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[PATCH] home: Add home-stow-migration-service.

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Package: guix-patches; Reported by: goodoldpaul@HIDDEN; Keywords: moreinfo patch; dated Tue, 3 Jan 2023 16:53:02 UTC; Maintainer for guix-patches is guix-patches@HIDDEN.
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On 2023-01-23 11:23, Ludovic Court=C3=A8s wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Andrew Tropin <andrew@HIDDEN> skribis:
>
>>>> +A suitable configuration would then be:
>>>> +
>>>> +@lisp
>>>> +  (home-stow-migration-service
>>>> +   (string-append (getenv "HOME")
>>>> +                  "/.dotfiles"))
>>>> +@end lisp
>>
>> The service looks neat!  Thank you, Giacomo.
>>
>> Ludo, wouldn't it be better and safer to use (local-file "./dotfiles"
>> #:recursive? #t) here?  I find it kinda dangerous for reproducibility to
>> reference local files and make logic inside the service to depend on it.
>
> Currently I don=E2=80=99t think that=E2=80=99s possible because the servi=
ce imports
> those files at configuration time, but the end result is the same: those
> dot files are copied to the store and that=E2=80=99s what=E2=80=99s refer=
enced.
>
> I think it=E2=80=99s okay like this, but I don=E2=80=99t have a strong op=
inion.
>
> That said, from a usability viewpoint, it does mean that users would
> typically have to version-controlled directories (one with the Home
> config file, and one with the Stow-style dot file tree), which is not
> great.  Perhaps the manual could say something about it.
>

The long-term idea I have is to provide a hermetic evaluation mode (not
only for home environments, but for guix in general), which allows to
make sure programmatically that all files referenced comes from either
origins with hash explicitly specified or commited in the current vcs
repository.  This way by changing things like

(local-file "./dotfiles" #:recursive? #t) to something like
(file-append (current-repo) "/dotfiles") or
(vcs-file "dotfiles" #:recursive? #t)

we will be able to guarantee that one didn't forget to copy all needed
dependencies for the configuration and to keep API "future compatible"
looks like a good idea.

Just thinking out loud, someday will make a separate
thread/note/prototype on this topic.=20=20

Anyway, this service looks good enough to me with the current
implementation and seems potentially helpful.

=2D-=20
Best regards,
Andrew Tropin

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Hi,

Andrew Tropin <andrew@HIDDEN> skribis:

>>> +A suitable configuration would then be:
>>> +
>>> +@lisp
>>> +  (home-stow-migration-service
>>> +   (string-append (getenv "HOME")
>>> +                  "/.dotfiles"))
>>> +@end lisp
>
> The service looks neat!  Thank you, Giacomo.
>
> Ludo, wouldn't it be better and safer to use (local-file "./dotfiles"
> #:recursive? #t) here?  I find it kinda dangerous for reproducibility to
> reference local files and make logic inside the service to depend on it.

Currently I don=E2=80=99t think that=E2=80=99s possible because the service=
 imports
those files at configuration time, but the end result is the same: those
dot files are copied to the store and that=E2=80=99s what=E2=80=99s referen=
ced.

I think it=E2=80=99s okay like this, but I don=E2=80=99t have a strong opin=
ion.

That said, from a usability viewpoint, it does mean that users would
typically have to version-controlled directories (one with the Home
config file, and one with the Stow-style dot file tree), which is not
great.  Perhaps the manual could say something about it.

Thanks,
Ludo=E2=80=99.
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On 2023-01-03 16:55, Giacomo Leidi via Guix-patches via wrote:
> * gnu/home/services.scm (dotfiles-for-app): New variable;
> (home-stow-migration-configuration): new variable;
> (home-stow-migration-service): new variable.
> * doc/guix.texi: Document it.
> ---
>  doc/guix.texi         | 50 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  gnu/home/services.scm | 49 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  2 files changed, 99 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
> index 5c85680831..40c36f65c4 100644
> --- a/doc/guix.texi
> +++ b/doc/guix.texi
> @@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ Copyright @copyright{} 2022 Reily Siegel@*
>  Copyright @copyright{} 2022 Simon Streit@*
>  Copyright @copyright{} 2022 (@*
>  Copyright @copyright{} 2022 John Kehayias@*
> +Copyright @copyright{} 2023 Giacomo Leidi@*
>  
>  Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
>  under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or
> @@ -41119,6 +41120,55 @@ to use alternative services to implement more advanced use cases like
>  read-only home.  Feel free to experiment and share your results.
>  @end defvr
>  
> +@deffn {Scheme Procedure} home-stow-migration-service
> +Return a service which is very similiar to @code{home-files-service-type}
> +(and actually extends it), but designed to ease the way into using Guix

