diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
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+# Revision history for nix-thunk
+
+## 0.1.0.0
+* Initial release.  Extracted the Nix part of this code from https://github.com/obsidiansystems/reflex-platform and the Haskell part from https://github.com/obsidiansystems/obelisk
diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
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+Copyright (c) 2020 Obsidian Systems LLC
+
+All rights reserved.
+
+Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
+
+    * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+      notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+
+    * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above
+      copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following
+      disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided
+      with the distribution.
+
+    * Neither the name of Obsidian Systems LLC nor the names of other
+      contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived
+      from this software without specific prior written permission.
+
+THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
+"AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
+A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT
+OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
+SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
+DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
+THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
+(INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
+OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
diff --git a/Setup.hs b/Setup.hs
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+import Distribution.Simple
+main = defaultMain
diff --git a/nix-thunk.cabal b/nix-thunk.cabal
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+cabal-version: >=1.10
+name: nix-thunk
+version: 0.1.0.0
+license: BSD3
+license-file: LICENSE
+copyright: Obsidian Systems LLC 2020
+maintainer: maintainer@obsidian.systems
+author: Obsidian Systems LLC
+bug-reports: https://github.com/obsidiansystems/nix-thunk
+synopsis: Virtual vendorization with Nix
+description:
+    nix-thunk lets you manage source code depencies in a lightweight and reproducible way, using Nix.  Each source repository is represented by a stub directory, which refers to the original Git repository.  nix-thunk can easily update these dependencies.
+    .
+    If you need to make improvements to the original repositories, nix-thunk can unpack them in-place, so that changes can be tested right away, and then pack them back up when you're done.  This makes it easy to send a pull request to the upstream repo while your project continues on a fork, then switch back to upstream once your pull request has been merged.
+category: Nix, Git
+build-type: Simple
+extra-source-files:
+    CHANGELOG.md
+
+library
+    exposed-modules:
+        Nix.Thunk
+        Nix.Thunk.Command
+    hs-source-dirs: src
+    default-language: Haskell2010
+    ghc-options: -Wall
+    build-depends:
+        aeson >=1.4.4.0 && <1.5,
+        aeson-pretty >=0.8.7 && <0.9,
+        base >=4.12.0.0 && <4.13,
+        bytestring >=0.10.8.2 && <0.11,
+        cli-extras >=0.1.0.0 && <0.2,
+        cli-git >=0.1.0.0 && <0.2,
+        cli-nix >=0.1.0.0 && <0.2,
+        containers >=0.6.0.1 && <0.7,
+        data-default >=0.7.1.1 && <0.8,
+        directory >=1.3.3.0 && <1.4,
+        either >=5.0.1.1 && <5.1,
+        exceptions >=0.10.3 && <0.11,
+        extra >=1.6.18 && <1.7,
+        filepath >=1.4.2.1 && <1.5,
+        git >=0.3.0 && <0.4,
+        github ==0.22.*,
+        here >=1.2.13 && <1.3,
+        lens >=4.17.1 && <4.18,
+        logging-effect >=1.3.4 && <1.4,
+        megaparsec >=7.0.5 && <7.1,
+        modern-uri >=0.3.1.0 && <0.4,
+        mtl >=2.2.2 && <2.3,
+        optparse-applicative >=0.14.3.0 && <0.15,
+        temporary ==1.3.*,
+        text >=1.2.3.1 && <1.3,
+        time >=1.8.0.2 && <1.9,
+        unix >=2.7.2.2 && <2.8,
+        which >=0.1.0.0 && <0.2,
+        yaml >=0.11.1.2 && <0.12
+
+executable nix-thunk
+    main-is: src-bin/nix-thunk.hs
+    default-language: Haskell2010
+    build-depends:
+        base >=4.12.0.0 && <4.13,
+        nix-thunk -any,
+        cli-extras >=0.1.0.0 && <0.2,
+        optparse-applicative >=0.14.3.0 && <0.15,
+        text >=1.2.3.1 && <1.3
diff --git a/src-bin/nix-thunk.hs b/src-bin/nix-thunk.hs
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+{-# LANGUAGE LambdaCase #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE PackageImports #-}
+import "nix-thunk" Nix.Thunk
+import "nix-thunk" Nix.Thunk.Command
+import Options.Applicative
+import Cli.Extras
+import qualified Data.Text.IO as T
+import System.Environment
+import System.Exit
+import Data.Void
+
+data Args = Args
+  { _args_verbose :: Bool
+  , _args_command :: ThunkOption
+  }
+
+verbose :: Parser Bool
+verbose = flag False True $ mconcat
+  [ long "verbose"
+  , short 'v'
+  , help "Produce more detailed output"
+  ]
+
+args :: Parser Args
+args = Args <$> verbose <*> thunkOption
+
+argsInfo :: ParserInfo Args
+argsInfo = info (args <**> helper) $ mconcat
+  [ fullDesc
+  , progDesc "Manage source repositories using Nix"
+  ]
+
+parserPrefs :: ParserPrefs
+parserPrefs = defaultPrefs
+  { prefShowHelpOnEmpty = True
+  }
+
+main :: IO Void
+main = do
+  args <- getArgs
+  args' <- handleParseResult $ execParserPure parserPrefs argsInfo args
+  cliConf <- mkDefaultCliConfig args
+  runCli cliConf (runThunkOption (_args_command args')) >>= \case
+    Right () -> exitWith ExitSuccess
+    Left e -> do
+      T.putStrLn $ prettyNixThunkError e
+      exitWith $ ExitFailure 2
diff --git a/src/Nix/Thunk.hs b/src/Nix/Thunk.hs
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+{-# LANGUAGE ConstraintKinds #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE TemplateHaskell #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE DataKinds #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE FlexibleContexts #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE LambdaCase #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE MultiParamTypeClasses #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE MultiWayIf #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE OverloadedStrings #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE PatternGuards #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE QuasiQuotes #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE ScopedTypeVariables #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE TypeApplications #-}
+module Nix.Thunk
+  ( ThunkSource (..)
+  , GitHubSource (..)
+  , ThunkRev (..)
+  , getLatestRev
+  , gitCloneForThunkUnpack
+  , thunkSourceToGitSource
+  , ThunkPtr (..)
+  , ThunkData (..)
+  , readThunk
+  , CheckClean (..)
+  , getThunkPtr
+  , packThunk
+  , createThunk
+  , ThunkPackConfig (..)
+  , ThunkConfig (..)
+  , updateThunkToLatest
+  , ThunkUpdateConfig (..)
+  , unpackThunk
+  , ThunkSpec (..)
+  , ThunkFileSpec (..)
