Use local bare git repo as flake input

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I’m using the yadm dotfile manager, and I’d like to include it in my flake inputs for my config. It stores the files being managed in a bare git repo in ~/.local/share/yadm/repo.git, with the config directory at ~/.config/yadm and the working directory (-C) being the user’s home directory.

However, git+file:///root?dir=.config/yadm and git+file:///root/.local/share/yadm/repo.git?dir=.config/yadm cannot seem to find the flake at .config/yadm/flake.nix, despite it being added to the yadm repo and the changes being comitted.

What url do I have to use to use a bare repo with a flake.nix not in the root of the repository, if this setup is even possible?

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Did you add the file to git? Also since the repo is in /root, are you running all these commands as root?

Well actually it doesn’t even make sense to use git+file if there’s no git repo, just use path instead.

This is also a wild setup btw, I suggest not doing this.

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Interesting… I was under the impression all flake inputs need to be git repositories… I guess I forgot that tarballs could be used, so it makes that regular paths work as well. Using /root/.config/yadm worked. I’ll look into a simpler setup. Thanks!