Procedures in Guix are almost always Scheme functions, perhaps you could write this as:
    @defun home-stow-migration-service

> +Home for GNU Stow users.  This service allows users to point Guix Home to
> +their Stow directory and have their file automatically deployed to their home
> +directory just like Stow would, without migrating all of their dotfiles to Guix
> +native configurations.
> +
> +A typical Stow setup consists of a source directory and a target directory.
> +The source directory must be structured as follows:
> +
> +@example
> +~$ tree -a .dotfiles/
> +.dotfiles/
> +├── git
> +│   └── .gitconfig
> +├── gpg
> +│   └── .gnupg
> +│       ├── gpg-agent.conf
> +│       └── gpg.conf
> +├── guile
> +│   └── .guile
> +├── guix
> +│   └── .config
> +│       └── guix
> +│           ├── channels.scm
> +│           └── .gitignore
> +├── nix
> +│   ├── .config
> +│   │   └── nixpkgs
> +│   │       └── config.nix
> +│   └── .nix-channels
> +├── tmux
> +│   └── .tmux.conf
> +└── vim
> +    └── .vimrc
> +
> +13 directories, 10 files
> +@end example
> +
> +A suitable configuration would then be:
> +
> +@lisp
> +  (home-stow-migration-service
> +   (string-append (getenv "HOME")
> +                  "/.dotfiles"))
> +@end lisp
> +@end deffn
> +
>  @defvr {Scheme Variable} home-xdg-configuration-files-service-type
>  The service is very similiar to @code{home-files-service-type} (and
>  actually extends it), but used for defining files, which will go to

In a similar vein, this could be written as:
    @defvar home-xdg-configuration-files-service-type

> diff --git a/gnu/home/services.scm b/gnu/home/services.scm
> index 99035686f1..996647c592 100644
> --- a/gnu/home/services.scm
> +++ b/gnu/home/services.scm
> @@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
>  ;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
>  ;;; Copyright © 2021 Andrew Tropin <andrew@HIDDEN>
>  ;;; Copyright © 2021 Xinglu Chen <public@HIDDEN>
> +;;; Copyright © 2023 Giacomo Leidi <goodoldpaul@HIDDEN>
>  ;;;
>  ;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
>  ;;;
> @@ -21,6 +22,7 @@ (define-module (gnu home services)
>    #:use-module (gnu services)
>    #:use-module ((gnu packages package-management) #:select (guix))
>    #:use-module ((gnu packages base) #:select (coreutils))
> +  #:use-module (guix build utils)
>    #:use-module (guix channels)
>    #:use-module (guix monads)
>    #:use-module (guix store)
> @@ -33,13 +35,16 @@ (define-module (gnu home services)
>    #:use-module (guix i18n)
>    #:use-module (guix modules)
>    #:use-module (srfi srfi-1)
> +  #:use-module (ice-9 ftw)
>    #:use-module (ice-9 match)
> +  #:use-module (ice-9 string-fun)
>    #:use-module (ice-9 vlist)
>  
>    #:export (home-service-type
>              home-profile-service-type
>              home-environment-variables-service-type
>              home-files-service-type
> +            home-stow-migration-service
>              home-xdg-configuration-files-service-type
>              home-xdg-data-files-service-type
>              home-run-on-first-login-service-type
> @@ -49,6 +54,7 @@ (define-module (gnu home services)
>  
>              environment-variable-shell-definitions
>              home-files-directory
> +            home-stow-migration-configuration
>              xdg-configuration-files-directory
>              xdg-data-files-directory
>  
> @@ -315,6 +321,49 @@ (define home-files-service-type
>                  (description "Files that will be put in
>  @file{~~/.guix-home/files}, and further processed during activation.")))
>  
> +(define (dotfiles-for-app app-dir)
> +  "Return a list of objects compatible with @{home-files-service-type}'s
> +value.  Each object is a pair where the first element is the relative path
> +of a file and the second is a gexp representing the file content.  Objects are
> +generated by recursively visiting APP-DIR and mapping its contents to the

