From c5999637e1d2f5463184b323d0687e84d8981d39 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tim Keller <tjk@tjkeller.xyz>
Date: Sat, 4 Oct 2025 11:06:08 -0500
Subject: add _zshenv options and remove .zprofile from home directory since it
 can be linked via setting ZDOTDIR= in zshenv instead

---
 home-manager/clone-repos.nix |  4 +---
 nixos/default.nix            |  1 +
 nixos/zshenv.nix             | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
 users/timmy/default.nix      | 10 +++++++++-
 4 files changed, 35 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 nixos/zshenv.nix

diff --git a/home-manager/clone-repos.nix b/home-manager/clone-repos.nix
index aad6fab..0822d7b 100644
--- a/home-manager/clone-repos.nix
+++ b/home-manager/clone-repos.nix
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ in {
 
 	config = lib.mkIf cfg.enable {
 		# TODO look into xdg.configFile.<name>
+		# home.file.<name>.source = config.lib.file.mkOutOfStoreSymlink "...";
 		home.activation = {
 			cloneRepos = lib.hm.dag.entryAfter ["writeBoundary"] (''
 				export PATH="${pkgs.git}/bin:$PATH"
@@ -29,8 +30,5 @@ in {
 				(cloneMissing "${server}awesome"     "${dotConfig}/awesome" "")
 			]));
 		};
-		home.file.".zprofile" = {
-			source = config.lib.file.mkOutOfStoreSymlink "${dotConfig}/zsh/zprofile";
-		};
 	};
 }
diff --git a/nixos/default.nix b/nixos/default.nix
index 5074c06..e934431 100644
--- a/nixos/default.nix
+++ b/nixos/default.nix
@@ -23,5 +23,6 @@
 		./ssh.nix
 		./sudo.nix
 		./suspend.nix
+		./zshenv.nix
 	];
 }
diff --git a/nixos/zshenv.nix b/nixos/zshenv.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4c2fc7c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nixos/zshenv.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+{ lib, config, ... }: let
+	cfg = config.programs.zsh._zshenv;
+	generatedExports = lib.concatLines (
+		lib.mapAttrsToList (var: value: ''export ${var}="${value}"'') cfg.exports
+	);
+in {
+	options.programs.zsh._zshenv = {
+		enable = lib.mkEnableOption "generate /etc/zshenv.local";
+		exports = lib.mkOption {
+			type = lib.types.attrsOf lib.types.str;
+			default = {};
+			example = {
+				ZDOTDIR = "$HOME/.config/zsh";
+			};
+		};
+	};
+
+	config = lib.mkIf cfg.enable {
+		environment.etc."zshenv.local".text = ''
+			# Exports
+			${generatedExports}
+		'';
+	};
+}
diff --git a/users/timmy/default.nix b/users/timmy/default.nix
index 659efde..cfe37fa 100644
--- a/users/timmy/default.nix
+++ b/users/timmy/default.nix
@@ -36,7 +36,15 @@ in {
 	#config = lib.mkIf cfg.enable {
 	config = {
 		# Setup zsh
-		programs.zsh.enable = true;
+		programs.zsh = {
+			enable = true;
+			_zshenv = {
+				enable = true;
+				exports = {
+					ZDOTDIR = "$HOME/.config/zsh";
+				};
+			};
+		};
 		#environment.systemPackages = [ pkgs.zsh-fast-syntax-highlighting ];  # TODO
 
 		# Setup normal user
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