From 937e85df03e2cf8bc2c0daafc68b2b2782ddbcec Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Benedikt Rips <benedikt.rips@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2026 15:52:17 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] home: check `username` being non-empty through its type

---
 modules/home-environment.nix | 9 +--------
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/modules/home-environment.nix b/modules/home-environment.nix
index 5fd05ab06..9732cdfbf 100644
--- a/modules/home-environment.nix
+++ b/modules/home-environment.nix
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ in
 
   options = {
     home.username = mkOption {
-      type = types.str;
+      type = types.nonEmptyStr;
       defaultText = literalExpression ''
         "$USER"   for state version < 20.09,
         undefined for state version ≥ 20.09
@@ -578,13 +578,6 @@ in
   };
 
   config = {
-    assertions = [
-      {
-        assertion = config.home.username != "";
-        message = "Username could not be determined";
-      }
-    ];
-
     warnings =
       let
         hmRelease = config.home.version.release;