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@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ ### enable cachix i have a binary cache at <https://getchoo.cachix.org>, make sure to enable it -in your flake or nixos/darwin config +in your flake or nixos/darwin config. ### library @@ -42,24 +42,25 @@ in your flake or nixos/darwin config } ``` -### home-manager +### nix channels -```nix -{ - home-manager.users.<name> = let - # you can use a flake input here instead as shown in the last example - getchoo = builtins.fetchTarball "https://github.com/getchoo/overlay/archive/refs/heads/main.tar.gz"; - in {nixpkgs.overlays = [getchoo.overlays.default];}; -} +#### adding the channel + +```bash +nix-channel --add https://github.com/getchoo/nix-exprs/archive/main.tar.gz getchoo +nix-channel --update ``` -### `configuration.nix` +#### usage ```nix -_: let - getchoo = builtins.fetchTarball "https://github.com/getchoo/overlay/archive/refs/heads/main.tar.gz"; +{pkgs, ...}: let + getchoo = import <getchoo>; in { - nixpkgs.overlays = [getchoo.overlays.default]; + nixpkgs.overlays = [getchoo.overlays.default]; + environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [ + treefetch + ]; } ``` @@ -80,10 +81,11 @@ nix run getchoo#treefetch #### overlays.nix -in `~/.config/nixpkgs/overlays.nix` (or a nix file in `~/.config/nixpkgs/overlays/`): +[add the channel](#adding-the-channel) to your nix profile, then place +this in `~/.config/nixpkgs/overlays.nix` (or a nix file in `~/.config/nixpkgs/overlays/`): ```nix let - getchoo = import (builtins.fetchTarball "https://github.com/getchoo/overlay/archive/refs/heads/main.tar.gz"); + getchoo = import <getchoo>; in [getchoo.overlays.default] ``` |