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examples: use an in-repo flake in the remote flakes example #2994

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8 changes: 4 additions & 4 deletions examples/flakes/README.md
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## Remote flakes

Use `github:<org>/<repo>/<ref>#<output>` as the package name to install from a Github repo.
Use `github:<org>/<repo>/<ref>#<output>` as the package name to install from a Github repo. If the flake lives in a subdirectory of the repo, add `?dir=<path>` before the `#<output>`.

```json
{
"packages": [
"github:nixos/nixpkgs/5233fd2ba76a3accb5aaa999c00509a11fd0793c#hello",
"github:F1bonacc1/process-compose"
"github:nixos/nixpkgs/5233fd2ba76a3accb5aaa999c00509a11fd0793c#cowsay",
"github:jetify-com/devbox/1d9ea45e1e51826df32ef0db7035c4c00ae2c184?dir=examples/flakes/php/my-php-flake#hello"
],
"shell": {
"init_hook": null
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}
```

This installs the `hello` package from the 5233fd... commit of Nixpkgs, and the `default` output from the `F1bonacc1/process-compose` repo.
This installs the `cowsay` package from the 5233fd... commit of Nixpkgs, and the `hello` output of the flake in the `examples/flakes/php/my-php-flake` directory of the `jetify-com/devbox` repo.
8 changes: 5 additions & 3 deletions examples/flakes/remote/devbox.json
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{
"packages": [
"github:nixos/nixpkgs/5233fd2ba76a3accb5aaa999c00509a11fd0793c#hello",
"github:nixos/nixpkgs/5233fd2ba76a3accb5aaa999c00509a11fd0793c#cowsay",
"github:F1bonacc1/process-compose/v1.122.0"
"github:jetify-com/devbox/1d9ea45e1e51826df32ef0db7035c4c00ae2c184?dir=examples/flakes/php/my-php-flake#hello"
],
"shell": {
"init_hook": null,
"scripts": {
"run_test": "cowsay -- hello"
"run_test": [
"hello",
"cowsay -- hello"
]
}
},
"nixpkgs": {
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{
"lockfile_version": "1",
"packages": {
"github:F1bonacc1/process-compose/v1.122.0": {
"last_modified": "2026-08-17T22:53:14Z",
"resolved": "github:F1bonacc1/process-compose/673850dd20683ef14b33890444ca3416d02c751c?lastModified=1787007194&narHash=sha256-zEhXgpQdg7WRJJPvhtK9zi4U6NJCDGKWjINlZ9m6I2A%3D"
},
"github:NixOS/nixpkgs/f80ac848e3d6f0c12c52758c0f25c10c97ca3b62": {
"last_modified": "1970-01-01T00:00:00Z",
"resolved": "github:NixOS/nixpkgs/f80ac848e3d6f0c12c52758c0f25c10c97ca3b62"
},
"github:nixos/nixpkgs/5233fd2ba76a3accb5aaa999c00509a11fd0793c#cowsay": {
"github:jetify-com/devbox/1d9ea45e1e51826df32ef0db7035c4c00ae2c184?dir=examples/flakes/php/my-php-flake#hello": {
"last_modified": "1970-01-01T00:00:00Z",
"resolved": "github:nixos/nixpkgs/5233fd2ba76a3accb5aaa999c00509a11fd0793c#cowsay"
"resolved": "github:jetify-com/devbox/1d9ea45e1e51826df32ef0db7035c4c00ae2c184?dir=examples%2Fflakes%2Fphp%2Fmy-php-flake#hello"
},
"github:nixos/nixpkgs/5233fd2ba76a3accb5aaa999c00509a11fd0793c#hello": {
"github:nixos/nixpkgs/5233fd2ba76a3accb5aaa999c00509a11fd0793c#cowsay": {
"last_modified": "1970-01-01T00:00:00Z",
"resolved": "github:nixos/nixpkgs/5233fd2ba76a3accb5aaa999c00509a11fd0793c#hello"
"resolved": "github:nixos/nixpkgs/5233fd2ba76a3accb5aaa999c00509a11fd0793c#cowsay"
}
}
}
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