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[feature] `init` option to create a tiny shell.nix skeleton
Just a little suggestion here:
I (and at least one of my colleagues) often create ad-hoc nix shells for existing and new projects, and would love it if we could effectively bootstrap a little nix project environment that uses niv using niv init --shell
or similar. If --shell
is provided and there is no existing shell.nix
, a tiny shell.nix
template that gets its packages from niv
's nixpkgs would be created.
I know this is probably somewhat orthogonal to the tool's goals, and of course what constitutes a "good" shell.nix is a matter of opinion, but I think this would be a real timesaver for many users.
Thanks again for niv!
Just replace <nixpkgs>
in your inputs with import (import ./nix/sources.nix).nixpkgs { }
Well yes, I know enough to be able to do that! But I think there's still a case for a drop-dead-simple project bootstrap.