/<hash of `path'>.  `path' is supposed
+       to be a symlink to a store path.  The garbage collector will
+       automatically remove the indirect root when it finds that
+       `path' has disappeared. */
+    virtual void addIndirectRoot(const Path & path) = 0;
+
+    /* Find the roots of the garbage collector.  Each root is a pair
+       (link, storepath) where `link' is the path of the symlink
+       outside of the Nix store that point to `storePath'. If
+       'censor' is true, privacy-sensitive information about roots
+       found in /proc is censored. */
+    virtual Roots findRoots(bool censor) = 0;
+
+    /* Perform a garbage collection. */
+    virtual void collectGarbage(const GCOptions & options, GCResults & results) = 0;
+};
+
+GcStore & requireGcStore(Store & store);
+
+}

src/libstore/gc.cc

@@ -47,9 +47,8 @@ static void makeSymlink(const Path & link, const Path & target)
 
 void LocalStore::addIndirectRoot(const Path & path)
 {
-    string hash = hashString(htSHA1, path).to_string(Base32, false);
-    Path realRoot = canonPath((format("%1%/%2%/auto/%3%")
-        % stateDir % gcRootsDir % hash).str());
+    std::string hash = hashString(htSHA1, path).to_string(Base32, false);
+    Path realRoot = canonPath(fmt("%1%/%2%/auto/%3%", stateDir, gcRootsDir, hash));
     makeSymlink(realRoot, path);
 }
 
@@ -162,7 +161,7 @@ void LocalStore::addTempRoot(const StorePath & path)
     }
 
     /* Append the store path to the temporary roots file. */
-    string s = printStorePath(path) + '\0';
+    auto s = printStorePath(path) + '\0';
     writeFull(state->fdTempRoots.get(), s);
 }
 
@@ -203,12 +202,12 @@ void LocalStore::findTempRoots(Roots & tempRoots, bool censor)
         }
 
         /* Read the entire file. */
-        string contents = readFile(fd.get());
+        auto contents = readFile(fd.get());
 
         /* Extract the roots. */
-        string::size_type pos = 0, end;
+        std::string::size_type pos = 0, end;
 
-        while ((end = contents.find((char) 0, pos)) != string::npos) {
+        while ((end = contents.find((char) 0, pos)) != std::string::npos) {
             Path root(contents, pos, end - pos);
             debug("got temporary root '%s'", root);
             tempRoots[parseStorePath(root)].emplace(censor ? censored : fmt("{temp:%d}", pid));
@@ -305,7 +304,7 @@ Roots LocalStore::findRoots(bool censor)
 
 typedef std::unordered_map<Path, std::unordered_set<std::string>> UncheckedRoots;
 
-static void readProcLink(const string & file, UncheckedRoots & roots)
+static void readProcLink(const std::string & file, UncheckedRoots & roots)
 {
     /* 64 is the starting buffer size gnu readlink uses... */
     auto bufsiz = ssize_t{64};
@@ -328,7 +327,7 @@ try_again:
             .emplace(file);
 }
 
-static string quoteRegexChars(const string & raw)
+static std::string quoteRegexChars(const std::string & raw)
 {
     static auto specialRegex = std::regex(R"([.^$\\*+?()\[\]{}|])");
     return std::regex_replace(raw, specialRegex, R"(\$&)");
@@ -383,7 +382,7 @@ void LocalStore::findRuntimeRoots(Roots & roots, bool censor)
 
                 try {
                     auto mapFile = fmt("/proc/%s/maps", ent->d_name);
-                    auto mapLines = tokenizeString<std::vector<string>>(readFile(mapFile), "\n");
+                    auto mapLines = tokenizeString<std::vector<std::string>>(readFile(mapFile), "\n");
                     for (const auto & line : mapLines) {
                         auto match = std::smatch{};
                         if (std::regex_match(line, match, mapRegex))
@@ -414,7 +413,7 @@ void LocalStore::findRuntimeRoots(Roots & roots, bool censor)
         try {
             std::regex lsofRegex(R"(^n(/.*)$)");
             auto lsofLines =
-                tokenizeString<std::vector<string>>(runProgram(LSOF, true, { "-n", "-w", "-F", "n" }), "\n");
+                tokenizeString<std::vector<std::string>>(runProgram(LSOF, true, { "-n", "-w", "-F", "n" }), "\n");
             for (const auto & line : lsofLines) {
                 std::smatch match;
                 if (std::regex_match(line, match, lsofRegex))
@@ -784,7 +783,7 @@ void LocalStore::collectGarbage(const GCOptions & options, GCResults & results)
             struct dirent * dirent;
             while (errno = 0, dirent = readdir(dir.get())) {
                 checkInterrupt();
-                string name = dirent->d_name;
+                std::string name = dirent->d_name;
                 if (name == "." || name == ".." || name == linksName) continue;
 