+  , NixThunkError
+  , nixBuildAttrWithCache
+  , attrCacheFileName
+  , prettyNixThunkError
+  ) where
+
+import Control.Applicative
+import Control.Lens (ifor, ifor_, (.~), makePrisms)
+import Control.Monad
+import Control.Monad.Extra (findM)
+import Control.Monad.Catch (MonadCatch, handle, MonadMask)
+import Control.Monad.Fail (MonadFail)
+import Control.Monad.Except
+import Control.Monad.Log (MonadLog)
+import Data.Aeson ((.=))
+import qualified Data.Aeson as Aeson
+import Data.Aeson.Encode.Pretty
+import qualified Data.Aeson.Types as Aeson
+import Data.Bifunctor (first)
+import qualified Data.ByteString.Lazy as LBS
+import Data.Containers.ListUtils (nubOrd)
+import Data.Either.Combinators (fromRight')
+import Data.Foldable (toList)
+import Data.Functor ((<&>))
+import Data.Git.Ref (Ref)
+import qualified Data.Git.Ref as Ref
+import qualified Data.List as L
+import Data.List.NonEmpty (NonEmpty (..), nonEmpty)
+import qualified Data.List.NonEmpty as NonEmpty
+import Data.Map (Map)
+import qualified Data.Map as Map
+import Data.Maybe
+import Data.Set (Set)
+import qualified Data.Set as Set
+import Data.String.Here.Interpolated (i)
+import Data.String.Here.Uninterpolated (here)
+import Data.Text (Text)
+import qualified Data.Text as T
+import Data.Text.Encoding
+import qualified Data.Text.IO as T
+import Data.Yaml (parseMaybe)
+import GitHub
+import GitHub.Data.Name
+import System.Directory
+import System.Exit
+import System.FilePath
+import System.IO.Temp
+import qualified Text.URI as URI
+import Cli.Extras
+import Control.Exception (displayException, try)
+import Data.Either.Combinators (rightToMaybe)
+import Data.Traversable
+import System.IO.Error (isDoesNotExistError)
+import Data.Time.Clock.POSIX (posixSecondsToUTCTime)
+import System.Posix.Files
+import Data.Default
+import Data.Function
+import Bindings.Cli.Git
+import Bindings.Cli.Coreutils (cp)
+import Bindings.Cli.Nix
+
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- Hacks
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+type MonadInfallibleNixThunk m =
+  ( CliLog m
+  , HasCliConfig m
+  , MonadIO m
+  , MonadMask m
+  )
+
+type MonadNixThunk m =
+  ( MonadInfallibleNixThunk m
+  , CliThrow NixThunkError m
+  , MonadFail m
+  )
+
+data NixThunkError
+   = NixThunkError_ProcessFailure ProcessFailure
+   | NixThunkError_Unstructured Text
+
+prettyNixThunkError :: NixThunkError -> Text
+prettyNixThunkError = \case
+  NixThunkError_ProcessFailure pf -> prettyProcessFailure pf
+  NixThunkError_Unstructured msg -> msg
+
+makePrisms ''NixThunkError
+
+instance AsUnstructuredError NixThunkError where
+  asUnstructuredError = _NixThunkError_Unstructured
+
+instance AsProcessFailure NixThunkError where
+  asProcessFailure = _NixThunkError_ProcessFailure
+
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- End hacks
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+--TODO: Support symlinked thunk data
+data ThunkData
+   = ThunkData_Packed ThunkSpec ThunkPtr
+   -- ^ Packed thunk
+   | ThunkData_Checkout
+   -- ^ Checked out thunk that was unpacked from this pointer
+
+-- | A reference to the exact data that a thunk should translate into
+data ThunkPtr = ThunkPtr
+  { _thunkPtr_rev :: ThunkRev
+  , _thunkPtr_source :: ThunkSource
+  }
+  deriving (Show, Eq, Ord)
+
+type NixSha256 = Text --TODO: Use a smart constructor and make this actually verify itself
+
+-- | A specific revision of data; it may be available from multiple sources
+data ThunkRev = ThunkRev
+  { _thunkRev_commit :: Ref Ref.SHA1
+  , _thunkRev_nixSha256 :: NixSha256
+  }
+  deriving (Show, Eq, Ord)
+
+-- | A location from which a thunk's data can be retrieved
+data ThunkSource
+   -- | A source specialized for GitHub
+   = ThunkSource_GitHub GitHubSource
+   -- | A plain repo source
+   | ThunkSource_Git GitSource
+   deriving (Show, Eq, Ord)
+
+thunkSourceToGitSource :: ThunkSource -> GitSource
+thunkSourceToGitSource = \case
+  ThunkSource_GitHub s -> forgetGithub False s
+  ThunkSource_Git s -> s
+
+data GitHubSource = GitHubSource
+  { _gitHubSource_owner :: Name Owner
+  , _gitHubSource_repo :: Name Repo
+  , _gitHubSource_branch :: Maybe (Name Branch)
+  , _gitHubSource_private :: Bool
+  }
+  deriving (Show, Eq, Ord)
+
+newtype GitUri = GitUri { unGitUri :: URI.URI } deriving (Eq, Ord, Show)
+
+gitUriToText :: GitUri -> Text
+gitUriToText (GitUri uri)
+  | (T.toLower . URI.unRText <$> URI.uriScheme uri) == Just "file"
+  , Just (_, path) <- URI.uriPath uri
+  = "/" <> T.intercalate "/" (map URI.unRText $ NonEmpty.toList path)
+  | otherwise = URI.render uri
+
+data GitSource = GitSource
+  { _gitSource_url :: GitUri
+  , _gitSource_branch :: Maybe (Name Branch)
+  , _gitSource_fetchSubmodules :: Bool
+  , _gitSource_private :: Bool
+  }
+  deriving (Show, Eq, Ord)
+
+newtype ThunkConfig = ThunkConfig
+  { _thunkConfig_private :: Maybe Bool
+  } deriving Show
+
+data ThunkUpdateConfig = ThunkUpdateConfig
+  { _thunkUpdateConfig_branch :: Maybe String
+  , _thunkUpdateConfig_config :: ThunkConfig
+  } deriving Show
+
+data ThunkPackConfig = ThunkPackConfig
+  { _thunkPackConfig_force :: Bool
+  , _thunkPackConfig_config :: ThunkConfig
+  } deriving Show
+
+-- | Convert a GitHub source to a regular Git source. Assumes no submodules.
+forgetGithub :: Bool -> GitHubSource -> GitSource
+forgetGithub useSsh s = GitSource
+  { _gitSource_url = GitUri $ URI.URI
+    { URI.uriScheme = Just $ fromRight' $ URI.mkScheme $ if useSsh then "ssh" else "https"
+    , URI.uriAuthority = Right $ URI.Authority
+        { URI.authUserInfo = URI.UserInfo (fromRight' $ URI.mkUsername "git") Nothing
+          <$ guard useSsh
+        , URI.authHost = fromRight' $ URI.mkHost "github.com"
+        , URI.authPort = Nothing
+        }
+    , URI.uriPath = Just ( False
+                     , fromRight' . URI.mkPathPiece <$>
+                       untagName (_gitHubSource_owner s)
+                       :| [ untagName (_gitHubSource_repo s) <> ".git" ]
+                     )
+    , URI.uriQuery = []
+    , URI.uriFragment = Nothing
+    }
+  , _gitSource_branch = _gitHubSource_branch s
+  , _gitSource_fetchSubmodules = False
+  , _gitSource_private = _gitHubSource_private s
+  }
+
+getThunkGitBranch :: ThunkPtr -> Maybe Text
+getThunkGitBranch (ThunkPtr _ src) = fmap untagName $ case src of
+  ThunkSource_GitHub s -> _gitHubSource_branch s
+  ThunkSource_Git s -> _gitSource_branch s
+
+commitNameToRef :: Name Commit -> Ref Ref.SHA1
+commitNameToRef (N c) = Ref.fromHex $ encodeUtf8 c
+
+-- TODO: Use spinner here.
+getNixSha256ForUriUnpacked
+  :: MonadNixThunk m
+  => GitUri
+  -> m NixSha256
+getNixSha256ForUriUnpacked uri =
+  withExitFailMessage ("nix-prefetch-url: Failed to determine sha256 hash of URL " <> gitUriToText uri) $ do
+    [hash] <- fmap T.lines $ readProcessAndLogOutput (Debug, Debug) $
+      proc "nix-prefetch-url" ["--unpack", "--type", "sha256", T.unpack $ gitUriToText uri]
+    pure hash
+
+nixPrefetchGit :: MonadNixThunk m => GitUri -> Text -> Bool -> m NixSha256
+nixPrefetchGit uri rev fetchSubmodules =
+  withExitFailMessage ("nix-prefetch-git: Failed to determine sha256 hash of Git repo " <> gitUriToText uri <> " at " <> rev) $ do
+    out <- readProcessAndLogStderr Debug $
+      proc "nix-prefetch-git" $ filter (/="")
+        [ "--url", T.unpack $ gitUriToText uri
+        , "--rev", T.unpack rev
+        , if fetchSubmodules then "--fetch-submodules" else ""
+        , "--quiet"
+        ]
+
+    case parseMaybe (Aeson..: "sha256") =<< Aeson.decodeStrict (encodeUtf8 out) of
+      Nothing -> failWith $ "nix-prefetch-git: unrecognized output " <> out
+      Just x -> pure x
+
+--TODO: Pretty print these
+data ReadThunkError
+  = ReadThunkError_UnrecognizedThunk
+  | ReadThunkError_UnrecognizedPaths (NonEmpty FilePath)
+  | ReadThunkError_MissingPaths (NonEmpty FilePath)
+  | ReadThunkError_UnparseablePtr FilePath String
+  | ReadThunkError_FileError IOError
+  | ReadThunkError_FileDoesNotMatch FilePath Text
+  | ReadThunkError_UnrecognizedState String
+  | ReadThunkError_AmbiguousPackedState ThunkPtr ThunkPtr
+  deriving (Show)
+
+unpackedDirName :: FilePath
+unpackedDirName = "."
+
+attrCacheFileName :: FilePath
+attrCacheFileName = ".attr-cache"
+
+-- | Specification for how a file in a thunk version works.
+data ThunkFileSpec
+  = ThunkFileSpec_Ptr (LBS.ByteString -> Either String ThunkPtr) -- ^ This file specifies 'ThunkPtr' data
+  | ThunkFileSpec_FileMatches Text -- ^ This file must match the given content exactly
+  | ThunkFileSpec_CheckoutIndicator -- ^ Existence of this directory indicates that the thunk is unpacked
+  | ThunkFileSpec_AttrCache -- ^ This directory is an attribute cache
+
+-- | Specification for how a set of files in a thunk version work.
+data ThunkSpec = ThunkSpec
+  { _thunkSpec_name :: !Text
+  , _thunkSpec_files :: !(Map FilePath ThunkFileSpec)
+  }
+
+thunkSpecTypes :: NonEmpty (NonEmpty ThunkSpec)
+thunkSpecTypes = gitThunkSpecs :| [gitHubThunkSpecs]
+
+-- | Attempts to match a 'ThunkSpec' to a given directory.
