feat: add EXTRA_NIX_CONFIG variable

Author: Defelo

.github/actions/setup-nix/action.yml

@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ inputs:
   sandbox:
     type: string
     default: "true"
+  extra-nix-config:
+    type: string
+    default: ""
 
 runs:
   using: composite
@@ -51,6 +54,7 @@ runs:
           build-dir = /nix/build
           sandbox = ${{ inputs.sandbox }}
           system = ${{ inputs.system }}
+          ${{ inputs.extra-nix-config }}
 
     - name: create build-dir
       shell: bash

.github/workflows/build.yml

@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: setup nix
         uses: ./.github/actions/setup-nix
         with:
+          extra-nix-config: ${{ vars.EXTRA_NIX_CONFIG }}
           system: ${{ matrix.system }}
           sandbox: ${{
             (matrix.system == 'x86_64-darwin' && inputs.x86_64-darwin == 'yes_sandbox_false'

.github/workflows/review.yml

@@ -136,6 +136,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: setup nix
         uses: ./.github/actions/setup-nix
         with:
+          extra-nix-config: ${{ vars.EXTRA_NIX_CONFIG }}
           system: ${{ matrix.system }}
           sandbox: ${{
             (matrix.system == 'x86_64-darwin' && inputs.x86_64-darwin == 'yes_sandbox_false'

README.md

@@ -43,6 +43,15 @@ Follow these steps if you want nixpkgs-review-gha to push new packages to a [Cac
 2. [Create a new variable](../../settings/variables/actions/new) with the name `CACHIX_CACHE` and set it to the name of your Cachix cache.
 3. [Create a new secret](../../settings/secrets/actions/new) with the name `CACHIX_AUTH_TOKEN` and set its value to your auth token. If you are using a self-signed cache, you also need to create a `CACHIX_SIGNING_KEY` secret and set its value to your private signing key.
 
+### Extra Nix Config (optional)
+If you have additional configuration you want to append to `/etc/nix/nix.conf`, you can [create a new variable](../../settings/variables/actions/new) with the name `EXTRA_NIX_CONFIG`.
+For example, if you want to configure nix to use additional substituters, set its value to the following:
+
+```
+extra-substituters = https://nix-community.cachix.org
+extra-trusted-public-keys = nix-community.cachix.org-1:mB9FSh9qf2dCimDSUo8Zy7bkq5CX+/rkCWyvRCYg3Fs=
+```
+
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