Providing a shell.nix file for more conveniently fetching the compatible Zig version #1432

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sstitle wants to merge 1 commit from sstitle/add-shell-nix-macos-0.4 into 0.4

sstitle commented

2025-10-05 21:33:11 +00:00

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When trying out the examples for this repo, I was unable to run them on my machine due to a version mismatch with the most up-to-date version of Zig (v0.15.1).

In my opinion, it would be convenient to have a nice way to pull the correct version of Zig compatible with the repo for new users to have a more seamless experience when trying out the repo.

This is a "shell.nix" file for the 0.4 tagged branch. It looks for the .zigversion file in the repo root and fetches the appropriate version of Zig and makes it available on the command line. You can enter the Nix shell by running nix-shell from the repo root as long as you have Nix installed. I like to install Nix using the convenient installer that you can find here from Determinate Systems.

By selecting this checkbox, I agree to license my contributions to this project under the license(s) described in the LICENSE file, and I have the right to do so or have received permission to do so by an employer or client I am producing work for whom has this right.

When trying out the examples for this repo, I was unable to run them on my machine due to a version mismatch with the most up-to-date version of Zig (v0.15.1). In my opinion, it would be convenient to have a nice way to pull the correct version of Zig compatible with the repo for new users to have a more seamless experience when trying out the repo. This is a ["shell.nix"](https://nix.dev/tutorials/first-steps/declarative-shell.html) file for the 0.4 tagged branch. It looks for the `.zigversion` file in the repo root and fetches the appropriate version of Zig and makes it available on the command line. You can enter the Nix shell by running `nix-shell` from the repo root as long as you have Nix installed. I like to install Nix using the convenient installer that you can find here from [Determinate Systems](https://docs.determinate.systems/determinate-nix/). <img width="1496" height="929" alt="Screenshot 2025-10-05 at 5 32 47 PM" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/1cbf3bf0-e021-4d06-96e4-bab36ff27dc3" /> - [x] By selecting this checkbox, I agree to license my contributions to this project under the license(s) described in the LICENSE file, and I have the right to do so or have received permission to do so by an employer or client I am producing work for whom has this right.

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Checkout

From your project repository, check out a new branch and test the changes.

git fetch -u origin sstitle/add-shell-nix-macos-0.4:sstitle/add-shell-nix-macos-0.4

git switch sstitle/add-shell-nix-macos-0.4

Merge

Merge the changes and update on Forgejo.

Warning: The "Autodetect manual merge" setting is not enabled for this repository, you will have to mark this pull request as manually merged afterwards.

git switch 0.4

git merge --no-ff sstitle/add-shell-nix-macos-0.4

git switch sstitle/add-shell-nix-macos-0.4

git rebase 0.4

git switch 0.4

git merge --ff-only sstitle/add-shell-nix-macos-0.4

git switch sstitle/add-shell-nix-macos-0.4

git rebase 0.4

git switch 0.4

git merge --no-ff sstitle/add-shell-nix-macos-0.4

git switch 0.4

git merge --squash sstitle/add-shell-nix-macos-0.4