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Nix shell doc
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@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ URL of a tarball that will be downloaded and unpacked to a temporary
location. The tarball must include a single top-level directory location. The tarball must include a single top-level directory
containing at least a file named `default.nix`. containing at least a file named `default.nix`.
If the derivation defines the variable `shellHook`, it will be evaluated If the derivation defines the variable `shellHook`, it will be run
after `$stdenv/setup` has been sourced. Since this hook is not executed after `$stdenv/setup` has been sourced. Since this hook is not executed
by regular Nix builds, it allows you to perform initialisation specific by regular Nix builds, it allows you to perform initialisation specific
to `nix-shell`. For example, the derivation attribute to `nix-shell`. For example, the derivation attribute
@ -41,10 +41,12 @@ to `nix-shell`. For example, the derivation attribute
shellHook = shellHook =
'' ''
echo "Hello shell" echo "Hello shell"
export SOME_API_TOKEN="$(cat ~/.config/some-app/api-token)"
''; '';
``` ```
will cause `nix-shell` to print `Hello shell`. will cause `nix-shell` to print `Hello shell` and set the `SOME_API_TOKEN`
environment variable to a user-configured value.
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