From b9450f1bca6e6447a55ffe725fff92797838f565 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: aaron <aaron@0x29a.ch>
Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2026 20:01:43 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix(backup): instruct home-manager to backup files using a
 timestamp to avoid collisions

---
 modules/nixos/settings.nix | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/modules/nixos/settings.nix b/modules/nixos/settings.nix
index 88cc0b4..2a1a218 100644
--- a/modules/nixos/settings.nix
+++ b/modules/nixos/settings.nix
@@ -40,5 +40,5 @@
   # enable home-manager globally
   home-manager.useGlobalPkgs = true;
   home-manager.useUserPackages = true;
-  home-manager.backupFileExtension = "backup";
+  home-manager.backupCommand = "mv -f {file} {file}.hm-bak-$(date +%Y%m%d%H%M%S)";
 }
-- 
2.47.3