From d9808d6a21ed93018680155c4a4f17a067b0804f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: _cry64 <them@dobutterfliescry.net>
Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2026 18:13:32 +1000
Subject: [PATCH] add sys::nix_version_get() wrappings

---
 nixide/src/lib.rs     |  4 +-
 nixide/src/version.rs | 92 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 95 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 nixide/src/version.rs

diff --git a/nixide/src/lib.rs b/nixide/src/lib.rs
index 8dba35d..99cabca 100644
--- a/nixide/src/lib.rs
+++ b/nixide/src/lib.rs
@@ -4,11 +4,13 @@ mod context;
 mod error;
 mod expr;
 mod store;
-mod util;
+pub mod util;
+mod version;
 
 pub use context::Context;
 pub use error::NixError;
 pub use expr::{EvalState, EvalStateBuilder, Value, ValueType};
 pub use store::{Store, StorePath};
+pub use version::*;
 
 pub use nixide_sys as sys;
diff --git a/nixide/src/version.rs b/nixide/src/version.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..631cc67
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nixide/src/version.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+use std::cmp::Ordering;
+use std::ffi::CStr;
+use std::num::ParseIntError;
+
+use crate::sys;
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub struct NixVersion {
+    pub major: u32,
+    pub minor: u32,
+    pub patch: u32,
+    pub is_prerelease: bool,
+}
+
+impl NixVersion {
+    /// Constructs a new [NixVersion] struct given the raw attributes.
+    ///
+    /// # Warning
+    ///
+    /// You are most likely interested in using the [NixVersion::current]
+    /// and [NixVersion::parse] functions instead of this one.
+    pub fn new(major: u32, minor: u32, patch: u32, is_prerelease: bool) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            major,
+            minor,
+            patch,
+            is_prerelease,
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Get the current Nix library version in the comparable [NixVersion] type.
+    pub fn current() -> Result<Self, ParseIntError> {
+        NixVersion::parse(NixVersion::current_string().as_ref())
+    }
+
+    /// Get the current Nix library version as an owned [String].
+    pub fn current_string() -> String {
+        unsafe {
+            let version_ptr = sys::nix_version_get();
+            CStr::from_ptr(version_ptr).to_string_lossy().into_owned()
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Parse a Nix version string into the comparable [NixVersion] type.
+    ///
+    /// # Examples
+    ///
+    /// ```
+    /// use nixide::NixVersion::parse;
+    ///
+    /// assert_eq!(parse("2.26"), NixVersion::new(2, 26, 0, false));
+    /// assert_eq!(parse("2.33.0pre"), NixVersion::new(2, 33, 0, true));
+    /// assert_eq!(parse("2.33"), NixVersion::new(2, 33, 0, false));
+    /// assert_eq!(parse("2.33.1"), NixVersion::new(2, 33, 1, false));
+    ///
+    /// // Pre-release versions sort before stable
+    /// assert!(parse("2.33.0pre") < parse("2.33"));
+    /// ```
+    pub fn parse(version_str: &str) -> Result<Self, ParseIntError> {
+        let parts = version_str.split('.').collect::<Vec<&str>>();
+        let major = parts[0].parse::<u32>()?;
+        let minor = parts[1].parse::<u32>()?;
+
+        let (patch, is_prerelease) = match parts.get(2) {
+            Some(s) => (s[..s.len() - 3].parse::<u32>()?, s.ends_with("pre")),
+            None => (0, false),
+        };
+
+        Ok(Self {
+            major,
+            minor,
+            patch,
+            is_prerelease,
+        })
+    }
+}
+
+impl PartialOrd for NixVersion {
+    fn partial_cmp(&self, other: &Self) -> Option<Ordering> {
+        if self == other {
+            Some(Ordering::Equal)
+        } else if self.major < other.major
+            || self.minor < other.minor
+            || (self.patch < other.patch)
+            || (self.patch == other.patch && self.is_prerelease && !other.is_prerelease)
+        {
+            Some(Ordering::Less)
+        } else {
+            Some(Ordering::Greater)
+        }
+    }
+}