+matchThunkSpecToDir
+  :: (MonadError ReadThunkError m, MonadIO m, MonadCatch m)
+  => ThunkSpec -- ^ 'ThunkSpec' to match against the given files/directory
+  -> FilePath -- ^ Path to directory
+  -> Set FilePath -- ^ Set of file paths relative to the given directory
+  -> m ThunkData
+matchThunkSpecToDir thunkSpec dir dirFiles = do
+  case nonEmpty (toList $ dirFiles `Set.difference` expectedPaths) of
+    Just fs -> throwError $ ReadThunkError_UnrecognizedPaths $ (dir </>) <$> fs
+    Nothing -> pure ()
+  case nonEmpty (toList $ requiredPaths `Set.difference` dirFiles) of
+    Just fs -> throwError $ ReadThunkError_MissingPaths $ (dir </>) <$> fs
+    Nothing -> pure ()
+  datas <- fmap toList $ flip Map.traverseMaybeWithKey (_thunkSpec_files thunkSpec) $ \expectedPath -> \case
+    ThunkFileSpec_AttrCache -> Nothing <$ dirMayExist expectedPath
+    ThunkFileSpec_CheckoutIndicator -> liftIO (doesDirectoryExist (dir </> expectedPath)) <&> \case
+      False -> Nothing
+      True -> Just ThunkData_Checkout
+    ThunkFileSpec_FileMatches expectedContents -> handle (\(e :: IOError) -> throwError $ ReadThunkError_FileError e) $ do
+      actualContents <- liftIO (T.readFile $ dir </> expectedPath)
+      case T.strip expectedContents == T.strip actualContents of
+        True -> pure Nothing
+        False -> throwError $ ReadThunkError_FileDoesNotMatch (dir </> expectedPath) expectedContents
+    ThunkFileSpec_Ptr parser -> handle (\(e :: IOError) -> throwError $ ReadThunkError_FileError e) $ do
+      let path = dir </> expectedPath
+      liftIO (doesFileExist path) >>= \case
+        False -> pure Nothing
+        True -> do
+          actualContents <- liftIO $ LBS.readFile path
+          case parser actualContents of
+            Right v -> pure $ Just (ThunkData_Packed thunkSpec v)
+            Left e -> throwError $ ReadThunkError_UnparseablePtr (dir </> expectedPath) e
+
+  case nonEmpty datas of
+    Nothing -> throwError ReadThunkError_UnrecognizedThunk
+    Just xs -> fold1WithM xs $ \a b -> either throwError pure (mergeThunkData a b)
+  where
+    rootPathsOnly = Set.fromList . mapMaybe takeRootDir . Map.keys
+    takeRootDir = fmap NonEmpty.head . nonEmpty . splitPath
+
+    expectedPaths = rootPathsOnly $ _thunkSpec_files thunkSpec
+
+    requiredPaths = rootPathsOnly $ Map.filter isRequiredFileSpec $ _thunkSpec_files thunkSpec
+    isRequiredFileSpec = \case
+      ThunkFileSpec_FileMatches _ -> True
+      _ -> False
+
+    dirMayExist expectedPath = liftIO (doesFileExist (dir </> expectedPath)) >>= \case
+      True -> throwError $ ReadThunkError_UnrecognizedPaths $ expectedPath :| []
+      False -> pure ()
+
+    -- Combine 'ThunkData' from different files, preferring "Checkout" over "Packed"
+    mergeThunkData ThunkData_Checkout ThunkData_Checkout = Right ThunkData_Checkout
+    mergeThunkData ThunkData_Checkout ThunkData_Packed{} = Left bothPackedAndUnpacked
+    mergeThunkData ThunkData_Packed{} ThunkData_Checkout = Left bothPackedAndUnpacked
+    mergeThunkData a@(ThunkData_Packed _ ptrA) (ThunkData_Packed _ ptrB) =
+      if ptrA == ptrB then Right a else Left $ ReadThunkError_AmbiguousPackedState ptrA ptrB
+
+    bothPackedAndUnpacked = ReadThunkError_UnrecognizedState "Both packed data and checkout present"
+
+    fold1WithM (x :| xs) f = foldM f x xs
+
+readThunkWith
+  :: (MonadNixThunk m)
+  => NonEmpty (NonEmpty ThunkSpec) -> FilePath -> m (Either ReadThunkError ThunkData)
+readThunkWith specTypes dir = do
+  dirFiles <- Set.fromList <$> liftIO (listDirectory dir)
+  let specs = concatMap toList $ toList $ NonEmpty.transpose specTypes -- Interleave spec types so we try each one in a "fair" ordering
+  flip fix specs $ \loop -> \case
+    [] -> pure $ Left ReadThunkError_UnrecognizedThunk
+    spec:rest -> runExceptT (matchThunkSpecToDir spec dir dirFiles) >>= \case
+      Left e -> putLog Debug [i|Thunk specification ${_thunkSpec_name spec} did not match ${dir}: ${e}|] *> loop rest
+      x@(Right _) -> x <$ putLog Debug [i|Thunk specification ${_thunkSpec_name spec} matched ${dir}|]
+
+-- | Read a thunk and validate that it is exactly a packed thunk.
+-- If additional data is present, fail.
+readThunk :: (MonadNixThunk m) => FilePath -> m (Either ReadThunkError ThunkData)
+readThunk = readThunkWith thunkSpecTypes
+
+parseThunkPtr :: (Aeson.Object -> Aeson.Parser ThunkSource) -> Aeson.Object -> Aeson.Parser ThunkPtr
+parseThunkPtr parseSrc v = do
+  rev <- v Aeson..: "rev"
+  sha256 <- v Aeson..: "sha256"
+  src <- parseSrc v
+  pure $ ThunkPtr
+    { _thunkPtr_rev = ThunkRev
+      { _thunkRev_commit = Ref.fromHexString rev
+      , _thunkRev_nixSha256 = sha256
+      }
+    , _thunkPtr_source = src
+    }
+
+parseGitHubSource :: Aeson.Object -> Aeson.Parser GitHubSource
+parseGitHubSource v = do
+  owner <- v Aeson..: "owner"
+  repo <- v Aeson..: "repo"
+  branch <- v Aeson..:! "branch"
+  private <- v Aeson..:? "private"
+  pure $ GitHubSource
+    { _gitHubSource_owner = owner
+    , _gitHubSource_repo = repo
+    , _gitHubSource_branch = branch
+    , _gitHubSource_private = fromMaybe False private
+    }
+
+parseGitSource :: Aeson.Object -> Aeson.Parser GitSource
+parseGitSource v = do
+  Just url <- parseGitUri <$> v Aeson..: "url"
+  branch <- v Aeson..:! "branch"
+  fetchSubmodules <- v Aeson..:! "fetchSubmodules"
+  private <- v Aeson..:? "private"
+  pure $ GitSource
+    { _gitSource_url = url
+    , _gitSource_branch = branch
+    , _gitSource_fetchSubmodules = fromMaybe False fetchSubmodules
+    , _gitSource_private = fromMaybe False private
+    }
+
+overwriteThunk :: MonadNixThunk m => FilePath -> ThunkPtr -> m ()
+overwriteThunk target thunk = do
+  -- Ensure that this directory is a valid thunk (i.e. so we aren't losing any data)
+  readThunk target >>= \case
+    Left e -> failWith [i|Invalid thunk at ${target}: ${e}|]
+    Right _ -> pure ()
+
+  --TODO: Is there a safer way to do this overwriting?
