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This also fixes a typo and makes some other tiny changes that I noticed
when I was looking at the README.
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# install-nix-action
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Installs [Nix](https://nixos.org/nix/) on GitHub Actions for the supported platforms: Linux and macOS.
By default it has no nixpkgs configured, you have to set `nix_path`
by [picking a channel](https://status.nixos.org/)
or [pin nixpkgs yourself](https://nix.dev/reference/pinning-nixpkgs.html)
or [pin nixpkgs yourself](https://nix.dev/reference/pinning-nixpkgs.html)
(see also [pinning tutorial](https://nix.dev/tutorials/towards-reproducibility-pinning-nixpkgs.html)).
# Features
- Quick installation (~4s on Linux, ~20s on macOS)
- Multi-User installation (with sandboxing enabled only on Linux)
- [Self-hosted github runner](https://docs.github.com/en/actions/hosting-your-own-runners/about-self-hosted-runners) support
- [Self-hosted GitHub runner](https://docs.github.com/en/actions/hosting-your-own-runners/about-self-hosted-runners) support
- Allows specifying Nix installation URL via `install_url` (the oldest supported Nix version is 2.3.5)
- Allows specifying extra Nix configration options via `extra_nix_config`
- Allows specifying extra Nix configuration options via `extra_nix_config`
- Allows specifying `$NIX_PATH` and channels via `nix_path`
- Share `/nix/store` between builds using [cachix-action](https://github.com/cachix/cachix-action) for simple binary cache setup to speed up your builds and share binaries with your team
- Enables `flakes` and `nix-command` experimental features by default (to disable, set ``experimental-features`` via ``extra_nix_config``)
- Enables `flakes` and `nix-command` experimental features by default (to disable, set `experimental-features` via `extra_nix_config`)
## Usage
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- run: nix-build
```
## Usage with Flakes
```yaml
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- `extra_nix_config`: append to `/etc/nix/nix.conf`
- `github_access_token`: configure nix to pull from github using the given github token. This helps work around rate limit issues.
- `github_access_token`: configure Nix to pull from GitHub using the given GitHub token. This helps work around rate limit issues. Has no effect when `access-tokens` is also specified in `extra_nix_config`.
- `install_url`: specify URL to install Nix from (useful for testing non-stable releases or pinning Nix for example https://releases.nixos.org/nix/nix-2.3.7/install)
- `install_url`: specify URL to install Nix from (useful for testing non-stable releases or pinning Nix, for example https://releases.nixos.org/nix/nix-2.3.7/install)
- `install_options`: Additional installer flags passed to the installer script.
- `install_options`: additional installer flags passed to the installer script.
- `nix_path`: set `NIX_PATH` environment variable, for example `nixpkgs=channel:nixos-unstable`
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### How do I print nixpkgs version I have configured?
```yaml
- name: Print nixpkgs version
run: nix-instantiate --eval -E '(import <nixpkgs> {}).lib.version'
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## Hacking
Install the dependencies
```bash
$ yarn install
```
Build the typescript
```bash
$ yarn build
```
Run the tests :heavy_check_mark:
```bash
$ yarn test
```