From 77d36114a0bacc4cb51265263796dbf6fcbd9730 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Adriano Caloiaro <code@adriano.fyi>
Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2026 08:38:12 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] feat(zellij): fix plugin prompts

---
 common/home-manager/zellij/default.nix | 26 +++++++++++++++++---------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/common/home-manager/zellij/default.nix b/common/home-manager/zellij/default.nix
index 93397da..89255ae 100644
--- a/common/home-manager/zellij/default.nix
+++ b/common/home-manager/zellij/default.nix
@@ -270,12 +270,13 @@ in {
       '';
     };
 
-    home.file = mkMerge [
-      (mkIf (cfg.defaultSessionLayout != null) {
-        ".config/zellij/layouts/${cfg.defaultSessionName}.kdl".text = cfg.defaultSessionLayout;
-      })
-      (mkIf (cfg.zjstatus.enable || cfg.zjWhichKey.enable) {
-        ".cache/zellij/permissions.kdl".text =
+    home.file = mkIf (cfg.defaultSessionLayout != null) {
+      ".config/zellij/layouts/${cfg.defaultSessionName}.kdl".text = cfg.defaultSessionLayout;
+    };
+
+    home.activation.zellijPermissions = mkIf (cfg.zjstatus.enable || cfg.zjWhichKey.enable) (
+      let
+        permissionsFile = pkgs.writeText "zellij-permissions.kdl" (
           (optionalString cfg.zjstatus.enable ''
             "${pkgs.zellijPlugins.zjstatus}" {
                 RunCommands
@@ -289,9 +290,16 @@ in {
                 ChangeApplicationState
                 MessageAndLaunchOtherPlugins
             }
-          '');
-      })
-    ];
+          '')
+        );
+      in
+        lib.hm.dag.entryAfter ["writeBoundary"] ''
+          $DRY_RUN_CMD mkdir -p "$HOME/.cache/zellij"
+          $DRY_RUN_CMD rm -f "$HOME/.cache/zellij/permissions.kdl"
+          $DRY_RUN_CMD cp ${permissionsFile} "$HOME/.cache/zellij/permissions.kdl"
+          $DRY_RUN_CMD chmod 644 "$HOME/.cache/zellij/permissions.kdl"
+        ''
+    );
 
     programs.zsh = mkIf cfg.autoStart {
       initContent =