feat: replace home.activation.xxx via home.file.<name>.force

home/base/server/git.nix

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   #
   #    https://git-scm.com/docs/git-config#Documentation/git-config.txt---global
   home.activation.removeExistingGitconfig = lib.hm.dag.entryBefore ["checkLinkTargets"] ''
-    rm -f ~/.gitconfig
+    rm -f ${config.home.homeDirectory}/.gitconfig
   '';
 
   home.packages = with pkgs; [

home/darwin/rime-squirrel.nix

@@ -1,18 +1,11 @@
-{
-  config,
-  lib,
-  pkgs,
-  ...
-}: {
-  # remove existing rime data (squirrel)
-  home.activation.removeExistingRimeData = lib.hm.dag.entryBefore ["checkLinkTargets"] ''
-    rm -rf "${config.home.homeDirectory}/Library/Rime/build/flypy.prism.bin"
-  '';
-
+{pkgs, ...}: {
   # Squirrel Input Method
   home.file."Library/Rime" = {
     # my custom squirrel data (flypy input method)
     source = "${pkgs.flypy-squirrel}/share/rime-data";
     recursive = true;
+    # overwrite possible existing data dynamically generated by squirrel
+    # https://github.com/nix-community/home-manager/blob/release-23.05/modules/lib/file-type.nix#L101-L111
+    force = true;
   };
 }

home/linux/fcitx5/default.nix

@@ -1,23 +1,19 @@
 {
   pkgs,
-  config,
-  lib,
   catppuccin-fcitx5,
   ...
 }: {
-  home.file.".config/fcitx5/profile".source = ./profile;
+  home.file.".config/fcitx5/profile" = {
+    source = ./profile;
+    # every time fcitx5 switch input method, it will modify ~/.config/fcitx5/profile,
+    # so we need to force replace it in every rebuild to avoid file conflict.
+    force = true;
+  };
 
   # color schema
   home.file.".local/share/fcitx5/themes".source = "${catppuccin-fcitx5}/src";
   home.file.".config/fcitx5/conf/classicui.conf".source = ./classicui.conf;
 
-  # every time fcitx5 switch input method, it will modify ~/.config/fcitx5/profile file,
-  # which will override my config managed by home-manager
-  # so we need to remove it before everytime we rebuild the config
-  home.activation.removeExistingFcitx5Profile = lib.hm.dag.entryBefore ["checkLinkTargets"] ''
-    rm -f "${config.xdg.configHome}/fcitx5/profile"
-  '';
-
   i18n.inputMethod = {
     enabled = "fcitx5";
     fcitx5.addons = with pkgs; [