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@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ welcome to hacc nixfiles (haccfiles). this is the code describing our nix-based
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- `modules/`: home-grown modules for hacc-specific services
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- `nix/`: sources files, managed with niv
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- `pkgs/`: packages we built and don't want to upstream
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- `hosts/`: configuration.nix per host
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- `services/`: all services we run; imported in appropriate host config
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## working with the haccfiles
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@ -20,6 +22,19 @@ nix build -f . deploy.$hostname && ./result switch
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`$hostname` can be replaced with any hostname or group
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## I don't want to build this long dependency / want a cached version!
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If it's still available on parsons from a previous deploy, do:
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```shell
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nix copy --from ssh://parsons /nix/store/...
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```
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Note: don't just copy the .drv file (which Nix complains about if it can't
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build something), that's just the description of how to build it! If you
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don't know the actual outpath, look in the .drv file (should start with
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`Derive([("out","[the path you want]"...`)
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## committing to haccfiles
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- Golden Rule: DO NOT COMMIT TO MAIN
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- exceptions apply, if you are not sure where to commit, don't commit to main
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