From 54e0f94af5905864f3836e370d5722f72ccd491d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Julian Mutter <julian.mutter@comumail.de>
Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2026 07:51:57 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Add garbage-collect for home-manager

---
 homes/julian/global/default.nix       |  7 ++++
 homes/julian/hm-standalone-config.nix | 14 ++++++++
 modules/home-manager/default.nix      |  1 +
 modules/home-manager/hm-expire.nix    | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 4 files changed, 68 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 modules/home-manager/hm-expire.nix

diff --git a/homes/julian/global/default.nix b/homes/julian/global/default.nix
index bb8021d..5e9f2c5 100644
--- a/homes/julian/global/default.nix
+++ b/homes/julian/global/default.nix
@@ -35,6 +35,13 @@
 
   # systemd.user.startServices = "sd-switch"; # TODO: what is this
 
+  # Expire old hm generations
+  hm-expire = {
+    enable = true;
+    dates = "weekly";
+    expire = "-30 days";
+  };
+
   programs = {
     home-manager.enable = true;
     git.enable = true;
diff --git a/homes/julian/hm-standalone-config.nix b/homes/julian/hm-standalone-config.nix
index 635bb62..d9b6f99 100644
--- a/homes/julian/hm-standalone-config.nix
+++ b/homes/julian/hm-standalone-config.nix
@@ -39,6 +39,20 @@
       "ca-derivations"
     ];
 
+    # Expire old hm generations
+    hm-expire = {
+      enable = true;
+      dates = "weekly";
+      expire = "-30 days";
+    };
+    # Remove unused packets
+    services.nix-gc = {
+      enable = true;
+      automatic = true;
+      frequency = "weekly";
+      persistent = true;
+    };
+
     # nix.settings. # warn-dirty = false; # TODO: do I want this
     #
     # Ensure we can still build when missing-server is not accessible
diff --git a/modules/home-manager/default.nix b/modules/home-manager/default.nix
index a6a800f..650c4ac 100644
--- a/modules/home-manager/default.nix
+++ b/modules/home-manager/default.nix
@@ -5,4 +5,5 @@
   colors = import ./colors.nix;
   hostname = import ./hostname.nix;
   non-nixos = import ./non-nixos.nix;
+  hm-expire = import ./hm-expire.nix;
 }
diff --git a/modules/home-manager/hm-expire.nix b/modules/home-manager/hm-expire.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..999757e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/home-manager/hm-expire.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+{
+  config,
+  lib,
+  pkgs,
+  ...
+}: let
+  cfg = config.hm-expire;
+in {
+  options.hm-expire = {
+    enable = lib.mkEnableOption "Whether to enable hm-expire";
+    dates = lib.mkOption {
+      type = lib.types.str;
+      default = "weekly";
+    };
+    expire = lib.mkOption {
+      type = lib.types.str;
+      default = "-30 days";
+    };
+  };
+
+  config = lib.mkIf cfg.enable {
+    # This creates a user-level systemd service
+    systemd.user.services.cleanup-home-manager = {
+      Unit = {
+        Description = "Cleanup old Home Manager generations";
+      };
+      Service = {
+        Type = "oneshot";
+        ExecStart = "${pkgs.bash}/bin/bash -c '${pkgs.home-manager}/bin/home-manager expire-generations \"${cfg.expire}\"'";
+      };
+    };
+
+    systemd.user.timers.cleanup-home-manager = {
+      Unit = {
+        Description = "Weekly cleanup of Home Manager generations";
+      };
+      Timer = {
+        OnCalendar = cfg.dates;
+        Persistent = true;
+      };
+      Install = {
+        WantedBy = ["timers.target"];
+      };
+    };
+  };
+}