Add ~/.nix-profile/bin to the Arch paths list#244
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home-manager installs user-scoped tools (glab, etc.) into ~/.nix-profile/bin but that directory wasn't on the PATH assembled by os/arch/.zprofile. Result: `which glab` from a login shell that sources this .zprofile would fail, even though home-manager had installed it cleanly via tamakiii/home:anatolian.local/nix/home.nix. Surfaced during the 2026-04-21 tamakiii-hdd capture→ingest round on anatolian — the globally-configured git credential helper `\!glab auth git-credential` for gitlab.anatolian.local failed with "glab: command not found" in every Claude Code session, forcing a pass-backed inline helper + GitLab-API fallback. Adding the Nix user profile to PATH here is the one-line honest fix. Mac is unaffected: home-manager isn't used on weimaraner; os/mac/.zprofile is its own file.
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Summary
\$HOME/.nix-profile/binto thepaths=()array inos/arch/.zprofile.Why
home-manager installs user-scoped tools (glab and others declared in
tamakiii/home:anatolian.local/nix/home.nix) into~/.nix-profile/bin, but that directory wasn't on thePATHassembled byos/arch/.zprofile. Awhich glabfrom any login shell sourcing this file returned "not found" even though home-manager had installed it cleanly.Surfaced during the 2026-04-21
tamakiii-hddcapture → ingest round on anatolian: the globally-configured git credential helper!glab auth git-credentialforgitlab.anatolian.localfailed in every Claude Code session, forcing a pass-backed inline helper + GitLab-API fallback for MRs!20,!21,!22,!23,!24. Adding the Nix user profile toPATHhere is the honest one-line fix.A previous attempt (
tamakiii/myfiles#197) shimmed~/.local/bin/glab → ~/.nix-profile/bin/glabvia the myfiles install step. Closed as over-engineering once this file was pointed at — thepaths=()list exists for exactly this purpose. No shim needed.Test plan
source ~/.dotfiles/os/arch/.zprofile && which glabreturns~/.nix-profile/bin/glab(after next login on anatolian, which will pick up the new PATH).git pushtogitlab.anatolian.localsucceeds without the pass-backed inline helper workaround.os/mac/.zprofileis its own file; home-manager isn't used there.