From 605bd06ca4512c401573053c3605287b3275e8b8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Robert Hensing <robert@roberthensing.nl>
Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2025 14:25:35 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] packages.default: Add meta.mainProgram

(cherry picked from commit 0d7418b4feebcfb3e0e66798398d3ecf618c1e58)
---
 packaging/everything.nix | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/packaging/everything.nix b/packaging/everything.nix
index 2b47c31bbf5..0974a34df50 100644
--- a/packaging/everything.nix
+++ b/packaging/everything.nix
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ let
       libs = throw "`nix.dev.libs` is not meant to be used; use `nix.libs` instead.";
     };
     meta = {
+      mainProgram = "nix";
       pkgConfigModules = [
         "nix-cmd"
         "nix-expr"

From a75cf5770280e14998097c7bbed0521b924dab91 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Robert Hensing <robert@roberthensing.nl>
Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2025 14:26:05 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] packages.nix-cli: Add meta.mainProgram

(cherry picked from commit 850329dea59358db6e8ea572d769eb706715c508)
---
 src/nix/package.nix | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/src/nix/package.nix b/src/nix/package.nix
index 89c52c3bb05..6e59adc3800 100644
--- a/src/nix/package.nix
+++ b/src/nix/package.nix
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ mkMesonExecutable (finalAttrs: {
   ];
 
   meta = {
+    mainProgram = "nix";
     platforms = lib.platforms.unix ++ lib.platforms.windows;
   };