Nix flake templates for easy dev environments

Credit and Inspiration

Credit and inspiration for this repo comes from https://github.com/the-nix-way/dev-templates

These templates are derived, from their work, for our use cases. We have learned alot!

We also recommend https://determinate.systems/posts/nix-github-actions for continued reading.

Pre-requisites

Install direnv

1. Install nix
2. Install direnv

To initialize (where ${ENV} is listed in the table below):

Using as a remote flake

echo "use flake \"github:iancleary/dev-templates?dir=${ENV}\"" >> .envrc
direnv allow

For example, for the rust template:

echo "use flake \"github:iancleary/dev-templates?dir=rust\"" >> .envrc
direnv allow

Pinning the specific version (Recommended)

If you want to pin the specific version of the flake, you can do so by specifying the rev parameter:

echo "use flake \"github:iancleary/dev-templates?dir=rust&rev=ad6530c93629bb51f8e648840191da1d5b4eff27\"" >> .envrc
direnv allow

Using as a template

Here's an example (for the rust template):

# Initialize in the current project
nix flake init --template github:iancleary/dev-templates#rust

# Create a new project
nix flake new --template github:iancleary/dev-templates#rust ${NEW_PROJECT_DIRECTORY}