Flakes: Not including untracked files is confusing for unaware users.
As flakes become more and more common, so too is the issue that untracked files aren't included when your flake is copied to the nix store. Personally, I consider this behavior a good thing, as it prevents me from accidentally copying `result` symlinks or `nixos.qcow2` images into the store unnecessarily. But in my experience assisting users on Matrix and Discourse, it's a common error to not track a necessary file with git. This manifests with users being very confused why their shiny new code seems to not exist at all. I'm not sure what the answer is here. Again, I personally prefer the current behavior, but clearly it's a problem for people who are unaware of the cause. I figured there should be an open issue to at least discuss the matter.
Posted by ElvishJerricco on Sep 27, 2022, 9:12 PM
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struct's lifetime requirements can be bypassed via covariant field assignment
Proposal to Reorganize the Moderation Team and Review Moderation Policies
Progressive FPS degradation appears to be related to dota2.com — blocking the domain prevents the performance loss
proposal: container/...: generic collection types
Better Custom Endpoint BYOK
A concrete policy for backward compatibility until Godot 5.0
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Flakes: Not including untracked files is confusing for unaware users.
As flakes become more and more common, so too is the issue that untracked files aren't included when your flake is copied to the nix store. Personally, I consider this behavior a good thing, as it prevents me from accidentally copying `result` symlinks or `nixos.qcow2` images into the store unnecessarily. But in my experience assisting users on Matrix and Discourse, it's a common error to not track a necessary file with git. This manifests with users being very confused why their shiny new code seems to not exist at all. I'm not sure what the answer is here. Again, I personally prefer the current behavior, but clearly it's a problem for people who are unaware of the cause. I figured there should be an open issue to at least discuss the matter.
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