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+title: With patches, I can change anything I want
+date: 2025-04-21
+permalink: daily/2025/04/21/patch
+tags:
+  - software-development
+  - linux
+cta: ~
+snippet: |
+  Using patches, I can change software in any way I want or need.
+---
+
+I've been a Drupal and Linux user for a long time, as well as using command-line tools and utilities like Neovim and tmux.
+
+Since September 2022, I've used NixOS as my daily operating system on my computers.
+
+Based on similar programs, in particular by ThePrimeagen, I wrote and use a program to automatically open tmux sessions and run initial commands for any project in my Code directory.
+
+In October, he released [tmux-sessionizer as its own package][0].
+
+There is a `tmux-sessionizer` already in nixpkgs, but [I wrote my own derivation][1] to use Prime's.
+
+There was also this problem in the code:
+
+```bash
+# If someone wants to make this extensible, i'll accept
+# PR
+selected=$(find ~/ ~/personal ~/personal/dev/env/.config -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -type d | fzf)
+```
+
+These directories don't match what I use on my computers.
+
+People have submitted pull requests, but these haven't yet been merged.
+
+Either I change my directory structure or I can't use it.
+
+But, in my derivation, I can apply my own patch files to make any changes I want - such as changing the directories to ones I'd want to use - making it usable for me.
+
+I can also apply other people's patches, the same as I'm doing with dwm.
+
+Someone has created a pull request to make the directories dynamic based on a configuration file.
+
+I can apply these changes as a patch to my configuration and remove my custom one.
+
+I can make any other changes I want or need to.
+
+The possibilities are endless.
+
+[0]: https://github.com/ThePrimeagen/tmux-sessionizer
+[1]: https://code.oliverdavies.uk/opdavies/nix-config/src/commit/28d75ce6b85e0852aa3f8454bab4f2206ad7e50a/pkgs/tmux-sessionizer/default.nix