1 files changed, 13 insertions, 18 deletions
diff --git a/tvix/nix-compat/src/store_path/mod.rs b/tvix/nix-compat/src/store_path/mod.rs
index ac9f1805e3..707c41a92d 100644
--- a/tvix/nix-compat/src/store_path/mod.rs
+++ b/tvix/nix-compat/src/store_path/mod.rs
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ pub enum Error {
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Eq, Hash)]
 pub struct StorePath {
     digest: [u8; DIGEST_SIZE],
-    name: String,
+    name: Box<str>,
 }
 
 impl StorePath {
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ impl StorePath {
     }
 
     pub fn name(&self) -> &str {
-        self.name.as_ref()
+        &self.name
     }
 
     pub fn as_ref(&self) -> StorePathRef<'_> {
@@ -176,10 +176,7 @@ pub struct StorePathRef<'a> {
 
 impl<'a> From<&'a StorePath> for StorePathRef<'a> {
     fn from(&StorePath { digest, ref name }: &'a StorePath) -> Self {
-        StorePathRef {
-            digest,
-            name: name.as_ref(),
-        }
+        StorePathRef { digest, name }
     }
 }
 
@@ -209,7 +206,7 @@ impl<'a> StorePathRef<'a> {
     pub fn to_owned(&self) -> StorePath {
         StorePath {
             digest: self.digest,
-            name: self.name.to_owned(),
+            name: self.name.into(),
         }
     }
 
@@ -303,8 +300,7 @@ impl Serialize for StorePathRef<'_> {
     }
 }
 
-/// NAME_CHARS contains `true` for bytes that are valid in store path names,
-/// not accounting for '.' being permitted only past the first character.
+/// NAME_CHARS contains `true` for bytes that are valid in store path names.
 static NAME_CHARS: [bool; 256] = {
     let mut tbl = [false; 256];
     let mut c = 0;
@@ -332,10 +328,6 @@ pub(crate) fn validate_name(s: &(impl AsRef<[u8]> + ?Sized)) -> Result<&str, Err
         return Err(Error::InvalidLength);
     }
 
-    if s[0] == b'.' {
-        return Err(Error::InvalidName(s.to_vec(), 0));
-    }
-
     let mut valid = true;
     for &c in s {
         valid = valid && NAME_CHARS[c as usize];
@@ -399,7 +391,7 @@ mod tests {
 
         let expected_digest: [u8; DIGEST_SIZE] = hex!("8a12321522fd91efbd60ebb2481af88580f61600");
 
-        assert_eq!("net-tools-1.60_p20170221182432", nixpath.name);
+        assert_eq!("net-tools-1.60_p20170221182432", nixpath.name());
         assert_eq!(nixpath.digest, expected_digest);
 
         assert_eq!(example_nix_path_str, nixpath.to_string())
@@ -446,15 +438,18 @@ mod tests {
         }
     }
 
-    /// This is the store path rejected when `nix-store --add`'ing an
+    /// This is the store path *accepted* when `nix-store --add`'ing an
     /// empty `.gitignore` file.
     ///
-    /// Nix 2.4 accidentally dropped this behaviour, but this is considered a bug.
-    /// See https://github.com/NixOS/nix/pull/9095.
+    /// Nix 2.4 accidentally permitted this behaviour, but the revert came
+    /// too late to beat Hyrum's law. It is now considered permissible.
+    ///
+    /// https://github.com/NixOS/nix/pull/9095 (revert)
+    /// https://github.com/NixOS/nix/pull/9867 (revert-of-revert)
     #[test]
     fn starts_with_dot() {
         StorePath::from_bytes(b"fli4bwscgna7lpm7v5xgnjxrxh0yc7ra-.gitignore")
-            .expect_err("must fail");
+            .expect("must succeed");
     }
 
     #[test]