[feat] Added shell.nix (Nix development support) #4170
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What does this PR do?
Add a
shell.nix
file. This is not for use in the Nix version of searchx, but instead allows developers to get a compatible development environment in one command.Why is this change important?
Some developers are NixOS based, which cannot run arbitrary executables (e.g. the nvm-based node) by default. The nix-shell wraps it in an FHS environment, which fixes that thanks to Nix magic I do not understand.
How to test this PR locally?
On a device with nix installed, navigate to the repository and run
make test
. This will probably not work. Then, runnix-shell
and trymake test
again. It should work!