                 if (auto storePath = maybeParseStorePath(storeDir + "/" + name))
@@ -825,7 +824,7 @@ void LocalStore::collectGarbage(const GCOptions & options, GCResults & results)
         struct dirent * dirent;
         while (errno = 0, dirent = readdir(dir.get())) {
             checkInterrupt();
-            string name = dirent->d_name;
+            std::string name = dirent->d_name;
             if (name == "." || name == "..") continue;
             Path path = linksDir + "/" + name;
 

src/libstore/globals.cc

@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ std::vector<Path> getUserConfigFiles()
     // Use the paths specified in NIX_USER_CONF_FILES if it has been defined
     auto nixConfFiles = getEnv("NIX_USER_CONF_FILES");
     if (nixConfFiles.has_value()) {
-        return tokenizeString<std::vector<string>>(nixConfFiles.value(), ":");
+        return tokenizeString<std::vector<std::string>>(nixConfFiles.value(), ":");
     }
 
     // Use the paths specified by the XDG spec
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ bool Settings::isWSL1()
     return hasSuffix(utsbuf.release, "-Microsoft");
 }
 
-const string nixVersion = PACKAGE_VERSION;
+const std::string nixVersion = PACKAGE_VERSION;
 
 NLOHMANN_JSON_SERIALIZE_ENUM(SandboxMode, {
     {SandboxMode::smEnabled, true},

src/libstore/globals.hh

@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ public:
     bool verboseBuild = true;
 
     Setting<size_t> logLines{this, 10, "log-lines",
-        "If `verbose-build` is false, the number of lines of the tail of "
+        "The number of lines of the tail of "
         "the log to show if a build fails."};
 
     MaxBuildJobsSetting maxBuildJobs{
@@ -880,55 +880,6 @@ public:
           are loaded as plugins (non-recursively).
         )"};
 
-    Setting<StringMap> accessTokens{this, {}, "access-tokens",
-        R"(
-          Access tokens used to access protected GitHub, GitLab, or
-          other locations requiring token-based authentication.
-
-          Access tokens are specified as a string made up of
-          space-separated `host=token` values.  The specific token
-          used is selected by matching the `host` portion against the
-          "host" specification of the input. The actual use of the
-          `token` value is determined by the type of resource being
-          accessed:
-
-          * Github: the token value is the OAUTH-TOKEN string obtained
-            as the Personal Access Token from the Github server (see
-            https://docs.github.com/en/developers/apps/authorizing-oath-apps).
-
-          * Gitlab: the token value is either the OAuth2 token or the
-            Personal Access Token (these are different types tokens
-            for gitlab, see
-            https://docs.gitlab.com/12.10/ee/api/README.html#authentication).
-            The `token` value should be `type:tokenstring` where
-            `type` is either `OAuth2` or `PAT` to indicate which type
-            of token is being specified.
-
-          Example `~/.config/nix/nix.conf`:
-
-          ```
-          access-tokens = github.com=23ac...b289 gitlab.mycompany.com=PAT:A123Bp_Cd..EfG gitlab.com=OAuth2:1jklw3jk
-          ```
-
-          Example `~/code/flake.nix`:
-
-          ```nix
-          input.foo = {
-            type = "gitlab";
-            host = "gitlab.mycompany.com";
-            owner = "mycompany";
-            repo = "pro";
-          };
-          ```
-
-          This example specifies three tokens, one each for accessing
-          github.com, gitlab.mycompany.com, and sourceforge.net.
-
-          The `input.foo` uses the "gitlab" fetcher, which might
-          requires specifying the token type along with the token
-          value.
-          )"};
-
     Setting<std::set<ExperimentalFeature>> experimentalFeatures{this, {}, "experimental-features",
         "Experimental Nix features to enable."};
 
@@ -936,18 +887,9 @@ public:
 
     void requireExperimentalFeature(const ExperimentalFeature &);
 
