Nix is a package manager that allows for reproducible builds, isolated environments and much more.
It gains more and more popularity and I think it's worth to make the repo easier to work with for Nix and NixOS users.
A flake is a folder with a flake.nix file and often also a flake.lock file. First one defining the inputs and outputs of a flake (development environments, packages, etc.), second one ensuring builds, environments and such remain reproducible.
This pull request adds the flake.nix, flake.lock and .envrc files. The third file is just a utility for people also using direnv, which automatically loads the development shell defined in flake.nix when entering the directory (it is not intrusive, as users have to direnv allow the file first).
Just to underline it - this change doesn't have any benefits for the CppLangNet project itself, rather it's a niceity for people using Nix.
This is a meta-change to discuss.
Nix is a package manager that allows for reproducible builds, isolated environments and much more. It gains more and more popularity and I think it's worth to make the repo easier to work with for Nix and NixOS users.
A flake is a folder with a
flake.nixfile and often also aflake.lockfile. First one defining the inputs and outputs of a flake (development environments, packages, etc.), second one ensuring builds, environments and such remain reproducible.This pull request adds the
flake.nix,flake.lockand.envrcfiles. The third file is just a utility for people also usingdirenv, which automatically loads the development shell defined inflake.nixwhen entering the directory (it is not intrusive, as users have todirenv allowthe file first).Just to underline it - this change doesn't have any benefits for the CppLangNet project itself, rather it's a niceity for people using Nix.