+  liftIO $ removePathForcibly target
+  createThunk target $ Right thunk
+
+thunkPtrToSpec :: ThunkPtr -> ThunkSpec
+thunkPtrToSpec thunk = case _thunkPtr_source thunk of
+  ThunkSource_GitHub _ -> NonEmpty.head gitHubThunkSpecs
+  ThunkSource_Git _ -> NonEmpty.head gitThunkSpecs
+
+-- It's important that formatting be very consistent here, because
+-- otherwise when people update thunks, their patches will be messy
+encodeThunkPtrData :: ThunkPtr -> LBS.ByteString
+encodeThunkPtrData (ThunkPtr rev src) = case src of
+  ThunkSource_GitHub s -> encodePretty' githubCfg $ Aeson.object $ catMaybes
+    [ Just $ "owner" .= _gitHubSource_owner s
+    , Just $ "repo" .= _gitHubSource_repo s
+    , ("branch" .=) <$> _gitHubSource_branch s
+    , Just $ "rev" .= Ref.toHexString (_thunkRev_commit rev)
+    , Just $ "sha256" .= _thunkRev_nixSha256 rev
+    , Just $ "private" .= _gitHubSource_private s
+    ]
+  ThunkSource_Git s -> encodePretty' plainGitCfg $ Aeson.object $ catMaybes
+    [ Just $ "url" .= gitUriToText (_gitSource_url s)
+    , Just $ "rev" .= Ref.toHexString (_thunkRev_commit rev)
+    , ("branch" .=) <$> _gitSource_branch s
+    , Just $ "sha256" .= _thunkRev_nixSha256 rev
+    , Just $ "fetchSubmodules" .= _gitSource_fetchSubmodules s
+    , Just $ "private" .= _gitSource_private s
+    ]
+ where
+  githubCfg = defConfig
+    { confIndent = Spaces 2
+    , confCompare = keyOrder
+        [ "owner"
+        , "repo"
+        , "branch"
+        , "private"
+        , "rev"
+        , "sha256"
+        ] <> compare
+    , confTrailingNewline = True
+    }
+  plainGitCfg = defConfig
+    { confIndent = Spaces 2
+    , confCompare = keyOrder
+        [ "url"
+        , "rev"
+        , "sha256"
+        , "private"
+        , "fetchSubmodules"
+        ] <> compare
+    , confTrailingNewline = True
+    }
+
+createThunk :: MonadNixThunk m => FilePath -> Either ThunkSpec ThunkPtr -> m ()
+createThunk target ptrInfo =
+  ifor_ (_thunkSpec_files spec) $ \path -> \case
+    ThunkFileSpec_FileMatches content -> withReadyPath path $ \p -> liftIO $ T.writeFile p content
+    ThunkFileSpec_Ptr _ -> case ptrInfo of
+      Left _ -> pure () -- We can't write the ptr without it
+      Right ptr -> withReadyPath path $ \p -> liftIO $ LBS.writeFile p (encodeThunkPtrData ptr)
+    _ -> pure ()
+  where
+    spec = either id thunkPtrToSpec ptrInfo
+    withReadyPath path f = do
+      let fullPath = target </> path
+      putLog Debug $ "Writing thunk file " <> T.pack fullPath
+      liftIO $ createDirectoryIfMissing True $ takeDirectory fullPath
+      f fullPath
+
+createThunkWithLatest :: MonadNixThunk m => FilePath -> ThunkSource -> m ()
+createThunkWithLatest target s = do
+  rev <- getLatestRev s
+  createThunk target $ Right $ ThunkPtr
+    { _thunkPtr_source = s
+    , _thunkPtr_rev = rev
+    }
+
+updateThunkToLatest :: MonadNixThunk m => ThunkUpdateConfig -> FilePath -> m ()
+updateThunkToLatest (ThunkUpdateConfig mBranch thunkConfig) target = spinner $ do
+  checkThunkDirectory target
+  -- check to see if thunk should be updated to a specific branch or just update it's current branch
+  case mBranch of
+    Nothing -> do
+      (overwrite, ptr) <- readThunk target >>= \case
+        Left err -> failWith [i|Thunk update: ${err}|]
+        Right c -> case c of
+          ThunkData_Packed _ t -> return (target, t)
+          ThunkData_Checkout -> failWith "cannot update an unpacked thunk"
+      let src = _thunkPtr_source ptr
+      rev <- getLatestRev src
+      overwriteThunk overwrite $ modifyThunkPtrByConfig thunkConfig $ ThunkPtr
+        { _thunkPtr_source = src
+        , _thunkPtr_rev = rev
+        }
+    Just branch -> readThunk target >>= \case
+      Left err -> failWith [i|Thunk update: ${err}|]
+      Right c -> case c of
+        ThunkData_Packed _ t -> setThunk thunkConfig target (thunkSourceToGitSource $ _thunkPtr_source t) branch
+        ThunkData_Checkout -> failWith [i|Thunk located at ${target} is unpacked. Use 'ob thunk pack' on the desired directory and then try 'ob thunk update' again.|]
+  where
+    spinner = withSpinner' ("Updating thunk " <> T.pack target <> " to latest") (pure $ const $ "Thunk " <> T.pack target <> " updated to latest")
+
+setThunk :: MonadNixThunk m => ThunkConfig -> FilePath -> GitSource -> String -> m ()
+setThunk thunkConfig target gs branch = do
+  newThunkPtr <- uriThunkPtr (_gitSource_url gs) (_thunkConfig_private thunkConfig) (Just $ T.pack branch) Nothing
+  overwriteThunk target newThunkPtr
+  updateThunkToLatest (ThunkUpdateConfig Nothing thunkConfig) target
+
+-- | All recognized github standalone loaders, ordered from newest to oldest.
+-- This tool will only ever produce the newest one when it writes a thunk.
+gitHubThunkSpecs :: NonEmpty ThunkSpec
+gitHubThunkSpecs =
+  gitHubThunkSpecV5 :|
+  [ gitHubThunkSpecV4
+  , gitHubThunkSpecV3
+  , gitHubThunkSpecV2
+  , gitHubThunkSpecV1
+  ]
+
+gitHubThunkSpecV1 :: ThunkSpec
+gitHubThunkSpecV1 = legacyGitHubThunkSpec "github-v1"
+  "import ((import <nixpkgs> {}).fetchFromGitHub (builtins.fromJSON (builtins.readFile ./github.json)))"
+
+gitHubThunkSpecV2 :: ThunkSpec
+gitHubThunkSpecV2 = legacyGitHubThunkSpec "github-v2" $ T.unlines
+  [ "# DO NOT HAND-EDIT THIS FILE" --TODO: Add something about how to get more info on NixThunk, etc.
+  , "import ((import <nixpkgs> {}).fetchFromGitHub ("
+  , "  let json = builtins.fromJSON (builtins.readFile ./github.json);"
+  , "  in { inherit (json) owner repo rev sha256;"
+  , "       private = json.private or false;"
+  , "     }"
+  , "))"
+  ]
+
+gitHubThunkSpecV3 :: ThunkSpec
+gitHubThunkSpecV3 = legacyGitHubThunkSpec "github-v3" $ T.unlines
+  [ "# DO NOT HAND-EDIT THIS FILE"
+  , "let"
+  , "  fetch = { private ? false, ... }@args: if private && builtins.hasAttr \"fetchGit\" builtins"
+  , "    then fetchFromGitHubPrivate args"
+  , "    else (import <nixpkgs> {}).fetchFromGitHub (builtins.removeAttrs args [\"branch\"]);"
+  , "  fetchFromGitHubPrivate ="
+  , "    { owner, repo, rev, branch ? null, name ? null, sha256 ? null, private ? false"
+  , "    , fetchSubmodules ? false, githubBase ? \"github.com\", ..."
+  , "    }: assert !fetchSubmodules;"
+  , "      builtins.fetchGit ({"
+  , "        url = \"ssh://git@${githubBase}/${owner}/${repo}.git\";"
+  , "        inherit rev;"
+  , "      }"
+  , "      // (if branch == null then {} else { ref = branch; })"
+  , "      // (if name == null then {} else { inherit name; }));"
+  , "in import (fetch (builtins.fromJSON (builtins.readFile ./github.json)))"
+  ]
+
+gitHubThunkSpecV4 :: ThunkSpec
+gitHubThunkSpecV4 = legacyGitHubThunkSpec "github-v4" $ T.unlines
+  [ "# DO NOT HAND-EDIT THIS FILE"
+  , "let fetch = { private ? false, fetchSubmodules ? false, owner, repo, rev, sha256, ... }:"
+  , "  if !fetchSubmodules && !private then builtins.fetchTarball {"
+  , "    url = \"https://github.com/${owner}/${repo}/archive/${rev}.tar.gz\"; inherit sha256;"
+  , "  } else (import <nixpkgs> {}).fetchFromGitHub {"
+  , "    inherit owner repo rev sha256 fetchSubmodules private;"
+  , "  };"
+  , "in import (fetch (builtins.fromJSON (builtins.readFile ./github.json)))"
+  ]
+
+legacyGitHubThunkSpec :: Text -> Text -> ThunkSpec
+legacyGitHubThunkSpec name loader = ThunkSpec name $ Map.fromList
+  [ ("default.nix", ThunkFileSpec_FileMatches $ T.strip loader)
+  , ("github.json" , ThunkFileSpec_Ptr parseGitHubJsonBytes)
+  , (attrCacheFileName, ThunkFileSpec_AttrCache)
+  , (".git", ThunkFileSpec_CheckoutIndicator)
+  ]
+
+gitHubThunkSpecV5 :: ThunkSpec
+gitHubThunkSpecV5 = mkThunkSpec "github-v5" "github.json" parseGitHubJsonBytes [here|
+# DO NOT HAND-EDIT THIS FILE
+let fetch = { private ? false, fetchSubmodules ? false, owner, repo, rev, sha256, ... }:
+  if !fetchSubmodules && !private then builtins.fetchTarball {
+    url = "https://github.com/${owner}/${repo}/archive/${rev}.tar.gz"; inherit sha256;
+  } else (import <nixpkgs> {}).fetchFromGitHub {
+    inherit owner repo rev sha256 fetchSubmodules private;
+  };
+  json = builtins.fromJSON (builtins.readFile ./github.json);
+in fetch json
+|]
+
+parseGitHubJsonBytes :: LBS.ByteString -> Either String ThunkPtr
+parseGitHubJsonBytes = parseJsonObject $ parseThunkPtr $ \v ->
+  ThunkSource_GitHub <$> parseGitHubSource v <|> ThunkSource_Git <$> parseGitSource v
+
+gitThunkSpecs :: NonEmpty ThunkSpec
+gitThunkSpecs =
+  gitThunkSpecV5 :|
+  [ gitThunkSpecV4
+  , gitThunkSpecV3
+  , gitThunkSpecV2
+  , gitThunkSpecV1
+  ]
+
+gitThunkSpecV1 :: ThunkSpec
+gitThunkSpecV1 = legacyGitThunkSpec "git-v1" $ T.unlines
+  [ "# DO NOT HAND-EDIT THIS FILE"
+  , "let fetchGit = {url, rev, ref ? null, branch ? null, sha256 ? null, fetchSubmodules ? null}:"
+  , "  assert !fetchSubmodules; (import <nixpkgs> {}).fetchgit { inherit url rev sha256; };"
+  , "in import (fetchGit (builtins.fromJSON (builtins.readFile ./git.json)))"
+  ]
+
+gitThunkSpecV2 :: ThunkSpec
+gitThunkSpecV2 = legacyGitThunkSpec "git-v2" $ T.unlines
+  [ "# DO NOT HAND-EDIT THIS FILE"
+  , "let fetchGit = {url, rev, ref ? null, branch ? null, sha256 ? null, fetchSubmodules ? null}:"
+  , "  if builtins.hasAttr \"fetchGit\" builtins"
+  , "    then builtins.fetchGit ({ inherit url rev; } // (if branch == null then {} else { ref = branch; }))"
+  , "    else abort \"Plain Git repositories are only supported on nix 2.0 or higher.\";"
+  , "in import (fetchGit (builtins.fromJSON (builtins.readFile ./git.json)))"
+  ]
+
+-- This loader has a bug because @builtins.fetchGit@ is not given a @ref@
+-- and will fail to find commits without this because it does shallow clones.
