[#201] Deduce profile directory during activation

Problem: Since https://github.com/NixOS/nix/pull/5226 nix profiles for
users are stored in 'XDG_STATE_HOME' or 'HOME' directory. However,
'deploy-rs' still expects profiles to be present in
'/nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user'. As a result, an attempt to deploy a
profile with newer nix may fail with an error about non-existing files.

Solution: Instead of deducing the profile path prior to ssh'ing and
actual activation, deduce the path to the profile during as a part of
'activate-rs' invocation.

Now if the profile path is not specified explicitly as an attribute in
profile within the deploy flake, the path to the profile is determined
based on the user to which the profile belongs and on the values of
'XDG_STATE_HOME' and 'HOME' variables.
Additionally, if the old profile directory (in
'/nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user') for a given user already exists, it is
used instead for the sake of backward compatibility.

6 files changed, 316 insertions, 68 deletions

diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 7504427..55e5564 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -131,6 +131,7 @@ name = "deploy-rs"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "clap",
+ "dirs",
  "flexi_logger",
  "fork",
  "futures-util",
@@ -150,6 +151,27 @@ dependencies = [
 ]
 
 [[package]]
+name = "dirs"
+version = "5.0.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "44c45a9d03d6676652bcb5e724c7e988de1acad23a711b5217ab9cbecbec2225"
+dependencies = [
+ "dirs-sys",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "dirs-sys"
+version = "0.4.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "520f05a5cbd335fae5a99ff7a6ab8627577660ee5cfd6a94a6a929b52ff0321c"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+ "option-ext",
+ "redox_users",
+ "windows-sys 0.48.0",
+]
+
+[[package]]
 name = "filetime"
 version = "0.2.13"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
@@ -157,7 +179,7 @@ checksum = "0c122a393ea57648015bf06fbd3d372378992e86b9ff5a7a497b076a28c79efe"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg-if 1.0.0",
  "libc",
- "redox_syscall",
+ "redox_syscall 0.1.57",
  "winapi",
 ]
 
@@ -239,6 +261,17 @@ dependencies = [
 ]
 
 [[package]]
+name = "getrandom"
+version = "0.2.10"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "be4136b2a15dd319360be1c07d9933517ccf0be8f16bf62a3bee4f0d618df427"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if 1.0.0",
+ "libc",
+ "wasi 0.11.0+wasi-snapshot-preview1",
+]
+
+[[package]]
 name = "glob"
 version = "0.3.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
@@ -332,9 +365,9 @@ checksum = "e2abad23fbc42b3700f2f279844dc832adb2b2eb069b2df918f455c4e18cc646"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "libc"
-version = "0.2.141"
+version = "0.2.147"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "3304a64d199bb964be99741b7a14d26972741915b3649639149b2479bb46f4b5"
+checksum = "b4668fb0ea861c1df094127ac5f1da3409a82116a4ba74fca2e58ef927159bb3"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "log"
@@ -471,6 +504,12 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "13bd41f508810a131401606d54ac32a467c97172d74ba7662562ebba5ad07fa0"
 
 [[package]]
+name = "option-ext"
+version = "0.2.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "04744f49eae99ab78e0d5c0b603ab218f515ea8cfe5a456d7629ad883a3b6e7d"
+
+[[package]]
 name = "os_str_bytes"
 version = "2.4.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
@@ -569,6 +608,26 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "41cc0f7e4d5d4544e8861606a285bb08d3e70712ccc7d2b84d7c0ccfaf4b05ce"
 
 [[package]]
+name = "redox_syscall"
+version = "0.2.16"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "fb5a58c1855b4b6819d59012155603f0b22ad30cad752600aadfcb695265519a"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "redox_users"
+version = "0.4.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b033d837a7cf162d7993aded9304e30a83213c648b6e389db233191f891e5c2b"
+dependencies = [
+ "getrandom",
+ "redox_syscall 0.2.16",
+ "thiserror",
+]
+
+[[package]]
 name = "regex"
 version = "1.7.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
@@ -698,7 +757,7 @@ checksum = "2c29947abdee2a218277abeca306f25789c938e500ea5a9d4b12a5a504466902"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg-if 1.0.0",
  "libc",
- "redox_syscall",
+ "redox_syscall 0.1.57",
  "winapi",
 ]
 
