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Add nixpkgs as one of the installation sources for go-enum.

Search: https://search.nixos.org/packages?channel=unstable&query=go-enum#show=go-enum
Package: https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/nixos-unstable/pkgs/by-name/go/go-enum/package.nix
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    • Added installation guidance for using the package through Nixpkgs, including shell commands and NixOS system configuration.
    • Noted that the package is currently available only in nixos-unstable.

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The README adds Nixpkgs installation instructions for go-enum. It documents nix-shell, nix shell, and NixOS system packages. It states that the package is available in nixos-unstable.

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Adds commands for nix-shell -p go-enum, nix shell nixpkgs#go-enum, and pkgs.go-enum in NixOS configuration. The section notes nixos-unstable availability.

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<title>nix shell - Nix Reference Manual</title> https://releases.nixos.org/nix/nix-2.18.4/manual/command-ref/new-cli/nix3-shell.html nix shell - Nix Reference Manual ... `nix shell` - run a shell in which the specified packages are available ... `nix shell` [option...] installables... ... - Start a shell providing `youtube-dl` from the `nixpkgs` flake: ... ```console # nix shell nixpkgs#youtube-dl # youtube-dl --version 2020.11.01.1 ... ```console # nix shell nixpkgs/nixos-20.03# ... `nix shell` runs a command in an environment in which the `$PATH` variable provides the specified installables. If no command is specified, it starts the default shell of your user account specified by `$SHELL`. ... The URLs of the tarballs from the official `nixos.org` channels (see the manual page for `nix-channel`) can be abbreviated as `channel: `. 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This option is deprecated; use `--no-use-registries`. ... - `--no-update- ... -file` ... - `--override-input` input-path flake-url Override a specific flake input (e.g. `dwarffs/nixpkgs`). This implies `--no-write-lock-file`. ... - `--recreate-lock-file` Recreate the flake&`#39`;s lock file from scratch. ... - `--reference-lock-file` flake-lock-path Read the given lock file instead of `flake.lock` within the top-level flake. ... - `--update-input` input-path Update a specific flake input (ignoring its previous entry in ... lock file). ... `--flake-registry` value Set the `flake-registry` setting. <title>nix shell - Nix Reference Manual</title> https://releases.nixos.org/nix/nix-2.18.8/manual/command-ref/new-cli/nix3-shell.html nix shell - Nix Reference Manual ... `nix shell` - run a shell in which the specified packages are available ... `nix shell` [option...] installables... ... - Start a shell providing `youtube-dl` from the `nixpkgs` flake: ... ```console # nix shell nixpkgs#youtube-dl # youtube-dl --version 2020.11.01.1 ... ```console # nix shell nixpkgs/nixos-20.03# ... `nix shell` runs a command in an environment in which the `$PATH` variable provides the specified installables. If no command is specified, it starts the default shell of your user account specified by `$SHELL`. ... The URLs of the tarballs from the official `nixos.org` channels (see the manual page for `nix-channel`) can be abbreviated as `channel: `. For instance, the following two flags are equivalent: ... ``` -I nixpkgs=channel:nixos-21.05 -I nixpkgs=https://nixos.org/channels/nixos-21.05/nixexprs.tar.xz ... You can also fetch source trees using flake URLs and add them to the search path. For instance, ... ``` -I nixpkgs=flake:nixpkgs ``` ... specifies that the prefix `nixpkgs` shall refer to the source tree downloaded from the `nixpkgs` entry in the flake registry. Similarly, ... ``` -I nixpkgs=flake:github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixos-22.05 ... makes ` ` refer to a particular branch of the `NixOS/nixpkgs` repository on GitHub. ... - `--override-flake` original-ref resolved-ref Override the flake registries, redirecting original-ref to resolved-ref. ... 