-    Setting<bool> allowDirty{this, true, "allow-dirty",
-        "Whether to allow dirty Git/Mercurial trees."};
-
-    Setting<bool> warnDirty{this, true, "warn-dirty",
-        "Whether to warn about dirty Git/Mercurial trees."};
-
     Setting<size_t> narBufferSize{this, 32 * 1024 * 1024, "nar-buffer-size",
         "Maximum size of NARs before spilling them to disk."};
 
-    Setting<std::string> flakeRegistry{this, "https://github.com/NixOS/flake-registry/raw/master/flake-registry.json", "flake-registry",
-        "Path or URI of the global flake registry."};
-
     Setting<bool> allowSymlinkedStore{
         this, false, "allow-symlinked-store",
         R"(
@@ -960,19 +902,6 @@ public:
           resolves to a different location from that of the build machine. You
           can enable this setting if you are sure you're not going to do that.
         )"};
-
-    Setting<bool> useRegistries{this, true, "use-registries",
-        "Whether to use flake registries to resolve flake references."};
-
-    Setting<bool> acceptFlakeConfig{this, false, "accept-flake-config",
-        "Whether to accept nix configuration from a flake without prompting."};
-
-    Setting<std::string> commitLockFileSummary{
-        this, "", "commit-lockfile-summary",
-        R"(
-          The commit summary to use when committing changed flake lock files. If
-          empty, the summary is generated based on the action performed.
-        )"};
 };
 
 
@@ -988,6 +917,6 @@ void loadConfFile();
 // Used by the Settings constructor
 std::vector<Path> getUserConfigFiles();
 
-extern const string nixVersion;
+extern const std::string nixVersion;
 
 }

src/libstore/legacy-ssh-store.cc

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 #include "pool.hh"
 #include "remote-store.hh"
 #include "serve-protocol.hh"
+#include "build-result.hh"
 #include "store-api.hh"
 #include "path-with-outputs.hh"
 #include "worker-protocol.hh"
@@ -48,7 +49,7 @@ struct LegacySSHStore : public virtual LegacySSHStoreConfig, public virtual Stor
 
     static std::set<std::string> uriSchemes() { return {"ssh"}; }
 
-    LegacySSHStore(const string & scheme, const string & host, const Params & params)
+    LegacySSHStore(const std::string & scheme, const std::string & host, const Params & params)
         : StoreConfig(params)
         , LegacySSHStoreConfig(params)
         , Store(params)
@@ -107,7 +108,7 @@ struct LegacySSHStore : public virtual LegacySSHStoreConfig, public virtual Stor
         return conn;
     };
 
-    string getUri() override
+    std::string getUri() override
     {
         return *uriSchemes().begin() + "://" + host;
     }
@@ -225,13 +226,21 @@ struct LegacySSHStore : public virtual LegacySSHStoreConfig, public virtual Stor
     std::optional<StorePath> queryPathFromHashPart(const std::string & hashPart) override
     { unsupported("queryPathFromHashPart"); }
 
-    StorePath addToStore(const string & name, const Path & srcPath,
-        FileIngestionMethod method, HashType hashAlgo,
-        PathFilter & filter, RepairFlag repair, const StorePathSet & references) override
+    StorePath addToStore(
+        std::string_view name,
+        const Path & srcPath,
+        FileIngestionMethod method,
+        HashType hashAlgo,
+        PathFilter & filter,
+        RepairFlag repair,
+        const StorePathSet & references) override
     { unsupported("addToStore"); }
 
-    StorePath addTextToStore(const string & name, const string & s,
-        const StorePathSet & references, RepairFlag repair) override
+    StorePath addTextToStore(
+        std::string_view name,
+        std::string_view s,
+        const StorePathSet & references,
+        RepairFlag repair) override
     { unsupported("addTextToStore"); }
 
 private:

src/libstore/local-fs-store.cc

@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ void LocalFSStore::narFromPath(const StorePath & path, Sink & sink)
     dumpPath(getRealStoreDir() + std::string(printStorePath(path), storeDir.size()), sink);
 }
 
-const string LocalFSStore::drvsLogDir = "drvs";
+const std::string LocalFSStore::drvsLogDir = "drvs";
 
 std::optional<std::string> LocalFSStore::getBuildLog(const StorePath & path_)
 {

src/libstore/local-fs-store.hh

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #pragma once
 
 #include "store-api.hh"
+#include "gc-store.hh"
 
 namespace nix {
 
@@ -23,11 +24,11 @@ struct LocalFSStoreConfig : virtual StoreConfig
         "physical path to the Nix store"};
 };
 
