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Authored by jon on Feb 23 2022, 4:40 PM.
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Add initial nix dev environment for yarn workflows

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  • Install nix and flakes (out of scope for this PR, part of D2921)
  • Run nix develop
  • Do workflows which require yarn

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nix/overlay.nix
5 ↗(On Diff #9874)

final references the package set after all changes, which allows use to refer to the androidDevEnv created above.

tomek added 1 blocking reviewer(s): jim.

Tested it (by running yarn dev in native directory) and it works nice, but it would be better if we could just run nix develop instead of nix develop --extra-experimental-features nix-command --extra-experimental-features flakes. Assigning @jimpo as a blocking reviewer as he had some questions

but it would be better if we could just run nix develop instead of nix develop --extra-experimental-features nix-command --extra-experimental-features flakes

Maybe a crude approach, but we could add something like yarn nix-dev to package.json as an alias for nix develop --extra-experimental-features nix-command --extra-experimental-features flakes?

Maybe a crude approach, but we could add something like yarn nix-dev to package.json as an alias for nix develop --extra-experimental-features nix-command --extra-experimental-features flakes?

You just need to put "experimental-features = nix-command flakes" in your nix.conf, which should be documented somewhere. Or, put NIX_CONFIG in the envrc.

Last question here is whether we're OK merging this without documentation, or whether I'm just missing where the documentation is? Probably a question for @ashoat.

Last question here is whether we're OK merging this without documentation, or whether I'm just missing where the documentation is? Probably a question for @ashoat.

The documentation is in D2921, which needs revision from @jonringer-comm

In D3274#99283, @varun wrote:

Last question here is whether we're OK merging this without documentation, or whether I'm just missing where the documentation is? Probably a question for @ashoat.

The documentation is in D2921, which needs revision from @jonringer-comm

Nvm, I'm going to commandeer that diff

Remove nix's flow, fix NixOS support

Nix's flow is more up-to-date, and will likely cause
work to bump flow version each time nix sees an update

You just need to put "experimental-features = nix-command flakes" in your nix.conf, which should be documented somewhere. Or, put NIX_CONFIG in the envrc.

This is documented in https://phabricator.ashoat.com/D2921

iOS and Android scenarios are not yet taken care of, as they are quite a bit more complex than the yarn workflows.

Removing merge conflicts with D2921, which should be a dependency of this one

ashoat added a parent revision: Restricted Differential Revision.Apr 6 2022, 1:14 PM

Pulling out the Android changes

.envrc
1 ↗(On Diff #11099)

Is this a directive to the reader, or a description of what happens?

1–11 ↗(On Diff #11099)

What's this file? What's the format... it looks like bash, but I'm not really sure?

2 ↗(On Diff #11099)

Is watch_file a bash command?

11 ↗(On Diff #11099)

Is this || saying "if the stuff in the { } block fails, only then should we run use nix"?

docs/dev_environment.md
5 ↗(On Diff #11099)

It appears that you've made the same edit in two diffs. These diffs should be in a stack (ie. in the same branch), and so it should impossible for this to happen. It seems pretty clear that these two diffs are not in the same branch. You also haven't specified any dependency between the two

This revision is now accepted and ready to land.Apr 7 2022, 12:52 PM

Add initial nix yarn development shell

Prune accidental mention of android

jon retitled this revision from Add intial nix dev env to Add intial nix yarn dev env.Apr 7 2022, 11:20 PM
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This revision now requires review to proceed.Apr 8 2022, 8:20 AM

Setting @varun as a blocking reviewer because he's taking the lead on reviewing Nix stuff and I think we should have at least one full-time person who understands the nuances of the Haskell-like syntax that .nix files use. I'm having a hard time reading through / grokking these files and think it's important that at least one reviewer here is able to understand what is being written

flake.nix
21–23 ↗(On Diff #11208)

Why do we define overlays again when it's already defined on line 14?

32 ↗(On Diff #11208)

What does the parantheses mean?

varun requested changes to this revision.Apr 13 2022, 12:34 PM

small nit in addition to ashoat's questions

nix/overlay.nix
1 ↗(On Diff #11208)

"refers to"

This revision now requires changes to proceed.Apr 13 2022, 12:34 PM

Improve wording of comments in overlay.nix

Inherit overlays from earlier in let block and avoid redefining value

varun requested changes to this revision.Apr 27 2022, 10:17 AM

sorry, just a few more q's -- i think this is really close

flake.nix
29 ↗(On Diff #11672)

still unclear what the parentheses around legacyPackages means. can you clarify?

33–34 ↗(On Diff #11672)

From the NixOS wiki:

Default overlay, consumed by other flakes
`overlay = final: prev: { };`
Same idea as overlay but a list or attrset of them.
`overlays = {};`

Can you clarify why we need both overlays and overlay? Didn't really understand that. Also can we not just inherit overlays from the outer scope?

nix/dev-shell.nix
11 ↗(On Diff #11672)

why is this a recursive set?

This revision now requires changes to proceed.Apr 27 2022, 10:17 AM
flake.nix
29 ↗(On Diff #11672)

This is syntax sugar for devShell = legacyPackages.devShell. It can be extended to pull out many packages as well. E.g. inherit (legacyPackages) devShell tunnelbroker;

33–34 ↗(On Diff #11672)

We don't need to expose overlays yet as we only have one, this is more or less about completeness. I can remove if it's confusing, but in the future we may want to expose more than one overlay (or more likely, another overlay which we might use).

nix/dev-shell.nix
11 ↗(On Diff #11672)

Most likely muscle memory, this doesn't need it.

However, I did prune this a bit for this diff, and may have required rec before the changes and I forgot to remove the rec.

From an implications standpoint, this shouldn't really affect much, generally recursive sets are a little slower (~1.5x slower) to evaluate, but shouldn't be noticeable as this attr set is quite small

flake.nix
29 ↗(On Diff #11672)

got it, thanks for explaining

33–34 ↗(On Diff #11672)

I think it's fine to keep it. Thanks for explaining

nix/dev-shell.nix
11 ↗(On Diff #11672)

i think we should remove it since none of the attributes refer to one another. what do you think?

jon added inline comments.
nix/dev-shell.nix
11 ↗(On Diff #11672)

Sure

jon added inline comments.
flake.nix
21–23 ↗(On Diff #11208)

over looked this, fixed.

ashoat requested changes to this revision.Apr 27 2022, 2:51 PM

@jonringer-comm why did you re-request review here? You still need to strip the rec.

The only scenario you should ever use the "Re-request review" feature in is if you want to send the diff back to your reviewers' queue without any changes

This revision now requires changes to proceed.Apr 27 2022, 2:51 PM

Remove accidental tunnelbroker inclusion

Looks good to me!! Let's land this, pending @varun's accept

This revision is now accepted and ready to land.Apr 28 2022, 12:18 PM
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