From 6451f188b16827ff44ec1d4688dfc53b9424c85e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Leona Maroni <lm@flyingcircus.io>
Date: Wed, 4 Dec 2024 16:42:06 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] move package-, version update scripts to flake apps

This is to support the update-nixpkgs workflow without a devenv shell.
---
 flake.nix | 17 +++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index f96f05c27..f5ca3a28a 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -67,6 +67,19 @@
             };
           };
 
+        apps.buildVersionsJson = {
+          type = "app";
+          program = "${pkgs.writeShellScript "update-versions-json" ''
+            jq < $(nix build .#versionsJson --print-out-paths) > release/versions.json
+          ''}";
+        };
+        apps.buildPackageVersionsJson = {
+          type = "app";
+          program = "${pkgs.writeShellScript "update-package-versions-json" ''
+            jq < $(nix build .#packageVersions --print-out-paths) > release/package-versions.json
+          ''}";
+        };
+
         packages = {
           # These are packages that work on all systems.
           # Also see release/flake-part-linux-only-packages.nix
@@ -153,11 +166,11 @@
               # only build this script on Linux. It just produces an error
               # message on Non-Linux because packageVersions is missing.
               build_package_versions_json.exec = ''
-                jq < $(nix build .#packageVersions --print-out-paths) > release/package-versions.json
+                nix run .#buildPackageVersionsJson
               '';
 
               build_versions_json.exec = ''
-                jq < $(nix build .#versionsJson --print-out-paths) > release/versions.json
+                nix run .#buildVersionsJson
               '';
 
               build_channels_dir.exec = ''