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To reference or cite the objects present in the Software Heritage archive, permalinks based on SoftWare Hash IDentifiers (SWHIDs) must be used.
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This interface enables to generate software citations, provided that the root directory of browsed objects contains a citation.cff or codemeta.json file.
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#! @perl@ -w @perlFlags@

use Nix::SSH;
use Nix::Config;
use Nix::Store;
use Nix::CopyClosure;


if (scalar @ARGV < 1) {
    print STDERR <<EOF
Usage: nix-copy-closure [--from | --to] HOSTNAME [--sign] [--gzip] [--bzip2] [--xz] PATHS...
EOF
    ;
    exit 1;
}


# Get the target host.
my $sshHost;

my $sign = 0;

my $compressor = "";
my $decompressor = "";

my $progressViewer = "";

my $toMode = 1;

my $includeOutputs = 0;

my $dryRun = 0;


# !!! Copied from nix-pack-closure, should put this in a module.
my @storePaths = ();

while (@ARGV) {
    my $arg = shift @ARGV;
    
    if ($arg eq "--sign") {
        $sign = 1;
    }
    elsif ($arg eq "--gzip") {
        $compressor = "gzip";
        $decompressor = "gunzip";
    }
    elsif ($arg eq "--bzip2") {
        $compressor = "bzip2";
        $decompressor = "bunzip2";
    }
    elsif ($arg eq "--xz") {
        $compressor = "xz";
        $decompressor = "xz -d";
    }
    elsif ($arg eq "--from") {
        $toMode = 0;
    }
    elsif ($arg eq "--to") {
        $toMode = 1;
    }
    elsif ($arg eq "--include-outputs") {
        $includeOutputs = 1;
    }
    elsif ($arg eq "--show-progress") {
        $progressViewer = "@pv@";
    }
    elsif ($arg eq "--dry-run") {
        $dryRun = 1;
    }
    elsif (!defined $sshHost) {
        $sshHost = $arg;
    }
    else {
        push @storePaths, $arg;
    }
}


openSSHConnection $sshHost or die "$0: unable to start SSH\n";


if ($toMode) { # Copy TO the remote machine.
    Nix::CopyClosure::copyTo($sshHost, [ @sshOpts ], [ @storePaths ], $compressor, $decompressor, $includeOutputs, $dryRun, $sign, $progressViewer);
}

else { # Copy FROM the remote machine.

    # Query the closure of the given store paths on the remote
    # machine.  Paths are assumed to be store paths; there is no
    # resolution (following of symlinks).
    my $extraOpts = $includeOutputs ? "--include-outputs" : "";
    my $pid = open(READ,
        "set -f; ssh @sshOpts $sshHost nix-store --query --requisites $extraOpts @storePaths|") or die;
    
    while (<READ>) {
        chomp;
        die "bad: $_" unless /^\//;
        push @missing, $_ unless isValidPath($_);
    }

    close READ or die "nix-store on remote machine `$sshHost' failed: $?";

    # Export the store paths on the remote machine and import them locally.
    if (scalar @missing > 0) {
        print STDERR "copying ", scalar @missing, " missing paths from ‘$sshHost’...\n";
        $compressor = "| $compressor" if $compressor ne "";
        $decompressor = "$decompressor |" if $decompressor ne "";
	$progressViewer = "$progressViewer |" if $progressViewer ne "";
        unless ($dryRun) {
            my $extraOpts = $sign ? "--sign" : "";
            system("set -f; ssh $sshHost @sshOpts 'nix-store --export $extraOpts @missing $compressor' | $progressViewer $decompressor $Nix::Config::binDir/nix-store --import > /dev/null") == 0
                or die "copying store paths from remote machine `$sshHost' failed: $?";
        }
    }

}

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