[Nix-dev] Nix as a dotfiles manager

[Arseniy Seroka]

Hello!
I want to do smth like
`if networking.name = "foo"
    then writeFile "/home/user/.dorfile"
    else if networking.name = "bar" then ...`.
But it turnes out that I have no idea how to do it.
So the questions are: is it a good idea to use nix as a dotfiles manager?
And what is a best way to do it?
I thought smth like: now we are making pkgs and making symlinks to their
executable to ls `~/.nix-profile/bin/`.
Maybe there is a way for some derivation set the "output path" as a `~/`
and do smth like (write it in a ~/.nixpkgs/config.nix):
`configs = buildConfigEnv "~/" [
    { name = ".zshrc"; contents = ''#zshrc config''
  }
]`
If it is possible, please give me some hints or smth and I will try to
implement it (if it is a good idea).
This way, IMO, we would provide a good mechanism for a dotfiles managing at
several machines.

-- 
Sincerely,
Arseniy Seroka
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