+gitThunkSpecV3 :: ThunkSpec
+gitThunkSpecV3 = legacyGitThunkSpec "git-v3" $ T.unlines
+  [ "# DO NOT HAND-EDIT THIS FILE"
+  , "let fetch = {url, rev, ref ? null, sha256 ? null, fetchSubmodules ? false, private ? false, ...}:"
+  , "  let realUrl = let firstChar = builtins.substring 0 1 url; in"
+  , "    if firstChar == \"/\" then /. + url"
+  , "    else if firstChar == \".\" then ./. + url"
+  , "    else url;"
+  , "  in if !fetchSubmodules && private then builtins.fetchGit {"
+  , "    url = realUrl; inherit rev;"
+  , "  } else (import <nixpkgs> {}).fetchgit {"
+  , "    url = realUrl; inherit rev sha256;"
+  , "  };"
+  , "in import (fetch (builtins.fromJSON (builtins.readFile ./git.json)))"
+  ]
+
+gitThunkSpecV4 :: ThunkSpec
+gitThunkSpecV4 = legacyGitThunkSpec "git-v4" $ T.unlines
+  [ "# DO NOT HAND-EDIT THIS FILE"
+  , "let fetch = {url, rev, branch ? null, sha256 ? null, fetchSubmodules ? false, private ? false, ...}:"
+  , "  let realUrl = let firstChar = builtins.substring 0 1 url; in"
+  , "    if firstChar == \"/\" then /. + url"
+  , "    else if firstChar == \".\" then ./. + url"
+  , "    else url;"
+  , "  in if !fetchSubmodules && private then builtins.fetchGit {"
+  , "    url = realUrl; inherit rev;"
+  , "    ${if branch == null then null else \"ref\"} = branch;"
+  , "  } else (import <nixpkgs> {}).fetchgit {"
+  , "    url = realUrl; inherit rev sha256;"
+  , "  };"
+  , "in import (fetch (builtins.fromJSON (builtins.readFile ./git.json)))"
+  ]
+
+legacyGitThunkSpec :: Text -> Text -> ThunkSpec
+legacyGitThunkSpec name loader = ThunkSpec name $ Map.fromList
+  [ ("default.nix", ThunkFileSpec_FileMatches $ T.strip loader)
+  , ("git.json" , ThunkFileSpec_Ptr parseGitJsonBytes)
+  , (attrCacheFileName, ThunkFileSpec_AttrCache)
+  , (".git", ThunkFileSpec_CheckoutIndicator)
+  ]
+
+gitThunkSpecV5 :: ThunkSpec
+gitThunkSpecV5 = mkThunkSpec "git-v5" "git.json" parseGitJsonBytes [here|
+# DO NOT HAND-EDIT THIS FILE
+let fetch = {url, rev, branch ? null, sha256 ? null, fetchSubmodules ? false, private ? false, ...}:
+  let realUrl = let firstChar = builtins.substring 0 1 url; in
+    if firstChar == "/" then /. + url
+    else if firstChar == "." then ./. + url
+    else url;
+  in if !fetchSubmodules && private then builtins.fetchGit {
+    url = realUrl; inherit rev;
+    ${if branch == null then null else "ref"} = branch;
+  } else (import <nixpkgs> {}).fetchgit {
+    url = realUrl; inherit rev sha256;
+  };
+  json = builtins.fromJSON (builtins.readFile ./git.json);
+in fetch json
+|]
+
+parseGitJsonBytes :: LBS.ByteString -> Either String ThunkPtr
+parseGitJsonBytes = parseJsonObject $ parseThunkPtr $ fmap ThunkSource_Git . parseGitSource
+
+mkThunkSpec :: Text -> FilePath -> (LBS.ByteString -> Either String ThunkPtr) -> Text -> ThunkSpec
+mkThunkSpec name jsonFileName parser srcNix = ThunkSpec name $ Map.fromList
+  [ ("default.nix", ThunkFileSpec_FileMatches defaultNixViaSrc)
+  , ("thunk.nix", ThunkFileSpec_FileMatches srcNix)
+  , (jsonFileName, ThunkFileSpec_Ptr parser)
+  , (attrCacheFileName, ThunkFileSpec_AttrCache)
+  , (normalise $ unpackedDirName </> ".git", ThunkFileSpec_CheckoutIndicator)
+  ]
+  where
+    defaultNixViaSrc = [here|
+# DO NOT HAND-EDIT THIS FILE
+import (import ./thunk.nix)
+|]
+
+
+parseJsonObject :: (Aeson.Object -> Aeson.Parser a) -> LBS.ByteString -> Either String a
+parseJsonObject p bytes = Aeson.parseEither p =<< Aeson.eitherDecode bytes
+
+-- | Checks a cache directory to see if there is a fresh symlink
+-- to the result of building an attribute of a thunk.
+-- If no cache hit is found, nix-build is called to build the attribute
+-- and the result is symlinked into the cache.
+nixBuildThunkAttrWithCache
+  :: ( MonadIO m
+     , MonadLog Output m
+     , HasCliConfig m
+     , MonadMask m
+     , MonadError NixThunkError m
+     , MonadFail m
+     )
+  => ThunkSpec
+  -> FilePath
+  -- ^ Path to directory containing Thunk
+  -> String
+  -- ^ Attribute to build
+  -> m (Maybe FilePath)
+  -- ^ Symlink to cached or built nix output
+-- WARNING: If the thunk uses an impure reference such as '<nixpkgs>'
+-- the caching mechanism will fail as it merely measures the modification
+-- time of the cache link and the expression to build.
+nixBuildThunkAttrWithCache thunkSpec thunkDir attr = do
+  latestChange <- liftIO $ do
+    let
+      getModificationTimeMaybe = fmap rightToMaybe . try @IOError . getModificationTime
+      thunkFileNames = Map.keys $ _thunkSpec_files thunkSpec
+    maximum . catMaybes <$> traverse (getModificationTimeMaybe . (thunkDir </>)) thunkFileNames
+
+  let cachePaths' = nonEmpty $ Map.keys $ Map.filter (\case ThunkFileSpec_AttrCache -> True; _ -> False) $
+                      _thunkSpec_files thunkSpec
+  for cachePaths' $ \cachePaths ->
+    fmap NonEmpty.head $ for cachePaths $ \cacheDir -> do
+      let
+        cachePath = thunkDir </> cacheDir </> attr <.> "out"
+        cacheErrHandler e
+          | isDoesNotExistError e = pure Nothing -- expected from a cache miss
+          | otherwise = Nothing <$ putLog Error (T.pack $ displayException e)
+      cacheHit <- handle cacheErrHandler $ do
+        cacheTime <- liftIO $ posixSecondsToUTCTime . realToFrac . modificationTime <$> getSymbolicLinkStatus cachePath
+        pure $ if latestChange <= cacheTime
+          then Just cachePath
+          else Nothing
+      case cacheHit of
+        Just c -> pure c
+        Nothing -> do
+          putLog Warning $ T.pack $ mconcat [thunkDir, ": ", attr, " not cached, building ..."]
+          liftIO $ createDirectoryIfMissing True (takeDirectory cachePath)
+          (cachePath <$) $ nixCmd $ NixCmd_Build $ def
+            & nixBuildConfig_outLink .~ OutLink_IndirectRoot cachePath
+            & nixCmdConfig_target .~ Target
+              { _target_path = Just thunkDir
+              , _target_attr = Just attr
+              , _target_expr = Nothing
+              }
+
+-- | Build a nix attribute, and cache the result if possible
+nixBuildAttrWithCache
+  :: ( MonadLog Output m
+     , HasCliConfig m
+     , MonadIO m
+     , MonadMask m
+     , MonadError NixThunkError m
+     , MonadFail m
+     )
+  => FilePath
+  -- ^ Path to directory containing Thunk
+  -> String
+  -- ^ Attribute to build
+  -> m FilePath
+  -- ^ Symlink to cached or built nix output
+nixBuildAttrWithCache exprPath attr = readThunk exprPath >>= \case
+  -- Only packed thunks are cached. In particular, checkouts are not.
+  Right (ThunkData_Packed spec _) ->
+    maybe build pure =<< nixBuildThunkAttrWithCache spec exprPath attr
+  _ -> build
+  where
+    build = nixCmd $ NixCmd_Build $ def
+      & nixBuildConfig_outLink .~ OutLink_None
+      & nixCmdConfig_target .~ Target
+        { _target_path = Just exprPath
+        , _target_attr = Just attr
+        , _target_expr = Nothing
+        }
+
+-- | Safely update thunk using a custom action
+--
+-- A temporary working space is used to do any update. When the custom
+-- action successfully completes, the resulting (packed) thunk is copied
+-- back to the original location.
