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William Carroll
59f7481411 Revise previous opinions about absolute paths GT <bracket-notation>
Unforeseen problem: `buildkite-agent` runs its builds in a separate directory,
so if I want the `nix-build` command to build the newly checked out code, I need
to set <briefcase> to the CWD.
2020-08-20 11:26:31 +01:00
William Carroll
375c4a4c85 Restore shell.nix
I believe `use_nix` looks for shell.nix and then default.nix files, so I was
wrong earlier when I said that I could get rid of shell.nix files altogether.

I need to learn more about `use_nix` and getting environments from default.nix
files.
2020-08-20 11:26:31 +01:00
William Carroll
56b503c573 Prefer direnv's use_nix to shell.nix
I find it bothersome to share the list of Haskell dependencies between my
default.nix and shell.nix files. A few days ago, I created a THIRD file,
shared.nix, that defined the shared code b/w default.nix and shell.nix. This
DRY'd things up, but it also added a new file, which I didn't like.

Today I learned that direnv integrates with Nix using a function called
`use_nix`. Voila! I typically already have .envrc files per-project, so this
doesn't add any unnecessary files, and it allows me to delete my shell.nix
files.

I would use `lorri`, except that I encountered issues using Lorri on my work
computer, which I'm not interested in attempting to resolve now.
2020-08-20 11:26:31 +01:00
William Carroll
f895cb417a Move shift-time into top-level //zoo
I'm still unsure whether or not this is a good idea, but experimenting is a good
way to find out!
2020-08-20 11:26:31 +01:00
Renamed from website/sandbox/shift-time/shell.nix (Browse further)