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Cole Mickens 2020-10-24 21:37:56 -07:00
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@ -10,18 +10,21 @@ Nix is in flakes mode when:
1. `nixos-rebuild <cmd> --flake '.#'` is used
2. `nix build '.#something'` the hash-tag syntax is used
**This automatically loads from a `flake.nix` in the specified dir.**
**This automatically loads from a `flake.nix` in the specified dir. See these examples:**
If the flake.nix were located elsewhere you could do this too:
These three examples, for me, are all the same source, but accessed in different ways:
* `nix build '/home/cole/code/nixos-flake-example#nixosConfigufations`
* `nix build '.#nixosConfigurations.mysystem'`
(loads from `/home/cole/code/nixos-flake-example'`)
* `nix build 'github.com:colemickens/nixos-flake-example#something'`
(loads `flake.nix` from `.` (current dir))
(loads from `flake.nix` in the root of that repo checkout)
* `nix build '/home/cole/code/nixos-flake-example#nixosConfigurations.mysystem'`
Those are just examples of syntax. Again,
(loads `flake.nix` from `/home/cole/code/nixos-flake-example`)
* `nix build 'github.com:colemickens/nixos-flake-example#nixosConfigurations.mysystem'`
(nix will clone my github repo, then load `flake.nix` from `flake.nix` in the root of that repo checkout)
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