Add hacking notes plus a script for running nix-shell

1 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/dev-shell b/dev-shell
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..8579939a7b54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-shell
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+#! /bin/sh
+s=$(type -p nix-shell)
+exec $s release.nix -A tarball --command "
+    export NIX_REMOTE=daemon
+    export NIX_PATH='$NIX_PATH'
+    export NIX_BUILD_SHELL=$(type -p bash)
+    export c=\$configureFlags
+    exec $s release.nix -A build.x86_64-linux --exclude tarball --command '
+        configureFlags+=\" \$c --prefix=$(pwd)/inst --sysconfdir=$(pwd)/inst/etc\"
+        return
+    '" \
+    "$@"