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# nix-exprs

## how to use

### library
> **Note**
> coming soon

### flake configuration

```nix
{
  inputs = {
    getchoo = {
      url = "github:getchoo/overlay";
      inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
    };
  };

  outputs = {
    nixpkgs,
    getchoo,
    ...
  }: {
    nixosConfigurations.hostname = nixpkgs.lib.nixosSystem {
      modules = [
        {
          nixpkgs.overlays = [getchoo.overlays.default];
          environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [
            treefetch
          ];
        }
      ];
    };
  };
}
```

### home-manager

```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];};
}
```

### `configuration.nix`

```nix
_: let
  getchoo = builtins.fetchTarball "https://github.com/getchoo/overlay/archive/refs/heads/main.tar.gz";
in {
  nixpkgs.overlays = [getchoo.overlays.default];
}
```

### cli support

`nixpkgs.overlays` does not configure overlays for tools
such as `nix(-)run`, `nix(-)shell`, etc.

the best way to make this overlay available to them is to
add it to your flake registry or `~/.config/nixpkgs/overlays.nix`.

#### flake registry

```shell
nix registry add getchoo github:getchoo/overlay
nix run getchoo#treefetch
```

#### overlays.nix

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");
in [getchoo.overlays.default]
```