From 0272a8b0dc8f64c0b590f7007291b9010a0eef44 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: technofab <admin@technofab.de>
Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2025 21:53:31 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix: support passing string as dir for autodiscovery

---
 lib/default.nix    | 6 +++++-
 tests/lib_test.nix | 7 +++++++
 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lib/default.nix b/lib/default.nix
index 2aa3683..ec71f09 100644
--- a/lib/default.nix
+++ b/lib/default.nix
@@ -39,7 +39,11 @@ in rec {
   }: let
     files = builtins.readDir dir;
     matchingFiles = builtins.filter (name: builtins.match pattern name != null) (builtins.attrNames files);
-    imports = map (file: /${dir}/${file}) matchingFiles;
+    imports = map (file:
+      if builtins.isString dir
+      then (builtins.unsafeDiscardStringContext dir) + "/${file}"
+      else /${dir}/${file})
+    matchingFiles;
   in {
     inherit imports;
     # automatically set the base so test filepaths are easier to read
diff --git a/tests/lib_test.nix b/tests/lib_test.nix
index 4437cf3..ae5b474 100644
--- a/tests/lib_test.nix
+++ b/tests/lib_test.nix
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@
           actual = ntlib.helpers.toPrettyFile (ntlib.autodiscover {
             dir = ./fixtures;
           });
+          # tests if strings with store path context work
+          actualDirString = ntlib.helpers.toPrettyFile (ntlib.autodiscover {
+            dir = "${./fixtures}";
+          });
         in
           # sh
           ''
@@ -20,6 +24,9 @@
             ${ntlib.helpers.scriptHelpers}
             assert_file_contains ${actual} "sample_test.nix" "should find sample_test.nix"
             assert_file_contains ${actual} "base = \"/nix/store/.*-source/tests/fixtures/\"" "should set base to fixtures dir"
+
+            assert_file_contains ${actualDirString} "sample_test.nix" "should find sample_test.nix"
+            assert_file_contains ${actualDirString} "base = \"/nix/store/.*-fixtures/\"" "should set base to fixtures dir"
           '';
       }
       {