Makes

Rationale

We use Makes as a wrapper over Nix in order to simplify its usage.

Alternatives

Usage

Installing Makes

1. Make sure that Nix is installed on your system.

2. Follow the steps at the Official Makes Documentation.

Using Makes as an End User

You can build and run the components of your choice, for example:

$ m gitlab:fluidattacks/universe@trunk /integrates/forces --help
$ m gitlab:fluidattacks/universe@trunk /melts --help
$ m gitlab:fluidattacks/universe@trunk /reviews --help
$ m gitlab:fluidattacks/universe@trunk /skims --help

Updates

You can update Makes by installing it again, but from a higher version.

In order to update the components installed with Makes no action is required on your part, updates are automatically rolled out to your machine with a delay of at most one day. However, if you want to force an update right away, just run $ rm -rf ~/.cache/makes, or reference an specific commit instead of @trunk.

Using Makes as a Developer

You would normally clone the Universe repository and run:

universe $ m .

Troubleshooting

General considerations

• A stable internet connection is required
• A stable DNS resolver is required. Please consider using the following:
  • IPv4: 1.1.1.1, 8.8.8.8, 8.8.4.4
  • IPv6: 2001:4860:4860::8888, 2001:4860:4860::8844

Checklist

1. If the installation failed while installing Nix,

   1. checkout the Nix manual for more detailed installation instructions, and
   2. if the problem persists, please let us know at [email protected].

2. If the installation failed while installing Makes, please let us know at [email protected].

3. If the process failed while using $ m gitlab:xxx /yyy,

   1. repeat the installation of Makes and try again,

   2. refresh the cache with $ rm -rf ~/.cache/makes and try again, and

   3. if the problem persists, please let us know at [email protected].

Guidelines

Please refer to the official manual.

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