flake-utils/README.md
2020-07-21 11:58:06 +00:00

77 lines
1.8 KiB
Markdown

# flake-utils
**STATUS: alpha**
Pure Nix flake utility functions.
The goal of this project is to build a collection of pure Nix functions that don't
depend on nixpkgs, and that are useful in the context of writing other Nix
flakes.
## Usage
### `defaultSystems -> [<system>]`
A list of all the systems supported by the nixpkgs project.
Useful if you want add additional platforms:
```nix
eachSystem (defaultSystems ++ ["armv7l-linux"]) (system: { hello = 42; })
```
### `eachSystem -> [<system>] -> (<system> -> attrs)`
A common case is to build the same structure for each system. Instead of
building the hierarchy manually or per prefix, iterate over each systems and
then re-build the hierarchy.
Eg:
```nix
eachSystem ["x86_64-linux"] (system: { hello = 42; })
# => { hello.x86_64-linux.hello = 42; }
```
### `eachDefaultSystem -> (<system> -> attrs)`
`eachSystem` pre-populated with `defaultSystems`.
### `mkApp { drv, name ? drv.pname or drv.name, execPath ? drv.passthru.execPath or "/bin/${name}"`
A small utility that builds the structure expected by the special `apps` and `defaultApp` prefixes.
## Example
Here is how it looks like in practice:
[$ example/flake.nix](example/flake.nix) as nix
```nix
{
description = "Flake utils demo";
inputs.flake-utils.url = "github:numtide/flake-utils";
outputs = { self, nixpkgs, flake-utils }:
flake-utils.lib.eachDefaultSystem (system:
let pkgs = nixpkgs.legacyPackages.${system}; in
rec {
packages.hello = pkgs.hello;
defaultPackage = packages.hello;
apps.hello = flake-utils.lib.mkApp { drv = packages.hello; };
defaultApp = apps.hello;
}
);
}
```
## Known issues
```
$ nix flake check
warning: unknown flake output 'lib'
```
nixpkgs is currently having the same issue so I assume that it will be
eventually standardized.