Maintain your own configuration on nixos

[solitudealma]

I forked this repo. What I wanted to do was to add my own stuff to user_template first, then change the url to a local path, build the nixos configuration and test it, and then upload it to the fork repo. Is there anything that needs attention in this process, such as the repo itself not processing this directory or .gitkeep affecting the nixos build? @misumisumi

[CharlesChiuGit]

make sure when it't not in the gitignore when u update your own fork to github.

also, .gitkeep won't effect anything else, the only purpose of .gitkeep is to keep an empty dir while pushing to github.

[CharlesChiuGit]

u can also use 'nix develop' to test your newly-added plugins first instead of changing the remote url to a local directory.

[solitudealma]

u can also use 'nix develop' to test your newly-added plugins first instead of changing the remote url to a local directory.

sry,I didn't see this reply, I'll try it first. ask again if encounter any problems.

[solitudealma]

make sure when it't not in the gitignore when u update your own fork to github.

also, .gitkeep won't effect anything else, the only purpose of .gitkeep is to keep an empty dir while pushing to github.

Do I have to update to github? Because I am not sure that this change is correct, so I want to test it without submitting it, and then push it to the repo after passing it. Can this be achieved?

[misumisumi]

You can add your own files by using git add --force without updating .gitignore.
Since homeManagerModule is provided, it can be easily implemented using home-manager.
wiki is too old, so you can see how to setting in #1250

[misumisumi]

If you want to contribute to ayamir/nvimdots, create a new branch as follows
Never include your own configuration.

git remote add upstrem <repo-url>.
git checkout upstrem -b <branch_name>

[solitudealma]

You can add your own files by using git add --force without updating .gitignore. Since homeManagerModule is provided, it can be easily implemented using home-manager. wiki is too old, so you can see how to setting in #1250

thx, is this the only solution now? Use nix develop in the nivmdots repository to test whether the added things are available. Then update to the remote. Instead of building the system directly in the normal environment and testing it as I said.

I saw that you also forked this repository and maintained it yourself. But you give up the user_template directory and handled the conflicts yourself. I don't want to handle conflicts myself while enjoying upstream updates, I want to find a better local testing solution. After testing, submit it to the remote repo

[misumisumi]

Instead of building the system directly in the normal environment and testing it as I said.

Please make flake input url like path:/absolute/path/to/nvimdots, if you want to test without using nix develop.
Now, you can effect to change config with nixos-rebuild (or home-manager) switch.

you give up the user_template directory and handled the conflicts yourself.

No need to rm user_templates.
You only need to create user dir under lua.
Please see wiki/Usage.

[solitudealma]

Please make flake input url like path:/absolute/path/to/nvimdots, if you want to test without using nix develop.
Now, you can effect to change config with nixos-rebuild (or home-manager) switch.

Yes, I have used absolute paths or relative paths to point to the cloned warehouse, which contains my newly added configuration. But when nix-rebuild switch, the configuration I wanted was not generated, which means that except for the default user_template, the new things I added are not there. My main doubt now is here. Logically speaking, it should be generated. I don’t know much about nix syntax, so i only understand it a little bit.

No need to rm user_templates.
You only need to create user dir under lua.
Please see wiki/Usage.

i know how to use, i just don't understand the above.

[solitudealma]

you can use my repo which is on the github or add what i add. then you can find problems i encountered

[misumisumi]

i know how to use, i just don't understand the above.

After creating the user dir with cp -r user_template user, change the files under the user dir.