-class LocalFSStore : public virtual LocalFSStoreConfig, public virtual Store
+class LocalFSStore : public virtual LocalFSStoreConfig, public virtual Store, virtual GcStore
 {
 public:
 
-    const static string drvsLogDir;
+    const static std::string drvsLogDir;
 
     LocalFSStore(const Params & params);
 

src/libstore/local-store.cc

@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ int getSchema(Path schemaPath)
 {
     int curSchema = 0;
     if (pathExists(schemaPath)) {
-        string s = readFile(schemaPath);
+        auto s = readFile(schemaPath);
         auto n = string2Int<int>(s);
         if (!n)
             throw Error("'%1%' is corrupt", schemaPath);
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ LocalStore::LocalStore(const Params & params)
             res = posix_fallocate(fd.get(), 0, settings.reservedSize);
 #endif
             if (res == -1) {
-                writeFull(fd.get(), string(settings.reservedSize, 'X'));
+                writeFull(fd.get(), std::string(settings.reservedSize, 'X'));
                 [[gnu::unused]] auto res2 = ftruncate(fd.get(), settings.reservedSize);
             }
         }
@@ -450,7 +450,7 @@ void LocalStore::openDB(State & state, bool create)
         throw SysError("Nix database directory '%1%' is not writable", dbDir);
 
     /* Open the Nix database. */
-    string dbPath = dbDir + "/db.sqlite";
+    std::string dbPath = dbDir + "/db.sqlite";
     auto & db(state.db);
     state.db = SQLite(dbPath, create);
 
@@ -471,19 +471,19 @@ void LocalStore::openDB(State & state, bool create)
        should be safe enough.  If the user asks for it, don't sync at
        all.  This can cause database corruption if the system
        crashes. */
-    string syncMode = settings.fsyncMetadata ? "normal" : "off";
+    std::string syncMode = settings.fsyncMetadata ? "normal" : "off";
     db.exec("pragma synchronous = " + syncMode);
 
     /* Set the SQLite journal mode.  WAL mode is fastest, so it's the
        default. */
-    string mode = settings.useSQLiteWAL ? "wal" : "truncate";
-    string prevMode;
+    std::string mode = settings.useSQLiteWAL ? "wal" : "truncate";
+    std::string prevMode;
     {
         SQLiteStmt stmt;
         stmt.create(db, "pragma main.journal_mode;");
         if (sqlite3_step(stmt) != SQLITE_ROW)
             throwSQLiteError(db, "querying journal mode");
-        prevMode = string((const char *) sqlite3_column_text(stmt, 0));
+        prevMode = std::string((const char *) sqlite3_column_text(stmt, 0));
     }
     if (prevMode != mode &&
         sqlite3_exec(db, ("pragma main.journal_mode = " + mode + ";").c_str(), 0, 0, 0) != SQLITE_OK)
@@ -679,7 +679,7 @@ void LocalStore::checkDerivationOutputs(const StorePath & drvPath, const Derivat
 {
     assert(drvPath.isDerivation());
     std::string drvName(drvPath.name());
-    drvName = string(drvName, 0, drvName.size() - drvExtension.size());
+    drvName = drvName.substr(0, drvName.size() - drvExtension.size());
 
     auto envHasRightPath = [&](const StorePath & actual, const std::string & varName)
     {
@@ -786,7 +786,11 @@ void LocalStore::registerDrvOutput(const Realisation & info)
     });
 }
 
-void LocalStore::cacheDrvOutputMapping(State & state, const uint64_t deriver, const string & outputName, const StorePath & output)
+void LocalStore::cacheDrvOutputMapping(
+    State & state,
+    const uint64_t deriver,
+    const std::string & outputName,
+    const StorePath & output)
 {
     retrySQLite<void>([&]() {
         state.stmts->AddDerivationOutput.use()
@@ -795,7 +799,6 @@ void LocalStore::cacheDrvOutputMapping(State & state, const uint64_t deriver, co
             (printStorePath(output))
             .exec();
     });
-
 }
 
 
@@ -1436,7 +1439,9 @@ StorePath LocalStore::addToStoreFromDump(Source & source0, std::string_view name
 }
 
