From 1dd5df3d8beb9cac7f8256bbf5db71b85c7a3d55 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Pierre Kisters <1524059+lhns@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2026 04:08:23 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Install: a long list of untracked files doesn't abort the
 install

With pipefail, head closing the pipe early made git's SIGPIPE fail the
assignment under set -e.
---
 install.sh | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index a0d9ce5..8d8825e 100755
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -345,7 +345,8 @@ cmd_install() {
 
   if [[ -n $dir ]] && git -C "$dir" rev-parse --is-inside-work-tree >/dev/null 2>&1; then
     local untracked
-    untracked="$(git -C "$dir" ls-files --others --exclude-standard -- '*.nix' | head -n5)"
+    # || true: with pipefail, head closing the pipe early fails git.
+    untracked="$(git -C "$dir" ls-files --others --exclude-standard -- '*.nix' | head -n5 || true)"
     [[ -z $untracked ]] || warn "untracked files are invisible to the flake (git add them): $(echo "$untracked" | tr '\n' ' ')"
   fi