From cf660fa367fdb31d571c6850c10a4a0505e87aa6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: LeMarsu <ch.ruelle@lemarsu.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2026 21:29:29 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] refactor: sloth plugin derivation is less hackish

---
 lib/modules/sloth.nix | 14 ++++----------
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/modules/sloth.nix b/lib/modules/sloth.nix
index 1340f84..e92718a 100644
--- a/lib/modules/sloth.nix
+++ b/lib/modules/sloth.nix
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@
   fs = pkgs.lib.fileset;
   lua = callModule ../lua.nix {};
 
-  versionLua = version: with lua; renderLua {} (return (lambda [] (return version)));
-  luaDefsToLua = luaDefs: with lua; renderLua {} (return luaDefs);
+  defsFile = luaDefs: with lua; writeLua "sloth-plugins-definitions.lua" (return luaDefs);
+  versionFile = with lua; writeLua "sloth-version.lua" (return (lambda [] (return sloth.version)));
 in
   fix (self: {
     mkSlothPlugin = luaDefs:
@@ -24,14 +24,8 @@ in
         nvimRequireCheck = "sloth-flake";
         buildPhase = ''
           dir=lua/sloth-flake
-
-          cat <<'LUA' > $dir/dependencies.lua
-          ${luaDefsToLua luaDefs}
-          LUA
-
-          cat <<'LUA' > $dir/version.lua
-          ${versionLua sloth.version}
-          LUA
+          ln -s ${defsFile luaDefs} $dir/dependencies.lua
+          ln -s ${versionFile} $dir/version.lua
         '';
       };