feat(flake): deep merge settings with defaults

flake.nix

@@ -110,6 +110,16 @@
         }:
         let
           cfg = config.programs.noctalia-shell;
+          defaultSettings = builtins.fromJSON (builtins.readFile ./Assets/settings-default.json);
+
+          # Deep merge user settings with defaults
+          mergedSettings =
+            if cfg.settings == null then
+              defaultSettings
+            else if builtins.isAttrs cfg.settings then
+              lib.recursiveUpdate defaultSettings cfg.settings
+            else
+              cfg.settings; # Pass through strings/paths as-is
         in
         {
           options.programs.noctalia-shell = {
@@ -144,6 +154,8 @@
               description = ''
                 Noctalia shell configuration settings as an attribute set, string
                 or filepath, to be written to ~/.config/noctalia/settings.json.
+                When provided as an attribute set, it will be deep-merged with
+                the default settings.
               '';
             };
 
@@ -189,18 +201,16 @@
             in
             lib.mkIf cfg.enable {
               xdg.configFile = {
-                "noctalia/settings.json" = lib.mkIf (cfg.settings != null) (
+                "noctalia/settings.json" = {
-                  {
+                  onChange = restart;
-                    onChange = restart;
+                }
-                  }
+                // (
-                  // (
+                  if builtins.isAttrs mergedSettings then
-                    if builtins.isAttrs cfg.settings then
+                    { text = builtins.toJSON mergedSettings + "\n"; }
-                      { text = builtins.toJSON cfg.settings; }
+                  else if builtins.isString mergedSettings then
-                    else if builtins.isString cfg.settings then
+                    { text = mergedSettings; }
-                      { text = cfg.settings; }
+                  else
-                    else
+                    { source = mergedSettings; }
-                      { source = cfg.settings; }
-                  )
                 );
                 "noctalia/colors.json" = lib.mkIf (cfg.colors != null) (
                   {