getFlake
builtins.getFlake
Primop
Experimental
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Nix manual
Takes 1 arguments
args
Fetch a flake from a flake reference or a path, and return its output attributes and some metadata. For example:
(builtins.getFlake "nix/55bc52401966fbffa525c574c14f67b00bc4fb3a").packages.x86_64-linux.nix
Unless impure evaluation is allowed (--impure), the flake reference
must be "locked", e.g. contain a Git revision or content hash. An
example of an unlocked usage is:
(builtins.getFlake "github:edolstra/dwarffs").rev
Noogle detected
Detected Type
getFlake :: String -> AttrSet
Implementation
This function is implemented in c++ and is part of the native nix runtime.