From 11e4f927038ba5eb0163de40c2f12facccb4988f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Daniel Beecham <daniel@beecham.se>
Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2026 22:03:55 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] nixos/soft-serve: specify config path in env instead of
 systemd.tmpfiles

When config location is in systemd tmpfiles, if you nuke the
configuration directory (`rm -rf /var/lib/private/soft-serve`) and then
restart the service, the configuration file will not be set, and the
service uses default configurations. Having the configuration file in
env also removes the need to use 'restartTriggers'.
---
 nixos/modules/services/misc/soft-serve.nix | 8 +-------
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/misc/soft-serve.nix b/nixos/modules/services/misc/soft-serve.nix
index 0c34d27d7542..0704287862a2 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/misc/soft-serve.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/misc/soft-serve.nix
@@ -45,11 +45,6 @@ in
 
   config = lib.mkIf cfg.enable {
 
-    systemd.tmpfiles.rules = [
-      # The config file has to be inside the state dir
-      "L+ ${stateDir}/config.yaml - - - - ${configFile}"
-    ];
-
     systemd.services.soft-serve = {
       description = "Soft Serve git server";
       documentation = [ docUrl ];
@@ -58,8 +53,7 @@ in
       wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
 
       environment.SOFT_SERVE_DATA_PATH = stateDir;
-
-      restartTriggers = [ configFile ];
+      environment.SOFT_SERVE_CONFIG_LOCATION = configFile;
 
       serviceConfig = {
         Type = "simple";