nix/modular#

This directory follows a directory structure similar to that in the upstream repo, to make comparisons easier.

The files are maintained separately from the upstream repo, so differences are expected.

Comparison#

No filesets#

Using filesets with a fetched source would require "IFD", as the fetching happens in a derivation, but the filtering must come afterwards, and be done by the evaluator.

workDir attribute#

The Nixpkgs for Nix does inherit the workDir attribute that determines the location of the subproject to build. It is compared to this directory to produce the correct relative path, similar to upstream.