Instead of `APP-DIR', you can use the @var command:
    @var{app-dir}

> +user's home directory."
> +  (let ((app-absolute-path (canonicalize-path app-dir)))
> +    (map (lambda (path)
> +           (let ((app-file-relative-path
> +                  (string-replace-substring path
> +                                           (string-append app-absolute-path "/")
> +                                           "")))
> +             (list app-file-relative-path
> +                   (local-file path
> +                               (string-append "home-stow-migration-"
> +                                              (string-replace-substring
> +                                               app-file-relative-path
> +                                               "/" "-"))))))
> +         (find-files app-absolute-path))))
> +
> +(define (home-stow-migration-configuration stow-dir)
> +  "Return a list of objects compatible with @{home-files-service-type}'s
> +value, generated following GNU Stow's algorithm using STOW-DIR as input
> +directory."

Same as above.

> +  (define (dir-contents dir)
> +    (scandir dir
> +             (lambda (name)
> +               (not (member name '("." ".."))))))
> +  (fold append
> +        '()
> +        (map (lambda (app-dir)
> +               (dotfiles-for-app
> +                (string-append stow-dir "/" app-dir)))
> +             (dir-contents stow-dir))))
> +
> +(define-public (home-stow-migration-service stow-dir)
> +  "Return a service extending @{home-files-service-type} with files from
> +STOW-DIR.  Files will be put in the user's home directory following GNU

Same as above.

> +Stow's algorithm, and further processed during activation."
> +  (simple-service 'home-stow-migration-service
> +                  home-files-service-type
> +                  (home-stow-migration-configuration stow-dir)))
> +
>  (define xdg-configuration-files-directory ".config")
>  
>  (define (xdg-configuration-files files)
> 
> base-commit: 473692b812b4ab4267d9bddad0fb27787d2112ff


Cheers,
Bruno
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On 2023-01-17 14:09, Ludovic Court=C3=A8s wrote:

> Hi!
>
> Giacomo Leidi <goodoldpaul@HIDDEN> skribis:
>
>> * gnu/home/services.scm (dotfiles-for-app): New variable;
>> (home-stow-migration-configuration): new variable;
>> (home-stow-migration-service): new variable.
>> * doc/guix.texi: Document it.
>
> That looks very useful!
>
>> @@ -41119,6 +41120,55 @@ to use alternative services to implement more a=
dvanced use cases like
>>  read-only home.  Feel free to experiment and share your results.
>>  @end defvr
>>=20=20
>> +@deffn {Scheme Procedure} home-stow-migration-service
>
> Perhaps write a short intro (one or two sentences) above?
>
>> +Return a service which is very similiar to @code{home-files-service-typ=
e}
>> +(and actually extends it), but designed to ease the way into using Guix
>> +Home for GNU Stow users.  This service allows users to point Guix Home =
to
>> +their Stow directory and have their file automatically deployed to thei=
r home
>> +directory just like Stow would, without migrating all of their dotfiles=
 to Guix
>> +native configurations.
>> +
>> +A typical Stow setup consists of a source directory and a target direct=
ory.
>> +The source directory must be structured as follows:
>> +
>> +@example
>> +~$ tree -a .dotfiles/
>> +.dotfiles/
>> +=E2=94=9C=E2=94=80=E2=94=80 git
>> +=E2=94=82   =E2=94=94=E2=94=80=E2=94=80 .gitconfig
>> +=E2=94=9C=E2=94=80=E2=94=80 gpg
>> +=E2=94=82   =E2=94=94=E2=94=80=E2=94=80 .gnupg
>> +=E2=94=82       =E2=94=9C=E2=94=80=E2=94=80 gpg-agent.conf
>> +=E2=94=82       =E2=94=94=E2=94=80=E2=94=80 gpg.conf
>> +=E2=94=9C=E2=94=80=E2=94=80 guile
>> +=E2=94=82   =E2=94=94=E2=94=80=E2=94=80 .guile
>> +=E2=94=9C=E2=94=80=E2=94=80 guix
>> +=E2=94=82   =E2=94=94=E2=94=80=E2=94=80 .config
>> +=E2=94=82       =E2=94=94=E2=94=80=E2=94=80 guix
>> +=E2=94=82           =E2=94=9C=E2=94=80=E2=94=80 channels.scm
>> +=E2=94=82           =E2=94=94=E2=94=80=E2=94=80 .gitignore
>> +=E2=94=9C=E2=94=80=E2=94=80 nix
>> +=E2=94=82   =E2=94=9C=E2=94=80=E2=94=80 .config
>> +=E2=94=82   =E2=94=82   =E2=94=94=E2=94=80=E2=94=80 nixpkgs
>> +=E2=94=82   =E2=94=82       =E2=94=94=E2=94=80=E2=94=80 config.nix
>> +=E2=94=82   =E2=94=94=E2=94=80=E2=94=80 .nix-channels
>> +=E2=94=9C=E2=94=80=E2=94=80 tmux
>> +=E2=94=82   =E2=94=94=E2=94=80=E2=94=80 .tmux.conf
>> +=E2=94=94=E2=94=80=E2=94=80 vim
>> +    =E2=94=94=E2=94=80=E2=94=80 .vimrc
>> +
>> +13 directories, 10 files
>> +@end example
>> +
>> +A suitable configuration would then be:
>> +
>> +@lisp
>> +  (home-stow-migration-service
>> +   (string-append (getenv "HOME")
>> +                  "/.dotfiles"))
>> +@end lisp

