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Make configuration compatible with ddev

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Created on 3 April 2025, 3 days ago

Problem/Motivation

This project should be as non-intrusive as possible, and not conflict with other development approaches.

I expect to be able to use either ddev or this Drupal flake in the same working copy. If ddev is running, the site should use DDev's database. If Drupal Flake is running, the site should use Nix's database.

I should be able to just start whichever is convenient and have it "just work".

Proposed resolution

Update the include stanza in the settings.php file to only include the settings.nix.php IF the drupal-flake is running, presumably through an environment variable.

If both the drupal-flake and ddev is active, I would expect whichever is loaded last in the settings.php file would determine which connection is active.

Don't try too hard to make it work when both are active, but make sure it's as easy as possible to switch back and forth without having to edit anything.

Remaining tasks

Update the nix-settings command to write the include stanza in a more resilient way.

Update the devShell to attempt to use the correct database connection details, based on whether the nix flake is running or not.

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🇺🇸United States freelock Seattle

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  • Issue created by @freelock
  • Comment about 21 hours ago →
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    • freelock → committed dd3f968a on main 
      feat(settings): Make nix include more compatible with non-flake...
  • Comment about 21 hours ago →
    🇺🇸United States freelock Seattle

    Ok. I've chosen to use the socket for the database server to determine whether or not the Nix runtime environment is running. If it is, the settings.nix.php file is included. If not, it's ignored.

    This should allow the entire flake to happily co-exist with other dev environments such as ddev or LAMP stacks or whatever.

    I would recommend having the settings.nix.php gitignore'd, it is generated at startup if it doesn't exist anyway. Otherwise when the runtime is running, drush and the site should get the necessary nix-specific values from environment variables.

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