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+{ lib, ... }:
+
+with lib;
+
+{
+  meta.maintainers = [ maintainers.rycee ];
+
+  options.submoduleSupport = {
+    enable = mkOption {
+      type = types.bool;
+      default = false;
+      internal = true;
+      description = ''
+        Whether the Home Manager module system is used as a submodule
+        in, for example, NixOS or nix-darwin.
+      '';
+    };
+
+    externalPackageInstall = mkOption {
+      type = types.bool;
+      default = false;
+      internal = true;
+      description = ''
+        Whether the packages of <option>home.packages</option> are
+        installed separately from the Home Manager activation script.
+        In NixOS, for example, this may be accomplished by installing
+        the packages through
+        <option>users.users.‹name?›.packages</option>.
+      '';
+    };
+  };
+}