From 32ab590cf15c0c3e3e1f8d72098cf6c066e15f5a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mihai Fufezan <mihai@fufexan.net>
Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2024 23:13:20 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] Nix: revamp

---
 pages/Nix/Contributing and Debugging.md | 9 +++++++--
 pages/Nix/Options & Overrides.md        | 9 +++++++++
 pages/Nix/_index.md                     | 2 +-
 3 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/pages/Nix/Contributing and Debugging.md b/pages/Nix/Contributing and Debugging.md
index 2c9f36e..c37bb2f 100644
--- a/pages/Nix/Contributing and Debugging.md	
+++ b/pages/Nix/Contributing and Debugging.md	
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 title: Contributing and Debugging
 ---
 
-Everything needed to build and debug Hyprland is included inside the provided
-`devShell`.
+Everything needed to build and debug Hyprland and other hyprwm programs is
+included inside the provided `devShell`s.
 
 To use it in the cloned repo, simply run `nix develop`.
 
@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@ To use it in the cloned repo, simply run `nix develop`.
 A debug build is already provided through
 `hyprland.packages.${pkgs.stdenv.hostPlatform.system}.hyprland-debug`.
 
+Most hyprwm apps also provide their own `-debug` versions. For those that don't,
+one can build the debug version from the CLI by using
+[overrideAttrs](../Options-Overrides/#using-nix-repl) with
+`cmakeBuildType = "debug";`.
+
 ## Bisecting an issue
 
 Follow the
diff --git a/pages/Nix/Options & Overrides.md b/pages/Nix/Options & Overrides.md
index a108f8e..317a561 100644
--- a/pages/Nix/Options & Overrides.md	
+++ b/pages/Nix/Options & Overrides.md	
@@ -51,3 +51,12 @@ nix-repl> :bl outputs.packages.x86_64-linux.hyprland.override { /* flag here */
 ```
 
 Then you can run Hyprland from the built path.
+
+You can also use `overrideAttrs` to override `mkDerivation`'s arguments, such as
+`cmakeBuildType`:
+
+```nix
+$ nix repl
+nix-repl> :lf git+https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland?submodules=1
+nix-repl> :bl outputs.packages.x86_64-linux.hyprland.overrideAttrs (self: super: { cmakeBuildType = "debug" })
+```
diff --git a/pages/Nix/_index.md b/pages/Nix/_index.md
index 97508f8..14a48f2 100644
--- a/pages/Nix/_index.md
+++ b/pages/Nix/_index.md
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ For more options, see
 
 For other NixOS options, see [Hyprland on NixOS](./Hyprland-on-NixOS).
 
-## Home-manager module
+## Home Manager module
 
 Read [Hyprland on Home Manager](./Hyprland-on-Home-Manager).