+updateThunk :: MonadNixThunk m => FilePath -> (FilePath -> m a) -> m a
+updateThunk p f = withSystemTempDirectory "obelisk-thunkptr-" $ \tmpDir -> do
+  p' <- copyThunkToTmp tmpDir p
+  unpackThunk' True p'
+  result <- f p'
+  updateThunkFromTmp p'
+  return result
+  where
+    copyThunkToTmp tmpDir thunkDir = readThunk thunkDir >>= \case
+      Left err -> failWith $ "withThunkUnpacked: " <> T.pack (show err)
+      Right ThunkData_Packed{} -> do
+        let tmpThunk = tmpDir </> "thunk"
+        callProcessAndLogOutput (Notice, Error) $
+          proc cp ["-r", "-T", thunkDir, tmpThunk]
+        return tmpThunk
+      Right _ -> failWith "Thunk is not packed"
+    updateThunkFromTmp p' = do
+      _ <- packThunk' True (ThunkPackConfig False (ThunkConfig Nothing)) p'
+      callProcessAndLogOutput (Notice, Error) $
+        proc cp ["-r", "-T", p', p]
+
+finalMsg :: Bool -> (a -> Text) -> Maybe (a -> Text)
+finalMsg noTrail s = if noTrail then Nothing else Just s
+
+-- | Check that we are not somewhere inside the thunk directory
+checkThunkDirectory :: MonadNixThunk m => FilePath -> m ()
+checkThunkDirectory thunkDir = do
+  currentDir <- liftIO getCurrentDirectory
+  thunkDir' <- liftIO $ canonicalizePath thunkDir
+  when (thunkDir' `L.isInfixOf` currentDir) $
+    failWith [i|Can't perform thunk operations from within the thunk directory: ${thunkDir}|]
+
+  -- Don't let thunk commands work when directly given an unpacked repo
+  when (takeFileName thunkDir == unpackedDirName) $
+    readThunk (takeDirectory thunkDir) >>= \case
+      Right _ -> failWith [i|Refusing to perform thunk operation on ${thunkDir} because it is a thunk's unpacked source|]
+      Left _ -> pure ()
+
+unpackThunk :: MonadNixThunk m => FilePath -> m ()
+unpackThunk = unpackThunk' False
+
+unpackThunk' :: MonadNixThunk m => Bool -> FilePath -> m ()
+unpackThunk' noTrail thunkDir = checkThunkDirectory thunkDir *> readThunk thunkDir >>= \case
+  Left err -> failWith [i|Invalid thunk at ${thunkDir}: ${err}|]
+  --TODO: Overwrite option that rechecks out thunk; force option to do so even if working directory is dirty
+  Right ThunkData_Checkout -> failWith [i|Thunk at ${thunkDir} is already unpacked|]
+  Right (ThunkData_Packed _ tptr) -> do
+    let (thunkParent, thunkName) = splitFileName thunkDir
+    withTempDirectory thunkParent thunkName $ \tmpThunk -> do
+      let
+        gitSrc = thunkSourceToGitSource $ _thunkPtr_source tptr
+        newSpec = case _thunkPtr_source tptr of
+          ThunkSource_GitHub _ -> NonEmpty.head gitHubThunkSpecs
+          ThunkSource_Git _ -> NonEmpty.head gitThunkSpecs
+      withSpinner' ("Fetching thunk " <> T.pack thunkName)
+                   (finalMsg noTrail $ const $ "Fetched thunk " <> T.pack thunkName) $ do
+        let unpackedPath = tmpThunk </> unpackedDirName
+        gitCloneForThunkUnpack gitSrc (_thunkRev_commit $ _thunkPtr_rev tptr) unpackedPath
+
+        let normalizeMore = dropTrailingPathSeparator . normalise
+        when (normalizeMore unpackedPath /= normalizeMore tmpThunk) $ -- Only write meta data if the checkout is not inplace
+          createThunk tmpThunk $ Left newSpec
+
+        liftIO $ do
+          removePathForcibly thunkDir
+          renameDirectory tmpThunk thunkDir
+
+gitCloneForThunkUnpack
+  :: MonadNixThunk m
+  => GitSource -- ^ Git source to use
+  -> Ref hash -- ^ Commit hash to reset to
+  -> FilePath -- ^ Directory to clone into
+  -> m ()
+gitCloneForThunkUnpack gitSrc commit dir = do
+  let git = callProcessAndLogOutput (Notice, Notice) . gitProc dir
+  git $ [ "clone" ]
+    ++  ["--recursive" | _gitSource_fetchSubmodules gitSrc]
+    ++  [ T.unpack $ gitUriToText $ _gitSource_url gitSrc ]
+    ++  do branch <- maybeToList $ _gitSource_branch gitSrc
+           [ "--branch", T.unpack $ untagName branch ]
+  git ["reset", "--hard", Ref.toHexString commit]
+  when (_gitSource_fetchSubmodules gitSrc) $
+    git ["submodule", "update", "--recursive", "--init"]
+
+--TODO: add a rollback mode to pack to the original thunk
+packThunk :: MonadNixThunk m => ThunkPackConfig -> FilePath -> m ThunkPtr
+packThunk = packThunk' False
+
+packThunk' :: MonadNixThunk m => Bool -> ThunkPackConfig -> FilePath -> m ThunkPtr
+packThunk' noTrail (ThunkPackConfig force thunkConfig) thunkDir = checkThunkDirectory thunkDir *> readThunk thunkDir >>= \case
+  Right ThunkData_Packed{} -> failWith [i|Thunk at ${thunkDir} is is already packed|]
+  _ -> withSpinner'
+    ("Packing thunk " <> T.pack thunkDir)
+    (finalMsg noTrail $ const $ "Packed thunk " <> T.pack thunkDir) $
+    do
+      let checkClean = if force then CheckClean_NoCheck else CheckClean_FullCheck
+      thunkPtr <- modifyThunkPtrByConfig thunkConfig <$> getThunkPtr checkClean thunkDir (_thunkConfig_private thunkConfig)
+      liftIO $ removePathForcibly thunkDir
+      createThunk thunkDir $ Right thunkPtr
+      pure thunkPtr
+
+modifyThunkPtrByConfig :: ThunkConfig -> ThunkPtr -> ThunkPtr
+modifyThunkPtrByConfig (ThunkConfig markPrivate') ptr = case markPrivate' of
+  Nothing -> ptr
+  Just markPrivate -> ptr { _thunkPtr_source = case _thunkPtr_source ptr of
+      ThunkSource_Git s -> ThunkSource_Git $ s { _gitSource_private = markPrivate }
+      ThunkSource_GitHub s -> ThunkSource_GitHub $ s { _gitHubSource_private = markPrivate }
+    }
+
+data CheckClean
+  = CheckClean_FullCheck
+  -- ^ Check that the repo is clean, including .gitignored files
+  | CheckClean_NotIgnored
+  -- ^ Check that the repo is clean, not including .gitignored files
+  | CheckClean_NoCheck
+  -- ^ Don't check that the repo is clean
+
+getThunkPtr :: forall m. MonadNixThunk m => CheckClean -> FilePath -> Maybe Bool -> m ThunkPtr
+getThunkPtr gitCheckClean dir mPrivate = do
+  let repoLocations = nubOrd $ map (first normalise)
+        [(".git", "."), (unpackedDirName </> ".git", unpackedDirName)]
+  repoLocation' <- liftIO $ flip findM repoLocations $ doesDirectoryExist . (dir </>) . fst
+  thunkDir <- case repoLocation' of
+    Nothing -> failWith [i|Can't find an unpacked thunk in ${dir}|]
+    Just (_, path) -> pure $ normalise $ dir </> path
+
+  let (checkClean, checkIgnored) = case gitCheckClean of
+        CheckClean_FullCheck -> (True, True)
+        CheckClean_NotIgnored -> (True, False)
+        CheckClean_NoCheck -> (False, False)
+  when checkClean $ ensureCleanGitRepo thunkDir checkIgnored
+    "thunk pack: thunk checkout contains unsaved modifications"
+
+  -- Check whether there are any stashes
+  when checkClean $ do
+    stashOutput <- readGitProcess thunkDir ["stash", "list"]
+    unless (T.null stashOutput) $
+      failWith $ T.unlines $
+        [ "thunk pack: thunk checkout has stashes"
+        , "git stash list:"
+        ] ++ T.lines stashOutput
+
+  -- Get current branch
+  (mCurrentBranch, mCurrentCommit) <- do
+    b <- listToMaybe . T.lines <$> readGitProcess thunkDir ["rev-parse", "--abbrev-ref", "HEAD"]
+    c <- listToMaybe . T.lines <$> readGitProcess thunkDir ["rev-parse", "HEAD"]
+    case b of
+      (Just "HEAD") -> failWith $ T.unlines
+        [ "thunk pack: You are in 'detached HEAD' state."
