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authorJoachim Breitner <mail@joachim-breitner.de>2023-03-28 09:35:49 +0200
committerJoachim Breitner <mail@joachim-breitner.de>2023-03-28 09:35:49 +0200
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Docs: Explain why `import nixpkgs` works in flakes
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@@ -317,6 +317,8 @@ The following attributes are supported in `flake.nix`:
also contains some metadata about the inputs. These are:
* `outPath`: The path in the Nix store of the flake's source tree.
+ This way, the attribute set can be passed to `import` as if it was a path,
+ as in the example above (`import nixpkgs`).
* `rev`: The commit hash of the flake's repository, if applicable.