Maximilian Bosch
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Until now, the `gitlab`-fetcher determined the source's rev by checking the latest commit of the given `ref` using the `/repository/branches`-API. This breaks however when trying to fetch a gitlab-repo by its tag: ``` $ nix repl nix-repl> builtins.fetchTree gitlab:Ma27/nvim.nix/0.2.0 error: --- Error ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- nix unable to download 'https://gitlab.com/api/v4/projects/Ma27%2Fnvim.nix/repository/branches/0.2.0': HTTP error 404 ('') ``` When using the `/commits?ref_name`-endpoint[1] you can pass any kind of valid ref to the `gitlab`-fetcher. Please note that this fetches the only first 20 commits on a ref, unfortunately there's currently no endpoint which only retrieves the latest commit of any kind of `ref`. [1] https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/api/commits.html#list-repository-commits
Nix
Nix is a powerful package manager for Linux and other Unix systems that makes package management reliable and reproducible. Please refer to the Nix manual for more details.
Installation
On Linux and macOS the easiest way to Install Nix is to run the following shell command (as a user other than root):
$ curl -L https://nixos.org/nix/install | sh
Information on additional installation methods is available on the Nix download page.
Building And Developing
Building Nix
You can build Nix using one of the targets provided by release.nix:
$ nix-build ./release.nix -A build.aarch64-linux
$ nix-build ./release.nix -A build.x86_64-darwin
$ nix-build ./release.nix -A build.i686-linux
$ nix-build ./release.nix -A build.x86_64-linux
Development Environment
You can use the provided shell.nix to get a working development environment:
$ nix-shell
$ ./bootstrap.sh
$ ./configure
$ make
Additional Resources
License
Nix is released under the LGPL v2.1.