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Specify Zig package in flake
Hasnep Nov 21, 2025
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Add Nix package to new Zig compiler
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Add Nix build to CI
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10 changes: 10 additions & 0 deletions .github/workflows/ci_zig.yml
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Expand Up @@ -231,6 +231,16 @@ jobs:
git clean -fdx
git reset --hard HEAD
nix develop ./src/ -c zig build && zig build snapshot && zig build test

- name: Test Nix package
if: ${{ runner.os == 'Linux' || (runner.os == 'macOS' && runner.arch != 'X64') }}
uses: ./.github/actions/flaky-retry
with:
command: |
nix build ./src#roc
result/bin/roc check src/PROFILING/bench_repeated_check.roc
error_string_contains: TemporaryNameServerFailure
retry_count: 3

zig-cross-compile:
needs: check-once
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38 changes: 32 additions & 6 deletions src/flake.nix
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Expand Up @@ -19,11 +19,13 @@
let
pkgs = import nixpkgs { inherit system; };

dependencies = (with pkgs; [
zig=pkgs.zig_0_15;

dependencies = [
zig
zls
git # for use in ci/zig_lints.sh
]);
pkgs.zls
pkgs.git # for use in ci/zig_lints.sh
];

shellFunctions = ''
buildcmd() {
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testcmd() {
zig build snapshot && zig build test
}
export -f testscmd
export -f testcmd

fmtcmd() {
zig build fmt
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'';

in {
packages = {
default = self.packages.${system}.roc;
roc = pkgs.stdenv.mkDerivation {
name = "roc";
src = ../.;
nativeBuildInputs = [ zig.hook pkgs.pkg-config ];
zigBuildFlags = [ "-Doptimize=ReleaseFast" ];

# NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE="";
# NIX_LDFLAGS="";
};
};

apps = {
default = self.apps.${system}.roc;
roc = {
type = "app";
program = "${self.packages.${system}.roc}/bin/roc";
meta = {
description = "Roc CLI";
mainProgram = "roc";
};
};
};

devShell = pkgs.mkShell {
buildInputs = dependencies;

shellHook = ''
${shellFunctions}

echo "Some convenient commands:"
echo "${shellFunctions}" | grep -E '^\s*[a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z0-9_]*\(\)' | sed 's/().*//' | sed 's/^[[:space:]]*/ /' | while read func; do
body=$(echo "${shellFunctions}" | sed -n "/''${func}()/,/^[[:space:]]*}/p" | sed '1d;$d' | tr '\n' ';' | sed 's/;$//' | sed 's/[[:space:]]*$//')
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