README.md

Nix Flake Template for C++ using

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Initialize using

nix flake init --template "github:nulladmin1/nix-flake-templates#cpp-cmake"

OR Initialize using

nix flake init --template "github:nulladmin1/nix-flake-templates#cpp"

This is how the structure of the template looks like:

📦 cpp-cmake
├── ⚙️ .envrc
├── 🙈 .gitignore
├── ⚙️ CMakeLists.txt
├── 📃 README.md
├── ❄️ flake.nix
└── src
    ├── ⚙️ CMakeLists.txt
    └── 📝 hello.cpp

It includes a really simple Hello World program

Run using Nix

nix run

Go into Development Shell

nix develop

(Optional) Format flake.nix using Alejandra

nix fmt

To customize it to your own needs

• In flake.nix
  • Edit description

    {
        description = "project_name";
    }

  • Change the name of the binary

       {
          program = "${self.packages.${system}.default}/bin/project_name";
      }

• For the structure and code
  • Add necessary code into the src/ directory and configure CMake accordingly