The service looks neat!  Thank you, Giacomo.

Ludo, wouldn't it be better and safer to use (local-file "./dotfiles"
#:recursive? #t) here?  I find it kinda dangerous for reproducibility to
reference local files and make logic inside the service to depend on it.

>
> Maybe add a description of what it=E2=80=99s going to do with those files=
?  It=E2=80=99s
> kinda implicit but better be clear.
>
> Also, I feel like there=E2=80=99s nothing really Stow-specific here; it j=
ust
> happens to be a file layout convention that=E2=80=99s used by Stow, right=
?  So I
> wonder if could frame it differently, by describing the expected file
> tree structure first, and mentioning Stow only then?
>
> Last, I suggest adding a cross-reference to the Stow manual, as in:
>
>   @pxref{Top,,, stow, GNU Stow Manual}
>
>> +(define (dotfiles-for-app app-dir)
>> +  "Return a list of objects compatible with @{home-files-service-type}'s
>                                                ^
> Typo, should be @code.
>
>> +value.  Each object is a pair where the first element is the relative p=
ath
>> +of a file and the second is a gexp representing the file content.  Obje=
cts are
>> +generated by recursively visiting APP-DIR and mapping its contents to t=
he
>> +user's home directory."
>> +  (let ((app-absolute-path (canonicalize-path app-dir)))
>> +    (map (lambda (path)
>> +           (let ((app-file-relative-path
>> +                  (string-replace-substring path
>> +                                           (string-append app-absolute-=
path "/")
>> +                                           "")))
>
> Or just (string-drop path (string-length app-absolute-path)).
>
>> +             (list app-file-relative-path
>> +                   (local-file path
>> +                               (string-append "home-stow-migration-"
>> +                                              (string-replace-substring
>> +                                               app-file-relative-path
>> +                                               "/" "-"))))))
>> +         (find-files app-absolute-path))))
>
> Nitpick: by convention, the term =E2=80=9Cpath=E2=80=9D refers to =E2=80=
=9Csearch paths=E2=80=9D; here
> we=E2=80=99d instead use =E2=80=9Cfile name=E2=80=9D, but you can also ca=
ll the variable just
> =E2=80=98file=E2=80=99.
>
> The other convention is to avoid abbreviations in identifiers, and to
> avoid long identifiers for local variables.
>
> So s/app-dir/directory/ etc.
>
>> +(define (home-stow-migration-configuration stow-dir)
>> +  "Return a list of objects compatible with @{home-files-service-type}'s
>> +value, generated following GNU Stow's algorithm using STOW-DIR as input
>> +directory."
>> +  (define (dir-contents dir)
>> +    (scandir dir
>> +             (lambda (name)
>> +               (not (member name '("." ".."))))))
>> +  (fold append
>> +        '()
>> +        (map (lambda (app-dir)
>> +               (dotfiles-for-app
>> +                (string-append stow-dir "/" app-dir)))
>> +             (dir-contents stow-dir))))
>
> You can replace (fold append =E2=80=A6) with (append-map =E2=80=A6).
>
>> +(define-public (home-stow-migration-service stow-dir)
>
> You can drop this procedure.  Users are expected to write:
>
>   (service home-stow-migration-service)
>
> Could you send an updated patch?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Ludo=E2=80=99.
>
>
>

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Hi!

