From e6ffe7696bb06fbfc6c6280d9252c47fa7031c2b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: E M <5089238+emizzle@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2026 21:11:20 +1100
Subject: [PATCH] add readme instructions for global experimental flags

---
 README.md | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index de71c4c..cb04452 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -42,6 +42,11 @@ If you don't have flakes enabled globally, add experimental flags:
 nix build --extra-experimental-features 'nix-command flakes'
 ```
 
+To enable globally so you don't need these flag for each command, add the following to `~/.config/nix/nix.conf` (create if it doesn't exist):
+```ini
+experimental-features = nix-command flakes
+```
+
 The compiled artifacts can be found at `result/`
 
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