ga_cachix: Build an Environment on GitHub Actions and Cache It on Cachix

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Build an Environment on GitHub Actions and Cache It on Cachix

Description

Build an Environment on GitHub Actions and Cache It on Cachix

Usage

ga_cachix(cache_name, path_default)

Arguments

cache_name	String, name of your cache.
path_default	String, relative path (from the root directory of your project) to the default.nix to build.

Details

This function puts a .yaml file inside the ⁠.github/workflows/⁠ folders on the root of your project. This workflow file will use the projects default.nix file to generate the development environment on GitHub Actions and will then cache the created binaries in Cachix. Create a free account on Cachix to use this action. Refer to vignette("binary-cache") for detailed instructions. Make sure to give read and write permissions to the GitHub Actions bot.

Value

Nothing, copies file to a directory.

See Also

Other CI/CD: tar_nix_ga()

Examples

## Not run: 
ga_cachix("my-cachix", path_default = "default.nix")

## End(Not run)

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