From 9a05384ae52e8760290e80060a76faac05526640 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: John Lancaster <32917998+jsl12@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2026 09:00:35 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] variables

---
 modules/nix-tools/rebuild.nix | 14 +++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/modules/nix-tools/rebuild.nix b/modules/nix-tools/rebuild.nix
index 8ef00c5..772ec5b 100644
--- a/modules/nix-tools/rebuild.nix
+++ b/modules/nix-tools/rebuild.nix
@@ -2,12 +2,20 @@
 {
   flake.modules.homeManager.rebuild =
     { pkgs, lib, config, ... }:
+    let
+      hostnameCmd = "$(${lib.getExe pkgs.hostname} -s)";
+    in
     {
       options = {
         homeManagerFlakeDir = lib.mkOption {
+          description = "Path to the home-manager flake directory.";
           type = lib.types.str;
           default = "${config.xdg.configHome}/home-manager";
-          description = "Path to the home-manager flake directory.";
+        };
+        buildHostname = lib.mkOption {
+          description = "Hostname for the NixOS configuration to use.";
+          type = lib.types.str;
+          default = hostnameCmd;
         };
       };
 
@@ -27,11 +35,11 @@
           '')
           (writeShellScriptBin "flake-parts-check" ''
             cd ${flakeDir}
-            ${nixBin} run ".#write-flake"
+            ${nixBin} run "${flakeDir}#write-flake"
             ${nixBin} flake check
           '')
           (writeShellScriptBin "nhms" ''
-            HOSTNAME=$(hostname -s)
+            HOSTNAME=${hostnameCmd}
             echo "Switching to the $HOSTNAME profile"
             ${lib.getExe home-manager} switch --impure --flake ${flakeDir}#$HOSTNAME
           '')