install-nix-action/README.md
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# install-nix-action
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Installs [Nix](https://nixos.org/nix/) on GitHub Actions for the supported platforms: Linux and macOS.
## Usage
Create `.github/workflows/test.yml` in your repo with the following contents:
```yaml
name: "Test"
on:
pull_request:
push:
jobs:
tests:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- uses: actions/checkout@v2
- uses: cachix/install-nix-action@v9
with:
nix_path: nixpkgs=channel:nixos-unstable
- run: nix-build
```
See also [cachix-action](https://github.com/cachix/cachix-action) for
simple binary cache setup to speed up your builds and share binaries
with developers.
## Options `with: ...`
- `install_url`: specify URL to install Nix from (mostly useful for testing non-stable releases)
- `nix_path`: set `NIX_PATH` environment variable (if set `skip_adding_nixpkgs_channel` will be implicitly enabled)
- `skip_adding_nixpkgs_channel`: set to `true` to skip adding nixpkgs-unstable channel (and save ~5s for each job build)
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## Hacking
Install the dependencies
```bash
$ yarn install
```
Build the typescript
```bash
$ yarn build
```
Run the tests :heavy_check_mark:
```bash
$ yarn test
```