From 65f0f23c93a8a5b792eba4e77af00f47e7ede03f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Graham McIntire <graham@mcintire.me>
Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2026 13:04:06 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] fix: compile C NIF explicitly in Docker build

Add explicit 'make' step in Dockerfile to compile the C NIF before
Elixir compilation. This ensures towerops_nif.so exists when the
Elixir code tries to load it.

The custom compiler task creates a bootstrap problem (needs to be
compiled before it can be used as a compiler), so we compile the
C NIF explicitly instead of relying on the compilers list.
---
 Dockerfile | 3 +++
 mix.exs    | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 0ae14564..8e4af904 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -65,6 +65,9 @@ COPY priv priv
 
 COPY c_src c_src
 
+# Compile the C NIF before Elixir compilation
+RUN cd c_src && make
+
 COPY lib lib
 
 # Compile the release
diff --git a/mix.exs b/mix.exs
index 2c84be3f..c9ee30c9 100644
--- a/mix.exs
+++ b/mix.exs
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ defmodule Towerops.MixProject do
       start_permanent: Mix.env() == :prod,
       aliases: aliases(),
       deps: deps(),
-      compilers: [:towerops_nif, :phoenix_live_view] ++ Mix.compilers(),
+      compilers: [:phoenix_live_view] ++ Mix.compilers(),
       listeners: [Phoenix.CodeReloader],
       dialyzer: dialyzer()
     ]