pkgs/sw: Build nix packages before swallowing

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/sw/sw/sw.sh b/pkgs/by-name/sw/sw/sw.sh
index a62bfcbb..f71f65ee 100755
--- a/pkgs/by-name/sw/sw/sw.sh
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/sw/sw/sw.sh
@@ -35,6 +35,10 @@ else
             printf "sw: --nix requires a nix installible\n"
             exit 2
         }
+
+        # Build it first, so the user still sees a progress bar
+        nix build --no-link "n#$1"
+
         swallow nix run "n#$1"
         ;;
     *)