Giacomo Leidi <goodoldpaul@HIDDEN> skribis:

> * gnu/home/services.scm (dotfiles-for-app): New variable;
> (home-stow-migration-configuration): new variable;
> (home-stow-migration-service): new variable.
> * doc/guix.texi: Document it.

That looks very useful!

> @@ -41119,6 +41120,55 @@ to use alternative services to implement more ad=
vanced use cases like
>  read-only home.  Feel free to experiment and share your results.
>  @end defvr
>=20=20
> +@deffn {Scheme Procedure} home-stow-migration-service

Perhaps write a short intro (one or two sentences) above?

> +Return a service which is very similiar to @code{home-files-service-type}
> +(and actually extends it), but designed to ease the way into using Guix
> +Home for GNU Stow users.  This service allows users to point Guix Home to
> +their Stow directory and have their file automatically deployed to their=
 home
> +directory just like Stow would, without migrating all of their dotfiles =
to Guix
> +native configurations.
> +
> +A typical Stow setup consists of a source directory and a target directo=
ry.
> +The source directory must be structured as follows:
> +
> +@example
> +~$ tree -a .dotfiles/
> +.dotfiles/
> +=E2=94=9C=E2=94=80=E2=94=80 git
> +=E2=94=82   =E2=94=94=E2=94=80=E2=94=80 .gitconfig
> +=E2=94=9C=E2=94=80=E2=94=80 gpg
> +=E2=94=82   =E2=94=94=E2=94=80=E2=94=80 .gnupg
> +=E2=94=82       =E2=94=9C=E2=94=80=E2=94=80 gpg-agent.conf
> +=E2=94=82       =E2=94=94=E2=94=80=E2=94=80 gpg.conf
> +=E2=94=9C=E2=94=80=E2=94=80 guile
> +=E2=94=82   =E2=94=94=E2=94=80=E2=94=80 .guile
> +=E2=94=9C=E2=94=80=E2=94=80 guix
> +=E2=94=82   =E2=94=94=E2=94=80=E2=94=80 .config
> +=E2=94=82       =E2=94=94=E2=94=80=E2=94=80 guix
> +=E2=94=82           =E2=94=9C=E2=94=80=E2=94=80 channels.scm
> +=E2=94=82           =E2=94=94=E2=94=80=E2=94=80 .gitignore
> +=E2=94=9C=E2=94=80=E2=94=80 nix
> +=E2=94=82   =E2=94=9C=E2=94=80=E2=94=80 .config
> +=E2=94=82   =E2=94=82   =E2=94=94=E2=94=80=E2=94=80 nixpkgs
> +=E2=94=82   =E2=94=82       =E2=94=94=E2=94=80=E2=94=80 config.nix
> +=E2=94=82   =E2=94=94=E2=94=80=E2=94=80 .nix-channels
> +=E2=94=9C=E2=94=80=E2=94=80 tmux
> +=E2=94=82   =E2=94=94=E2=94=80=E2=94=80 .tmux.conf
> +=E2=94=94=E2=94=80=E2=94=80 vim
> +    =E2=94=94=E2=94=80=E2=94=80 .vimrc
> +
> +13 directories, 10 files
> +@end example
> +
> +A suitable configuration would then be:
> +
> +@lisp
> +  (home-stow-migration-service
> +   (string-append (getenv "HOME")
> +                  "/.dotfiles"))
> +@end lisp

Maybe add a description of what it=E2=80=99s going to do with those files? =
 It=E2=80=99s
kinda implicit but better be clear.

Also, I feel like there=E2=80=99s nothing really Stow-specific here; it just
happens to be a file layout convention that=E2=80=99s used by Stow, right? =
 So I
wonder if could frame it differently, by describing the expected file
tree structure first, and mentioning Stow only then?

Last, I suggest adding a cross-reference to the Stow manual, as in:

  @pxref{Top,,, stow, GNU Stow Manual}

> +(define (dotfiles-for-app app-dir)
> +  "Return a list of objects compatible with @{home-files-service-type}'s
                                               ^
Typo, should be @code.

