From b7a213c108ee0ff0121c0675953f9acd5d47370c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Cole Helbling Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2021 11:25:09 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] README: document updating specific inputs --- README.md | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 30 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 1fd70f4..ed01038 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -30,6 +30,36 @@ jobs: 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: