Add postHook to colorize build outputs

2 files changed, 17 insertions, 14 deletions

diff --git a/config/config.nix b/config/config.nix
index 0b57835..d6b4714 100644
--- a/config/config.nix
+++ b/config/config.nix
@@ -9,5 +9,22 @@
       pathsToLink = [ "/bin" "/etc" "/include" "/lib" "/libexec" "/share"];
       extraOutputsToInstall = [ "bin" "man" "doc" "info" ];
     };
+    # This adds header colors to the builds, but it rebuilds the whole
+    # world from scratch, so only use it to debug!
+    # add it as postHook in derivations
+    immaePostHook = ''
+      header() {
+        echo -ne "\033[1;36m"
+        echo -n "$1"
+        echo -e "\033[0m"
+      }
+
+      echoCmd() {
+        printf "\033[1;34m%s:\033[0m" "$1"
+        shift
+        printf ' %q' "$@"
+        echo
+      }
+    '';
   };
 }
diff --git a/default.nix b/default.nix
index 538ffaa..5e8c4d3 100644
--- a/default.nix
+++ b/default.nix
@@ -2,20 +2,6 @@ with import ./libs.nix;
 with import <nixpkgs> {};
 let
   mypkgs = {};
-  postHook =  ''
-    header() {
-      echo -ne "\033[1;36m"
-      echo -n "$1"
-      echo -e "\033[0m"
-    }
-
-    echoCmd() {
-      printf "\033[1;34m%s:\033[0m" "$1"
-      shift
-      printf ' %q' "$@"
-      echo
-    }
-  '';
 
   mypkgs.ledger = (ledger.override { boost = boost166; }).overrideAttrs (_old:
     fetchedGithub ./fetched/ledger.json // {