History

Pedro Pombeiro 4ab64d6c40 nix: Fix go-mobile temp folder location in iOS		2019-07-29 15:06:32 +02:00
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desktop	nix: Improve some expressions	2019-07-19 20:59:16 +02:00
lein	nix: Wrap gradle, npm packages, `lein prod-build` and `gradle assembleRelease` in Nix expressions to improve reproducible builds with constant build paths	2019-07-15 16:08:02 +02:00
mobile	nix: Use nix/build.sh for release-android make target	2019-07-26 16:01:06 -04:00
patched-go	nix: Make status-go mobile artifacts reproducible	2019-07-15 16:08:01 +02:00
status-go	nix: Fix go-mobile temp folder location in iOS	2019-07-29 15:06:32 +02:00
targets	nix: Use nix/build.sh for release-android make target	2019-07-26 16:01:06 -04:00
tools	nix: Wrap gradle, npm packages, `lein prod-build` and `gradle assembleRelease` in Nix expressions to improve reproducible builds with constant build paths	2019-07-15 16:08:02 +02:00
README.md	build status-go for Nix cache	2019-07-23 01:01:41 -04:00
bootstrapped-shell.nix	nix: Improve some expressions	2019-07-19 20:59:16 +02:00
build.sh	nix: Use nix/build.sh for release-android make target	2019-07-26 16:01:06 -04:00
clean.sh	nix: Use nix/build.sh for release-android make target	2019-07-26 16:01:06 -04:00
derivation.nix	rename prod-build to jsbundle so it means something	2019-07-24 11:56:03 -04:00
nix.conf	build status-go for Nix cache	2019-07-23 01:01:41 -04:00
nixpkgs-bootstrap.nix	Ensure shell.nix uses same nixpkgs as the rest of the environment	2019-06-20 09:18:24 -04:00
platform.nix	allow for TARGET_OS to be not set	2019-07-17 12:07:18 -04:00
shell.sh	nix: Use nix/build.sh for release-android make target	2019-07-26 16:01:06 -04:00
utils.nix	Print a friendlier message when Xcode/iPhone SDK are not installed	2019-05-10 15:07:52 +02:00

README.md

Description

This folder contains configuration for Nix, a purely functional package manager used by the Status app for its build process.

Configuration

The main config file is nix/nix.conf and its main purpose is defining the binary caches which allow download of packages to avoid having to compile them yourself locally.

NOTE: If you are in Asia you might want to add the https://nix-cache-cn.status.im/ to be first in order of substituters. Removing cache.nixos.org could also help.

Shell

In order to access an interactive Nix shell a user should run make shell.

The Nix shell is started in this repo via the nix/shell.sh script, which is a wrapper around the nix-shell command and is intended for use with our main Makefile. This allows for an implicit use of nix-shell as the default shell in the Makefile.

By default the shell starts without any specific target platform, if you want to change that you should export the TARGET_OS env variable with the right value:

TARGET_OS=android make shell

This way your shell and all other nix commands should run in a setup that is tailored towards Android development.

For valid values you can check the nix/platform.nix file.