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title: Channels support
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= Channels support
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While this primarily uses flakes as its main form of distribution, this project does keep some use cases for traditional channels.
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It's not guaranteed to be good as xref:../../05-using-parts-of-my-configuration/index.adoc#using-my-config-with-flakes[Using my config with flakes] but it's an option.
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Anyhow, there is a section for using my configuration with channels as shown in xref:../../05-using-parts-of-my-configuration/index.adoc#using-my-config-with-channels[Using my config with channels].
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The entry point is found at github:{github-repo}[`./default.nix`, path=./default.nix, rev=master].
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.`default.nix`
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[source, nix]
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----
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include::../../../../../default.nix[]
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----
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However, you have to keep some limitations and guidelines in mind.
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* It exports an attribute based from the github:nix-community/NUR/[NUR template].
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+
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--
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Several exports includes...
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* My custom library at `lib`.
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* Custom NixOS modules at `modules`.
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* Custom home-manager modules at `hmModules`.
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* An overlay of my custom packages at `overlays.foo-dogsquared-pkgs`.
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* My packages as the rest of the top-level attributes from the attrset.
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--
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* Keep in mind it doesn't export the NixOS hosts and home-manager user configurations.
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It would be pointless as it is duplicating effort plus **I really like managing my NixOS config more with the flakes way** compared to setting up channels.
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It has a lot of advantages such as the ease of provisioning and updating your setups along with its dependencies, enforcing certain values in a certain attribute that can be seen in the revised Nix CLI, and nicer interface overall.
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While possible with channels, this is just better experience overall and I have no interest in maintaining setups in both ways.
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