nlewo
How can someone use this on NixOS without Flakes
The README.md quotes "In your configuration.nix file", but does not mention how to make comin available in the configuration.nix file.
As a NixOS user, how can I use comin with and without flakes ?
You need flakes, given the entire evaluation section of the code relies on these:
- https://github.com/nlewo/comin/blob/4eb600b96ddecca708cea9514ac56d3e6ee208a7/internal/nix/nix.go#L48-L61
Separate to comin - I do not believe there's a way to build a NixOS system configuration (from a Git repository) without flakes either.
The README.md quotes "In your configuration.nix file", but does not mention how to make comin available in the configuration.nix file.
Since comin in not yet in nixpkgs and doesn't provide a default.nix file, you need flakes to use it in your configuration.
Also, as said by @jpds, comin is only able to deploy NixOS machines from flakes and I don't plan to support something else atm.
(BTW, maybe this should be more explicit in the readme.)
As a NixOS user, how can I use comin with and without flakes ?
Without flakes, most of the functionality is covered by the built-in: services.self-deploy.
Perhaps this could be part of the readme update?
