home-build.yaml

name: Build home using nix

on:
  workflow_dispatch:
  pull_request:
  push:
    branches: [ "*" ]

concurrency:
  group: home-build-${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
  cancel-in-progress: true

jobs:
  build:
    name: Nix build
    runs-on: ${{ matrix.job.os }}
    strategy:
      fail-fast: false
      matrix:
        job: [ { os: ubuntu-latest } ] # { os: macos-latest } takes ages to build
    steps:
    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
    - name: "Get nixpkgs"
      id: pinned_nixpkgs
      run: echo "::set-output name=url::https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/archive/master.tar.gz"
    - name: "Install Nix"
      uses: cachix/install-nix-action@v13
      with:
        nix_path: "nixpkgs=${{ steps.pinned_nixpkgs.outputs.url }}"
    - name: "Build home"
      run: |
          export NIX_PATH=$HOME/.nix-defexpr/channels${NIX_PATH:+:}$NIX_PATH
          mkdir -p ~/.config/nix
          echo 'experimental-features = nix-command flakes' > ~/.config/nix/nix.conf
          cd home-manager/.config/home-manager/
          sed -i 's|path:/home/meain/dev/src/nur-packages|github:meain/nur-packages|' flake.nix
          nix build .#homeConfigurations.meain.activationPackage