Grahamc/lockable inputs generally - #613
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The Lockable HTTP Protocol only worked for tarball inputs. An input with `flake = false` and no tarball extension is a file input, so Nix ignored the `Link: <...>; rel="immutable"` header. Move the handling into CurlInputScheme so that both schemes share it, and give file inputs a fingerprint now that they can lock to an immutable URL. Assisted-by: Claude Opus 5 (1M context)
The Lockable HTTP Protocol says that Nix checks the tarball contents against the `narHash` in the `Link` header. Nix did not do this: it replaced the value with the NAR hash of the data that it downloaded. Assisted-by: Claude Opus 5 (1M context)
Assisted-by: Claude Opus 5 (1M context)
Assisted-by: Claude Opus 5 (1M context)
📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe Lockable HTTP Protocol now supports file inputs. Immutable URLs must match the fetched input type, and specified ChangesLockable HTTP Protocol
Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to The PR adds support for locking non-tarball HTTP inputs; no actionable merge-blocking risk remains, and the remaining documentation formatting issue can be handled through normal review checks. Suggested reviewers: Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant HTTPServer
participant CurlInputScheme
participant FileInputScheme
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HTTPServer->>CurlInputScheme: Return file and immutable URL
CurlInputScheme->>FileInputScheme: Pass downloaded content and NAR hash
FileInputScheme->>CurlInputScheme: Validate input type and immutable URL hash
FileInputScheme->>NixStore: Record validated file input
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In `@doc/manual/source/protocols/tarball-fetcher.md`:
- Line 10: Update both HTTP header code fences in the tarball-fetcher
documentation to specify the text language, including the fences containing the
Link examples near the first and second referenced sections.
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| Then the user can put an input in `flake.nix` that asks for the most recent version of a resource (for example, `https://example.org/hello/latest.tar.gz`), while `flake.lock` records a URL whose contents do not change (for example, `https://example.org/hello/<revision>.tar.gz`). | ||
| To do this, the server must send an [HTTP `Link` header](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Link) with the `rel` attribute set to `immutable`, as follows: | ||
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Add a language to both HTTP header code fences.
The fences at Line 10 and Line 65 trigger markdownlint MD040. Use text for both fences.
Proposed fix
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+```text
Link: <flakeref>; rel="immutable"-```
+```text
Link: <https://install.determinate.systems/determinate-pkg/tag/v3.22.0/Universal>; rel="immutable"Also applies to: 65-65
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[warning] 10-10: Fenced code blocks should have a language specified
(MD040, fenced-code-language)
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In `@doc/manual/source/protocols/tarball-fetcher.md` at line 10, Update both HTTP
header code fences in the tarball-fetcher documentation to specify the text
language, including the fences containing the Link examples near the first and
second referenced sections.
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Motivation
It'd be cool if we could lock inputs using the lockable HTTP spec, even if they are not tarballs. For example:
producing a lockfile that contains
https://install.determinate.systems/determinate-pkg/tag/v3.22.0/Universalas the locked URL.Context
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