From 245eb912a9df05991e67f1b4524b1847f6fae7ce Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: DannyDannyDanny <dth@taiga.ai>
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2026 14:30:25 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] =?UTF-8?q?fix:=20find=20git/nix=20in=20PATH=20before=20cl?=
 =?UTF-8?q?oning=20dotfiles=20in=20provisioning=20=F0=9F=94=A7?=
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Live installer strips PATH under sudo; extend PATH to include nix
profile dirs. Prefer git directly if available, fall back to nix run.
No chroot involved.
---
 scripts/post-install-provision.sh | 12 +++++++++---
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/post-install-provision.sh b/scripts/post-install-provision.sh
index a0ac006..2e67ccc 100755
--- a/scripts/post-install-provision.sh
+++ b/scripts/post-install-provision.sh
@@ -14,10 +14,16 @@ mount /dev/mapper/crypted /mnt
 mount /dev/disk/by-partlabel/disk-main-ESP /mnt/boot 2>/dev/null || true
 for d in dev proc sys; do mount --bind /$d /mnt/$d; done
 
-# Clone dotfiles (run git from live system, clone directly into /mnt)
+# Clone dotfiles — find git or nix, clone directly into /mnt (no chroot)
 if [[ ! -d /mnt/etc/dotfiles ]]; then
-  nix run --extra-experimental-features "nix-command flakes" nixpkgs#git -- \
-    clone "$REPO" /mnt/etc/dotfiles
+  # Ensure nix is in PATH (live installer may strip it under sudo)
+  export PATH=$PATH:/run/current-system/sw/bin:/nix/var/nix/profiles/default/bin
+  if command -v git &>/dev/null; then
+    git clone "$REPO" /mnt/etc/dotfiles
+  else
+    nix run --extra-experimental-features "nix-command flakes" nixpkgs#git -- \
+      clone "$REPO" /mnt/etc/dotfiles
+  fi
   echo "[ok] dotfiles cloned"
 else
   echo "[skip] dotfiles already present"