nixos/bat: init bat module

Signed-off-by: Fernando Rodrigues <alpha@sigmasquadron.net>

doc/manpage-urls.json

@@ -322,5 +322,6 @@
   "nix-shell(1)": "https://nixos.org/manual/nix/stable/command-ref/nix-shell.html",
   "mksquashfs(1)": "https://man.archlinux.org/man/extra/squashfs-tools/mksquashfs.1.en",
   "curl(1)": "https://curl.se/docs/manpage.html",
-  "netrc(5)": "https://man.cx/netrc"
+  "netrc(5)": "https://man.cx/netrc",
+  "cat(1)": "https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/html_node/cat-invocation.html"
 }

nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2411.section.md

@@ -190,6 +190,8 @@
 
 - [Zapret](https://github.com/bol-van/zapret), a DPI bypass tool. Available as [services.zapret](option.html#opt-services.zapret).
 
+- [Bat](https://github.com/sharkdp/bat), a {manpage}`cat(1)` clone with wings. Available as [programs.bat](option.html#opt-programs.bat).
+
 ## Backward Incompatibilities {#sec-release-24.11-incompatibilities}
 
 - The `sound` options have been removed or renamed, as they had a lot of unintended side effects. See [below](#sec-release-24.11-migration-sound) for details.

nixos/modules/module-list.nix

@@ -157,6 +157,7 @@
   ./programs/bash/blesh.nix
   ./programs/bash/ls-colors.nix
   ./programs/bash/undistract-me.nix
+  ./programs/bat.nix
   ./programs/bcc.nix
   ./programs/benchexec.nix
   ./programs/browserpass.nix

nixos/modules/programs/bat.nix

@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+{
+  pkgs,
+  config,
+  lib,
+  ...
+}:
+let
+  inherit (lib.options) mkEnableOption mkPackageOption mkOption;
+  inherit (lib.modules) mkIf;
+  inherit (lib.lists) optionals;
+  inherit (lib.types) lines;
+  inherit (lib) maintainers;
+  cfg = config.programs.bat;
+in
+{
+  options.programs.bat = {
+    enable = mkEnableOption "`bat`, a {manpage}`cat(1)` clone with wings";
+    package = mkPackageOption pkgs "bat" { };
+    enableExtras = mkEnableOption "`bat`'s extra scripts and utilities";
+    # TODO: Somehow turn this into a structured submodule per RFC 0042.
+    # `bat`'s configuration syntax translates particularly terribly to
+    # Nix as some options can be declared multiple times and many options
+    # are actually aliases to other options and shouldn't be set together.
+    extraConfig = mkOption {
+      default = "";
+      example = ''
+        --theme="TwoDark"
+        --italic-text=always
+        --paging=never
+        --pager="less --RAW-CONTROL-CHARS --quit-if-one-screen --mouse"
+        --map-syntax "*.ino:C++"
+        --map-syntax ".ignore:Git Ignore"
+      '';
+      description = ''
+        Lines to be appended verbatim to the system-wide `bat` configuration file.
+      '';
+      type = lines;
+    };
+  };
+  config = mkIf cfg.enable {
+    environment = {
+      systemPackages =
+        [ cfg.package ]
+        ++ optionals cfg.enableExtras (
+          with pkgs.bat-extras;
+          [
+            batdiff
+            batgrep
+            batman
+            batpipe
+            batwatch
+            prettybat
+          ]
+        );
+      etc."bat/config".text = cfg.extraConfig;
+    };
+  };
+  meta.maintainers = with maintainers; [ sigmasquadron ];
+}