Dev shell without adding to git, or copying repo to store

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Hey folks,

I’m trying to set up dev shells for projects where I can’t necessarily commit the flake configuration/lock, and am also using dotenv. For now I have the following in my .envrc:

use flake path:.

This works in that it doesn’t require my flake to be added to git, but it seems to copy my repo into the store, which is not what I want. Is there some way to a) not have to commit my flake and b) not have my employer’s proprietary code in my store?

Thanks.

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If you don’t want that behaviour you can’t use flakes. That’s baked into the design.

EDIT: I misread the question and should be ignored :upside_down_face:

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use flake path:../devenv

This is how I deal with it at work and FOSS. Basically any project I don’t own.

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Put the flake itself into a subdirectory? That way, it should only copy that subdirectory (containing only flake.nix and flake.lock) instead of the whole repo.

Also, you could add this directory name to a global .gitignore so that you don’t accidentally add/commit it.

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Or just put it into .git/info/exclude per repo.