File Based Config

[coffee-cup]

Original issue: #27

Nixpacks configuration should be able to be provided through a file on disk in the app source. The main benefit is that build configuration can be tracked through source control.

At the moment, the configurable options are

• Nixpkgs to install
• Build command
• Start command

A very basic format for these options is a JSON file

{
  "packages": ["pkgs.cowsay", "pkgs.lolcat"],
  "startCommand": "...",
  "buildCommand": "..."
}

Screenshot of comments on original issue 👇

[josegonzalez]

This would be cool because then you could say "Any app that has a nixpacks.json file is a nixpacks app".

[datner]

This is an amazing idea!

[aleksrutins]

This has theoretically been implemented as of a while ago; however, if there's something else folks would like to see, we're open to feedback.