From df9cbc4fb3d12aeeae27ca304e93ae057e562d11 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Noah Masur <7386960+nmasur@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2025 15:35:21 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] attempt to fix home-manager standalone (not working)

---
 modules/common/default.nix | 13 ++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/modules/common/default.nix b/modules/common/default.nix
index 6af1f50..1baef45 100644
--- a/modules/common/default.nix
+++ b/modules/common/default.nix
@@ -194,7 +194,18 @@
       nixpkgs.config.permittedInsecurePackages = config.insecurePackages;
 
       # Pin a state version to prevent warnings
-      home-manager.users.${config.user}.home.stateVersion = stateVersion;
       home-manager.users.root.home.stateVersion = stateVersion;
+
+      # Fix for running home-manager against the repo directly
+      # See: https://github.com/nix-community/home-manager/issues/2033
+      home-manager.users.${config.user} = {
+        home.stateVersion = stateVersion;
+        news = {
+          display = "silent";
+          entries = lib.mkForce [ ];
+          json = lib.mkForce { "output" = { }; };
+        };
+      };
+
     };
 }