# flake-compat ## Usage > [!WARNING] > During the Lix private beta period during which Forgejo is private, this > requires configuring netrc in Lix for the tarball download to work. > > Your netrc should look something like so: > ``` > machine git.lix.systems login YOUR-USERNAME password SOME-PERSONAL-ACCESS-TOKEN-REPO-READ > ``` > > We are terribly sorry for the UX for this being very bad > ([issue](https://git.lix.systems/lix-project/lix/issues/254)). To use, add the following to your `flake.nix`: ```nix inputs.flake-compat.url = "https://git.lix.systems/api/v1/repos/lix-project/flake-compat/archive/main.tar.gz"; ``` Afterwards, create a `default.nix` file containing the following: ```nix (import ( let lock = builtins.fromJSON (builtins.readFile ./flake.lock); in fetchTarball { url = lock.nodes.flake-compat.locked.url; sha256 = lock.nodes.flake-compat.locked.narHash; } ) { src = ./.; } ).defaultNix ``` If you would like a `shell.nix` file, create one containing the above, replacing `defaultNix` with `shellNix`.