From aca1dd510cdee8d692a0fc21b1165ecbe21284d4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Savil Srivastava <676452+savil@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2023 21:26:42 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] [bug fix] re-create nix-profile on each install of packages
 (workaround fix)

---
 internal/impl/devbox.go | 11 ++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/internal/impl/devbox.go b/internal/impl/devbox.go
index 47e556bd827..36828fe5e00 100644
--- a/internal/impl/devbox.go
+++ b/internal/impl/devbox.go
@@ -555,6 +555,12 @@ func (d *Devbox) generateShellFiles() error {
 	return generateForShell(d.projectDir, plan, d.pluginManager)
 }
 
+func (d *Devbox) recreateProfileDir() (string, error) {
+	absPath := filepath.Join(d.projectDir, nix.ProfilePath)
+	_ = os.Remove(absPath)
+	return d.profileDir()
+}
+
 func (d *Devbox) profileDir() (string, error) {
 	absPath := filepath.Join(d.projectDir, nix.ProfilePath)
 	if err := os.MkdirAll(filepath.Dir(absPath), 0755); err != nil {
@@ -656,7 +662,10 @@ func (d *Devbox) printPackageUpdateMessage(
 // installNixProfile installs or uninstalls packages to or from this
 // devbox's Nix profile so that it matches what's in development.nix or flake.nix
 func (d *Devbox) installNixProfile() (err error) {
-	profileDir, err := d.profileDir()
+	// Re-create the profile dir to avoid conflicts with previous versions
+	// of the profile that may have the same binary installed under a different
+	// `/nix/store` path
+	profileDir, err := d.recreateProfileDir()
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}