@@ -925,13 +984,13 @@ version = "0.42.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "5a3e1820f08b8513f676f7ab6c1f99ff312fb97b553d30ff4dd86f9f15728aa7"
 dependencies = [
- "windows_aarch64_gnullvm",
- "windows_aarch64_msvc",
- "windows_i686_gnu",
- "windows_i686_msvc",
- "windows_x86_64_gnu",
- "windows_x86_64_gnullvm",
- "windows_x86_64_msvc",
+ "windows_aarch64_gnullvm 0.42.2",
+ "windows_aarch64_msvc 0.42.2",
+ "windows_i686_gnu 0.42.2",
+ "windows_i686_msvc 0.42.2",
+ "windows_x86_64_gnu 0.42.2",
+ "windows_x86_64_gnullvm 0.42.2",
+ "windows_x86_64_msvc 0.42.2",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -940,7 +999,16 @@ version = "0.45.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "75283be5efb2831d37ea142365f009c02ec203cd29a3ebecbc093d52315b66d0"
 dependencies = [
- "windows-targets",
+ "windows-targets 0.42.2",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "windows-sys"
+version = "0.48.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "677d2418bec65e3338edb076e806bc1ec15693c5d0104683f2efe857f61056a9"
+dependencies = [
+ "windows-targets 0.48.5",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -949,13 +1017,28 @@ version = "0.42.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "8e5180c00cd44c9b1c88adb3693291f1cd93605ded80c250a75d472756b4d071"
 dependencies = [
- "windows_aarch64_gnullvm",
- "windows_aarch64_msvc",
- "windows_i686_gnu",
- "windows_i686_msvc",
- "windows_x86_64_gnu",
- "windows_x86_64_gnullvm",
- "windows_x86_64_msvc",
+ "windows_aarch64_gnullvm 0.42.2",
+ "windows_aarch64_msvc 0.42.2",
+ "windows_i686_gnu 0.42.2",
+ "windows_i686_msvc 0.42.2",
+ "windows_x86_64_gnu 0.42.2",
+ "windows_x86_64_gnullvm 0.42.2",
+ "windows_x86_64_msvc 0.42.2",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "windows-targets"
+version = "0.48.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9a2fa6e2155d7247be68c096456083145c183cbbbc2764150dda45a87197940c"
+dependencies = [
+ "windows_aarch64_gnullvm 0.48.5",
+ "windows_aarch64_msvc 0.48.5",
+ "windows_i686_gnu 0.48.5",
+ "windows_i686_msvc 0.48.5",
+ "windows_x86_64_gnu 0.48.5",
+ "windows_x86_64_gnullvm 0.48.5",
+ "windows_x86_64_msvc 0.48.5",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -965,42 +1048,84 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "597a5118570b68bc08d8d59125332c54f1ba9d9adeedeef5b99b02ba2b0698f8"
 
 [[package]]
+name = "windows_aarch64_gnullvm"
+version = "0.48.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2b38e32f0abccf9987a4e3079dfb67dcd799fb61361e53e2882c3cbaf0d905d8"
+
+[[package]]
 name = "windows_aarch64_msvc"
 version = "0.42.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "e08e8864a60f06ef0d0ff4ba04124db8b0fb3be5776a5cd47641e942e58c4d43"
 
 [[package]]
+name = "windows_aarch64_msvc"
+version = "0.48.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "dc35310971f3b2dbbf3f0690a219f40e2d9afcf64f9ab7cc1be722937c26b4bc"
+
+[[package]]
 name = "windows_i686_gnu"
 version = "0.42.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "c61d927d8da41da96a81f029489353e68739737d3beca43145c8afec9a31a84f"
 
