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tom_alexander35 minutes ago

> Ask nixpkgs a question in a loop. Interrogate and explore nixpkgs in a REPL

  nix repl --expr 'builtins.getFlake "github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixos-unstable"'

  nix-repl> builtins.filter (name: lib.licenses."${name}" ? spdxId && lib.strings.hasPrefix "GPL" lib.licenses."${name}".spdxId) (builtins.attrNames lib.licenses)
  [
    "gpl1Only"
    "gpl1Plus"
    "gpl2"
    "gpl2Only"
    "gpl2Plus"
    "gpl3"
    "gpl3Only"
    "gpl3Plus"
  ]

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boredatomsan hour ago

Is there a nix-language learning book out there? Last I looked it was pretty difficult to get learning material

easygenes2 hours ago

Please at least add "(Nix transpliled to typescript)" to the title so it's clear what we get.

lorecoeur2 hours ago

Funnily enough, it might very well be a morale failure. Just not a moral one.

__MatrixMan__2 hours ago

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