From 904414f31f4eee87785e9a50a92bebedaee45d33 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Martin Schwaighofer <mschwaig@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2025 16:31:41 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] document how nix-bundle can be used as a bundler

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 README.md | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5e4b1f7..98692f8 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -57,6 +57,16 @@ Or if you want to try graphical applications:
 ./nix-bundle.sh ivan /bin/ivan
 ```
 
+### Using the `nix bundle` command
+
+This command is provided by Nix, so that Nix ends up calling `nix-bundle` for you.
+It requires the `nix-command` and `flakes` experimental features to be enabled.
+
+We use `meta.mainProgram` attribute and other indicators to decide which executable to bundle.
+
+```sh
+nix bundle nixpkgs#hello --bundler github:nix-community/nix-bundle
+```
 
 ## Self-bundling (meta)