update-flake-lock/README.md
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# update-flake-lock
This is a GitHub Action that will update your flake.lock file whenever it is run.
> **NOTE:** As of v3, this action will no longer automatically install Nix to the action runner. You **MUST** set up a Nix with flakes support enabled prior to running this action, or your workflow will not function as expected.
## Example
An example GitHub Action workflow using this action would look like the following:
```yaml
name: update-flake-lock
on:
workflow_dispatch: # allows manual triggering
schedule:
- cron: '0 0 * * 0' # runs weekly on Sunday at 00:00
jobs:
lockfile:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- name: Checkout repository
uses: actions/checkout@v2
- name: Install Nix
uses: cachix/install-nix-action@v16
with:
extra_nix_config: |
access-tokens = github.com=${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
- name: Update flake.lock
uses: DeterminateSystems/update-flake-lock@v3
```
## Example updating specific input(s)
> **NOTE**: If any inputs have a stale reference (e.g. the lockfile thinks a git input wants its "ref" to be "nixos-unstable", but the flake.nix specifies "nixos-unstable-small"), they will also be updated. At this time, there is no known workaround.
It is also possible to update specific inputs by specifying them in a space-separated list:
```yaml
name: update-flake-lock
on:
workflow_dispatch: # allows manual triggering
schedule:
- cron: '0 0 * * 0' # runs weekly on Sunday at 00:00
jobs:
lockfile:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- name: Checkout repository
uses: actions/checkout@v2
- name: Install Nix
uses: cachix/install-nix-action@v16
with:
extra_nix_config: |
access-tokens = github.com=${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
- name: Update flake.lock
uses: DeterminateSystems/update-flake-lock@vX
with:
inputs: input1 input2 input3
```
## Running GitHub Actions CI
GitHub Actions will not run workflows when a branch is pushed by or a PR is opened by a GitHub Action. To work around this, try:
```
git branch -D update_flake_lock_action
git fetch origin
git checkout update_flake_lock_action
git commit --amend --no-edit
git push origin update_flake_lock_action --force
```
## Contributing
Feel free to send a PR or open an issue if you find something functions unexpectedly! Please make sure to test your changes and update any related documentation before submitting your PR.
### How to test changes
In order to more easily test your changes to this action, we have created a template repository that should point you in the right direction: https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/update-flake-lock-test-template. Please see the README in that repository for instructions on testing your changes.