From 6c5dc5d57f446a9c65d01699a9b16963d54d4e06 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Yueh-Shun Li <shamrocklee@posteo.net>
Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2025 03:39:53 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] fetchgit: default nonConeMode to null and manage its default
 internally

---
 pkgs/build-support/fetchgit/default.nix | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/fetchgit/default.nix b/pkgs/build-support/fetchgit/default.nix
index ef2c2cd43093..eac73f713c74 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/fetchgit/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/fetchgit/default.nix
@@ -74,7 +74,8 @@ lib.makeOverridable (
           deepClone ? false,
           branchName ? null,
           sparseCheckout ? lib.optional (rootDir != "") rootDir,
-          nonConeMode ? rootDir != "",
+          # When null, will default to: `rootDir != ""`
+          nonConeMode ? null,
           nativeBuildInputs ? [ ],
           # Shell code executed before the file has been fetched.  This, in
           # particular, can do things like set NIX_PREFETCH_GIT_CHECKOUT_HOOK to
@@ -164,7 +165,6 @@ lib.makeOverridable (
               fetchSubmodules
               deepClone
               branchName
-              nonConeMode
               preFetch
               postFetch
               fetchTags
@@ -178,6 +178,7 @@ lib.makeOverridable (
                 leaveDotGit
               else
                 deepClone || fetchTags;
+            nonConeMode = lib.defaultTo (rootDir != "") nonConeMode;
             inherit tag;
             revCustom = rev;
             rev = getRevWithTag {