nixpkgs/pkgs/build-support/testers/test-equal-derivation.nix

{ lib, runCommand, emptyFile, nix-diff }:

assertion: a: b:
let
  drvA = builtins.unsafeDiscardOutputDependency a.drvPath or (throw "testEqualDerivation second argument must be a package");
  drvB = builtins.unsafeDiscardOutputDependency b.drvPath or (throw "testEqualDerivation third argument must be a package");
  name =
    if a?name
    then "testEqualDerivation-${a.name}"
    else "testEqualDerivation";
in
if drvA == drvB then
  emptyFile
else
  runCommand name
    {
      inherit assertion drvA drvB;
      nativeBuildInputs = [ nix-diff ];
    } ''
      echo "$assertion"
      echo "However, the derivations differ:"
      echo
      echo nix-diff $drvA $drvB
      nix-diff $drvA $drvB
      exit 1
    ''