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Overri... <title>Nixpkgs Reference Manual</title> https://nixos.org/manual/nixpkgs/stable/index.html user reference manual ... describes the entire public interface of ... and orderly manner ... with examples and cross-references ... Nix expressions describe how to build packages from source and are collected in the Nixpkgs repository. Also included in the collection are Nix expressions for NixOS modules. With these expressions the Nix package manager can build binary packages. ... Packages, including the Nix packages collection, are distributed through channels. The collection is distributed for users of Nix on non-NixOS distributions through the channel `nixpkgs-unstable`. Users of NixOS generally use one of the `nixos-*` channels, e.g., `nixos-22.11`, which includes all packages and modules for the stable NixOS 22.11. Stable NixOS releases are generally only given security updates. More up-to-date packages and modules are available via the `nixos-unstable` channel. ... The current Nix expressions of the channels are available in the Nixpkgs repository in branches that correspond to the channel names (e.g., `nixos-22.11-small`). ... ## Global configuration ... A user’s Nixpkgs configuration is stored in a user-specific configuration file located at `~/.config/nixpkgs/config.nix`. For example: ... The `NIXPKGS_CONFIG` environment variable can override the configuration file location. Nixpkgs resolves the config in this order: ... On NixOS, `NIXPKGS_CONFIG` points to `/etc/nix/nixpkgs-config.nix` system-wide. Drop a file there to apply configuration to `nix-env`, `nix-shell`, and other user-level commands. NixOS does not create this file. The `nixpkgs.config` option does not affect `nix-env`, `nix-shell`, or other user-level commands. ... This lookup applies to non-flake usage like channels and ` `. Flakes ignore it; pass `config` directly when importing `nixpkgs`. ... 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<title>nix registry - Nix 2.35.2 Reference Manual</title> https://nix.dev/manual/nix/2.35/command-ref/new-cli/nix3-registry nix registry - Nix 2.35.2 Reference Manual # Name `nix registry` - manage the flake registry # Synopsis `nix registry` [option…] subcommand where subcommand is one of the following: - `nix registry add` - add/replace flake in user flake registry - `nix registry list` - list available Nix flakes - `nix registry pin` - pin a flake to its current version or to the current version of a flake URL - `nix registry remove` - remove flake from user flake registry - `nix registry resolve` - resolve flake references using the registry # Description `nix registry` provides subcommands for managing flake registries. Flake registries are a convenience feature that allows you to refer to flakes using symbolic identifiers such as `nixpkgs`, rather than full URLs such as `git://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs`. You can use these identifiers on the command line (e.g. when you do `nix run nixpkgs#hello`) or in flake input specifications in `flake.nix` files. The latter are automatically resolved to full URLs and recorded in the flake’s `flake.lock` file. In addition, the flake registry allows you to redirect arbitrary flake references (e.g. `github:NixOS/patchelf`) to another location, such as a local fork. There are multiple registries. These are, in order from lowest to highest precedence: - The global registry, which is a file downloaded from the URL specified by the setting `flake-registry`. It is cached locally and updated automatically when it’s older than `tarball-ttl` seconds. The default global registry is kept in a GitHub repository. - The system registry, which is shared by all users. The default location is `/etc/nix/registry.json`. On NixOS, the system registry can be specified using the NixOS option `nix.registry`. - The user registry `~/.config/nix/registry.json`. This registry can be modified by commands such as `nix registry pin`. - Overrides specified on the command line using the option `--override-flake`. Note that the system and user registries are not used to resolve flake references in `flake.nix`. They are only used to resolve flake references on the command line. # Registry format A registry is a JSON file with the following format: ```json { "version": 2, "flakes": [ { "from": { "type": "indirect", "id": "nixpkgs" }, "to": { "type": "github", "owner": "NixOS", "repo": "nixpkgs" } }, ... ] } ``` That is, it contains a list of objects with attributes `from` and `to`, both of which contain a flake reference in attribute representation. (For example, `{"type": "indirect", "id": "nixpkgs"}` is the