2 files changed, 22 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/modules/home/bash-profile.nix b/modules/home/bash-profile.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..30114ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/home/bash-profile.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
+let
+  bashProfileContent = pkgs.writeText "bash_profile" ''
+    # Written once by home-manager (modules/home/bash-profile.nix) so login
+    # shells actually source ~/.bashrc — NixOS and other Linux distros don't
+    # ship a ~/.bash_profile that does this by default. Only created if it
+    # didn't already exist; home-manager never touches it again after that,
+    # so it's yours to edit.
+    if [ -f "$HOME/.bashrc" ]; then
+      . "$HOME/.bashrc"
+    fi
+  '';
+in
+{
+  home.activation.bashProfile = lib.hm.dag.entryAfter [ "writeBoundary" ] ''
+    BASH_PROFILE=${lib.escapeShellArg "${config.home.homeDirectory}/.bash_profile"}
+    if [ ! -e "$BASH_PROFILE" ]; then
+      $DRY_RUN_CMD ${pkgs.coreutils}/bin/install -m 644 ${bashProfileContent} "$BASH_PROFILE"
+    fi
+  '';
+}
diff --git a/modules/home/default.nix b/modules/home/default.nix
index 89bad9e..1653d3b 100644
--- a/modules/home/default.nix
+++ b/modules/home/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 {
   imports = [
     ./shell.nix
+    ./bash-profile.nix
     ./editor.nix
     ./cli-tools.nix
     ./dotfiles.nix