 
-StorePath LocalStore::addTextToStore(const string & name, const string & s,
+StorePath LocalStore::addTextToStore(
+    std::string_view name,
+    std::string_view s,
     const StorePathSet & references, RepairFlag repair)
 {
     auto hash = hashString(htSHA256, s);
@@ -1548,7 +1553,7 @@ bool LocalStore::verifyStore(bool checkContents, RepairFlag repair)
         for (auto & link : readDirectory(linksDir)) {
             printMsg(lvlTalkative, "checking contents of '%s'", link.name);
             Path linkPath = linksDir + "/" + link.name;
-            string hash = hashPath(htSHA256, linkPath).first.to_string(Base32, false);
+            std::string hash = hashPath(htSHA256, linkPath).first.to_string(Base32, false);
             if (hash != link.name) {
                 printError("link '%s' was modified! expected hash '%s', got '%s'",
                     linkPath, link.name, hash);

src/libstore/local-store.hh

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #include "pathlocks.hh"
 #include "store-api.hh"
 #include "local-fs-store.hh"
+#include "gc-store.hh"
 #include "sync.hh"
 #include "util.hh"
 
@@ -43,7 +44,7 @@ struct LocalStoreConfig : virtual LocalFSStoreConfig
 };
 
 
-class LocalStore : public virtual LocalStoreConfig, public virtual LocalFSStore
+class LocalStore : public virtual LocalStoreConfig, public virtual LocalFSStore, public virtual GcStore
 {
 private:
 
@@ -147,8 +148,11 @@ public:
     StorePath addToStoreFromDump(Source & dump, std::string_view name,
         FileIngestionMethod method, HashType hashAlgo, RepairFlag repair, const StorePathSet & references) override;
 
-    StorePath addTextToStore(const string & name, const string & s,
-        const StorePathSet & references, RepairFlag repair) override;
+    StorePath addTextToStore(
+        std::string_view name,
+        std::string_view s,
+        const StorePathSet & references,
+        RepairFlag repair) override;
 
     void addTempRoot(const StorePath & path) override;
 
@@ -204,7 +208,11 @@ public:
        derivation 'deriver'. */
     void registerDrvOutput(const Realisation & info) override;
     void registerDrvOutput(const Realisation & info, CheckSigsFlag checkSigs) override;
-    void cacheDrvOutputMapping(State & state, const uint64_t deriver, const string & outputName, const StorePath & output);
+    void cacheDrvOutputMapping(
+        State & state,
+        const uint64_t deriver,
+        const std::string & outputName,
+        const StorePath & output);
 
     std::optional<const Realisation> queryRealisation_(State & state, const DrvOutput & id);
     std::optional<std::pair<int64_t, Realisation>> queryRealisationCore_(State & state, const DrvOutput & id);

src/libstore/lock.hh

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ private:
     AutoCloseFD fdUserLock;
 
     bool isEnabled = false;
-    string user;
+    std::string user;
     uid_t uid = 0;
     gid_t gid = 0;
     std::vector<gid_t> supplementaryGIDs;
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ public:
 
     void kill();
 
-    string getUser() { return user; }
+    std::string getUser() { return user; }
     uid_t getUID() { assert(uid); return uid; }
     uid_t getGID() { assert(gid); return gid; }
     std::vector<gid_t> getSupplementaryGIDs() { return supplementaryGIDs; }

src/libstore/machines.cc

@@ -39,19 +39,19 @@ Machine::Machine(decltype(storeUri) storeUri,
     sshPublicHostKey(sshPublicHostKey)
 {}
 
-bool Machine::allSupported(const std::set<string> & features) const
+bool Machine::allSupported(const std::set<std::string> & features) const
 {
     return std::all_of(features.begin(), features.end(),
-        [&](const string & feature) {
+        [&](const std::string & feature) {
             return supportedFeatures.count(feature) ||
                 mandatoryFeatures.count(feature);
         });
 }
 
