Use repl to inspect a flake

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I’d like to make it easy to inspect a node configuration in deploy-rs.

Normally, I’d do nix repl and then :lf . followed by n=nixosConfigurations.myNodeName.config.

Is there a way to automate this so I can run a command and immediately have n defined?

I tried nix repl --expr ':lf .' but that doesn’t work, and I can’t find a builtin that loads a flake.

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There’s an experimental feature called repl-flake for that.

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Thanks! This is what now works for me:

nix --extra-experimental-features repl-flake repl ".#nixosConfigurations.\"$NAME\""
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you can use the builtin getflake and use tab for completion:

nix repl
Welcome to Nix 2.13.3. Type :? for help.

nix-repl> x = builtins.getFlake "/home/jappie/projects/nixos-pi-zero-2"
> x.<tab>

which saves you having to enable yet another experimental flag (they really don’t want you to use flakes lol).

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Great, thanks! With that I can make the command be just:

nix repl --expr "builtins.getFlake \"$PWD\""