[Nix-dev] Put configuration.nix under version control

[Profpatsch]

On 16-01-20 06:24pm, Owen Lynch wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I'm wondering if there is a standard/recommended way to put
> /etc/nixos/configuration.nix under version control. It would make managing
> lots of virtual machines a lot easier, because I could have a script that
> updated to the latest configuration.nix and then ran nixos-rebuild whenever
> I made a change. It would also make updates even *more* atomic!

Don’t forget that you can symlink that file.
I used to symlink it from my homefolder for example, so I could
edit the system configuration without administrator privileges.

A good idea is to create one repository and make different configurations
just module files that can be loaded with a minimal configuration.nix, like
vuizvui does it. https://github.com/openlab-aux/vuizvui

The configuration.nix then only looks like this:
(import <vuizvui/machines> {}).labnet.labtop.config

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