Use nix-build in github-actions

.github/actions/nix-build/Dockerfile

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+FROM lnl7/nix:2.1.2
+
+LABEL name="Nix Build for GitHub Actions"
+LABEL version="1.0"
+LABEL repository="http://github.com/glittershark/xanthous"
+LABEL homepage="http://github.com/glittershark/xanthous"
+LABEL maintainer="Griffin Smith <root at gws dot fyi>"
+
+LABEL "com.github.actions.name"="Nix Build"
+LABEL "com.github.actions.description"="Runs 'nix-build'"
+LABEL "com.github.actions.icon"="cpu"
+LABEL "com.github.actions.color"="purple"
+
+RUN nix-env -iA \
+  nixpkgs.gnutar nixpkgs.gzip \
+  nixpkgs.gnugrep nixpkgs.git && \
+  mkdir -p /etc/nix && \
+  (echo "binary-caches = https://cache.nixos.org/" | tee -a /etc/nix/nix.conf) && \
+  (echo "trusted-public-keys = cache.nixos.org-1:6NCHdD59X431o0gWypbMrAURkbJ16ZPMQFGspcDShjY=" | tee -a /etc/nix/nix.conf)
+
+COPY entrypoint.sh /entrypoint.sh
+ENTRYPOINT [ "/entrypoint.sh" ]
+CMD [ "--help" ]

.github/actions/nix-build/entrypoint.sh

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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# Entrypoint that runs nix-build and, optionally, copies Docker image tarballs
+# to real files. The reason this is necessary is because once a Nix container
+# exits, you must copy out the artifacts to the working directory before exit.
+
+[ "$DEBUG" = "1" ] && set -x
+[ "$QUIET" = "1" ] && QUIET_ARG="-Q"
+
+set -e
+
+# file to build (e.g. release.nix)
+file="$1"
+
+[ "$file" = "" ] && echo "No .nix file to build specified!" && exit 1
+[ ! -e "$file" ] && echo "File $file not exist!" && exit 1
+
+echo "Building all attrs in $file..."
+nix-build --no-link ${QUIET_ARG} "$file"
+
+echo "Copying build closure to $(pwd)/store..."
+mapfile -t storePaths < <(nix-build ${QUIET_ARG} --no-link "$file" | grep -v cache-deps)
+printf '%s\n' "${storePaths[@]}" > store.roots
+nix copy --to "file://$(pwd)/store" "${storePaths[@]}"

.github/workflows/haskell.yml

@@ -9,11 +9,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v1
-    - name: Install dependencies
+    - name: Nix Build
-      run: cabal install --only-dependencies --enable-tests
+      with:
-    - name: Build
+        args: default.nix
-      run: |
+      uses: ./.github/actions/nix-build
-        cabal configure --enable-tests
-        cabal build
-    - name: Run tests
-      run: cabal test