+        , "If you want to pack at the current ref \
+          \then please create a new branch with 'git checkout -b <new-branch-name>' and push this upstream."
+        ]
+      _ -> return (b, c)
+
+  -- Get information on all branches and their (optional) designated upstream
+  -- correspondents
+  headDump :: [Text] <- T.lines <$> readGitProcess thunkDir
+    [ "for-each-ref"
+    , "--format=%(refname:short) %(upstream:short) %(upstream:remotename)"
+    , "refs/heads/"
+    ]
+
+  (headInfo :: Map Text (Maybe (Text, Text)))
+    <- fmap Map.fromList $ forM headDump $ \line -> do
+      (branch : restOfLine) <- pure $ T.words line
+      mUpstream <- case restOfLine of
+        [] -> pure Nothing
+        [u, r] -> pure $ Just (u, r)
+        (_:_) -> failWith "git for-each-ref invalid output"
+      pure (branch, mUpstream)
+
+  putLog Debug $ "branches: " <> T.pack (show headInfo)
+
+  let errorMap :: Map Text ()
+      headUpstream :: Map Text (Text, Text)
+      (errorMap, headUpstream) = flip Map.mapEither headInfo $ \case
+        Nothing -> Left ()
+        Just b -> Right b
+
+  putLog Debug $ "branches with upstream branch set: " <> T.pack (show headUpstream)
+
+  -- Check that every branch has a remote equivalent
+  when checkClean $ do
+    let untrackedBranches = Map.keys errorMap
+    when (not $ L.null untrackedBranches) $ failWith $ T.unlines $
+      [ "thunk pack: Certain branches in the thunk have no upstream branch \
+        \set. This means we don't know to check whether all your work is \
+        \saved. The offending branches are:"
+      , ""
+      , T.unwords untrackedBranches
+      , ""
+      , "To fix this, you probably want to do:"
+      , ""
+      ] ++
+      ((\branch -> "git push -u origin " <> branch) <$> untrackedBranches) ++
+      [ ""
+      , "These will push the branches to the default remote under the same \
+        \name, and (thanks to the `-u`) remember that choice so you don't \
+        \get this error again."
+      ]
+
+    -- loosely by https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7773939/show-git-ahead-and-behind-info-for-all-branches-including-remotes
+    stats <- ifor headUpstream $ \branch (upstream, _remote) -> do
+      (stat :: [Text]) <- T.lines <$> readGitProcess thunkDir
+        [ "rev-list", "--left-right"
+        , T.unpack branch <> "..." <> T.unpack upstream
+        ]
+      let ahead = length $ [ () | Just ('<', _) <- T.uncons <$> stat ]
+          behind = length $ [ () | Just ('>', _) <- T.uncons <$> stat ]
+      pure (upstream, (ahead, behind))
+
+    -- Those branches which have commits ahead of, i.e. not on, the upstream
+    -- branch. Purely being behind is fine.
+    let nonGood = Map.filter ((/= 0) . fst . snd) stats
+
+    when (not $ Map.null nonGood) $ failWith $ T.unlines $
+      [ "thunk pack: Certain branches in the thunk have commits not yet pushed upstream:"
+      , ""
+      ] ++
+      flip map (Map.toList nonGood) (\(branch, (upstream, (ahead, behind))) -> mconcat
+        ["  ", branch, " ahead: ", T.pack (show ahead), " behind: ", T.pack (show behind), " remote branch ", upstream]) ++
+      [ ""
+      , "Please push these upstream and try again. (Or just fetch, if they are somehow \
+        \pushed but this repo's remote tracking branches don't know it.)"
+      ]
+
+  when checkClean $ do
+    -- We assume it's safe to pack the thunk at this point
+    putLog Informational "All changes safe in git remotes. OK to pack thunk."
+
+  let remote = maybe "origin" snd $ flip Map.lookup headUpstream =<< mCurrentBranch
+
+  [remoteUri'] <- fmap T.lines $ readGitProcess thunkDir
+    [ "config"
+    , "--get"
+    , "remote." <> T.unpack remote <> ".url"
+    ]
+
+  remoteUri <- case parseGitUri remoteUri' of
+    Nothing -> failWith $ "Could not identify git remote: " <> remoteUri'
+    Just uri -> pure uri
+  uriThunkPtr remoteUri mPrivate mCurrentBranch mCurrentCommit
+
+-- | Get the latest revision available from the given source
+getLatestRev :: MonadNixThunk m => ThunkSource -> m ThunkRev
+getLatestRev os = do
+  let gitS = thunkSourceToGitSource os
+  (_, commit) <- gitGetCommitBranch (_gitSource_url gitS) (untagName <$> _gitSource_branch gitS)
+  case os of
+    ThunkSource_GitHub s -> githubThunkRev s commit
+    ThunkSource_Git s -> gitThunkRev s commit
+
+-- | Convert a URI to a thunk
+--
+-- If the URL is a github URL, we try to just download an archive for
+-- performance. If that doesn't work (e.g. authentication issue), we fall back
+-- on just doing things the normal way for git repos in general, and save it as
+-- a regular git thunk.
+uriThunkPtr :: MonadNixThunk m => GitUri -> Maybe Bool -> Maybe Text -> Maybe Text -> m ThunkPtr
+uriThunkPtr uri mPrivate mbranch mcommit = do
+  commit <- case mcommit of
+    Nothing -> gitGetCommitBranch uri mbranch >>= return . snd
+    (Just c) -> return c
+  (src, rev) <- uriToThunkSource uri mPrivate mbranch >>= \case
+    ThunkSource_GitHub s -> do
+      rev <- runExceptT $ githubThunkRev s commit
+      case rev of
+        Right r -> pure (ThunkSource_GitHub s, r)
+        Left e -> do
+          putLog Warning "\
+\Failed to fetch archive from GitHub. This is probably a private repo. \
+\Falling back on normal fetchgit. Original failure:"
+          putLog Warning $ prettyNixThunkError e
+          let s' = forgetGithub True s
+          (,) (ThunkSource_Git s') <$> gitThunkRev s' commit
+    ThunkSource_Git s -> (,) (ThunkSource_Git s) <$> gitThunkRev s commit
+  pure $ ThunkPtr
+    { _thunkPtr_rev = rev
+    , _thunkPtr_source = src
+    }
+
+-- | N.B. Cannot infer all fields.
+--
+-- If the thunk is a GitHub thunk and fails, we do *not* fall back like with
+-- `uriThunkPtr`. Unlike a plain URL, a thunk src explicitly states which method
+-- should be employed, and so we respect that.
+uriToThunkSource :: MonadNixThunk m => GitUri -> Maybe Bool -> Maybe Text -> m ThunkSource
+uriToThunkSource (GitUri u) mPrivate
+  | Right uriAuth <- URI.uriAuthority u
+  , Just scheme <- URI.unRText <$> URI.uriScheme u
+  , case scheme of
+      "ssh" -> uriAuth == URI.Authority
+        { URI.authUserInfo = Just $ URI.UserInfo (fromRight' $ URI.mkUsername "git") Nothing
+        , URI.authHost = fromRight' $ URI.mkHost "github.com"
+        , URI.authPort = Nothing
+        }
+      s -> s `L.elem` [ "git", "https", "http" ] -- "http:" just redirects to "https:"
+        && URI.unRText (URI.authHost uriAuth) == "github.com"
+  , Just (_, owner :| [repoish]) <- URI.uriPath u
+  = \mbranch -> do
+      isPrivate <- getIsPrivate
+      pure $ ThunkSource_GitHub $ GitHubSource
+        { _gitHubSource_owner = N $ URI.unRText owner
+        , _gitHubSource_repo = N $ let
+            repoish' = URI.unRText repoish
+          in fromMaybe repoish' $ T.stripSuffix ".git" repoish'
+        , _gitHubSource_branch = N <$> mbranch
+        , _gitHubSource_private = isPrivate
+        }
+
+  | otherwise = \mbranch -> do
+      isPrivate <- getIsPrivate
+      pure $ ThunkSource_Git $ GitSource
+        { _gitSource_url = GitUri u
+        , _gitSource_branch = N <$> mbranch
+        , _gitSource_fetchSubmodules = False -- TODO: How do we determine if this should be true?
+        , _gitSource_private = isPrivate
+        }
+  where
+    getIsPrivate = maybe (guessGitRepoIsPrivate $ GitUri u) pure mPrivate
+
+guessGitRepoIsPrivate :: MonadNixThunk m => GitUri -> m Bool
+guessGitRepoIsPrivate uri = flip fix urisToTry $ \loop -> \case
+  [] -> pure True
+  uriAttempt:xs -> do
+    result <- readCreateProcessWithExitCode $
+      isolateGitProc $
+        gitProcNoRepo
+          [ "ls-remote"
+          , "--quiet"
+          , "--exit-code"
+          , "--symref"
+          , T.unpack $ gitUriToText uriAttempt
+          ]
+    case result of
+      (ExitSuccess, _, _) -> pure False -- Must be a public repo
+      _ -> loop xs
+  where
+    urisToTry = nubOrd $
+      -- Include the original URI if it isn't using SSH because SSH will certainly fail.