> +value.  Each object is a pair where the first element is the relative pa=
th
> +of a file and the second is a gexp representing the file content.  Objec=
ts are
> +generated by recursively visiting APP-DIR and mapping its contents to the
> +user's home directory."
> +  (let ((app-absolute-path (canonicalize-path app-dir)))
> +    (map (lambda (path)
> +           (let ((app-file-relative-path
> +                  (string-replace-substring path
> +                                           (string-append app-absolute-p=
ath "/")
> +                                           "")))

Or just (string-drop path (string-length app-absolute-path)).

> +             (list app-file-relative-path
> +                   (local-file path
> +                               (string-append "home-stow-migration-"
> +                                              (string-replace-substring
> +                                               app-file-relative-path
> +                                               "/" "-"))))))
> +         (find-files app-absolute-path))))

Nitpick: by convention, the term =E2=80=9Cpath=E2=80=9D refers to =E2=80=9C=
search paths=E2=80=9D; here
we=E2=80=99d instead use =E2=80=9Cfile name=E2=80=9D, but you can also call=
 the variable just
=E2=80=98file=E2=80=99.

The other convention is to avoid abbreviations in identifiers, and to
avoid long identifiers for local variables.

So s/app-dir/directory/ etc.

> +(define (home-stow-migration-configuration stow-dir)
> +  "Return a list of objects compatible with @{home-files-service-type}'s
> +value, generated following GNU Stow's algorithm using STOW-DIR as input
> +directory."
> +  (define (dir-contents dir)
> +    (scandir dir
> +             (lambda (name)
> +               (not (member name '("." ".."))))))
> +  (fold append
> +        '()
> +        (map (lambda (app-dir)
> +               (dotfiles-for-app
> +                (string-append stow-dir "/" app-dir)))
> +             (dir-contents stow-dir))))

You can replace (fold append =E2=80=A6) with (append-map =E2=80=A6).

> +(define-public (home-stow-migration-service stow-dir)

You can drop this procedure.  Users are expected to write:

  (service home-stow-migration-service)

Could you send an updated patch?

Thanks!

Ludo=E2=80=99.
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Subject: [PATCH] home: Add home-stow-migration-service.
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* gnu/home/services.scm (dotfiles-for-app): New variable;
(home-stow-migration-configuration): new variable;
(home-stow-migration-service): new variable.
* doc/guix.texi: Document it.
---
 doc/guix.texi         | 50 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 gnu/home/services.scm | 49 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 99 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
index 5c85680831..40c36f65c4 100644
--- a/doc/guix.texi
+++ b/doc/guix.texi
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ Copyright @copyright{} 2022 Reily Siegel@*
 Copyright @copyright{} 2022 Simon Streit@*
 Copyright @copyright{} 2022 (@*
 Copyright @copyright{} 2022 John Kehayias@*
+Copyright @copyright{} 2023 Giacomo Leidi@*
 
 Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
 under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or
@@ -41119,6 +41120,55 @@ to use alternative services to implement more advanced use cases like
 read-only home.  Feel free to experiment and share your results.
 @end defvr
 
+@deffn {Scheme Procedure} home-stow-migration-service
+Return a service which is very similiar to @code{home-files-service-type}
+(and actually extends it), but designed to ease the way into using Guix
+Home for GNU Stow users.  This service allows users to point Guix Home to
+their Stow directory and have their file automatically deployed to their home
+directory just like Stow would, without migrating all of their dotfiles to Guix
+native configurations.
+
+A typical Stow setup consists of a source directory and a target directory.
+The source directory must be structured as follows:
+
+@example
+~$ tree -a .dotfiles/
+.dotfiles/
+├── git
+│   └── .gitconfig
+├── gpg
+│   └── .gnupg
+│       ├── gpg-agent.conf
+│       └── gpg.conf
+├── guile
+│   └── .guile
+├── guix
+│   └── .config
+│       └── guix
+│           ├── channels.scm
+│           └── .gitignore
+├── nix
+│   ├── .config
+│   │   └── nixpkgs
+│   │       └── config.nix
+│   └── .nix-channels
+├── tmux
+│   └── .tmux.conf
+└── vim
+    └── .vimrc
+
+13 directories, 10 files
+@end example
+
+A suitable configuration would then be:
+
+@lisp
+  (home-stow-migration-service
+   (string-append (getenv "HOME")
+                  "/.dotfiles"))
+@end lisp
+@end deffn
+
 @defvr {Scheme Variable} home-xdg-configuration-files-service-type
 The service is very similiar to @code{home-files-service-type} (and
 actually extends it), but used for defining files, which will go to
diff --git a/gnu/home/services.scm b/gnu/home/services.scm
index 99035686f1..996647c592 100644
--- a/gnu/home/services.scm
+++ b/gnu/home/services.scm
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 ;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
 ;;; Copyright © 2021 Andrew Tropin <andrew@HIDDEN>
 ;;; Copyright © 2021 Xinglu Chen <public@HIDDEN>
+;;; Copyright © 2023 Giacomo Leidi <goodoldpaul@HIDDEN>
 ;;;
 ;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
 ;;;
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@ (define-module (gnu home services)
   #:use-module (gnu services)
   #:use-module ((gnu packages package-management) #:select (guix))
   #:use-module ((gnu packages base) #:select (coreutils))
+  #:use-module (guix build utils)
   #:use-module (guix channels)
   #:use-module (guix monads)
   #:use-module (guix store)
@@ -33,13 +35,16 @@ (define-module (gnu home services)
   #:use-module (guix i18n)
   #:use-module (guix modules)
   #:use-module (srfi srfi-1)
+  #:use-module (ice-9 ftw)
   #:use-module (ice-9 match)
+  #:use-module (ice-9 string-fun)
   #:use-module (ice-9 vlist)
 
