From 496b9b34bcaf915f930ea7a148ba9f5f0cf95308 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eli Ribble <eli@gleipnir.technology>
Date: Tue, 19 May 2026 15:03:09 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Use commit time not build time

Can't use build time in pure evaluation mode.
---
 default.nix | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++----------
 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/default.nix b/default.nix
index eb4fc448..cb5d7e93 100644
--- a/default.nix
+++ b/default.nix
@@ -1,31 +1,41 @@
 { pkgs ? import <nixpkgs> { }, proj ? pkgs.proj }:
 
+let
+  # Get commit timestamp at eval time (pure)
+  getCommitTime = 
+    if builtins.pathExists ./.git
+    then builtins.replaceStrings ["\n"] [""] (builtins.readFile (
+      pkgs.runCommand "git-commit-time" {} ''
+        ${pkgs.git}/bin/git -C ${./.} log -1 --format=%ct > $out
+      ''
+    ))
+    else "0";
+in
 pkgs.buildGoModule rec {
-  buildTime = builtins.currentTime;
-  # Try to get git info, fallback to version if .git doesn't exist
-  # Note: This runs at eval time, so it captures the version when you build
+  pname = "nidus-sync";
+  version = "0.0.12";
+  src = ./.;
+  
   gitRevision = 
     if builtins.pathExists ./.git 
     then pkgs.lib.commitIdFromGitRepo ./.git 
     else "unknown";
-  gitDescribe = builtins.readFile (pkgs.runCommand "git-describe" {} ''
-    ${pkgs.git}/bin/git -C ${./.} describe --always --dirty --tags 2>/dev/null > $out || echo "${version}" > $out
-  '');
+  
+  buildTime = getCommitTime;
+  
   ldflags = [
     "-s"
     "-w"
     "-X main.Version=${version}"
     "-X main.Commit=${gitRevision}"
-    "-X main.BuildTime=${toString buildTime}"
+    "-X main.BuildTime=${buildTime}"
   ];
   meta = {
     description = "Nidus Sync";
     homepage = "https://github.com/Gleipnir-Technology/nidus-sync";
   };
-  pname = "nidus-sync";
-  src = ./.;
+  
   subPackages = [];
-  version = "0.0.12";
   vendorHash = "sha256-jlPS8lWdNPj60BMUcCrxteLuc7RXEXDtzlwjsFBJg0Y=";
 
   buildInputs = [ pkgs.proj ];