 [[package]]
+name = "windows_i686_gnu"
+version = "0.48.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a75915e7def60c94dcef72200b9a8e58e5091744960da64ec734a6c6e9b3743e"
+
+[[package]]
 name = "windows_i686_msvc"
 version = "0.42.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "44d840b6ec649f480a41c8d80f9c65108b92d89345dd94027bfe06ac444d1060"
 
 [[package]]
+name = "windows_i686_msvc"
+version = "0.48.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8f55c233f70c4b27f66c523580f78f1004e8b5a8b659e05a4eb49d4166cca406"
+
+[[package]]
 name = "windows_x86_64_gnu"
 version = "0.42.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "8de912b8b8feb55c064867cf047dda097f92d51efad5b491dfb98f6bbb70cb36"
 
 [[package]]
+name = "windows_x86_64_gnu"
+version = "0.48.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "53d40abd2583d23e4718fddf1ebec84dbff8381c07cae67ff7768bbf19c6718e"
+
+[[package]]
 name = "windows_x86_64_gnullvm"
 version = "0.42.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "26d41b46a36d453748aedef1486d5c7a85db22e56aff34643984ea85514e94a3"
 
 [[package]]
+name = "windows_x86_64_gnullvm"
+version = "0.48.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0b7b52767868a23d5bab768e390dc5f5c55825b6d30b86c844ff2dc7414044cc"
+
+[[package]]
 name = "windows_x86_64_msvc"
 version = "0.42.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "9aec5da331524158c6d1a4ac0ab1541149c0b9505fde06423b02f5ef0106b9f0"
 
 [[package]]
+name = "windows_x86_64_msvc"
+version = "0.48.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ed94fce61571a4006852b7389a063ab983c02eb1bb37b47f8272ce92d06d9538"
+
+[[package]]
 name = "yansi"
 version = "0.5.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 7b93c3d..638e8a2 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ edition = "2018"
 
 [dependencies]
 clap = { version = "3.0.0-beta.2", features = [ "wrap_help" ] }
+dirs = "5.0.1"
 flexi_logger = "0.16"
 fork = "0.1"
 futures-util = "0.3.6"
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index af11f78..41201b7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -125,8 +125,11 @@ This is the core of how `deploy-rs` was designed, any number of these can run on
   path = deploy-rs.lib.x86_64-linux.activate.custom pkgs.hello "./bin/hello";
 
   # An optional path to where your profile should be installed to, this is useful if you want to use a common profile name across multiple users, but would have conflicts in your node's profile list.
-  # This will default to `"/nix/var/nix/profiles/$PROFILE_NAME` if `user` is root (see: generic options), and `/nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/$USER/$PROFILE_NAME` if it is not.
-  profilePath = "/nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/someuser/someprofile";
+  # This will default to `"/nix/var/nix/profiles/system` if `user` is `root` and profile name is `system`,
+  # `/nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/$PROFILE_NAME` if profile name is different.
+  # For non-root profiles will default to /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/$USER/$PROFILE_NAME if `/nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/$USER` already exists,
+  # and `${XDG_STATE_HOME:-$HOME/.local/state}/nix/profiles/$PROFILE_NAME` otherwise.
+  profilePath = "/home/someuser/.local/state/nix/profiles/someprofile";
 
   # ...generic options... (see lower section)
 }
diff --git a/src/bin/activate.rs b/src/bin/activate.rs
index bf03538..4a2760b 100644
--- a/src/bin/activate.rs
+++ b/src/bin/activate.rs
@@ -15,9 +15,10 @@ use tokio::time::timeout;
 
 use std::time::Duration;
 
-use std::path::PathBuf;
+use std::env;
+use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 
-use notify::{RecommendedWatcher, RecursiveMode, Watcher, recommended_watcher};
+use notify::{recommended_watcher, RecommendedWatcher, RecursiveMode, Watcher};
 
 use thiserror::Error;
 