   #:export (home-service-type
             home-profile-service-type
             home-environment-variables-service-type
             home-files-service-type
+            home-stow-migration-service
             home-xdg-configuration-files-service-type
             home-xdg-data-files-service-type
             home-run-on-first-login-service-type
@@ -49,6 +54,7 @@ (define-module (gnu home services)
 
             environment-variable-shell-definitions
             home-files-directory
+            home-stow-migration-configuration
             xdg-configuration-files-directory
             xdg-data-files-directory
 
@@ -315,6 +321,49 @@ (define home-files-service-type
                 (description "Files that will be put in
 @file{~~/.guix-home/files}, and further processed during activation.")))
 
+(define (dotfiles-for-app app-dir)
+  "Return a list of objects compatible with @{home-files-service-type}'s
+value.  Each object is a pair where the first element is the relative path
+of a file and the second is a gexp representing the file content.  Objects are
+generated by recursively visiting APP-DIR and mapping its contents to the
+user's home directory."
+  (let ((app-absolute-path (canonicalize-path app-dir)))
+    (map (lambda (path)
+           (let ((app-file-relative-path
+                  (string-replace-substring path
+                                           (string-append app-absolute-path "/")
+                                           "")))
+             (list app-file-relative-path
+                   (local-file path
+                               (string-append "home-stow-migration-"
+                                              (string-replace-substring
+                                               app-file-relative-path
+                                               "/" "-"))))))
+         (find-files app-absolute-path))))
+
+(define (home-stow-migration-configuration stow-dir)
+  "Return a list of objects compatible with @{home-files-service-type}'s
+value, generated following GNU Stow's algorithm using STOW-DIR as input
+directory."
+  (define (dir-contents dir)
+    (scandir dir
+             (lambda (name)
+               (not (member name '("." ".."))))))
+  (fold append
+        '()
+        (map (lambda (app-dir)
+               (dotfiles-for-app
+                (string-append stow-dir "/" app-dir)))
+             (dir-contents stow-dir))))
+
+(define-public (home-stow-migration-service stow-dir)
+  "Return a service extending @{home-files-service-type} with files from
+STOW-DIR.  Files will be put in the user's home directory following GNU
+Stow's algorithm, and further processed during activation."
+  (simple-service 'home-stow-migration-service
+                  home-files-service-type
+                  (home-stow-migration-configuration stow-dir)))
+
 (define xdg-configuration-files-directory ".config")
 
 (define (xdg-configuration-files files)

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Dear Guixers,

I'm upstreaming a Guix Home service I've been using for quite some time 
in my personal channel ( 
https://gitlab.com/orang3/small-guix/-/blob/master/small-guix/home/services/dotfiles.scm 
) with some small improvements to make it suitable for Guix mainline.

The point of this service is to allow GNU Stow users to switch to Guix 
Home without any change to their Stow directory structure, in the hope 
of easing the way into Guix Home allowing users to avoid convert all of 
their dotfiles to Guix native configurations.

Thank you for your time and efforts,

giacomo
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