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diff --git a/flakes/files-watcher/flake.nix b/flakes/files-watcher/flake.nix
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+{
+  description = "Module to watch fo file changes to force restart systemd service";
+  outputs = { self }: {
+    nixosModule = { config, lib, pkgs, ... }: let cfg = config.services.filesWatcher; in with lib; {
+      options = {
+        services.filesWatcher = with lib.types; mkOption {
+          default = {};
+          description = ''
+            Files to watch and trigger service reload or restart of service
+            when changed.
+          '';
+          type = attrsOf (submodule {
+            options = {
+              restart = mkEnableOption "Restart service rather than reloading it";
+              paths = mkOption {
+                type = listOf str;
+                description = ''
+                  Paths to watch that should trigger a reload of the
+                  service
+                '';
+              };
+              waitTime = mkOption {
+                type = int;
+                default = 5;
+                description = ''
+                  Time to wait before reloading/restarting the service.
+                  Set 0 to not wait.
+                '';
+              };
+            };
+          });
+        };
+      };
+
+      config = {
+        systemd.services = attrsets.mapAttrs' (name: icfg: attrsets.nameValuePair "${name}Watcher" {
+          description = "${name} reloader";
+          after = [ "network.target" ];
+          script = let
+            action = if icfg.restart then "restart" else "reload";
+          in ''
+            # Service may be stopped during file modification (e.g. activationScripts)
+            if ${pkgs.systemd}/bin/systemctl --quiet is-active ${name}.service; then
+              ${pkgs.coreutils}/bin/sleep ${toString icfg.waitTime}
+              ${pkgs.systemd}/bin/systemctl ${action} ${name}.service
+            fi
+          '';
+          serviceConfig.Type = "oneshot";
+        }) cfg;
+
+        systemd.paths = attrsets.mapAttrs' (name: icfg: attrsets.nameValuePair "${name}Watcher" {
+          wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
+          pathConfig.PathChanged = icfg.paths;
+        }) cfg;
+      };
+    };
+  };
+}