-bool Machine::mandatoryMet(const std::set<string> & features) const
+bool Machine::mandatoryMet(const std::set<std::string> & features) const
 {
     return std::all_of(mandatoryFeatures.begin(), mandatoryFeatures.end(),
-        [&](const string & feature) {
+        [&](const std::string & feature) {
             return features.count(feature);
         });
 }
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ ref<Store> Machine::openStore() const
 static std::vector<std::string> expandBuilderLines(const std::string & builders)
 {
     std::vector<std::string> result;
-    for (auto line : tokenizeString<std::vector<string>>(builders, "\n;")) {
+    for (auto line : tokenizeString<std::vector<std::string>>(builders, "\n;")) {
         trim(line);
         line.erase(std::find(line.begin(), line.end(), '#'), line.end());
         if (line.empty()) continue;
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ static std::vector<std::string> expandBuilderLines(const std::string & builders)
 
 static Machine parseBuilderLine(const std::string & line)
 {
-    const auto tokens = tokenizeString<std::vector<string>>(line);
+    const auto tokens = tokenizeString<std::vector<std::string>>(line);
 
     auto isSet = [&](size_t fieldIndex) {
         return tokens.size() > fieldIndex && tokens[fieldIndex] != "" && tokens[fieldIndex] != "-";
@@ -146,17 +146,18 @@ static Machine parseBuilderLine(const std::string & line)
 
     return {
         tokens[0],
-        isSet(1) ? tokenizeString<std::vector<string>>(tokens[1], ",") : std::vector<string>{settings.thisSystem},
+        isSet(1) ? tokenizeString<std::vector<std::string>>(tokens[1], ",") : std::vector<std::string>{settings.thisSystem},
         isSet(2) ? tokens[2] : "",
         isSet(3) ? parseUnsignedIntField(3) : 1U,
         isSet(4) ? parseUnsignedIntField(4) : 1U,
-        isSet(5) ? tokenizeString<std::set<string>>(tokens[5], ",") : std::set<string>{},
-        isSet(6) ? tokenizeString<std::set<string>>(tokens[6], ",") : std::set<string>{},
+        isSet(5) ? tokenizeString<std::set<std::string>>(tokens[5], ",") : std::set<std::string>{},
+        isSet(6) ? tokenizeString<std::set<std::string>>(tokens[6], ",") : std::set<std::string>{},
         isSet(7) ? ensureBase64(7) : ""
     };
 }
 
-static Machines parseBuilderLines(const std::vector<std::string>& builders) {
+static Machines parseBuilderLines(const std::vector<std::string> & builders)
+{
     Machines result;
     std::transform(builders.begin(), builders.end(), std::back_inserter(result), parseBuilderLine);
     return result;

src/libstore/nar-accessor.cc

@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ struct NarAccessor : public FSAccessor
         void receiveContents(std::string_view data) override
         { }
 
-        void createSymlink(const Path & path, const string & target) override
+        void createSymlink(const Path & path, const std::string & target) override
         {
             createMember(path,
                 NarMember{FSAccessor::Type::tSymlink, false, 0, 0, target});

src/libstore/nar-info.cc

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ NarInfo::NarInfo(const Store & store, const std::string & s, const std::string &
         return Error("NAR info file '%1%' is corrupt", whence);
     };
 
-    auto parseHashField = [&](const string & s) {
+    auto parseHashField = [&](const std::string & s) {
         try {
             return Hash::parseAnyPrefixed(s);
         } catch (BadHash &) {

src/libstore/optimise-store.cc

@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ Strings LocalStore::readDirectoryIgnoringInodes(const Path & path, const InodeHa
             continue;
         }
 
-        string name = dirent->d_name;
+        std::string name = dirent->d_name;
         if (name == "." || name == "..") continue;
         names.push_back(name);
     }

src/libstore/path-with-outputs.cc

@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@ DerivedPath StorePathWithOutputs::toDerivedPath() const
 
 std::vector<DerivedPath> toDerivedPaths(const std::vector<StorePathWithOutputs> ss)
 {
-	std::vector<DerivedPath> reqs;
-	for (auto & s : ss) reqs.push_back(s.toDerivedPath());
-	return reqs;
+    std::vector<DerivedPath> reqs;
+    for (auto & s : ss) reqs.push_back(s.toDerivedPath());
+    return reqs;
 }
 
 
@@ -49,9 +49,9 @@ std::pair<std::string_view, StringSet> parsePathWithOutputs(std::string_view s)
 {
     size_t n = s.find("!");
     return n == s.npos
-        ? std::make_pair(s, std::set<string>())
+        ? std::make_pair(s, std::set<std::string>())
         : std::make_pair(((std::string_view) s).substr(0, n),
-            tokenizeString<std::set<string>>(((std::string_view) s).substr(n + 1), ","));
+            tokenizeString<std::set<std::string>>(((std::string_view) s).substr(n + 1), ","));
 }
 
