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authorRobert Hensing <robert@roberthensing.nl>2020-10-30 11:12:28 +0100
committerRobert Hensing <robert@roberthensing.nl>2020-10-30 11:12:28 +0100
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nix-shell.md: Extend shellHook example
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@@ -41,10 +41,12 @@ to `nix-shell`. For example, the derivation attribute
shellHook =
''
echo "Hello shell"
+ export SOME_API_TOKEN="$(cat ~/.config/some-app/api-token)"
'';
```
-will cause `nix-shell` to print `Hello shell`.
+will cause `nix-shell` to print `Hello shell` and set the `SOME_API_TOKEN`
+environment variable to a user-configured value.
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