cleanup

Resilient installation

.github/workflows/test.yml

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ jobs:
         os: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest]
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v2.3.5
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v2.4.0
     - run: yarn install --frozen-lockfile
     - run: yarn build
     - name: Install Nix
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ jobs:
         os: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest]
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v2.3.5
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v2.4.0
     - run: yarn install --frozen-lockfile
     - run: yarn build
     - name: Install Nix
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ jobs:
         os: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest]
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v2.3.5
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v2.4.0
     - run: yarn install --frozen-lockfile
     - run: yarn build
     - name: Install Nix
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ jobs:
         os: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest]
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v2.3.5
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v2.4.0
     - run: yarn install --frozen-lockfile
     - run: yarn build
     - name: Install Nix
@@ -74,7 +74,6 @@ jobs:
         install_url: https://nixos-nix-install-tests.cachix.org/serve/i6laym9jw3wg9mw6ncyrk6gjx4l34vvx/install
         install_options: '--tarball-url-prefix https://nixos-nix-install-tests.cachix.org/serve'
         extra_nix_config: |
-          experimental-features = nix-command flakes
           access-tokens = github.com=${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
     - run: nix flake show github:NixOS/nixpkgs
 
@@ -84,7 +83,7 @@ jobs:
         os: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest]
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v2.3.5
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v2.4.0
     - run: yarn install --frozen-lockfile
     - run: yarn build
     - name: Install Nix
@@ -94,3 +93,19 @@ jobs:
         install_url: https://nixos-nix-install-tests.cachix.org/serve/i6laym9jw3wg9mw6ncyrk6gjx4l34vvx/install
         install_options: '--tarball-url-prefix https://nixos-nix-install-tests.cachix.org/serve'
     - run: nix-build test.nix
+
+  oldest-supported-installer:
+    strategy:
+        matrix:
+          os: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest]
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v2.3.5
+    - run: yarn install --frozen-lockfile
+    - run: yarn build
+    - name: Install Nix
+      uses: ./
+      with:
+        nix_path: nixpkgs=channel:nixos-21.05
+        install_url: https://releases.nixos.org/nix/nix-2.3.5/install
+    - run: nix-build test.nix

README.md

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ or [pin nixpkgs yourself](https://nix.dev/reference/pinning-nixpkgs.html)
 - Allows specifying extra Nix configration 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`) 
 
 ## Usage
 
@@ -33,7 +34,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v2.3.4
-    - uses: cachix/install-nix-action@v13
+    - uses: cachix/install-nix-action@v14.1
       with:
         nix_path: nixpkgs=channel:nixos-unstable
     - run: nix-build
@@ -52,12 +53,11 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v2.3.4
-    - uses: cachix/install-nix-action@v14
+    - uses: cachix/install-nix-action@v14.1
       with:
         install_url: https://nixos-nix-install-tests.cachix.org/serve/vij683ly7sl95nnhb67bdjjfabclr85m/install
         install_options: '--tarball-url-prefix https://nixos-nix-install-tests.cachix.org/serve'
         extra_nix_config: |
-          experimental-features = nix-command flakes
           access-tokens = github.com=${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
     - run: nix build
     - run: nix flake check

__tests__/main.test.ts

@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-test('nothing', async() => {
-});
-
-// TODO: hopefully github actions will support integration tests

jest.config.js

@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-module.exports = {
-  clearMocks: true,
-  moduleFileExtensions: ['js', 'ts'],
-  testEnvironment: 'node',
-  testMatch: ['**/*.test.ts'],
-  testRunner: 'jest-circus/runner',
-  transform: {
-    '^.+\\.ts$': 'ts-jest'
-  },
-  verbose: true
-}

lib/install-nix.sh

@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ add_config "trusted-users = root $USER"
 if [[ $INPUT_EXTRA_NIX_CONFIG != "" ]]; then
   add_config "$INPUT_EXTRA_NIX_CONFIG"
 fi
+if [[ ! $INPUT_EXTRA_NIX_CONFIG =~ "experimental-features" ]]; then  
+  add_config "experimental-features = nix-command flakes"
+fi
 
 # Nix installer flags
 installer_options=(
@@ -35,8 +38,7 @@ if [[ $OSTYPE =~ darwin || -e /run/systemd/system ]]; then
 else
   # "fix" the following error when running nix*
   # error: the group 'nixbld' specified in 'build-users-group' does not exist
-  mkdir -m 0755 /etc/nix
-  echo "build-users-group =" > /etc/nix/nix.conf
+  add_config "build-users-group ="
 fi
 
 if [[ $INPUT_INSTALL_OPTIONS != "" ]]; then