 

src/libstore/path.hh

@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ public:
 
 typedef std::set<StorePath> StorePathSet;
 typedef std::vector<StorePath> StorePaths;
-typedef std::map<string, StorePath> OutputPathMap;
+typedef std::map<std::string, StorePath> OutputPathMap;
 
 typedef std::map<StorePath, std::optional<ContentAddress>> StorePathCAMap;
 

src/libstore/pathlocks.cc

@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ PathLocks::PathLocks()
 }
 
 
-PathLocks::PathLocks(const PathSet & paths, const string & waitMsg)
+PathLocks::PathLocks(const PathSet & paths, const std::string & waitMsg)
     : deletePaths(false)
 {
     lockPaths(paths, waitMsg);
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ PathLocks::PathLocks(const PathSet & paths, const string & waitMsg)
 
 
 bool PathLocks::lockPaths(const PathSet & paths,
-    const string & waitMsg, bool wait)
+    const std::string & waitMsg, bool wait)
 {
     assert(fds.empty());
 

src/libstore/pathlocks.hh

@@ -26,9 +26,9 @@ private:
 public:
     PathLocks();
     PathLocks(const PathSet & paths,
-        const string & waitMsg = "");
+        const std::string & waitMsg = "");
     bool lockPaths(const PathSet & _paths,
-        const string & waitMsg = "",
+        const std::string & waitMsg = "",
         bool wait = true);
     ~PathLocks();
     void unlock();

src/libstore/profiles.cc

@@ -15,12 +15,12 @@ namespace nix {
 
 /* Parse a generation name of the format
    `<profilename>-<number>-link'. */
-static std::optional<GenerationNumber> parseName(const string & profileName, const string & name)
+static std::optional<GenerationNumber> parseName(const std::string & profileName, const std::string & name)
 {
-    if (string(name, 0, profileName.size() + 1) != profileName + "-") return {};
-    string s = string(name, profileName.size() + 1);
-    string::size_type p = s.find("-link");
-    if (p == string::npos) return {};
+    if (name.substr(0, profileName.size() + 1) != profileName + "-") return {};
+    auto s = name.substr(profileName.size() + 1);
+    auto p = s.find("-link");
+    if (p == std::string::npos) return {};
     if (auto n = string2Int<unsigned int>(s.substr(0, p)))
         return *n;
     else
@@ -209,13 +209,13 @@ void deleteGenerationsOlderThan(const Path & profile, time_t t, bool dryRun)
 }
 
 
-void deleteGenerationsOlderThan(const Path & profile, const string & timeSpec, bool dryRun)
+void deleteGenerationsOlderThan(const Path & profile, std::string_view timeSpec, bool dryRun)
 {
     if (timeSpec.empty() || timeSpec[timeSpec.size() - 1] != 'd')
         throw UsageError("invalid number of days specifier '%1%', expected something like '14d'", timeSpec);
 
     time_t curTime = time(0);
-    string strDays = string(timeSpec, 0, timeSpec.size() - 1);
+    auto strDays = timeSpec.substr(0, timeSpec.size() - 1);
     auto days = string2Int<int>(strDays);
 
     if (!days || *days < 1)
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ void lockProfile(PathLocks & lock, const Path & profile)
 }
 
 
-string optimisticLockProfile(const Path & profile)
+std::string optimisticLockProfile(const Path & profile)
 {
     return pathExists(profile) ? readLink(profile) : "";
 }

src/libstore/profiles.hh

@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ void deleteOldGenerations(const Path & profile, bool dryRun);
 
 void deleteGenerationsOlderThan(const Path & profile, time_t t, bool dryRun);
 
-void deleteGenerationsOlderThan(const Path & profile, const string & timeSpec, bool dryRun);
+void deleteGenerationsOlderThan(const Path & profile, std::string_view timeSpec, bool dryRun);
 
 void switchLink(Path link, Path target);
 
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ void lockProfile(PathLocks & lock, const Path & profile);
    generally cheap, since the build results are still in the Nix
    store.  Most of the time, only the user environment has to be
    rebuilt. */
-string optimisticLockProfile(const Path & profile);
+std::string optimisticLockProfile(const Path & profile);
 
 /* Resolve ~/.nix-profile. If ~/.nix-profile doesn't exist yet, create
    it. */