@@ -47,11 +48,24 @@ enum SubCommand {
 
 /// Activate a profile
 #[derive(Clap, Debug)]
+#[clap(group(
+    clap::ArgGroup::new("profile")
+        .required(true)
+        .multiple(false)
+        .args(&["profile-path","profile-user"])
+))]
 struct ActivateOpts {
     /// The closure to activate
     closure: String,
     /// The profile path to install into
-    profile_path: String,
+    #[clap(long)]
+    profile_path: Option<String>,
+    /// The profile user if explicit profile path is not specified
+    #[clap(long, requires = "profile-name")]
+    profile_user: Option<String>,
+    /// The profile name
+    #[clap(long, requires = "profile-user")]
+    profile_name: Option<String>,
 
     /// Maximum time to wait for confirmation after activation
     #[clap(long)]
@@ -78,7 +92,7 @@ struct ActivateOpts {
     temp_path: PathBuf,
 }
 
-/// Activate a profile
+/// Wait for profile activation
 #[derive(Clap, Debug)]
 struct WaitOpts {
     /// The closure to wait for
@@ -89,11 +103,18 @@ struct WaitOpts {
     temp_path: PathBuf,
 }
 
-/// Activate a profile
+/// Revoke profile activation
 #[derive(Clap, Debug)]
 struct RevokeOpts {
-    /// The profile path to revoke
-    profile_path: String,
+    /// The profile path to install into
+    #[clap(long)]
+    profile_path: Option<String>,
+    /// The profile user if explicit profile path is not specified
+    #[clap(long, requires = "profile-name")]
+    profile_user: Option<String>,
+    /// The profile name
+    #[clap(long, requires = "profile-user")]
+    profile_name: Option<String>,
 }
 
 #[derive(Error, Debug)]
@@ -315,8 +336,8 @@ pub async fn wait(temp_path: PathBuf, closure: String) -> Result<(), WaitError>
                             // 'lock_path' may not exist yet when some other files are created in 'temp_path'
                             // x is already supposed to be canonical path
                             Ok(lock_path) if x == &lock_path => created.try_send(Ok(())),
-                            _ => Ok (())
-                        }
+                            _ => Ok(()),
+                        },
                         _ => Ok(()),
                     }
                 }
@@ -459,6 +480,61 @@ async fn revoke(profile_path: String) -> Result<(), DeactivateError> {
     Ok(())
 }
 
+#[derive(Error, Debug)]
+pub enum GetProfilePathError {
+    #[error("Failed to deduce HOME directory for user {0}")]
+    NoUserHome(String),
+}
+
+fn get_profile_path(
+    profile_path: Option<String>,
+    profile_user: Option<String>,
+    profile_name: Option<String>,
+) -> Result<String, GetProfilePathError> {
+    match (profile_path, profile_user, profile_name) {
+        (Some(profile_path), None, None) => Ok(profile_path),
+        (None, Some(profile_user), Some(profile_name)) => {
+            let nix_state_dir = env::var("NIX_STATE_DIR").unwrap_or("/nix/var/nix".to_string());
+            // As per https://nixos.org/manual/nix/stable/command-ref/files/profiles#profiles
+            match &profile_user[..] {
+                "root" => {
+                    match &profile_name[..] {
+                        // NixOS system profile belongs to the root user, but isn't stored in the 'per-user/root'
+                        "system" => Ok(format!("{}/profiles/system", nix_state_dir)),
+                        _ => Ok(format!(
+                            "{}/profiles/per-user/root/{}",
+                            nix_state_dir, profile_name
+                        )),
+                    }
+                }
+                _ => {
+                    let old_user_profiles_dir =
+                        format!("{}/profiles/per-user/{}", nix_state_dir, profile_user);
+                    // To stay backward compatible
+                    if Path::new(&old_user_profiles_dir).exists() {
+                        Ok(format!("{}/{}", old_user_profiles_dir, profile_name))
+                    } else {
+                        // https://github.com/NixOS/nix/blob/2.17.0/src/libstore/profiles.cc#L308
+                        // This is basically the equivalent of calling 'dirs::state_dir()'.
+                        // However, this function returns 'None' on macOS, while nix will actually
+                        // check env variables, so we imitate nix implementation below instead of
+                        // using 'dirs::state_dir()' directly.
+                        let state_dir = env::var("XDG_STATE_HOME").or_else(|_| {
+                            dirs::home_dir()
+                                .map(|h| {
+                                    format!("{}/.local/state", h.as_path().display().to_string())
+                                })
+                                .ok_or(GetProfilePathError::NoUserHome(profile_user))
+                        })?;
+                        Ok(format!("{}/nix/profiles/{}", state_dir, profile_name))
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        _ => panic!("impossible"),
+    }
+}
+
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
     // Ensure that this process stays alive after the SSH connection dies
@@ -483,7 +559,11 @@ async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
 