+      [uri | fmap URI.unRText (URI.uriScheme (unGitUri uri)) /= Just "ssh"] <>
+      [changeScheme "https" uri, changeScheme "http" uri]
+    changeScheme scheme (GitUri u) = GitUri $ u
+      { URI.uriScheme = URI.mkScheme scheme
+      , URI.uriAuthority = (\x -> x { URI.authUserInfo = Nothing }) <$> URI.uriAuthority u
+      }
+
+-- Funny signature indicates no effects depend on the optional branch name.
+githubThunkRev
+  :: forall m
+  .  MonadNixThunk m
+  => GitHubSource
+  -> Text
+  -> m ThunkRev
+githubThunkRev s commit = do
+  owner <- forcePP $ _gitHubSource_owner s
+  repo <- forcePP $ _gitHubSource_repo s
+  revTarball <- URI.mkPathPiece $ commit <> ".tar.gz"
+  let archiveUri = GitUri $ URI.URI
+        { URI.uriScheme = Just $ fromRight' $ URI.mkScheme "https"
+        , URI.uriAuthority = Right $ URI.Authority
+          { URI.authUserInfo = Nothing
+          , URI.authHost = fromRight' $ URI.mkHost "github.com"
+          , URI.authPort = Nothing
+          }
+        , URI.uriPath = Just ( False
+                         , owner :| [ repo, fromRight' $ URI.mkPathPiece "archive", revTarball ]
+                     )
+    , URI.uriQuery = []
+    , URI.uriFragment = Nothing
+    }
+  hash <- getNixSha256ForUriUnpacked archiveUri
+  putLog Debug $ "Nix sha256 is " <> hash
+  return $ ThunkRev
+    { _thunkRev_commit = commitNameToRef $ N commit
+    , _thunkRev_nixSha256 = hash
+    }
+  where
+    forcePP :: Name entity -> m (URI.RText 'URI.PathPiece)
+    forcePP = URI.mkPathPiece . untagName
+
+gitThunkRev
+  :: MonadNixThunk m
+  => GitSource
+  -> Text
+  -> m ThunkRev
+gitThunkRev s commit = do
+  let u = _gitSource_url s
+      protocols = ["file", "https", "ssh", "git"]
+      scheme = maybe "file" URI.unRText $ URI.uriScheme $ (\(GitUri x) -> x) u
+  unless (T.toLower scheme `elem` protocols) $
+    failWith $ "obelisk currently only supports "
+      <> T.intercalate ", " protocols <> " protocols for plain Git remotes"
+  hash <- nixPrefetchGit u commit $ _gitSource_fetchSubmodules s
+  putLog Informational $ "Nix sha256 is " <> hash
+  pure $ ThunkRev
+    { _thunkRev_commit = commitNameToRef (N commit)
+    , _thunkRev_nixSha256 = hash
+    }
+
+-- | Given the URI to a git remote, and an optional branch name, return the name
+-- of the branch along with the hash of the commit at tip of that branch.
+--
+-- If the branch name is passed in, it is returned exactly as-is. If it is not
+-- passed it, the default branch of the repo is used instead.
+
+gitGetCommitBranch
+  :: MonadNixThunk m => GitUri -> Maybe Text -> m (Text, CommitId)
+gitGetCommitBranch uri mbranch = withExitFailMessage ("Failure for git remote " <> uriMsg) $ do
+  (_, bothMaps) <- gitLsRemote
+    (T.unpack $ gitUriToText uri)
+    (GitRef_Branch <$> mbranch)
+    Nothing
+  branch <- case mbranch of
+    Nothing -> withExitFailMessage "Failed to find default branch" $ do
+      b <- rethrowE $ gitLookupDefaultBranch bothMaps
+      putLog Debug $ "Default branch for remote repo " <> uriMsg <> " is " <> b
+      pure b
+    Just b -> pure b
+  commit <- rethrowE $ gitLookupCommitForRef bothMaps (GitRef_Branch branch)
+  putLog Informational $ "Latest commit in branch " <> branch
+    <> " from remote repo " <> uriMsg
+    <> " is " <> commit
+  pure (branch, commit)
+  where
+    rethrowE = either failWith pure
+    uriMsg = gitUriToText uri
+
+parseGitUri :: Text -> Maybe GitUri
+parseGitUri x = GitUri <$> (parseFileURI x <|> parseAbsoluteURI x <|> parseSshShorthand x)
+
+parseFileURI :: Text -> Maybe URI.URI
+parseFileURI uri = if "/" `T.isPrefixOf` uri then parseAbsoluteURI ("file://" <> uri) else Nothing
+
+parseAbsoluteURI :: Text -> Maybe URI.URI
+parseAbsoluteURI uri = do
+  parsedUri <- URI.mkURI uri
+  guard $ URI.isPathAbsolute parsedUri
+  pure parsedUri
+
+parseSshShorthand :: Text -> Maybe URI.URI
+parseSshShorthand uri = do
+  -- This is what git does to check that the remote
+  -- is not a local file path when parsing shorthand.
+  -- Last referenced from here:
+  -- https://github.com/git/git/blob/95ec6b1b3393eb6e26da40c565520a8db9796e9f/connect.c#L712
+  let
+    (authAndHostname, colonAndPath) = T.break (== ':') uri
+    properUri = "ssh://" <> authAndHostname <> "/" <> T.drop 1 colonAndPath
+  -- Shorthand is valid iff a colon is present and it occurs before the first slash
+  -- This check is used to disambiguate a filepath containing a colon from shorthand
+  guard $ isNothing (T.findIndex (=='/') authAndHostname)
+        && not (T.null colonAndPath)
+  URI.mkURI properUri
diff --git a/src/Nix/Thunk/Command.hs b/src/Nix/Thunk/Command.hs
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Nix/Thunk/Command.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+{-# LANGUAGE FlexibleContexts #-}
+module Nix.Thunk.Command where
+
+import Control.Monad.Catch (MonadMask)
+import Control.Monad.Error.Class (MonadError)
+import Control.Monad.Fail (MonadFail)
+import Control.Monad.IO.Class (MonadIO)
+import Control.Monad.Log (MonadLog)
+import Data.Foldable (for_)
+import Data.List.NonEmpty (NonEmpty (..))
+import Nix.Thunk
+import Cli.Extras (HasCliConfig, Output)
+import Options.Applicative
+import System.FilePath
+
+thunkConfig :: Parser ThunkConfig
+thunkConfig = ThunkConfig
+  <$>
+    (   flag' (Just True) (long "private" <> help "Mark thunks as pointing to a private repository")
+    <|> flag' (Just False) (long "public" <> help "Mark thunks as pointing to a public repository")
+    <|> pure Nothing
+    )
+
+thunkUpdateConfig :: Parser ThunkUpdateConfig
+thunkUpdateConfig = ThunkUpdateConfig
+  <$> optional (strOption (long "branch" <> metavar "BRANCH" <> help "Use the given branch when looking for the latest revision"))
+  <*> thunkConfig
+
+thunkPackConfig :: Parser ThunkPackConfig
+thunkPackConfig = ThunkPackConfig
+  <$> switch (long "force" <> short 'f' <> help "Force packing thunks even if there are branches not pushed upstream, uncommitted changes, stashes. This will cause changes that have not been pushed upstream to be lost; use with care.")
+  <*> thunkConfig
+
+data ThunkOption = ThunkOption
+  { _thunkOption_thunks :: NonEmpty FilePath
+  , _thunkOption_command :: ThunkCommand
+  } deriving Show
+
+data ThunkCommand
+  = ThunkCommand_Update ThunkUpdateConfig
+  | ThunkCommand_Unpack
+  | ThunkCommand_Pack ThunkPackConfig
+  deriving Show
+
+thunkOption :: Parser ThunkOption
+thunkOption = hsubparser $ mconcat
+  [ command "update" $ info (thunkOptionWith $ ThunkCommand_Update <$> thunkUpdateConfig) $ progDesc "Update packed thunk to latest revision available on the tracked branch"
+  , command "unpack" $ info (thunkOptionWith $ pure ThunkCommand_Unpack) $ progDesc "Unpack thunk into git checkout of revision it points to"
+  , command "pack" $ info (thunkOptionWith $ ThunkCommand_Pack <$> thunkPackConfig) $ progDesc "Pack git checkout or unpacked thunk into thunk that points at the current branch's upstream"
+  ]
+  where
+    thunkOptionWith f = ThunkOption
+      <$> ((:|)
+            <$> thunkDirArg (metavar "THUNKDIRS..." <> help "Paths to directories containing thunk data")
+            <*> many (thunkDirArg mempty)
+          )
+      <*> f
+    thunkDirArg opts = fmap (dropTrailingPathSeparator . normalise) $ strArgument $ action "directory" <> opts
+
+runThunkOption
+  :: ( MonadLog Output m
+     , HasCliConfig m
+     , MonadIO m
+     , MonadMask m
+     , MonadError NixThunkError m
+     , MonadFail m
+     )
+  => ThunkOption -> m ()
+runThunkOption to = case _thunkOption_command to of
+  ThunkCommand_Update config -> for_ thunks (updateThunkToLatest config)
+  ThunkCommand_Unpack -> for_ thunks unpackThunk
+  ThunkCommand_Pack config -> for_ thunks (packThunk config)
+  where thunks = _thunkOption_thunks to
