From d4df25848021f95807f29ebb1c0b8dc91687550f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: jackjohn7 <branchjohnchristopher@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 12 Apr 2026 03:13:34 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] update hardware generation in template

---
 templates/generic/.envrc                            |  1 +
 .../nix-modules/packages/boilerplate/boilerplate.py | 13 ++++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 templates/generic/.envrc

diff --git a/templates/generic/.envrc b/templates/generic/.envrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3550a30
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/generic/.envrc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+use flake
diff --git a/templates/generic/nix-modules/packages/boilerplate/boilerplate.py b/templates/generic/nix-modules/packages/boilerplate/boilerplate.py
index 4b98ad0..4f09309 100644
--- a/templates/generic/nix-modules/packages/boilerplate/boilerplate.py
+++ b/templates/generic/nix-modules/packages/boilerplate/boilerplate.py
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ def host_templates(name: str) -> dict[Path, str]:
                       imports = [
                         self.nixosModules.{name}Hardware
                       ];
+                      system.stateVersion = "25.11";
                     }};
                 }}
                 """
@@ -77,7 +78,17 @@ def host_templates(name: str) -> dict[Path, str]:
                     {{ lib, pkgs, ... }}:
                     {{
                       config = {{
-                        # Copy the generated hardware configuration here.
+                        # If you're building a full system here, you'd likely want to just copy the hardware
+                        # configuration generated by the NixOS installer. I've added some stuff here just so
+                        # `nix flake check` passes on initialization of the flake and to show how it _could_
+                        # look. You can find it here: `/etc/nixos/hardware-configuration.nix`
+
+                        boot.loader.grub.devices = [ "/dev/sda" ];
+
+                        fileSystems."/" = {{
+                          device = "tmpfs";
+                          fsType = "tmpfs";
+                        }};
                       }};
                     }};
                 }}