Allow nested apps
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Description
Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
Currently, if you create a nested set of apps in the flake schema, nix run will not permit it, it will fail with error: not an app definition.
Describe the solution you'd like
I would like apps to be able to be nested.
Describe alternatives you've considered
Not nesting the sets of apps I want to provide as part of a flake, but instead separating them with a hyphen, app-1-set1 app-2-set1.
Additional context
https://github.com/MatthewCroughan/nixinate/issues/12
https://github.com/NixOS/nix/issues/6381#issuecomment-1094264884
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Research direction
Start by tracing the nix run handling of flake apps and reproduce the not an app definition error with a nested app set. Use the linked context for expected behavior; done means valid nested apps are accepted and the existing flattened naming workaround is no longer required.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp
- Domain
- cli
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 32/100