attribute representation of `nixpkgs`, while `{"type": "github", "owner": "NixOS", "repo": "nixpkgs"}` is the attribute representation of `github:NixOS/nixpkgs`.) Given some flake reference R, a registry entry is used if its `from` flake reference matches R. R is then replaced by the unification of the `to` flake reference with R. # Matching The `from` flake reference in a registry entry matches some flake reference R if the attributes in `from` are the same as the attributes in `R`. For example: - `nixpkgs` matches with `nixpkgs`. - `nixpkgs` matches with `nixpkgs/nixos-20.09`. - `nixpkgs/nixos-20.09` does not match with `nixpkgs`. - `nixpkgs` does not match with `git://github.com/NixOS/patchelf`. # Unification The `to` flake reference in a registry entry is unified with some flake reference R by taking `to` and applying the `rev` and `ref` attributes from R, if specified. For example: - `github:NixOS/nixpkgs` unified with `nixpkgs` produces `github:NixOS/nixpkgs`. - `github:NixOS/nixpkgs` unified with `nixpkgs/nixos-20.09` produces `github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixos-20.09`. - `github:NixOS/nixpkgs/master` unified with `nixpkgs/nixos-20.09` produces `github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixos-20.09`. ## Logging-r…[truncated] <title>nix registry - Nix Reference Manual</title> https://nix.dev/manual/nix/2.26/command-ref/new-cli/nix3-registry nix registry - Nix Reference Manual - Light - Rust - Coal - Navy - Ayu # Nix Reference Manual Warning This program is experimental and its interface is subject to change. # Name `nix registry`- manage the flake registry # Synopsis `nix registry` [option...] subcommand where subcommand is one of the following: - nix registry add- add/replace flake in user flake registry - nix registry list- list available Nix flakes - nix registry pin- pin a flake to its current version or to the current version of a flake URL - nix registry remove- remove flake from user flake registry # Description `nix registry` provides subcommands for managing flake registries. 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The default location is`/etc/nix/registry.json`. On NixOS, the system registry can be specified using the NixOS option`nix.registry`. The user registry`~/.config/nix/registry.json`. This registry can be modified by commands such as`nix registry pin`. Overrides specified on the command line using the option`--override-flake`. Note that the system and user registries are not used to resolve flake references in`flake.nix`. They are only used to resolve flake references on the command line. # Registry format A registry is a JSON file with the following format: ``` { "version": 2, "flakes": [ { "from": { "type": "indirect", "id": "nixpkgs" }, "to": { "type": "github", "owner": "NixOS", "repo": "nixpkgs" } }, ... ] } ``` That is, it contains a list of objects with attributes`from` and`to`, both of which contain a flake reference in attribute representation. 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For example: `github:NixOS/nixpkgs` unified with`nixpkgs` produces`github:NixOS/nixpkgs`. `github:NixOS/nixpkgs` unified with`nixpkgs/nixos-20.09` produces`github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixos-20.09`. `github:NixOS/nixpkgs/master` unified with`nixpkgs/nixos-20.09` produces`github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixos-20.09`. # Options ## Logging-re…[truncated] <title>nix.conf - Nix 2.34.9 Reference Manual</title> https://nix.dev/manual/nix/2.34/command-ref/conf-file - `flake-registry` ... > Warning > > This setting is part of an experimental feature. > > To change this setting, make sure the `flakes` experimental feature is enabled. For example, include the following in `nix.conf`: > > ``` > extra-experimental-features = flakes > flake-registry = ... > > ``` ... Path or URI of the global flake registry. ... When empty, disables the global flake registry. ... Default: `https://channels.nixos.org/flake-registry.json` ... - `nix-path` ... List of search paths to use for lookup path resolution. 