From 1d85672d74a6d3c8d5eb07cb00eb43b7383a17b9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jelle Besseling <jelle@pingiun.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2021 22:52:23 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Add readlink check (#44)

---
 deploy_nixos/nixos-instantiate.sh | 15 +++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/deploy_nixos/nixos-instantiate.sh b/deploy_nixos/nixos-instantiate.sh
index 9c36440..e599ae2 100755
--- a/deploy_nixos/nixos-instantiate.sh
+++ b/deploy_nixos/nixos-instantiate.sh
@@ -21,8 +21,19 @@ command=(nix-instantiate --show-trace --expr '
     inherit (builtins) currentSystem;
   }')
 
+if readlink --version | grep GNU; then
+  readlink="readlink -f"
+else
+  if command -v greadlink &> /dev/null; then
+    readlink="greadlink -f"
+  else
+    echo "Warning: symlinks not supported because readlink is non GNU" >&2
+    readlink="realpath"
+  fi
+fi
+
 if [[ -f "$config" ]]; then
-  config=$(readlink -f "$config")
+  config=$($readlink "$config")
   command+=(--argstr configuration "$config")
 else
   command+=(--arg configuration "$config")
@@ -37,7 +48,7 @@ if [[ -n "$nix_path" && "$nix_path" != "-" ]]; then
 fi
 
 # Changing directory
-cd "$(readlink -f "$config_pwd")"
+cd "$($readlink "$config_pwd")"
 
 # Instantiate
 echo "running (instantiating): ${NIX_PATH:+NIX_PATH=$NIX_PATH} ${command[*]@Q}" -A out_path >&2