     let r = match opts.subcmd {
         SubCommand::Activate(activate_opts) => activate(
-            activate_opts.profile_path,
+            get_profile_path(
+                activate_opts.profile_path,
+                activate_opts.profile_user,
+                activate_opts.profile_name,
+            )?,
             activate_opts.closure,
             activate_opts.auto_rollback,
             activate_opts.temp_path,
@@ -499,9 +579,13 @@ async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
             .await
             .map_err(|x| Box::new(x) as Box<dyn std::error::Error>),
 
-        SubCommand::Revoke(revoke_opts) => revoke(revoke_opts.profile_path)
-            .await
-            .map_err(|x| Box::new(x) as Box<dyn std::error::Error>),
+        SubCommand::Revoke(revoke_opts) => revoke(get_profile_path(
+            revoke_opts.profile_path,
+            revoke_opts.profile_user,
+            revoke_opts.profile_name,
+        )?)
+        .await
+        .map_err(|x| Box::new(x) as Box<dyn std::error::Error>),
     };
 
     match r {
diff --git a/src/deploy.rs b/src/deploy.rs
index 574e9b2..41cd58b 100644
--- a/src/deploy.rs
+++ b/src/deploy.rs
@@ -9,11 +9,11 @@ use std::path::Path;
 use thiserror::Error;
 use tokio::process::Command;
 
-use crate::DeployDataDefsError;
+use crate::{DeployDataDefsError, ProfileInfo};
 
 struct ActivateCommandData<'a> {
     sudo: &'a Option<String>,
-    profile_path: &'a str,
+    profile_info: &'a ProfileInfo,
     closure: &'a str,
     auto_rollback: bool,
     temp_path: &'a Path,
@@ -37,8 +37,21 @@ fn build_activate_command(data: &ActivateCommandData) -> String {
     }
 
     self_activate_command = format!(
-        "{} activate '{}' '{}' --temp-path '{}'",
-        self_activate_command, data.closure, data.profile_path, data.temp_path.display()
+        "{} activate '{}' {} --temp-path '{}'",
+        self_activate_command,
+        data.closure,
+        match data.profile_info {
+            ProfileInfo::ProfilePath { profile_path } =>
+                format!("--profile-path '{}'", profile_path),
+            ProfileInfo::ProfileUserAndName {
+                profile_user,
+                profile_name,
+            } => format!(
+                "--profile-user {} --profile-name {}",
+                profile_user, profile_name
+            ),
+        },
+        data.temp_path.display()
     );
 