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Whether to use flake ... to resolve flake references. <title>nix registry resolve - Nix 2.35.2 Reference Manual</title> https://nix.dev/manual/nix/2.35/command-ref/new-cli/nix3-registry-resolve.html nix registry resolve - Nix 2.35.2 Reference Manual # Name `nix registry resolve` - resolve flake references using the registry # Synopsis `nix registry resolve` [option…] flake-refs… # Examples - Resolve the `nixpkgs` and `blender-bin` flakerefs: ```console # nix registry resolve nixpkgs blender-bin github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixpkgs-unstable github:edolstra/nix-warez?dir=blender ``` - Resolve an indirect flakeref with a branch override: ```console # nix registry resolve nixpkgs/25.05 github:NixOS/nixpkgs/25.05 ``` # Description This command resolves indirect flakerefs (e.g. `nixpkgs`) to direct flakerefs (e.g. `github:NixOS/nixpkgs`) using the flake registries. It looks up each provided flakeref in all available registries (flag, user, system, and global) and returns the resolved direct flakeref on a separate line on standard output. It does not fetch any flakes. The resolution process may apply multiple redirections if necessary until a direct flakeref is found. If an indirect flakeref cannot be found in any registry, an error will be thrown. See the `nix registry` manual page for more details on the registry. ## Logging-related options - `--debug` Set the logging verbosity level to ‘debug’. - `--log-format` format Set the format of log output; one of `raw`, `internal-json`, `bar` or `bar-with-logs`. - `--print-build-logs` / `-L` Print full build logs on standard error. - `--quiet` Decrease the logging verbosity level. - `--verbose` / `-v` Increase the logging verbosity level. ## Miscellaneous global options - `--help` Show usage information. - `--offline` Disable substituters and consider all previously downloaded files up-to-date. - `--option` name value Set the Nix configuration setting name to value (overriding `nix.conf`). - `--refresh` Consider all previously downloaded files out-of-date. - `--version` Show version information. > Note > > See `man nix.conf` for overriding configuration settings with command line flags. <title>`nixpkgs` entry should default to `nixpkgs-unstable` ref</title> GitHub issue 16 in NixOS/flake-registry (link omitted to avoid creating a cross-reference) # `nixpkgs` entry should default to `nixpkgs-unstable` ref - State: closed - Author: lilyball - Created: 2021-11-30T21:59:48Z - Updated: 2021-12-10T14:42:30Z - Repository: NixOS/flake-registry - Number: `#16` --- The `nixpkgs` entry right now is `github:NixOS/nixpkgs`. This means that a reference to the `nixpkgs` flake will default to the `master` branch, meaning anyone who uses this may get packages that haven&`#39`;t yet been built by hydra. This is surprising and something of a footgun. The registry should instead set it to `github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixpkgs-unstable`. This mirrors the default ` ` channel set up by the Nix installer. Anyone who wants the master branch can reference it as `nixpkgs/master`. And similarly, other branches like `nixpkgs/nixos-21.11` will still work as they do today. ## Timeline **nixos-discourse** commented on 2021-11-30T22:00:12Z: > This issue has been mentioned on **NixOS Discourse**. There might be relevant details there: > > https://discourse.nixos.org/t/future-of-channels-and-channels-nixos-org-in-a-flakes-world/11563/10 - Referenced by PR `#17`: nixpkgs: Use nixpkgs-unstable instead of master - edolstra closed

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Do not claim that these commands always use nixpkgs-unstable.

nix-shell -p go-enum uses the configured Nix search path. nix shell nixpkgs#go-enum resolves nixpkgs through the flake registry, which can be overridden. The NixOS example uses the configured pkgs set. The default registry may point nixpkgs to nixpkgs-unstable, but these commands do not guarantee that source. Describe the source as configuration-dependent, or select nixpkgs-unstable or nixos-unstable explicitly.

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As of 2026-09-22, the go-enum package is only available on nixpkgs's nixos-unstable branch. It might be included in upcoming 26.11 release.

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@Nadim147c, thanks for the clarification.

This supports documenting an explicit unstable source. It does not change the configuration-dependent behavior of nix-shell -p go-enum, nix shell nixpkgs#go-enum, or pkgs.go-enum.

The README should reference nixos-unstable explicitly, or state that the configured Nixpkgs source must include go-enum.

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