From 788e867a6cdf8cfc98cea068bc0c666030e5c745 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Elian Doran <contact@eliandoran.me>
Date: Sat, 4 Apr 2026 12:38:23 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] fix(scripts): use flake when rebuilding Electron in
 postinstall script

---
 scripts/utils.mts | 14 +++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/utils.mts b/scripts/utils.mts
index 8490b50fd2..02883db106 100644
--- a/scripts/utils.mts
+++ b/scripts/utils.mts
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ function resetPath() {
 
 export function getElectronPath() {
     if (isNixOS()) {
-        resetPath();            
+        resetPath();
 
         try {
             const path = execSync("which electron").toString("utf-8").trimEnd();
@@ -37,8 +37,16 @@ export function getElectronPath() {
             // Nothing to do, since we have a fallback below.
         }
 
-        console.log("Using default since no Electron is available in path.");
-        return execSync("nix eval --raw nixpkgs#electron_37").toString("utf-8") + "/bin/electron";
+        console.log("No Electron in PATH, using 'nix develop' to get it...");
+
+        try {
+            const path = execSync("nix develop -c which electron", { stdio: ["pipe", "pipe", "pipe"] }).toString("utf-8").trimEnd();
+            return path;
+        } catch (e) {
+            console.error("\nFailed to get Electron from 'nix develop'.");
+            console.error("Please ensure you have a valid flake.nix with electron in devShells.default.");
+            process.exit(1);
+        }
     } else {
         return "electron";
     }