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How do I share my flakes for external projects? (lm.paradisus.day)

submitted 1 year ago by rutrum@lm.paradisus.day to c/nixos@infosec.pub

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Every now and then I see a program that doesn't have a default.nix or flake.nix in the source, doesn't have an entry in nixpkgs, and otherwise can't find a derivation for. So I write them myself.

What's the best way to share these? Should I contribute to nixpkgs? (does this count if I'm making flakes?) Do I maintain a single repo for each program? Or do I create a repo with a collection of flakes? Something else?

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[–] Cyberflunk@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Couldn't you just publish to a git repo?

nix run github:your-username/your-repo

[–] rutrum@lm.paradisus.day 1 points 1 year ago

This is certainly an option, just wondering whats done most in practice. Right now this is what my own flakes do.