Development environment with nix-shell: Difference between revisions

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    name = "some-package";
    version = "0.0.1";
-   src = /can/be/a/local/path;
+   src = /home/yourname/path/to/project; # can be a local path, or fetchFromGitHub, fetchgit, ...
 }
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-cd $(mktemp -d) && \
+# clean build: copy sources from /nix/store
-unpackPhase && \
+echo "src = $src" && cd $(mktemp -d) && unpackPhase && cd *
-cd * && \
-configurePhase && \
+# dirty build: keep cache files from last buildPhase, to compile faster
-buildPhase && \
+# this is useful to make many small changes to a large project
-checkPhase && \
+# after each change, just run `buildPhase`
-installPhase && \
+#cd $HOME/path/to/project
-fixupPhase
+configurePhase
+buildPhase # most time is spent here
+checkPhase && installPhase && fixupPhase
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