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@@ -476,6 +476,15 @@ Supported attributes: e.g. `stockholm/nixpkgs`, and resolved as the flake's lock file resolves them, so an input that follows another one names the other one. +* `requireInputs` (optional) - + boolean that controls whether populating fails if the inputs that the + input's own lock file pins can't be delivered, e.g. because the lock file + pins something unreachable, or lacks an input its `flake.nix` has. With + `false`, populate prints a warning and delivers the input with the inputs + Nix locks when it adds what the lock file lacks, or else without its + inputs. Evaluating the input as a flake then needs network access. + Defaults to `true`. + * `fetchOnTarget` (optional) - boolean that controls whether the target fetches the input itself instead of receiving it from the deploying machine. The target then uses the @@ -669,8 +678,10 @@ there are any), all other sources as `path:`, with symlinks resolved. Lock files get rewritten or generated on every run, so they match the sources. Copies of `flake` and `flake-input` sources get made again only if the delivered store path, the patches, or the sources they draw inputs from -change. Generated flakes and copies get removed once their sources no longer -need them. This requires Nix with flake support (Nix 2.4 or later) on the +change. Inputs that get drawn from other sources don't get delivered with +a `flake` or `flake-input` source, and neither does what they pin. +Generated flakes and copies get removed once their sources no longer need +them. This requires Nix with flake support (Nix 2.4 or later) on the target. Populating fails if a source that draws inputs from other sources contains no `flake.nix`. Sources that inputs get drawn from don't need to be flakes, as long as the inputs drawing from them are declared with |