From d23a9c26f37ce6600e452099ee86c916bf51ef87 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Emily <vcs@emily.moe>
Date: Mon, 19 May 2025 18:26:48 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] darwin-rebuild: use `NIX_REMOTE=daemon` even as `root`

---
 pkgs/nix-tools/darwin-rebuild.sh | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/pkgs/nix-tools/darwin-rebuild.sh b/pkgs/nix-tools/darwin-rebuild.sh
index 8824e61..6e2817a 100644
--- a/pkgs/nix-tools/darwin-rebuild.sh
+++ b/pkgs/nix-tools/darwin-rebuild.sh
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ fi
 export PATH=@path@
 export NIX_PATH=${NIX_PATH:-@nixPath@}
 
+# Use the daemon even as `root` so that resource limits, TLS and proxy
+# configuration, etc. work as expected.
+export NIX_REMOTE=${NIX_REMOTE:-daemon}
+
 showSyntax() {
   echo "darwin-rebuild [--help] {edit | switch | activate | build | check | changelog}" >&2
   echo "               [--list-generations] [{--profile-name | -p} name] [--rollback]" >&2