From 02c3f8ed7b878d4cdce9a90e8e4fb4acd3543613 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eman Resu <78693624+quatquatt@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 7 Jun 2026 08:31:28 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] pkgs.formats.keyValue: do more logic before generation

Allows more caching if the same generator is called multiple times.
---
 pkgs/pkgs-lib/formats.nix | 10 +++++-----
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/pkgs/pkgs-lib/formats.nix b/pkgs/pkgs-lib/formats.nix
index 3576a00e9943..e81cec4212b0 100644
--- a/pkgs/pkgs-lib/formats.nix
+++ b/pkgs/pkgs-lib/formats.nix
@@ -449,15 +449,15 @@ optionalAttrs allowAliases aliases
         attrsOf atom;
 
       generate =
-        name: value:
         let
-          transformedValue =
+          transformValue =
             if listToValue != null then
-              mapAttrs (key: val: if isList val then listToValue val else val) value
+              mapAttrs (key: val: if isList val then listToValue val else val)
             else
-              value;
+              id;
+          finalArgs = removeAttrs args [ "listToValue" ];
         in
-        pkgs.writeText name (toKeyValue (removeAttrs args [ "listToValue" ]) transformedValue);
+        name: value: pkgs.writeText name (toKeyValue finalArgs (transformValue value));
 
     };