     self_activate_command = format!(
@@ -72,7 +85,9 @@ fn build_activate_command(data: &ActivateCommandData) -> String {
 #[test]
 fn test_activation_command_builder() {
     let sudo = Some("sudo -u test".to_string());
-    let profile_path = "/blah/profiles/test";
+    let profile_info = &ProfileInfo::ProfilePath {
+        profile_path: "/blah/profiles/test".to_string(),
+    };
     let closure = "/nix/store/blah/etc";
     let auto_rollback = true;
     let dry_activate = false;
@@ -86,7 +101,7 @@ fn test_activation_command_builder() {
     assert_eq!(
         build_activate_command(&ActivateCommandData {
             sudo: &sudo,
-            profile_path,
+            profile_info,
             closure,
             auto_rollback,
             temp_path,
@@ -97,7 +112,7 @@ fn test_activation_command_builder() {
             dry_activate,
             boot,
         }),
-        "sudo -u test /nix/store/blah/etc/activate-rs --debug-logs --log-dir /tmp/something.txt activate '/nix/store/blah/etc' '/blah/profiles/test' --temp-path '/tmp' --confirm-timeout 30 --magic-rollback --auto-rollback"
+        "sudo -u test /nix/store/blah/etc/activate-rs --debug-logs --log-dir /tmp/something.txt activate '/nix/store/blah/etc' --profile-path '/blah/profiles/test' --temp-path '/tmp' --confirm-timeout 30 --magic-rollback --auto-rollback"
             .to_string(),
     );
 }
@@ -123,7 +138,9 @@ fn build_wait_command(data: &WaitCommandData) -> String {
 
     self_activate_command = format!(
         "{} wait '{}' --temp-path '{}'",
-        self_activate_command, data.closure, data.temp_path.display(),
+        self_activate_command,
+        data.closure,
+        data.temp_path.display(),
     );
 
     if let Some(sudo_cmd) = &data.sudo {
@@ -157,7 +174,7 @@ fn test_wait_command_builder() {
 struct RevokeCommandData<'a> {
     sudo: &'a Option<String>,
     closure: &'a str,
-    profile_path: &'a str,
+    profile_info: ProfileInfo,
     debug_logs: bool,
     log_dir: Option<&'a str>,
 }
@@ -173,7 +190,21 @@ fn build_revoke_command(data: &RevokeCommandData) -> String {
         self_activate_command = format!("{} --log-dir {}", self_activate_command, log_dir);
     }
 
-    self_activate_command = format!("{} revoke '{}'", self_activate_command, data.profile_path);
+    self_activate_command = format!(
+        "{} revoke {}",
+        self_activate_command,
+        match &data.profile_info {
+            ProfileInfo::ProfilePath { profile_path } =>
+                format!("--profile-path '{}'", profile_path),
+            ProfileInfo::ProfileUserAndName {
+                profile_user,
+                profile_name,
+            } => format!(
+                "--profile-user {} --profile-name {}",
+                profile_user, profile_name
+            ),
+        }
+    );
 
     if let Some(sudo_cmd) = &data.sudo {
         self_activate_command = format!("{} {}", sudo_cmd, self_activate_command);
@@ -186,7 +217,9 @@ fn build_revoke_command(data: &RevokeCommandData) -> String {
 fn test_revoke_command_builder() {
     let sudo = Some("sudo -u test".to_string());
     let closure = "/nix/store/blah/etc";
-    let profile_path = "/nix/var/nix/per-user/user/profile";
+    let profile_info = ProfileInfo::ProfilePath {
+        profile_path: "/nix/var/nix/per-user/user/profile".to_string(),
+    };
     let debug_logs = true;
     let log_dir = Some("/tmp/something.txt");
 
@@ -194,11 +227,11 @@ fn test_revoke_command_builder() {
         build_revoke_command(&RevokeCommandData {
             sudo: &sudo,
             closure,
-            profile_path,
+            profile_info,
             debug_logs,
             log_dir
         }),
-        "sudo -u test /nix/store/blah/etc/activate-rs --debug-logs --log-dir /tmp/something.txt revoke '/nix/var/nix/per-user/user/profile'"
+        "sudo -u test /nix/store/blah/etc/activate-rs --debug-logs --log-dir /tmp/something.txt revoke --profile-path '/nix/var/nix/per-user/user/profile'"
             .to_string(),
     );
 }
@@ -271,6 +304,8 @@ pub enum DeployProfileError {
 
