`builtins.getFlake` should be able to accept store path

[gytis-ivaskevicius]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe. In my particular scenario, I am patching nixpkgs and using the patched version in my system configuration via nixpkgs.pkgs = patchesNixpkgs;. This comes with certain limitations and I'd like to see the builtins.getFlake function be implemented which could refer to a store path

Describe the solution you'd like builtins.getFlake should be able to accept store path

Describe alternatives you've considered https://github.com/NixOS/nix/issues/3920

[stale[bot]]

I marked this as stale due to inactivity. → More info

[NiklasGollenstede]

(To remove the stale mark:)

Certainly not a deal-breaker, but for consistency (in the described situation, but probably also others), this would be nice to have! (And I currently don't see why it is disallowed.)

[matshch]

Another mention to un-stale this. It would greatly simplify the code if store paths were allowed, but there is another approach for the task that I am solving, so not a blocker.