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-rw-r--r--lib/trivial.nix10
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/misc/version.nix5
2 files changed, 11 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/lib/trivial.nix b/lib/trivial.nix
index b1eea0bf124..938df6ced47 100644
--- a/lib/trivial.nix
+++ b/lib/trivial.nix
@@ -105,6 +105,16 @@ rec {
     then lib.strings.fileContents suffixFile
     else "pre-git";
 
+  # Attempt to get the revision nixpkgs is from
+  revisionWithDefault = default:
+    let
+      revisionFile = "${toString ./..}/.git-revision";
+      gitRepo      = "${toString ./..}/.git";
+    in if lib.pathIsDirectory gitRepo
+       then lib.commitIdFromGitRepo gitRepo
+       else if lib.pathExists revisionFile then lib.fileContents revisionFile
+       else default;
+
   nixpkgsVersion = builtins.trace "`lib.nixpkgsVersion` is deprecated, use `lib.version` instead!" version;
 
   # Whether we're being called by nix-shell.
diff --git a/nixos/modules/misc/version.nix b/nixos/modules/misc/version.nix
index c593adcdae6..6d78b7c593f 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/misc/version.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/misc/version.nix
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ with lib;
 let
   cfg = config.system.nixos;
 
-  revisionFile = "${toString pkgs.path}/.git-revision";
   gitRepo      = "${toString pkgs.path}/.git";
   gitCommitId  = lib.substring 0 7 (commitIdFromGitRepo gitRepo);
 in
@@ -37,9 +36,7 @@ in
     nixos.revision = mkOption {
       internal = true;
       type = types.str;
-      default = if pathIsDirectory gitRepo then commitIdFromGitRepo gitRepo
-                else if pathExists revisionFile then fileContents revisionFile
-                else "master";
+      default = lib.trivial.revisionWithDefault "master";
       description = "The Git revision from which this NixOS configuration was built.";
     };