     #[error("Error confirming deployment: {0}")]
     Confirm(#[from] ConfirmProfileError),
+    #[error("Deployment data invalid: {0}")]
+    InvalidDeployDataDefs(#[from] DeployDataDefsError),
 }
 
 pub async fn deploy_profile(
@@ -299,7 +334,7 @@ pub async fn deploy_profile(
 
     let self_activate_command = build_activate_command(&ActivateCommandData {
         sudo: &deploy_defs.sudo,
-        profile_path: &deploy_defs.profile_path,
+        profile_info: &deploy_data.get_profile_info()?,
         closure: &deploy_data.profile.profile_settings.path,
         auto_rollback,
         temp_path: temp_path,
@@ -439,7 +474,7 @@ pub async fn revoke(
     let self_revoke_command = build_revoke_command(&RevokeCommandData {
         sudo: &deploy_defs.sudo,
         closure: &deploy_data.profile.profile_settings.path,
-        profile_path: &deploy_data.get_profile_path()?,
+        profile_info: deploy_data.get_profile_info()?,
         debug_logs: deploy_data.debug_logs,
         log_dir: deploy_data.log_dir,
     });
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index c6f8e03..0e5d817 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -332,9 +332,17 @@ pub struct DeployData<'a> {
 pub struct DeployDefs {
     pub ssh_user: String,
     pub profile_user: String,
-    pub profile_path: String,
     pub sudo: Option<String>,
 }
+enum ProfileInfo {
+    ProfilePath {
+        profile_path: String,
+    },
+    ProfileUserAndName {
+        profile_user: String,
+        profile_name: String,
+    },
+}
 
 #[derive(Error, Debug)]
 pub enum DeployDataDefsError {
@@ -351,8 +359,6 @@ impl<'a> DeployData<'a> {
 
         let profile_user = self.get_profile_user()?;
 
-        let profile_path = self.get_profile_path()?;
-
         let sudo: Option<String> = match self.merged_settings.user {
             Some(ref user) if user != &ssh_user => Some(format!("{} {}", self.get_sudo(), user)),
             _ => None,
@@ -361,26 +367,10 @@ impl<'a> DeployData<'a> {
         Ok(DeployDefs {
             ssh_user,
             profile_user,
-            profile_path,
             sudo,
         })
     }
 
-    fn get_profile_path(&'a self) -> Result<String, DeployDataDefsError> {
-        let profile_user = self.get_profile_user()?;
-        let profile_path = match self.profile.profile_settings.profile_path {
-            None => match &profile_user[..] {
-                "root" => format!("/nix/var/nix/profiles/{}", self.profile_name),
-                _ => format!(
-                    "/nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/{}/{}",
-                    profile_user, self.profile_name
-                ),
-            },
-            Some(ref x) => x.clone(),
-        };
-        Ok(profile_path)
-    }
-
     fn get_profile_user(&'a self) -> Result<String, DeployDataDefsError> {
         let profile_user = match self.merged_settings.user {
             Some(ref x) => x.clone(),
@@ -403,6 +393,16 @@ impl<'a> DeployData<'a> {
             None => "sudo -u".to_string(),
         }
     }
+
+    fn get_profile_info(&'a self) -> Result<ProfileInfo, DeployDataDefsError> {
+        match self.profile.profile_settings.profile_path {
+            Some(ref profile_path) => Ok(ProfileInfo::ProfilePath { profile_path: profile_path.to_string() }),
+            None => {
+                let profile_user = self.get_profile_user()?;
+                Ok(ProfileInfo::ProfileUserAndName { profile_user, profile_name: self.profile_name.to_string() })
+            },
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 pub fn make_deploy_data<'a, 's>(