references.md

Nix references and other useful tools:

• Zero to Nix: https://zero-to-nix.com

  • Start here to learn how Nix works and how to use Nixpkgs

• Installing Nix: https://nix.dev/install-nix

  • The official installer and its options

• Nix manual: https://nixos.org/manual/nix/stable/

  • Useful primarily for option and command references

• Nixpkgs manual: https://nixos.org/manual/nixpkgs/stable/

  • Covers lib, overlays, and language frameworks

• Flakes: https://wiki.nixos.org/wiki/Flakes

  • Useful to know what flake.nix is referring to

• flake-parts: https://flake.parts

  • The module system used to split flake.nix

• treefmt-nix: https://github.com/numtide/treefmt-nix

  • Formatter configuration

• git-hooks.nix: https://github.com/cachix/git-hooks.nix

  • Pre-commit hook configuration

• nix-direnv: https://github.com/nix-community/nix-direnv

  • Loads the dev shell with direnv

• Contributing to nixpkgs

  • Adding a PGRX-powered extension: NixOS/nixpkgs#246803
  • Adding a normal extension: NixOS/nixpkgs#249000
  • Adding new PostgreSQL versions: NixOS/nixpkgs#249030

• NixOS Discourse: https://discourse.nixos.org/

  • Useful for community feedback, guidance, and help

• nix-update: https://github.com/Mic92/nix-update

  • Used in this repository to help update extensions

• pgTAP for testing: https://pgtap.org/documentation.html