don't rebuild eval tests on each ci run

clanServices/hello-world/flake-module.nix

@@ -23,7 +23,13 @@ in
       unit-test-module = (
         self.clanLib.test.flakeModules.makeEvalChecks {
           inherit module;
-          inherit self inputs;
+          inherit inputs;
+          fileset = lib.fileset.unions [
+            # The hello-world service being tested
+            ../../clanServices/hello-world
+            # Required modules
+            ../../nixosModules/clanCore
+          ];
           testName = "hello-world";
           tests = ./tests/eval-tests.nix;
           # Optional arguments passed to the test

clanServices/zerotier/flake-module.nix

@@ -15,7 +15,15 @@ in
       unit-test-module = (
         self.clanLib.test.flakeModules.makeEvalChecks {
           inherit module;
-          inherit self inputs;
+          inherit inputs;
+          fileset = lib.fileset.unions [
+            # The zerotier service being tested
+            ../../clanServices/zerotier
+            # Required modules
+            ../../nixosModules/clanCore
+            # Dependencies like clan-cli
+            ../../pkgs/clan-cli
+          ];
           testName = "zerotier";
           tests = ./tests/eval-tests.nix;
           testArgs = { };

lib/test/flakeModules.nix

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
   */
   makeEvalChecks =
     {
-      self,
+      fileset,
       inputs,
       testName,
       tests,
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
       testArgs ? { },
     }:
     let
-      inputOverrides = self.clanLib.flake-inputs.getOverrides inputs;
+      inputOverrides = clanLib.flake-inputs.getOverrides inputs;
       attrName = "eval-tests-${testName}";
     in
     {
@@ -39,14 +39,42 @@
         }
         // testArgs
       );
-      checks.${attrName} = pkgs.runCommand "tests" { nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgs.nix-unit ]; } ''
+      checks.${attrName} =
+        let
+          # The root is two directories up from where this file is located
+          root = ../..;
+
+          # Combine the user-provided fileset with all flake-module.nix files
+          # and other essential files
+          src = lib.fileset.toSource {
+            inherit root;
+            fileset = lib.fileset.unions [
+              # Core flake files
+              (root + "/flake.nix")
+              (root + "/flake.lock")
+
+              # All flake-module.nix files anywhere in the tree
+              (lib.fileset.fileFilter (file: file.name == "flake-module.nix") root)
+
+              # The flakeModules/clan.nix if it exists
+              (lib.fileset.maybeMissing (root + "/flakeModules/clan.nix"))
+
+              # Core libraries
+              (root + "/lib")
+
+              # User-provided fileset
+              fileset
+            ];
+          };
+        in
+        pkgs.runCommand "tests" { nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgs.nix-unit ]; } ''
           export HOME="$(realpath .)"
 
           nix-unit --eval-store "$HOME" \
             --extra-experimental-features flakes \
             --show-trace \
             ${inputOverrides} \
-          --flake ${self}#legacyPackages.${system}.${attrName}
+            --flake ${src}#legacyPackages.${system}.${attrName}
           touch $out
         '';
 

lib/types/flake-module.nix

@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
-{ self, inputs, ... }:
+{
+  self,
+  inputs,
+  lib,
+  ...
+}:
 {
   perSystem =
     { ... }:
@@ -10,7 +15,11 @@
       test-types-module = (
         self.clanLib.test.flakeModules.makeEvalChecks {
           module = throw "";
-          inherit self inputs;
+          inherit inputs;
+          fileset = lib.fileset.unions [
+            # Only lib is needed for type tests
+            ../../lib
+          ];
           testName = "types";
           tests = ./tests.nix;
           # Optional arguments passed to the test